That would be far too Switzerland for a message board though. Nothing stirs some action on here better than one of the two comments:

1) This is the worst steaming pile of monkey shit I've ever heard

or

2) This is the easily the best record of the year and it essentially distills the best of the last 50 years in music. If you don't like this, then you don't get music.


Which essentially what we've gotten a lot of in this thread. Both sides of that coin.

As for this album, I have listened to it about 7 times now, the 7th being at lunch after you posted about it today. I wanted to take another stab at it.

I can certainly see some talent at work here and they have executed whatever vision they have expertly I would guess, but I think the time for me to have some transcendent moment with this album has passed.

Every time I listen to it, it I venture further into ambivalence with it. To me, it sounds like the soundtrack for some indie-rock musical. It's very sweeping and highly theatrical to me. I actually like a lot of music like that but for some reason this has just not clicked. Maybe it was the expectations or maybe the context but there you go. I'm sure I'll keep it and revisit it from time to time in hopes it may connect as it ages.

For me, Cats said it best earlier in this thread, "Grizzly Bear are far from bad and far from good".

I like both of them, too, but I currently like Dirty Projectors a lot more.

Dirty Projectors didn't do much for me at all. Veckatimist is really good in parts, and wanders in parts, but i def like it.

I love it when people use this

I'm listening to the "While You Wait For Others" single ft. Michael McDonald and I can't seem to pinpoint whether I like it or not. Off the bat, it seems like a complete larf, but then by the chorus McDonald's voice kinda grows on you. Interesting.

...are you serious? Michael goddam McDonald?

Believe it, fool.

i think his voice works perfectly for that song.

well played, Montague

totally expected post of the day.

i feel like i'm repeating myself. i think the thing that really stood out for me on my first listen was how it ended. Michael McDonald was really able to shine, though the original is better.

the Doobie's have some great songs and his backing vocals on "Peg" are one of the best of all-time.