The Morning Benders - Big Echo....RESPECT

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:03 pm

This album definitely deserves it's own thread. Biggest surprise for me so far this year. The album flows so perfectly. The playing and arrangements are outstanding.

I'm not familiar with their material previous to this, so hoping some Ob's can fill me in.

Album here...

http://bit.ly/bv3UWM

Excellent performance here...

jsh · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:06 pm

I saw em open for Grizzly Bear, and was pleasantly surprised. I'm sure if I can find the right time to listen to this I could be pleasantly surprised again.

seafoam · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:35 pm

It is good. Thought the Excuses track comes across more fully fleshed on the video.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

damn, i am loving that vid, dale! will most def check this out.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:18 pm

yeah, it's really great. you'll probably dig the album dude.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:23 pm

hey john vanderslice and the dude from girls!

two guns holla · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:52 pm

"Excuses" is definitely growing on me, but I liked other songs on the album more after my first few listens - don't know names off hand though.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:22 pm

that was cute. I like that guy's voice.

Zombeels · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:10 am

I like it more than their first album (talking through tin cans).

wilked · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:27 am

Haha, heard them on Sirius, thought to myself...Dalen will post about them

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:01 pm

wilked, did u like it?

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:06 pm

I really enjoyed the live performance, but I listened to the album this morning and I thought it was too precious and dull.

Some of the songs were okay, though. I might give it another shot down the road.

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:27 pm

Will give this a couple of more listens. Has reverb in all the right spots to warrant another listen.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I don't know about your side of the Atlantic but over here 'bender' is an offensive term for a homosexual.

south pacific · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:38 pm

Definitions of bender on the Web:

a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"
carouse: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

puma · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:08 pm

definitely dig this album, going to see them end of next month. i'm sure they'll be a big hit at sxsw too.

you should check out the first album d. not as good as big echo, but still an enjoyable listen.

Dalen · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:03 pm

puma Wrote:

definitely dig this album, going to see them end of next month. i'm sure they'll be a big hit at sxsw too.

you should check out the first album d. not as good as big echo, but still an enjoyable listen.

grabbing it right now. thanks for the heads up Dri.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:50 am

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13965-big-echo/

two guns holla · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:33 pm

Been really digging this...top 5 so far for me

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:40 pm

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

i'm seeing them next week! wooo ya!

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:52 pm

two guns holla Wrote:

Been really digging this...top 5 so far for me

Just listened to it again today and yeah, I really do like it a lot.

There's an almost Modest Mouse-y thing going on on a few songs that I like.

wilked · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:20 pm

Dalen Wrote:

wilked, did u like it?

Ya, I dig it

The Morning Benders - Big Echo....RESPECT

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