Hunting a non-filepost link for the new Corrosion of Conformity

Lucero's gonna leak any day now. C'mon.

I really love it. Wife and I have copies in our cars. It nods towards Beatles, Cheap Trick, and Big Star. Really amazing his talent.

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Much appreciate a link if you have one sir? The samples sound mighty fine-
Thanks for the Lucero too-

Sorry no linkee. I bought a copy. Here's the bandcamp page: http://inflatablemusic.bandcamp.com/album/mess-of-happiness

This is terrible. I'm giving up on them.

My first impression wasn't far off from yours. Still love seeing them live, though.

yeah their albums have been on a downward slope for me. it feels like they're just going through the motions.

they're playing live here in april. i'm on the fence about going but i haven't seen them in ages.

See, I think their last album is their second best after That Much Further West. This new one, on the other hand, is clearly their Dirty Work

See, I think their last album is their second best after That Much Further West. This new one, on the other hand, is clearly their Dirty Work

The ranking is open to debate (I consider their last two equal or superior to Further West), but the mystery is why some people here ever liked them. It's not like Lucero changed their sound; they simply refined it. They didn't change their approach, merely learned how to better write a song. So what's the big crime on Women & Work?

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Much appreciate a link if you have one sir? The samples sound mighty fine-

Thanks for the Lucero too-

For me at least (and this is subject to change as I've only listened once), it just struck me as too...slick or something. On the last record, the horns were a great addition but the guitars were still raw and there was real drama on a lot of the songs. There were a few songs towards the end of the record that hinted to this new one though which I can only describe as "late period Stones lazy guitar riffs, too much horns mixed too high and really, really bad lyrics"

To say they didn't change their approach, just learned to write a better song is absurd: Adding horns, using different producers, singing in a different style and yes, writing better[sic] songs is "changing your approach"

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to hang out with Sean Moeller at the Horseshack during one particularly sweltery June afternoon over a couple of welcome PBR’s shooting the shit about a lot of stuff, but he shared with me that one of his dreams was to launch a boutique vinyl label. Really, it was the logical progression from the special recording sessions that happen at the studio.

In the ensuing years, we have been treated to a few Daytrotter-partnered releases– notably the Iron & Wine split release with Low Anthem last year comprised of two Daytrotter sessions.

Today a special missive came from the stables announcing that Daytrotter will be reissuing John Denver’s 1971 classic Poems, Prayers & Promises remastered lovingly to vinyl for the album’s 40th anniversary. This album is one of many brilliant folk albums in Denver’s extensive catalog, but has two of the big signature songs, “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” and “Sunshine On My Shoulders” as well as some well-chosen covers of James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” as well as a startlingly impassioned take on the Beatles classic “Let It Be.”

The release was produced with the participation of Denver’s estate and features an interpretation by in-house artist Johnnie Cluney of the original cover art. The release will be limited to 1000 and available exclusively through the Daytrotter.com website and sold by Wolfgang’s Vault for $12 to peeps who are monthly subscribers (like your truly) or for $18 to everyone else.

plenty to dig in here : thas jus the A's!