Originally posted by bellenseb:
The Knife.
I would've agreed with this last week, but I listened to it about a dozen times over the weekend and it has REALLY sunk in. Mean, evil beats with lots of hooks and really weird vocals and lyrics. Its good for primary listening as well as background music.
The appeal of Joanna Newsome, however, continues to elude me, and I have really tried.
I find the Hold Steady's album almost completely boring.
I also question how many of these critics how fellate Mastodon actually listen to the thing. Someone dissed The Sword for being overhyped, which is just wrong, when meanwhile, these guys have been put on this unbelievable pedestal for a record that adds nothing to the genre.
