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I posted this on another forum, after 3 listens & I:be only had time for about that many more, but everything I wrote here still stands:
"I've gotten 3 full listens in & I am absolutely knocked out! Incredible that the same sessions produced 21 "Cruel Country" tracks, the 10 on "Cousin" & these 6!
It's hard for me to imagine not including "Annihilation", "Hot Sun", "Say You Love Me" & "Livid" on the tracklist of any album...
But, to top that off (EP tracklist wise) "Ice Cream" & "Inside The Bell Bones" are both truly great as well... & force me into adding all 6 of them to my more perfect "Cousin"
I'm not a big "Pitchfork" guy, necessarily, however... when they are right, they are right...
I have 3 favorite favorite bands (Beatles Wilco - Yo La Tengo). The Beatles existed in an era of both non-albums singles & the EP- most especially in the U.K. (as opposed to U.S.).
Yo La Tengo is probably the artist(s) who have utilized the EP to it'a most glorious reward(a) ever! Pitchfork pointed out that while Wilco have done EP's before... This one is something else entirely different & major.
Yo La Tengo 's EP's usually (but not always) involve some album/better known track, surrounded by lots of non-album odds & sods wonders. "Hot Sun Cool Shroud" is more like The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour"... A half dozen (roughly half an album's worth of tracks) totally unique tracks, but bound together thematically (rather than randomly) with all the tracks being culled specifically from the sessions for the album "Cousin"⁰.
With this EP Wilco make the biggest noise/boldest move within this sonic format (The EP) since who knows way back when!
... and alongside that...
... inevitably folks will note how utterly amazing a 16 track long "Cousin" would have been - & boy would it ever... and/or what favorite tracks here (EP) they would have rather had on "Cousin" instead of whatever their least favorite tracks on the album are... For me, while not bad, "A Bowl & A Pudding" is thr one track that felt like it was a real step below any of the others...
I understand wanting to follow the double "Cruel Country" with something different in both sound & presentation (21 songs vs. 10) & 16 songs might have been too close to that for their comfort. And "Cousin" does have a certain cohesive sound to the whole of the album listening journey - probably carefully chosen & constructed I'd guess... but, with material this great, I come down on the side of- would have rather had them make "Cousin" longer...
... I posted an article earlier in the thread that noted Glenn Kitchen had spoken candidly to SPIN about being very partisan for/attached to a number of tracks that didn't make the final list that he thought really should have...
For me I think I would have bookended the album with the two instrumentals & cut "A Bowl & A Pudding" to end up with technically a 15 track album, but operationally a 13 track album with a both a brief intro & outro...
For me The "Cousin"/"Hot Sun Cool Shroud" Sessions break down roughly thusly (Album tracks listed first, followed by EP tracks & instrumentals are listed last in any Level/Tier, & in parenthesesas well)
Level I: to
"Infinite Surprise"
"Meant To Be"
"Sunlight Ends"
"Cousin"
"Annihilation"
"Hot Sun"
"Say You Love Me"
("Livid")
Level II:
"Levee"
"Pittsburgh"
"Soldier Child"
"Ten Dead"
"Evicted"
"Ice Cream"
("Inside The Bell Bones")
Level III:
"A Bowl And A Pudding" "Last edited: Jun 29, 2024 -
Not only did they play ArtPark in Lewiston a couple times since the 2005 cited by the OP...
Jeff Tweedy played Buffalo (full electric band) in 2014 (saw that one) & Ithaca, NY on that same tour (saw that one) & Wilco played Ithaca in 2015 (saw that one).
Wilco also played Rochester in 2008 & 2012 (saw that one).
Sadly I had to miss the gig in Chautauqua last night, but I'm glad it was a great one & here's hoping they play some more live dates later this year & some more in Western/Central NY too!
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Pitchfork Review (8.0) with lots of good info!
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I believe I just DM'd you here. I tried. Respond to this thread if you didn't get it. VERY interested & looks like I might be able to go.
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May be interested in the adult pass & the camping. Will know in the next day, or two at the most- might know later today & very hopeful...
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I thought I'd post this here, just in case someone is needing to get rid of tickets they can't use...
I, hopefully, will be needing, at the very least 1, but probably 2 & possibly more, tickets to the full/all 3 days-nights of Solid Sound this year! And, quite likely, either a camping pass/camping passes... Can't recall how it all works(if it's still the same even) as I attended in 2013, 2015 & 2017, but unfortunate life circumstances have prevented me from going to the last few...
I won't know if I can make it until around June 24th, but I'm very hopeful it will all work out! Post here, PM me here? (can't recall how/if that is a feature here, as it's been a while since I participated here) Or my email is 11johnlink11@gmail.com
Thanks & have a great Solid Sound for all who are going!
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I thought I'd post this here, just in case someone is needing to get rid of tickets they can't use...
I, hopefully, will be needing, at the very least 1, but probably 2 & possibly more, tickets to the full/all 3 days-nights of Solid Sound this year! And, quite likely, either a camping pass/camping passes... Can't recall how it all works(if it's still the same even) as I attended in 2013, 2015 & 2017, but unfortunate life circumstances have prevented me from going to the last few...
I won't know if I can make it until around June 24th, but I'm very hopeful it will all work out! Post here, PM me here? (can't recall how/if that is a feature here, as it's been a while since I participated here) Or my email is 11johnlink11@gmail.com
Thanks & have a great Solid Sound for all who are going!
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On 6/5/2024 at 12:26 PM, DiamondClaw said:
Sleuthing through Wilcoworld, it appears "Livid" and "Inside the Bell Bones" are instrumentals. "Hot Sun," "Ice Cream" and "Say You Love Me" all have lyrics posted. I don't see anything for "Annihilation."
Thanks so much! And , as Columbo (Peter Falk) used to say- "Uhm, just one more thing..."...
... I can't access the recent article in Rolling Stone involving Jeff speaking about the new EP & the first night "Deep Cuts" show at Solid Sound- it/they/RS asks me to start a free trial/subscription to see the full article (tried "going incognito" & that new tab/page wouldn't work either)...
... sooooo, if possible, if you could copy the text of it (simple "cut & paste) & get it to me somehow-
my email is "11johnlink11@gmail.com" and/or a PM here?- been so long since I've been more active here I don't recall how/if that (personal messages) works as a feature here, or not- or just post the text of it here for all to enjoy!... Thanks again for your song/sonics sleuth work sussing out the lyrical from the instrumental songs/tracks & hope you can help with the recent Rolling Stone article...
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On 6/5/2024 at 12:26 PM, DiamondClaw said:
Sleuthing through Wilcoworld, it appears "Livid" and "Inside the Bell Bones" are instrumentals. "Hot Sun," "Ice Cream" and "Say You Love Me" all have lyrics posted. I don't see anything for "Annihilation."
Thanks so much! And , as Columbo (Peter Falk) used to say- "Uhm, just one more thing..."...
... I can't access the recent article in Rolling Stone involving Jeff speaking about the new EP & the first night "Deep Cuts" show at Solid Sound- it/they/RS asks me to start a free trial/subscription to see the full article (tried "going incognito" & that new tab/page wouldn't work either)...
... sooooo, if possible, if you could copy the text of it (simple "cut & paste) & get it to me somehow-
my email is "11johnlink11@gmail.com" and/or a PM here?- been so long since I've been more active here I don't recall how/if that (personal messages) works as a feature here, or not... Thanks again for your song/sonics sleuth work sussing out the lyrical from the instrumental songs/tracks & hope you can help with the recent Rolling Stone article...
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Anyone know which tracks have lyrics & which are the instrumentals? Figure some may have shown up on "The Tweedy Show" and/or "Starship Casual" & that folks here might know... Life circumstances have kept me from being able to keep up as much as I'd like... Maybe, someday soon (cue up the appropriate "Being There" track now)... aaaaaaand, mic drop...
Hot Sun Cool Shroud
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I hear you about the aging- seems to blow by faster & faster too... just turned 60 on 4/20 this year myself.
Until the next numerical milestone, we can always take solace by enjoying this quarter of a decade old oldie...