I don't why their debut album, Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters is getting little to no talk--not even on metacritic and only a select few of us are even talking about it--but this is a stellar band. The album is strong and very solid, one of the best of the year. Best way to describe them (and some of this is borrowed) is an Interpol/The National mix but a bit noiser and maybe better melodies, plus the singer has a Scottish accent and they like to use the accordion! This is a great album by a band that is under the radar. I don't know if there is a stream anywhere but most of the songs off their album are at The Hype Machine. What is everyone waiting for?
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Posts: 5883 | Location: Texas | Registered: 27 December 2005
I'm already pre-determined against them because the p4k review mentioned the singer sound like the dude from Arab Strap, who has the dubious honor of being the worst live band I've ever seen. But I will definitely give them a chance, a lot of people on this board seem to like Twilight Sad.
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Posts: 2246 | Location: ATL-abouts. | Registered: 24 October 2006
I just listened to this yesterday and I like it quite a bit. I think the lead singer sounds like the singer from Snow Patrol. Although, I don't exactly enjoy Snow Patrol's music.
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Posts: 1242 | Location: Nowhere | Registered: 31 July 2006
Originally posted by mark f: It was talked up last month.
Well, the album didn't come out last month, it came out last week. So some of us started talking about it when we legally heard it. I know that I like to wait until the actual release date or at least very close to it (in case I hear a stream a few days before) before I start talking about it.
I didn't know that P4K had reviewed it or was even going to review it. We now await for the bandwagon to be filled.
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Posts: 5883 | Location: Texas | Registered: 27 December 2005
Originally posted by mark f: It was talked up last month. I also remember somebody hip upset that half of the songs were on their EP. I'm enjoying it since I'm hipless.
If you're referring to my comments on another page I can assure you I'm very uncool. I'm also an idiot. There are only 3 of the songs from the ep on this album. I just got this in the mail and I hope the other 6 are as good as what's on the ep.
This album is streaming here. You need to scroll to the bottom, go to the right and you will see something that says "KIJK EN LUISTER." Underneath that there is some volume icons, a movie reel icon and a CD icon. Click on the CD icon and the stream will open up with about ten different albums to stream. Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters is one of them, along with the new ones by Arctic Monkeys and Feist, to name a few.
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Posts: 5883 | Location: Texas | Registered: 27 December 2005
After listening to this album some more, I realize about half of I just love, and the other half I'm just kind of "eh" on.
Songs that I love: Cold Days from the Birdhouse That Summer... Walking For Two Hours <--awesome Mapped By What Surrounded Them And She Would Darken The Memory
The rest is pretty good, just not incredible like the songs listed above.
Posts: 70 | Location: upstate NY | Registered: 21 September 2006
Hahaha, that was funny. Made my day eric.
