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Top Albums of 2009: Part I
David_Dovey:
It's probably not dogg
(actually I've got some disease where grindcore doesn't click to me at all but don't hold against me please)
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 28 Dec 2009, 09:28 ---PORTICO'S NEW ALBUM, FIRST NEIGHBOURS, IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT AND ONE OF THE BEST RECORDS I'VE HEARD THIS YEAR HANDS DOWN. PLEASE VISIT http://www.myspace.com/porticonation FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND SLINT-Y MUSIC W/ A GIRL SINGER
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WHO READ THIS POST, I'M SERIOUS
Spluff:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 28 Dec 2009, 21:45 ---(actually I've got some disease where grindcore doesn't click to me at all but don't hold against me please)
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This is actually quite a common problem. The layman's term for it is 'ears'.
In all seriousness, this is a pretty good album, though it'll never get into my 'most listened' list on last.fm. It's diverse, interesting, and musical enough to justify the longer track lengths. The hidden track is actually very good, too (albeit not very grindcore).
DavidGrohl:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 29 Dec 2009, 02:16 ---WHO READ THIS POST, I'M SERIOUS
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I approve this message. Not the best of 2009, though. :)
Johnny C:
if you don't think that album is one of the best album's you've heard this year then we've got words to have my friend, because there are so many parts that disagree with you: the crescendo of "my mother was born here, stoney indian" in "the battle of duck lake"; the sudden shift into an eerie major-key chiming guitar riff in "first neighbours" that totally belies the grimness of lines like "like a corpse we settle in"; the eruption of about seven measures of straight time into "i heard there's proof"; the way the drum line playfully mimics rhythm of the vocals in "unreunion" (or vice-versa, maybe); the way the intro cascades into three ringing melodies in "a year between the wars"; the absolutely amazing dissonance of the horns and strings in "frank slide," maybe the most effective use of those elements that i've heard in a few years, never mind the way that the song's rhythm suddenly changes from a strut to a weird, creepy shuffle; the surprisingly delicate nature of "bachelors, unite!" and the crisp lightness of the plucked guitar in that song; the sleater-kinneyish punk charge of "hallmark poultry limited" that's unexpected simply because of how brisk and straighforward it is; the "ooooos" that make "my teenage best friend's death in welland" more beautiful than it should be; the ghostly "we wait still" in "laura secord,"; the cinematic broadness of "louis riel leaves the college de montreal" that becomes terrible and awesome in the biblical sense during its horn-laden chorus; the martial rhythms of "spanish dance" that turn into a series of instrumental washes reminiscent of last year's excellent self-titled record by women.
i missed one song in there just cause i was thinking of all those parts off the top of my head. this is one of the most memorable records i've heard in a long time, and it's an album where absolutely no song, no section, no note is out of place. lean and cleverly-written and catchy, and some of the most incredible lyrics.
if that isn't enough for you, i'm perfectly willing to go through the last few pages and name the 2009 albums that don't hold a candle to this one.
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