I just ordered this:

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:59 am

To replace my old vinyl and I have not been happier about a purchase in a long, long time. It's been years since I've heard this. Yay for me!!!

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:01 am

Tell us more about it Todd (but please don't start a thread about it every day til it arrives and then another every time you listen to it

)

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:11 am

I really like the cover...this looks like the sort of thing I would like

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:17 am

HOCKDOG AMGERGIKAG LOOGAR Wrote:

Tell us more about it Todd (but please don't start a thread about it every day til it arrives and then another every time you listen to it

)

I'll do my best.
To use the whole comparison thing, maybe Gram Parsons crossed with Big Star or Matthew Sweet. (They played with Matthew Sweet, in parts or as a whole, on most songs on most of his 1990s albums).

Here's the AllMusic (4.5 star) writeup:

Quote:

Velvet Crush's second album is an old-fashioned pop record: 12 songs in 40 minutes, filled with ultra-melodic guitar hooks and simple, memorable melodies. While it's traditional in form, the music on Teenage Symphonies to God isn't retro. Velvet Crush manage to inject a real enthusiasm and freshness in the standard three-minute pop song, whether they're playing originals that sound like forgotten classics ("Time Wraps Around You," "This Life is Killing Me," "My Blank Pages," "Hold Me Up") or forgotten classics themselves (Gene Clark's "Why Not Your Baby" and Matthew Sweet's "Something's Gotta Give"). With a crisp, warm production from Mitch Easter, Teenage Symphonies to God is one record that deserves to take its title from Brian Wilson.

You can deduce your own RIYL from all that.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:22 am

PopTodd Wrote:

HOCKDOG AMGERGIKAG LOOGAR Wrote:

Tell us more about it Todd (but please don't start a thread about it every day til it arrives and then another every time you listen to it

)

I'll do my best.
To use the whole comparison thing, maybe Gram Parsons crossed with Big Star or Matthew Sweet. (They played with Matthew Sweet, in parts or as a whole, on most songs on most of his 1990s albums).

Here's the AllMusic (4.5 star) writeup:

Quote:

Velvet Crush's second album is an old-fashioned pop record: 12 songs in 40 minutes, filled with ultra-melodic guitar hooks and simple, memorable melodies. While it's traditional in form, the music on Teenage Symphonies to God isn't retro. Velvet Crush manage to inject a real enthusiasm and freshness in the standard three-minute pop song, whether they're playing originals that sound like forgotten classics ("Time Wraps Around You," "This Life is Killing Me," "My Blank Pages," "Hold Me Up") or forgotten classics themselves (Gene Clark's "Why Not Your Baby" and Matthew Sweet's "Something's Gotta Give"). With a crisp, warm production from Mitch Easter, Teenage Symphonies to God is one record that deserves to take its title from Brian Wilson.

You can deduce your own RIYL from all that.

So Judas Priest, Public Enemy, Slayer, and Teenage Fanclub...right?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:23 am

F**k You Dave Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

HOCKDOG AMGERGIKAG LOOGAR Wrote:

Tell us more about it Todd (but please don't start a thread about it every day til it arrives and then another every time you listen to it

)

I'll do my best.
To use the whole comparison thing, maybe Gram Parsons crossed with Big Star or Matthew Sweet. (They played with Matthew Sweet, in parts or as a whole, on most songs on most of his 1990s albums).

Here's the AllMusic (4.5 star) writeup:

Quote:

Velvet Crush's second album is an old-fashioned pop record: 12 songs in 40 minutes, filled with ultra-melodic guitar hooks and simple, memorable melodies. While it's traditional in form, the music on Teenage Symphonies to God isn't retro. Velvet Crush manage to inject a real enthusiasm and freshness in the standard three-minute pop song, whether they're playing originals that sound like forgotten classics ("Time Wraps Around You," "This Life is Killing Me," "My Blank Pages," "Hold Me Up") or forgotten classics themselves (Gene Clark's "Why Not Your Baby" and Matthew Sweet's "Something's Gotta Give"). With a crisp, warm production from Mitch Easter, Teenage Symphonies to God is one record that deserves to take its title from Brian Wilson.

You can deduce your own RIYL from all that.

So Judas Priest, Public Enemy, Slayer, and Teenage Fanclub...right?

Minus the Fannies, pretty much.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

i used to see this in used bins all the time. and so i never thought it was good at all. and now i don't see it anymore very much, so i'm left wondering.

funny how i judge an album's quality based on its prevalence in being traded in.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Matthew Sweet is a forgotten classic?

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:01 pm

Z Wrote:

funny how i judge an album's quality based on its prevalence in being traded in.

lol, i do the same.

south pacific · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:03 pm

Z Wrote:

i used to see this in used bins all the time. and so i never thought it was good at all. and now i don't see it anymore very much, so i'm left wondering.

funny how i judge an album's quality based on its prevalence in being traded in.

holy shit. me too.

I thought I was the only one who did this. :lol:

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

deja vu

seafoam · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:29 pm

south pacific Wrote:

Z Wrote:

i used to see this in used bins all the time. and so i never thought it was good at all. and now i don't see it anymore very much, so i'm left wondering.

funny how i judge an album's quality based on its prevalence in being traded in.

holy shit. me too.

I thought I was the only one who did this. :lol:

Hah, I realized I did this awhile back. I don't buy into it anymore. Its one reason why I dig 2nd hand stores that let you preview the album.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Z Wrote:

i used to see this in used bins all the time. and so i never thought it was good at all. and now i don't see it anymore very much, so i'm left wondering.

funny how i judge an album's quality based on its prevalence in being traded in.

It kinda works...at least in this case.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

HOCKDOG AMGERGIKAG LOOGAR Wrote:

Tell us more about it Todd (but please don't start a thread about it every day til it arrives and then another every time you listen to it

)

or every time you let cary or ethan pick your selections for the day and one of them chooses it

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Yeah, I thought for sure the board would be limited to one Velvet Crush post but here we have the second one.

This is an okay listen. Nothing super-special.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:56 pm

Technically, third.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:48 pm

billy g Wrote:

Z Wrote:

i used to see this in used bins all the time. and so i never thought it was good at all. and now i don't see it anymore very much, so i'm left wondering.

funny how i judge an album's quality based on its prevalence in being traded in.

It kinda works...at least in this case.

I'm surprised. This seems like the kind of power pop that you would like.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

PopTodd Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Z Wrote:

i used to see this in used bins all the time. and so i never thought it was good at all. and now i don't see it anymore very much, so i'm left wondering.

funny how i judge an album's quality based on its prevalence in being traded in.

It kinda works...at least in this case.

I'm surprised. This seems like the kind of power pop that you would like.

Oh i like stuff similar to it and don't need to cover my ears if its playing. I just would never choose to listen to rather than Teenage Fanclub for example. It's just not nearly as good.

I just ordered this:

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