Best Ever Albums

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

videoheadcleaner — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:45:57 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/19/2013 07:45

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Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:24:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/18/2013 17:24

A TRIUMPHANT GROUPER DRAGS OUT A TOUGH WIN

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

videoheadcleaner — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:52:21 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/17/2013 11:52

BrandonMeow wrote:

:shock: Grouper is obscure? Kind of odd, considering I've heard Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill before High Violet.

I am the opposite. Grouper is a new find for me. But the radio station I listen to thrashed HV.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

CellarDoor — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:33:45 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 06/16/2013 20:33

lethalnezzle wrote:

Maybe I'm just too happy.

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Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:31:38 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/16/2013 19:31

Went for Grouper. Neither album does for me what they obviously do for other users, but they're both cool. I think Grouper is just a bit more interesting. The National always struck me as incredibly average. I know a lot of people have a real emotional attachment to them, but it just hasn't clicked for me whatsoever. Maybe I'm just too happy.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:24:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/16/2013 19:24

CDQ wrote:

Sometimes I think people are just voting for the more obscure album regardless of whether they like it better. The Grouper album was one of the nicer finds of the tournament, though, so I won't complain.

😲 Grouper is obscure? Kind of odd, considering I've heard Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill before High Violet. Dragging A Dead Deer up a Hill is everything Saoirse said and more. 😄

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Cymro2011 — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:42:05 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 06/16/2013 13:42

CellarDoor wrote:

I like Grouper but I prefer The National.

Now hit me. :deadhorse:

Well you asked...

I think I'll have to abstain this one. I don't particularly like either album.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

CellarDoor — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:23:04 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 06/16/2013 13:23

I like Grouper but I prefer The National.

Now hit me. 🪦

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:05:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/16/2013 13:05

Sometimes I think people are just voting for the more obscure album regardless of whether they like it better. The Grouper album was one of the nicer finds of the tournament, though, so I won't complain.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Norman Bates — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:53:29 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 06/16/2013 10:53

harkan wrote:

An album at 818th in the 2000s vs the 3rd album of the 2010s.

This tournament is precisely about this. Otherwise, let's just take the rankings and finish it off.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:42:01 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/16/2013 10:42

Quick look and HV is still behind. With family and hugely busy. I have let down The National.

An album at 818th in the 2000s vs the 3rd album of the 2010s.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

junodog4 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:44:31 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 06/14/2013 15:44

Both beautiful...

...but High Violet and I know each other so well...

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:44:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/14/2013 14:44

I think the most fascinating thing about Dragging a Dead Deer is that despite the crazy time of it's release, it is an album that is so remarkably out of time, one that seems to exist in another world far from our own, but makes you experience, rather than academically explore, those emotions and big questions that often don't get explored in modern music (grief, lost memories, the inevitability of fate, the soothing sense of mental peace one can gain when immersed back into the natural world). While it's an undeniably sad record about how fragile existience really is, it's also an album that is remarkably gentle. Dragging a Dead Deer not only suggests a melancholy existience but explores the utter beauty of life on earth, and few records really are not only willing but successful in exploring both, making Dragging a Dead Deer absolutely vital experience almost unparalled in it's enigmatic beauty.

The first two tracks hit that two-sided coin of sadness and gentle beauty the best, from the dark and stunning noise collage of Disengaged to the soothing folk-like trance of Heavy Water/Id Rather be sleeping, the closest thing to a musical waterfall I think that will ever be achieved. How they blend into each other is practically magic

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And these other songs explore the natural themes in their violence, calmness and penultimate sense of peace

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Just an incredibly beautiful record from an artist that finally opens up her immense talent and makes something both musically accessible but still intent on exploring those more ambigious themes dealing with life and death that few really explore, or at least not with this sense of natural perspective.

Vote grouper

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

videoheadcleaner — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:14:21 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/14/2013 10:14

Seems I am on a precipice at the moment with this. I will be travelling again to Adelaide so I will be out for a few days. Might not get a decent promo up in time.

EDIT: A few points

My first experience of The National was this song. Not only did the song resonate with my musical taste, the connection with the beard was profound.

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Another great song and video of theirs.

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High Violet made it onto the end of year charts for many and still lives high in esteem for some. Every listen rewards you with another favourite moment or sequence.

People may be sick of it. They might have moved on Trouble Will Find Me. But the impact this album has had on me may last a while.

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Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Norman Bates — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:58:24 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 06/14/2013 08:58

High Violet: 6/10, OK record.
Dragging...: 9/10 great discovery, thanks.

Grouper it is.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:55:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/14/2013 08:55

Defago wrote:

Dragging A Dead Deer is a fucking masterpiece. High Violet is ok, I guess.

Somewhat agreed. I think High Violet is Ok while Dragging a Dead Deer is a pretty high quality album.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:56:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/14/2013 03:56

Saoirse wrote:

Im going to come back with more promotion later, but please please please everybody give grouper a listen before voting

I can empathize with you being matched up against an album by The National.

I will listen openly.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:55:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/14/2013 03:55

Im going to come back with more promotion later, but please please please everybody give grouper a listen before voting

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

Defago — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:54:52 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 06/14/2013 03:54

Dragging A Dead Deer is a fucking masterpiece. High Violet is ok, I guess.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT-Dragging a Dead Deer def High Violet

MrFrogger — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:29:08 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 06/14/2013 03:29

Both fantastic records, but High Violet recently became my favorite National record, I just gotta go with it. It's just so breathtaking, and sad in such a subtle way, that it makes you feel inspired without you even noticing.