can somebody ysi me this plz?

it would help me out a bunch

I wouldn't mind a ysi on this either....plz zwll

I'm also on AIM: geneskinner93

I saw this at Target for $8.99.

I'm good kids. Call off the dogs.

chris, i'd like to hear what you think of it.

apparently, you will......

i stil don't know what the fuck I can say about this Antony disc. that isn't just mean and hurtful.

i think crack is on to something. dem Hateful Reviews.

I know. this site's top 20 is gonna read like:
1. stupid
2. whiny
3. ghey
4. pointless
5. kinda dull
6. been done 200 times
7. really gay
8. retarded
9. the same shit as the last album
10. breathy
11. "pretty cool"
...and so on.


sadly, these were all attributed to real albums that will probably end up in or near the list.

this usually means it's a fucking great album.

Anyone?

is this album sthg i should hear? i feel very out of the loop as this seems to come up a lot, but nothing i have heard about it has really compelled me.

Yeah, go for it, Cotton. I think this year's blurb approach is brilliant.

The problem is that even though I am a hateful SOB, I can always find something positive---particularly in music. Dunno, we'll see.

Its on the iPod now so its coming with me today.

Mine too, thanks again.

Yeah, hate isn't automatic just because you never heard it last year. I'm expecting a decent mix of hate, yeah, and meh (but probably not 'this would have made my top 20').

Haha. That's probably accurate.

yeah, like i said.

Here's my review:

Overall, I thought this was an excellent album, but I was skeptical at first. It doesn't begin well; 'Clap Your Hands' is not my cup of tea at all. In fact, I fucking hated it. Fortunately, it's less than 2 minutes long so the agony is mercifully brief. However, beginning with the first notes, I do like 'Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away' and I immediately see the David Byrne comparison now, but that's not necessarily a bad thing in my book. It's a natural thing to do, categorizing by simile, compartmentalizing is what the brain does. The other reason I started enjoying this (nearly) right away is because of the singer’s similar vocal styling to Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug who is one of my favourite singers of the moment. The same goes for 'Over and Over Again', I liked it almost immediately and felt hooked. 'Details of the War' sounded very familiar with it's slow building momentum, maybe it's too close to some of the obvious comparison bands, like the Arcade Fire, but I liked the harmonica coupled to the increase in build. 'The Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth' I enjoyed, but once again found the tempo and cadence really familiar. I should say that I don’t necessarily find any obvious derivations to be a negative for me, but I can see now why a lot of people dismiss them for it. An insistence upon originality would doom this band.

The bonanza beginning of 'Is This Love?' was fun and the song only got better for me, but the cadence was, once again, very familiar to me reminding me a bit of Wolf Parade's 'Hearts on Fire' while the ending was reminiscent of 'Happiness is a Warm Gun'. 'Heavy Metal' is one of my favourites; it's a good vocal workout. However, if one is not a fan of that warbling, shaky voice then this song would probably rattle the myelin right off your spinal cord (I'm still walking, though). 'In This Home of Ice' could be my theme song right now and is another stand out favourite. 'Gimme Some Salt' is another groovy song, where he sounds a LOT like David Byrne. 'Upon this Tidal Wave of Young Blood' is a fucking great final song. But once again, it gets a bit over the top, with vocal styling and repetitive chant of 'child stars', reminding me of Van Morrison's 'youbreathin, youbreathout, youbreathin, youbreathout....' on Astral Weeks. But this album did, for me, what few albums generally do and that is end strong. It got consistently better over the course of the album and most importantly, it didn't overstay its welcome. I'm starting to appreciate shorter albums more and more.

This would have been a Top 20 vote for me as I think I'll enjoy it more after a few more spins.

For what it's worth, I'm hooked on the XMU channel on xm right now, and they play lots of these guys. And in an attempt to "grow," I don't change it when they come on.

I also don't enjoy them, but at least I'm taking my medicine.