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nice! i'm photographing him in Mpls in a few weeks, can't wait

Jeff is playing the Fargo Theater on July 9th

i actually like Strangers Getting Stranger a bit more...

$28 for the deluxe LP is a killer deal if you ask me (and yeah, w/ shipping mine was $34-ish) too many bands have these like $60-150 deluxe versions, which for a single NEW album is just silly to me

all of those dates with The Rosebuds opening too! i'll be at the Milwaukee shows, possibly Chicago

i can understand that... but i guess myself, i saw the band twice before the debut album even came out and loved them from the first note of that first show this is still probably in my top 3 on the year as well

i loved Dents + Shells quite a bit too

can't wait... it's been too long. hoping it's better than Meadow tho, wasn't my favorite of his

yeah? i'm not really feeling the new one too much

i've absolutely loved all 5x i've seen them J. Tillman (drummer) could be a stand up comedian if he wanted

finally got to see him open for Budos Band (they backed him as well) a few weeks ago... AMAZING. Budos were pretty fabulous too.

there's no real rocker like Aluminum Park or Remnants, no, just a bunch of slow builders, but overall the album is very much midtempo. and 'Slow Slow Tune' is definitely very schmaltzy, but Wonderful is very nice.

so, i like the album (prolly would give it a solid 7/10)... and probably better than Evil Urges overall, but def would put it 4th or 5th in their catalog. really love tracks 1, 3, 7 and 8. kind of a bummer that it ends on 2 downers (esp. Slow Slow Tune, not a big fan of how Jim sings on that one). would have liked at least one rocker though

i was kinda happy to see Pfork didn't score it quite as high as the debut... as much as I do love it, there's still 2-3 songs on that one i like way more than anything on HB. that said, it's a much more fully fleshed out and realized album. def in my top 5 on the year for sure

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musically? the breakdown is pretty badass, sure. the rest of the song however didn't do much for me live at all

exactly... i dig Ween a bunch too. i've learned over the last few years that Jim is just a really weird dude with a sense of humor that doesn't exactly jive with what I find humorous or amusing and i'm fine with that.

sometimes... if it's a truly great song. but there's a fine line between fun/goofy and stupid/lame imo (that Built To Spill song is clever imo (see also: You Were Right). Highly Suspicious is just too campy for me to find funny/goofy unfortunately :/. But the worst part about that song isn't the lyrics, it's Jim's vocals. of these, the only songs i really like much are Pecan Pie & Kingpin, never really cared for I'm A Wheel or Kicking TV. I can take or leave WTS

yep and yep :/ it reminds me of Ween

for me it's the kid's choir that annoys me most... it just doesn't fit/work for me. and i don't think Jim's strained falsetto sounds all that great in this instance either.

i like it quite a bit, but would put it #3 or #4 in his catalog

not a big fan of 'Holdin' On To Black Metal', but i wouldn't say i hate it either :/ Jim has a pretty good falsetto at times, but this is not a very good example of it. it sounds like he took a hit of helium before the take . i don't mind the horns or overall riff/melody (that Jim lifted (with credit) from an old Thai soul compilation), but i definitely don't care for the kids choir, doesn't fit imo.

it's just too dumb for my taste unfortunately musically it's kinda fun, but the lyrics + Jim's vocals? yep yep! going to both actually

meh.

yeah, that was something else... Justin Vernon joined for Terrible Love to close out the show