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PsychologistHD
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- #11
- Posted: 12/16/2015 08:08
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| Satie wrote: | | There's nothing to get, really. The album's kind of a one-trick pony, and if you aren't hooked by its emotional arc, it's unlikely you will be by forcing it on yourself over and over. |
I like the album but I mostly agree with this. Other than emotional impact the music isn't particularly interesting.
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HoldenM
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- #12
- Posted: 12/16/2015 09:15
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Yeah. This is actually a very simply written album. It's produced really well, and the lyrics are phenomenal. So, yeah. It's a bit lacking. But, as has been said, if you can at least appreciate the aesthetic, Hospice is a real force.
Also, I still stand by the opinion that "Bear" is not about abortion. For an album this focused and consistent, it really doesn't make sense, especially given how loose the narrative is, it's a really specific point that doesn't work. The metaphor could just as easily refer to their burgeoning love/relationship, which makes way more sense, since the whole focal point of the record is about abuse with relationships. I don't know. Seems more symmetrical to me.
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2. Kettering
3. Sylvia
7. Two
9. Wake
10. Epilogue
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Necharsian
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- Posted: 12/16/2015 15:48
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| HoldenM wrote: | | Yeah. This is actually a very simply written album. It's produced really well, and the lyrics are phenomenal. So, yeah. It's a bit lacking. But, as has been said, if you can at least appreciate the aesthetic, Hospice is a real force. |
I really like this album a lot. As far as "indie rock" goes, Hospice would probably be near the top of the "genre" for me. But I don't really think the lyrics are all that strong. In fact they kind of seem shallow or at least take advantage of the sad theme it tries to push. Like it seems as though the album just sort of presents sad stuff and while saying "see how terrible this is" without really providing depth to it. It's about as general as you can get, but maybe that was their goal anyway. Listening to the lyrics it just feels like there's some lost connection there.
Like I said, I do like it, but I can certainly see how people don't think of this as the "emotionally raw powerhouse" that's it built up to be.
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Mercury
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- Posted: 12/16/2015 23:15
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I'm a big fan of Silberman's falsetto. Also the songs here are great live. Yeah it's a one-trick pony but its trick still works on me, and I do think it's a lot less lyrically hackneyed than a lot of indie music that strives to be "emotional". The metaphors don't seem too forced etc. Also ik it's just an intro but Prologue is by far the most musically interesting song here
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