BEA's Year-End List #7: Plowing Into the Field of Love

Anonymous · 2015-02-04T10:42:55-05:00

Plowing Into The Field Of Love by Iceage The third studio album from Danish punk band, Iceage, had BEA buzzing. While some forumgoers were really put off by the vocalist, most of the response was positive, some going as far as to dub them the saviors of punk. Drowning in a deluge of alcohol, throwing up in the alley, waking up face down in the gutter, and heading straight back to the bar. Not content to merely be the saviours of punk, Iceage decided to expand their sound into something cinematic and far-reaching, absorbing elements of blues and ballad into their intoxicating post-punk cocktail, accompanied by that dead-eyed moan more biological than melodic. It sounds like they taught a dog to speak and lit its tail on fire. That they managed to record this album with no animal abuse whatsoever is remarkable. - they learned a fourth chord and it opened up a world of possibilities - I really, really dislike the vocals here. And I'm annoyed that this is otherwise filled with excellent songwriting, excellent ideas that seem like an amalgam of the highlights of post punk and punk rock music throughout the years, it's like their London Calling in a way (comparing the album to the more straightforward efforts that came before), but it's ruined by... I don't know, those forced inflictions in the vocals, like he was constantly drunk and not even trying. One RYM commenter called it "like if Nick Cave was shit", and I agree with that. And even more annoyingly, though maybe it's just me, it's as if this was mixed the way to put the vocals in the forefront.

Goto page Previous 12

View previous topic :: View next topic

benpaco Who's gonna watch you die? Profile
Missouri

Just doesn't compare well to their other releases for me, this felt like it lost something in terms of pure evil in trying to be a little more subtle. I liked all the extra noise, and I wanted to like this, but it was just dissapointing in my opinion.
_________________

. . . 2016 . . . 2015 . . .

"While I'm alive, I'll make tiny changes to Earth" - Frightened Rabbit

Saoirse

Yeah I like it, it definitely shows their trying to continually expand and shake up their sound (and discovering the left side of the fret-board), even if it's a bit messy and has a few of their weaker tracks overall. Still quite enjoyable.

dmercado Profile
Somerville, MA

This one was pretty good, especially The Lord's Favorite - that was an excellent song. Reminded me of The Gun Club.
_________________

My Charts at http://www.besteveralbums.com/usercharts.php?u=27982

My Radio Show at http://www.facebook.com/tender.wmbr

babyBlueSedan Used to be sort of blind, now can sort of see Profile

I never got around to listening to this because I couldn't find it online anywhere (although I admit I didn't try very hard). Heard good things though, obviously. Is it worth listening to if I liked You're Nothing but not enough to ever need to hear it again?
_________________
And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.

Hayden Profile
Japan

babyBlueSedan wrote:

I never got around to listening to this because I couldn't find it online anywhere (although I admit I didn't try very hard).

🤣

I'll send you a link if you really want it.

It's Iceage's best album in my opinion. I much prefer this sound to their previous two albums. It just seems fully and more confident.
_________________
Doubles & Conch

Skinny birdman_handrub.gif Profile

babyBlueSedan wrote:

It's more varied, more grown-up, more polished. Overall it shows more accomplished songwriting, but doesn't have anything like the same visceral thrill. So... yeah, I guess.
_________________
2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.

babyBlueSedan Used to be sort of blind, now can sort of see Profile

Just checked YouTube and it was uploaded there since I last checked (like I said, I hadn't tried very hard) so I gave it a listen. At first I wasn't sure what to think, I liked the shift in style but felt it really hard to connect to. But by the end I was really into it, like everyone said it feels more mature and there's definitely more to come back to than in their previous album. And I think the fire's still there - even if it's not as immediate there's still a lot of energy here.
_________________
And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.

Pavement415 Profile

It's a surprisingly good post-punk album. Nothing life changing, though very underrated for what it is.

HoldenM To Pedantically Split Infinitives Profile

I can't, in good faith, compare this to their previous albums. It's a whole other beast. What I can say is that it's quite excellent. Maybe not as great as You're Nothing, but a damn good album.
_________________
Inversion Verses
https://thesplitinfinitives1.bandcamp.com/album/inversion-verses

New topic Closed

Topic Posters
All times are GMT
Goto page Previous 12

Page 2 of 2

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Topic	Author	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Sticky: Year Change Notices	baystateoftheart	Music	158	08/29/2026 07:28 albummaster
Sticky: The BEA Games Hall Of Fame	Guest	Tournaments	47	05/31/2016 23:16 cestuneblague
BEA's Year-End List Extra: The Most C...	Guest	Music	89	02/14/2015 02:14 Necharsian
BEA's Year-End List	sp4cetiger	Music	38	01/31/2015 03:18 Anonymous
BEA's Year-End List #8: Perfect Hair	undefined	Music	17	02/11/2015 04:33 Anonymous