Enjoying my Sunday morning coffee with Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation!
Thanks to Polydextrous@lemmy.world for reminding me of this awesome album!
Did someone say bluegrass Radiohead covers? Chris Thile/The Punch Brothers have you covered. Here's a few selections. They have more if you dive into youtube.
There's so much I want to mention but I've managed to narrow it down to a few things.
My dad is a big fan of Yes so here's a track that I heard a lot when I was a kid and still love today.
As an adult I've made some effort to dig into the stuff I missed out on from previous decades. I recently "discovered" Lou Reed and love everything he's done.
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
And finally I want to bring up Brian Eno's contributions to ambient music. No specific track but I love his albums Another Green World and Music for Airports.
I think you're right about them falling off around 97 or so. But I think American Idiot in 2004 was considered a comeback for them. Sure they became more mainstream with some of those singles but like said in the daily challenge thread I was 12 and they were awesome to me at the time.
Phil Elverum from The Microphones and Mount Eerie lost his wife to cancer and then wrote an album about it called A Crow Looked at Me. It is absolutely heartbreaking. Here's the opener from the album.
So many great lines and subtle jokes throughout this.
spoiler girl at party: "All I told him was that if you want me to do that, the don't eat the asparagus."
I'm on Thunder. But I hopped on the browser to edit my post. I think it's good now. Thanks!
I completely agree however it might not be my favorite of theirs. I might like The Lonesome Crowded West even more.
Their 2013 album If You Leave is excellent too. Shares the track Youth with the EP you posted.
https://songwhip.com/oscarlang/look-now
Here's a release from last Friday that I really enjoyed. It's the 2nd album by Oscar Lang out of the UK. Some personal lyrics mixed with some indie pop sounds. A little bit psychedelic at times. Some cool orchestral stuff too. Check it out!
I had no idea their two best albums were produced by Danger Mouse. Very cool.
My favorite track is probably Little Black Submarine.
I'm going to talk about some serious stuff here so move along if you were trying to keep things light today.
Scott Hutchinson from Frightened Rabbit died by suicide in 2018. Throughout his music Scott often talked about anxiety and depression and suicide. I highly recommend Frightened Rabbits 2008 album The Midnight Organ Fight. I want to link every song from that album but I'll limit it to just 3.
The Modern Leper - Frightened Rabbit
In this song he compares anxiety and depression to leprosy and asks the question to his significant other why would you love a modern leper? Are you a masochist?
Scott often said that he openly wrote and sang about his illness hoping that it would help someone else.
Head Rolls Off - Frightened Rabbit
In this song you'll hear the lyrics "when my blood stops someone else's will not" and "while I'm alive I'll make tiny changes to Earth" indicating his desire to help others by sharing his feelings and his pain.
Floating in the Forth - Frightened Rabbit
In this song you'll hear him ask the question "is there peace beneath the roar of the Forth road bridge?" and then make the somewhat hopeful statement "I think I'll save suicide for another year."
His body was found near the shores beneath the Forth road bridge near Edinburgh. Making this song so much more powerful knowing that he predetermined his death more than 10 years in advance and those thoughts were constantly with him.