Hello everyone! My name is Faith and I'm fairly new to this crowd via Raman whom I work with. Why am I here? Well because I can't resist a good club. Night clubs, yacht clubs, club sandwiches, golf clubs, if something is dealing with clubs, I'm there and more than likely wearing black. I also find myself a bit of a music enthusiast, constantly listening to something new practically every day. My taste in music really varies. I'm a listener of anything & everything - a vague/cliche statement I know, but perfect for this club right?
So here I am, sitting on my deck, 7pm on a Sunday still in my pj's and this is what I'm listening to:
Jason Feathers:
De Oro. I discovered this album about 3 weeks ago and haven't stopped listening since. I'm a die hard fan of Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) and try to stay current on everything he does musically/artistically. I'm almost positive our souls have made love. His most recent project is Jason Feathers, a collab band with indie rapper Astronautalis. Justin Vernon is known for his wide-range experimental bands and collaborations, but
De Oro is easily the most venturous take from his well-know Wisconsin-indie-folk sound. What also makes this group extremely interesting the fact that the members have given themselves characters within the album, narrating their story of crime, drugs, women, and debauchery in a Florida-esc town.
Justin Vernon is Ephasis, a "guitar-crooning lost cowboy" with his voice being overly distorted with auto-tuned sounds giving it an almost hunted effect. Astronautalis is Jason Feathers aka Creflow, and what I assume to be the main voice/character. I heard about him a couple years ago and briefly checked him out but never dove into his stuff. His voice in
De Oro is severly lowered to give a deeper tone becoming more of his character. The album transitions from a lively, almost humorous tone of a careless gangster lifestyle to a more dark and reflective sense of awareness. It's interesting to see an album tell a narrative through characters and themes. I'm easily able to get lost while listening and find myself putting it on repeat, picking up little bits with each loop.
Favorite tracks:
Honestly being there's 9 tracks total, I enjoy them all BUT if I had to choose 3:
• Leave Your Stain
• Hot Forever
• Courtyard Marriott
Also, I have attached a link to Pitchfork's virtual album thing they have going on. If you navigate successfully it gives a beautiful visual depiction of the album's characters and narratives. :)
Thanks for letting me be part of this! I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts while listening!
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ux6b4dovapld267/AABVV3-G1YjejtWNsJa0xUQRa?dl=0
http://pitchfork.com/advance/509-de-oro/
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Wow. Seriously wow.
ReplyDeleteI've just listened to this one straight thought twice and I'm surprised (astonished, actually!) at how much I liked it and how quickly. Even for music in the genres I'm usually drawn - and this one is certainly outside that list - to I'll need to hear something a few times before I can know if it will grow on me or not . I can't even put my finger on what it is exactly... but De Oro will be staying on my playlist for a bit, so maybe it will come to me after a few more rounds :-)
For me, it's a 4.
Oh, I meant to add that "Leave Your Stain" and "Cyclone" were the two songs that stood out the most for me, but that I really did enjoy all of them.
ReplyDeleteso i too was surprised/astonished, but not in a good way, lol. i was a little weirded out, honestly. i actually enjoyed many of the backing beats early on, but the ongoing evil-phone-stalker voice rapping left me feeling...off.
ReplyDelete"Sacred Math" + "Cyclone" were nice. well at least until phone-killer-voiceover man ruined them.
i'm an old man, and not cool enough to appreciate this album. 1.5.
Being also a fan of Bon Iver, there are too few songs that I like in this album. I don´t say it´s bad. But it is too rap for me. It is definitely an interesting one, but I only enjoyed listening to Sacred Math and to Cyclone.
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I think I would have really enjoyed this album if it wasn't so produced. It's an interesting mix of music, but I can't handle the auto-tune (all I hear is Cher!!) and the weird thinness of the piano in "Sacred Math" seriously rubs me the wrong way. I want to like this album but I don't think I can listen to it again.
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