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Wow you disagree with his views, who cares. That's not what this is about, and if you think so you're a shallow person. Underneath everything, this is about his discontents with *himself*. Listen to the last song. Yes, this is the boomer iteration of rebellion against your own angst, but it's still powerful nonetheless. You not liking this because of your political views is stupid.
TL;DR: Father John Misty reflects on his own art, his era, and their origins.
To briefly summarize the legendary career that Josh Tillman has led up to this point, he started out as a meager folk artist who made music that meandered all over the place, then became the drummer for Fleet Foxes and made a masterpiece in the form of Helplessness Blues. Something happened in those years between the depression folk and Fleet Foxes which turned his ambitions towards greater heights. Using the ... read more
The whole appeal of La Dispute was their honesty. It felt like the music was pure. Somewhere At the Bottom was comparable to Astral Weeks or Sacred Guitar and Violin Music of the Modern Aztecs, in that there was no gap between the vocals and the compositions, it all moved together. This doesn't. Perhaps the difference is emotion; maybe they fell into the post-hardcore trap of artifice presented as emotion. Whatever it is, this isn't good.
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I enjoy all music, ratings are simply reflective of my thoughts on albums as art pieces
I enjoy all music, ratings are simply reflective of my thoughts on albums as art pieces
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