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Originally Posted by Skuj
This my first post since....a long time ago. And my my next post will be a long time from now, if ever. ��
Idk why the fuck I read this forum from time to time. Sentimental, I guess.
Sevs response to this really pissed me off. "Tiktok/IG crowd" wtf? (Neither of which I do.) Sev...you were my (sometimes) ally here, when all hope was lost!!
Whatever.
Anyway, I felt compelled to make a post, in honour of BCNR Forever Howlong:
One Of The Ten Greatest Albums Ever Made.
Yeah. That's right. I said that.
Fuck me!! How this band reinvented/recovered after Isaac Wood departed. This is Floydian post Barrett. (Actually, Floyd sucked until Echoes. Whatever.) But you get the drift.
Forever Howlong is one for the ages. Brilliant. Timeless. Strange, beautiful, meandering.
I'll never get bored of this.
They keep saying "Well it's not as compelling as Ants From Up There..." Fuck you!! This blows the previous (excellent) albums out of the water.
I've never been so floored/thrilled with a band that had to adjust.
Forever Howlong is monumental.
Cheers, Bitches.
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Don't know if I'd put it in my all-time Top 10, but I agree with your assessment on how they successfully reinvented themselves. It's a great album and they are great at their craftmanship. I've seen them absolutely command the stage with their first post-Isaac material some 2 years ago. That was such a fucking powerhouse performance. They are not just some young'uns savvy in the use of social media, they are badass professionals on stage and in the studio. People who think they were falling apart as soon as Isaac left have probably not seen May Kershaw soulfully belt out the lyrics to "The Boy" whilst hammering the keys on the piano and also having a frickin' accordion strapped to her chest. Or the point in "Turbines/Pigs", where the piano solo gives way to an orchestral swirl of a crescendo. Performing songs with structures like these takes hard work, a lot of love and a crazy amount of stamina.
Yes, they are popular with TikTok and Insta-users. They are quite savvy at that. But that's not to take away from what they have accomplished, musically. Yep, they've ventured into a whole different area than the one they started out with. But I don't mind, really. I love me some oldschool British Folk, I'm partial to a good bit of Baroque Pop if done well. "Forever Howlong" leans right into that sweet spot. And as for their social media popularity: I see it as a net positive that music
this good gets some broad recognition. I never got the hype of - say Arcade Fire (Hate they way they approach their songwriting - everything's cranked up to 11 from the getgo, there is hardly any buildup, only release, which becomes obsolete if there is no buildup. And their lyricism is cookie-cutter and strikes me as very disingenious) - but I absolutely get the hype behind BC,NR.
Thanks for coming to my TED-talk