Hah. Yeahduff, I have been listening to Ourself Beside Me lately; it is a psychedelic/kinda noise-y Chinese band consisting of several cute girls. Perhaps you would like them, dohoho. (But seriously, they're kinda neat.)
Yeahduff wrote:To be honest I'm not all that well versed in Mr. Krug's solo work. I hear a song or two from a dude I know who shares your desire to make fierce love to Krug admiration for Krug's talents. But Idiot Heart is fantastic enough for me to dig deepeer.
Pitchfork gave the track a 6! A SIX. There's no justice.
Anyway, definitely get Random Spirit Lover or the self-titled EP -- they're the most accessible albums, I think. (True story: I had to analyze a song using a formalist approach for my senior theory course and I totally used "The Taming of the Hands That Came Back to Life." It was well-received, which only heightened my appreciation of the band, haha.) I started out with the very first one (Snake's Got a Leg) and was, frankly, nearly turned right off. Review copies of Dragonslayer have apparently already gone out, so a leak is only a matter of time; I will probably hold off for a few days out of guilt before caving in, downloading the thing, and obsessing over it. (I was just kidding about the being-insulted thing ... although I do sometimes feel like a comically predictable person in terms of my tastes but also in the way that everyone knows that if I like something I am going to fangirl over it
hard.)
And phact, what did you think of that Dears album? I revisited them recently and found that fond associated memories were the only thing keeping me from finding them to be just another bland Canadian indie rock band. I've never heard their first album, though; maybe it's really good and would explain their continuing popularity.
