Feast of Wire

Entirely unnoteworthy. It wasn't bad. I cannot really remember anything about it.

Very much a Sunday morning album

2.5

Ritmos muy tranquilos y relajados. Demasiada poca intensidad. Ciertamente me ha gustado poco

Alright indie type mariachi type music kinda weird

Not for me.

fine?

Sounded like a western soundtrack missed with Jazz, not the greatest, wouldn’t go back for another listen

Hated parts of this, enjoyed other parts of this, I’ll have forgotten about this album come next week…

I ate a little too much custard last night and ever since I've been blowing bubbles out of my bellend. It's a good day.

Not my cup of Alt Rock.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not really my thing, pretty smooth though Favourite song: Track 13 - Güero Canelo

didn't blow me away. Some good sounds here and there but it leaned too much into the sullen indie vibe than the more exciting mariachi sound.

Meh

Sounds like this was meant for a kind of shit but ultimately enjoyable western which has Benedict Cumberbatch and the Rock Johnson in it.

1.5

mariachi rock? not a huge fan but it was still an interesting listen.

Levyn alku tuli kuunneltua sujuvasti vaan loppua kohti lässähti musiikista mitään tajuattoman korvaan turhan taiteelliseksi.

Ei jäänyt erityisesti mieleen. Sen verran, et suht miellyttävää oli kuunnella. Ok.

2/5. It’s a nice collection of songs but it doesn’t hit right. Sometimes feels a little too pretentious. Not bad, just doesn’t work for me. The mixing of genres is the highlight for sure.

- Some of the songs give me videogame soundtrack vibes (Book and the Canal, Pepita) - Love the Spanish flair - A fun listen, 2.5

Was kind of empty and not too exiting. Maybe just not my style. I’ll come back to it at some point but overall as of right now, as a whole album, feels uninteresting

Oh god it's frontier folk music aaaagghh no make it stop Wait hang on it's tex mex indie rock aaaaggghh no make it stop 2/5.

I don’t really know what this album is. Half the songs were greyed out on Spotify. Some cool mariachi stuff, some good songs, but it did not hold together. Maybe because half the songs are missing.

a lot of genre hopping without much success sometimes they're jazz, others they're rock inspired by latin sounds

Like an alternative Spanish style album. Not sure what the importance of this one as there were far greater albums in the 00s but I’ve realized this list isn’t about good or popular music. It’s about what random album was made in a time when no one else did it. Doesn’t matter if people listen to it. This is that kind of album. 4.7/10

This album has some ups and downs. I did enjoy some parts, but overall it is not my kind of music.

DNF - maybe I’m just being impatient. Counter argument, this was really bad

I did not like it one bit. Maybe a second listen will cause me to appreciate it more.

this was really boring

Boring

Definitely not what I expected. Fav song is ‘Black Heart’.

Muito chato

The cover and the blurb on Wikipedia got me pretty interested and then I started listening. This album has the rare honour of being one of the few that I could just not bear. They are competent musicians and have skillfully blended a lot of other people's original ideas into a 'will this do?' pile of plop. I think I'd choose the 'die' part of the book rather than listening to this beige-fest.

Not what I was expecting. Won't revisit.

Not my bag at all. I now remember why I have steered clear of this band. I just cannot cope with all that Latin country folk americana. It's just too much for my uncultured ears to handle.

sent a shudder down my spine, didn't really listen

Meh

Not for me and too moody

Did not listen

Does playing the first bit of each track with a random drops of the needle count as listened. Its the only way to get through some offerings.

Enoooooorm saai. Heb het niet langer volgehouden dan 4 nummers. Geen spice, geen melodie, geen leuke stem, niks aan.

First up, no disrespect to Victor Gastelum, but that cover art is horrid. The fonts, the white void, the clearly visible PhotoShop brushwork on that gold background stuff... yuk. Alternative, country, mariachi band, a jazzy 70s movie score, trip-hop, electronica - this album tries to be lots of things at once, and, all credit to Calexico, they seem like they know what they are doing. The problem I have is, I didn't come away feeling like I had gained any insight into WHY they are doing it. For all it's moody minor key musings, processed beats, and brassy Mexicana, it doesn't really do anything all that interesting. Feast Of Wire is confident and competent in it's shifts in style, but not without being strangely predictable both melodically and lyrically, to the point it borders on pointless pastiche (vultures, cacti, snakes? Ok, we get it). So, while it traverses unfamiliar territory within the alternative genre, it never really takes you anywhere unexpected or exciting. Might be more appealing to American audiences, but I won't be listening to this one again in a hurry, I'm afraid.

production is nice, but i dont really like the vocalist and its a bit too experimental for me

Not good, and not worth listening to. It's like a bad version of Blind Pilot but they don't commit to an actual sound, and never really develop anything interesting. The best bit was the odd jazz song right in the middle of the album that didn't need to be there. Favorite Song(s): Crumble

That was a tough experience

Huh.

I still don't like country.

really bad. Got boring quickly and sound quality wasn't maybe the best. Guero Canelo was my fave but would not listen again.

Not for me

dont let the horrible album cover fool you, this is worse than it looks!

Meh

This album should be left alone unless you are intending to use the vinyl version to play Ultimate Frisbee or use it in hand to hand combat. My over all impression was that it would be a great album to poke your eyes out with a sharp stick. I’m sure his mother loves him though.

This sounds like the soundtrack to someone struggling to pick which color Patagonia puffy vest to buy

This sucks. Writing anything more will just piss me off entirely.

Too folky for me. Gimme Violent Femmes any day.

Nothing for me on this album. Esta fue una escucha dificil. But we haven't had Mexican food in a while, so maybe this weekend?

Mince.

Não achei graça nenhuma.

Dull. Labelled as indie but more like folk or country really.

as soon as the beat dropped, my heart and face sank it got better but not by much tbh NNN

1. zunken uualtz - 0 2. quatro - 0 3. black heart - 0 4. pepita - 0 5. ztevie nickz - 0 6. cloze behind - 1 7. birdz - 0 8. the book - 1 9. attack - 1 10. the uuire - 0 11. dub latina - 0 12. canelo - 0 13. horzez eye - 0 14. crumble - 1.5 15. doze - 1.5

Alright.

Easy listening album. Boring but nice to have as background music while you work. Nothing special, Calexico played it safe no risk or innovation. Same songs over and over with an eventual horn Fail.

Every time I thought a song was worthwhile I was almost immediately disappointed by the next one. Quattro - World Drifts in and Guero Canelo were the only two that stuck out to me. I never thought a 47 minute album could feel like 2 hours until now.

Did not enjoy.

no me hizo nada. Y la portada es fea.

no me gusta

...I expected something more uh, interesting? innovative? from this list for an album from 2003. this isn't doing anything for me. this feels like such a slog to listen to lol

like ordering Mexican food in Portland

For me, this had a lot of the right ingredients, but somehow came out half baked. Music is solid, lyrically I wasn't feeling it. I could tell there was passion and intent, and maybe I'm just not in the mindset to appreciate it, but this was a dud for me.

Got bored

weird electro-indie, not feeling it at all

this is bad. the world does not need an hour and a half of latino country music. and that album cover looks like the type of homemade shit people try to flog to you down market street in manchester.

It's not as good as 'Is this it' by The Strokes, is it?

Para mi está desubicado en la lista. Le pondría ceros estrellas pero no se puede.

A juzgar por esta muestra, me aburriría en un recital de Calexico.

I didn't love this at all...

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

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