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I also thought I would dig this a lot more than I did
2 stars for keeping my attention despite everything about it sucking butt
Not for me
Mucha energía, divertido
Not unpleasant but unmemorable
I have never heard of this artist so I am going into this completely blind, with no expectations, although for some reason the album and artist name in combination said hip-hop to me, a theory that was immediately disproven. The second track, Burnished, sounds a bit 70s throwback, Led Zeppelin-ish, maybe. Then Back At the Farm was a moderately interesting instrumental, but not a track I would even save to my Spotify Discovered, and again it sounds like a Zeppelin tribute act. Anvil Everything is a bit math rock. Like a worse Akron / Family.
Average sound, good beats but not enough to make it worthy of listening a second time.
Ni idea de qué es esto. Se me ha hecho corto. Me he guardado "Street Joy" que veo que es su canción más famosa. Más o menos prescindible, aunque supongo que en los USA tendrá su público.
Nothing special
This is a very new album but it has that old sound to it, although it's not necessarily bad.
Had caught a couple of White Denim songs way back when, Tony Fatti and New Coat, that do more for me than any song on this album. Maybe I'd feel differently if I listened to D back then.
This is a tad too American for me. Absolutely cannot stand the singer's voice.
I’ll give it another chance later
Pleasant 70s prog pastiche, no more
2 1/2
Album 137. D (https://open.spotify.com/album/24l0lgTXOsgBms7ISsLKcn?si=wIziPQPYQjmFz_osqaE-dg) — White Denim (2011) D — dull. Another boring garage indie rock album af. I don't know why it is here. 2/5 No liked songs
I don't think I ever needed to hear this.
Talented group, but too generic, very forgetable
Inoffensive is the word I'd describe to this, while it tries to act like it is something, at the end of the day it is a quite tame album. His voice really brings into this feeling, because throughout the whole album it really doesn't feel like he does anything with it. Having some sophisticated parts and solos doesn't automatically deliver something of sustenance. But, at the end of the day, it is a product of it's time and it really does sound like it is from 2011.
It was like an eclectic temu version of Radiohead
So inoffensive that it didn’t really register with me while I was listening to it. Fine but bland would be my only comment.
I'm confused on why this has so many high ratings. It was so bland. Like boiled chicken. I also felt like this album had no direction- I couldn't tell what they were trying to achieve with it. Oh and. The end of 'Bess St.' sounded suspiciously similar to some instrumentals by Yes (who obviously did it better anhway)
4/10
I don't think this album was bad per se, but I didn't even realize it had ended
Heard Before? Nope. Finally something on this list I've never even heard of. Notes: - production is mostly bad - crowded, noisy, sometimes ugly. I get the retro idea, but has this engineer heard of EQ? - drums sound especially terrible, all cymbals with a muffled snare and inaudible kick. - similarly, the arrangements are ridiculously busy. the players are all highly technical, but do all of them really need to play the whole time? silence is a virtue. - vocals are lovely, though often buried. - bonus points for flute and guiro on "River to Consider", my favorite song. - I should be careful what I wish for; the more conventional songs are pretty but forgettable. Verdict: A mix of highly technical throwback rock and dull ballads. Listen Again? I saved a few tracks for later. I didn't love it, but I feel like I can learn from it and I'm always down to give things a fair trial.
Wellwell. For me its too light.
Boring and the album cover is ugly.
Apparently this is considered psychedelic but it's really sort of rehashed 60s pop rock. It's not bad per se but certainly not memorable in any way. Another why is this on the list album
Somewhat perplexed by all the glowing reviews. The playing is fine, but it’s just so toothless and bland. Feels like psychedelic music by people who’ve never actually done drugs. I guess it’s better than Dave Matthews at least.
What a stupid addition to this list. Did they pay to get put on here? I honestly don't get it. they sound like a mashup of a bunch of classic rock bands. it's fine as background music, i guess.
This wasn’t bad per se, but it definitely activated my allergy to jam bands.
Never heard of this group at all. It sounds like Lo-fi millennial soft rock music. I just knew the singer had a beard. It’s like pop rock but neither at the same time. The guitar playing isn’t so bad.
i liked all the songs, but only two of them i added to my playlist. it doesn’t fully match with me
Reminds me of Inhaler a little bit. Very summery vibe, I feel like they’d be great live. Has some really unique instrumentals. Fav song is ‘It’s Him!’.
- I really like the guitar playing on this - by far my favourite part of this album. I also liked the flute on River to Consider. - Overall, I found the sound a little too full and busy - there's just too much going on in the instrumentation, so nothing really had a chance to stick out other than the electric guitar. - The singer's voice was a little bland and high up in the mouth/nose - kind of like blend of Travis and Radiohead (and someone else I can't put my finger on - someone in the reviews said Arcade Fire, maybe that's it). I also couldn't make out the lyrics. - I think I liked the instrumental song (Back at the Farm) best on the album - that surprises me because I'm not really into jam bands, in general, but I liked the guitar work a lot. - It grew on me with a few listens, but I still can't see myself ever reaching for this - the melodies aren't memorable enough. It's probably a solid 2.5. - I might round down because of that shitty cover... kind of encapsulates what I was saying about it being too busy.
If Wilco and Black Keys started a butt rock band
I wasn't overly keen on it. It was kinda ok background chill music but didn't really grab me
Never heard of this band before, apparently they were big about 15 years ago. Technically competent, modern sounding, and pretty lackluster and dull mix of kind of trippy psychedelic proggy rock. Sounds aggressively millennial. Doesn't feel like it aged well and not for me. I really like the one hit from this album, Street Joy, and that's about it. But at least it was only 37 minutes.
From the first note I had a feeling it wasn’t a bit of me. It did get better, felt very samey up until street joy. That was a bit jarring, felt like I’d started listening to someone else entirely.
started of well got too much at some point, felt like I should go get a matcha
Prog folk? No thanks
It's alright, the type of thing I'd throw on in the background during a lazy Sunday. Despite its release in 2011, it really does have a very mid '2000s indie feel to it. Something about the general atmosphere and feel of the album reminds me a lot of Beck's releases from that time. There were a couple of highlights here, especially early on. 'Street Joy' was a really solid slow ballad, even though the growly delivery on the chorus gave me flashbacks to all the worst kinds of over-the-top ballads that plagued the 2010's pop scene. It was fine enough here, though. The psych breakdown on 'At The Farm' was pretty good too, wish they did more of that particular thing on this album. 'Anvil Everything' has the same sort of chaotic psychadelic energy, but is overlayed by this really sweet melody by the lead vocalist, which I enjoyed quite a bit. So, a few really great songs here, but a bunch of everything else here was far too forgettable and uninteresting for me personally. Again, it's certainly a vibe, but not something I was entirely engaged with.
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This is deep into jam band territory. They are technically pretty solid. Clearly know what they are doing. Didn't hate the listen but won't remember it.
Ultimately forgettable. The instrumentation is fine, the vocals made me struggle to pay attention.
Not for me
This sounds almost disturbing. Four musicians each playing different parts, but I am entirely unconvinced that they all belong to the same tune. There is no cohesion. 2/5.
I do not get the appeal of this group. Hyped to death on UK radio despite sounding like an overly-technical pub rock outfit; King Crimson play the hits of the Steve Miller Band. Mercifully brief, at least.
this was not my thing i fear.
Functionally impressive and plainly plain.
5/10 Passed by without notice. Nothing offensive but nothing noticeable either.
Serves well as background music. It gets dull quickly when you start to actively listen to it. The cover art is great though.
D minus. White denim, plain white tees and plain white pitchfork indie sonic palette. Definitely heard other albums from this group that are more interesting.
When was it that Indie Rock died? After this, surely. 2009, maybe?
boring
It's fine, but not very memorable. Why is it on this list?
Can't believe this album was made in the 21st Century. Nothing new to say whatsoever
Ok
Another band that is both new to me and slightly misses the target for my musical tastes Glad to have heard it, but wont be adding to my collection
5/10. Relaxing but not attention grabbing
Звучит как ребенок Radiohead и King Gizzard, но без интересных песен. Лучшая песня - Street Joy.
Not the worst thing I've ever heard but not great either
Very progressive musical I guess not really my favorite.
Weird sort of 60s vibe. Not particularly good or interesting.
Good at their instruments, bland at songwriting
No jams for me. 2.
2,5
2011 might not have been a vintage year for music but is this really one of only two albums of the year important enough to make the list? It wasn't bad per se, just pretty forgettable. I did like Street Joy and the instrumental before it though.
Burnished is a cracking song, bristling with melody and ideas. The rest of this album is so-so. Worth revisiting now and then but not a must listen.
It's good but just so damn ordinary
Bit boring. Great musicianship, but didnt really get me.
meh
In the end it was too complicated and muso
Eh
Your standard indie rock album. Not terrible, not great. The lead singers voice is very similar to other indie rock singers. I’ve never heard of this band before.
White Denim - the satirical choice - evinces grave disregard for common decency. This album isn’t that. But, the odd (in every sense of the word) exception aside, it is a rather rum do.
The Good: We know the grade before hearing the album… The Bad: Too many listeners seem to think that it is a C+ The Ugly: White denim… I mean, who in their right mind wears that? There are times when a totally unknown album/group gets you slightly excited before hearing the first song, and then makes you wonder about people’s taste in music by the time the last song has played… Austin, TX, is a hotbed for music, and the launching pad for several international stars… White Denim not being one of them. I guess that if your sound is too eclectic, at times making you think you are listening to Pink Floyd, then The Rolling Stones, then The Grateful Dead… well, you got to some choosing to do. Was the album bad? No, yet, I listened to it twice and can’t recall a single song. Will I listen to the album again? Most likely not… it just didn’t hit the right spots for me. 2*
Another Allbum where it's just ok for me and I don't see what is so special about it. but if it*s 5 stars for you then keep enjoying it!
Austin Rock n Roll, but very…tame? It’s fine, and I like it, but this album isn’t my favorite in their catalogue.
4/10
Correcto
Not a fan of jam band Phish stuff. Definitely talented musicians…wasted on this unfocused, long-haired hippie crap.
🤷🏻 It felt like this one never knew what it wanted to be. I can appreciate genre hopping, and not every band needs to pick one lane, but I just never got my head around this album, nevermind finding it essential.
eh
I’d never heard of this band prior to getting this album in the generator, so was excited to listen. Well played, but ultimately a bland record. I enjoy similar musics played better by others, so this flew over me. I can see how folk might enjoy it but - without wanting to sound pretentious - anybody with more than a fleeting interest in music will know this ground is covered better elsewhere.
Unremembrable Prog rock
This album was not remarkable or noteworthy. I can't believe this was released in 2011 because it sounds like it's from the seventies. In fact, they're like a knock-off Eagles but not as good. I was consistently reminded of what other artists accomplished in the seventies, and nothing original stood out on D.
Inoffensive but boring. This album absolutely smells of 2010s indie rock. Anyway, a 2 might be a little harsh, but it really just didn't grab me at all.
This album was so generic and boring I forgot I was listening to it. It sounds like it's trying to be M. Ward at times and My Morning Jacket at other times but fails to be as remotely interesting as either. Their albums should take this one's place. Specifically, It Still Moves or Z by My Morning Jacket or Post-War by Matthew Ward
Eh. Not bad, but nothing stood out. I won't go back to this one. "White Denim"? More like white noise.
Well, the music didn't bother me. However, there wasn't anything that I want to hear again. A bit boring overall. 2/5
I feel pretty neutral on this one. Sounds like something I would like but nothing jumped out.
Liked the sound, but it didn't pull me in.
I found this rather chaotic and confusing and all over the place but gave it a second listen to see if I was just missing something on my first pass. It didn't improve my opinion. They're obviously talented musicians, but nothing felt like it "went" together, and the vocals sometimes felt like a whole different entity than the band. Some of the songs had moments of okay-ness, but for the most part, their jams weren't my jam.
Got a decent seventies vibe but nothing to keep your attention
1970 called, they want their album back. There are some good times here, just a bit unremarkable.
Very boring
Landlord sez Meh! 2
A bit like Yes.
Much like the album art, the music is a bit of a mess and it’s hard to discern much from it all. 4/10
Not a fan
One or two songs were enjoyable, but overall, not a favourite.
I like my psyche less polite and polished than this.
OK.
Nothing special. Run of the mill album.
Not so much. Maybe later in the day.
Need to give this another go sometime. Seems like music that needs focus to appreciate. When I tried to listen to it while distracted, I found all the layered business almost nauseating and couldn't hear through it to the actual songs being played. I like messing with time signatures as much as anyone, but a lot of these just felt to me like musical exercises for their own sake.
There was nothing interesting about this one for me. Pretty me all around.
Never heard of them or anything they ever did. This album has some listens, the most popular track being "Street Joy" (7.5M listens). Not even remotely familiar but I'm not into eclectic jam band stuff. Online it says "White Denim is an American rock band from Austin, Texas, United States. Their music is influenced by dub, psychedelic rock, blues, punk rock, progressive rock, soul, jazz, experimental rock with home-based recording, jamming approach, intense looping work and unusual song structures." In other words it's a mess. A couple too many influences for my liking. Nothing gripped me or compelled me to keep listening. Sounds like a modern Grateful Dead who bred with a jazz band, just shorter more boring songs. You gotta like jazz structure, or lack thereof, to enjoy these guys, and I don't. I found their sound to be irritating, 2 stars for trying.
Interesting listen, couple good tracks, but not really to my taste.
Quite liked a couple of these tracks
I listened but remember next to nothing
Haven't heard of the band before. Honestly, there are some quite interesting ideas on this album but ultimately not something I'd go back to or enjoy casually 2/5
2/5 stars. Not my genre or my type of music. Nothing remarkable. Street Joy was the only song that I kind of liked but even that was forgettable and I wouldn’t listen to it a second time.
I liked this album for about 2/3 of the way through. Then it got a little tiring. I'd listen to some of it again, but not the whole thing.
Had to listen to this twice cause i was so bored with it and i forgot everything in it. I dont know if its the mix or what. The musicianship is great but its flat as shit, maybe too many elements. Would sound great at a vintage fair / coffee pop up
Det är bara ett problem med plattan. Den saknar bra låtar. Inte uruselt dock.
I usually rate these albums as soon as I listen to them, so as to capture how they make me feel. It’s been a few days since listening to this one. I recall feeling…
Thought I might like this- kind of like upbeat fleet foxes but I found myself wanting to tun it off more as it went on.
Listened to this while working, not bad but not particularly memorable either.
Would’ve gone hard at a festival 50 years ago Best track: Street Joy
Kinda white bread sort of music - didn't particularly tickle my fancy but is pretty inoffensive
meh
It's easy when the album rates itself. 2 stars or D+.
This might deserve a relisten, but I didn’t find it that great the first time. The songs had a timeless sound, kinda like the dead, but nothing really stood out to me. It’s odd to say really, there’s a lot of different instrument interplay in the songs, but it doesn’t amount to a whole lot
fine
I don't think we need to bring jam bands back. I think we have exhausted that genre already.
Some clean songs, some messy ones. Back at the farm was my favorite
Another day, another album everyone completely forgot 2 years after its release
It was alright
Ei ollu mun makuun. Vähän mitään sanomatonta joillain oudoilla elementeillä. En päässyt ihan kiinni siihen missä tässä oli idea. Pliisu kokonaisuus ja unohdettava.
Easy listen, though nothing really stood out to me. Similar in sound to the Black Keys. 2.5/5
Pre-listening thoughts: two albums from the 2010s in a row! Crazy Post/during listening thoughts: had literally no idea what to expect going into this. It’s like soft spoken millennial psychedelic rock which… hmmm.. idk. This is like that arcade fire album where I’m just meh on it. There’s some energy here though. And expertise. I have to give credit where it’s due and some is due here but not too much. It’s still kind of boring. 4.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nope Fav tracks: It’s Him, Is and Is and Is Least fav tracks: Back at the Farm, Anvil Everything
Interesting album. 60s vibe, for sure, with influences from Santana, the dead, and even a bit of prog rock. The lead singers voice is often drown out by the music. I don’t hate it……..but I’m not in love with it. Sounds like a lot of music I have already heard.
2 Stars (5/15)
More jam band-y than I was expecting, in a way similar to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's more Grateful Dead-esque albums, it had some of that Southern rock charm infused with the sound of hundreds of indie rock bands on the 2010s. However, I find it to be weaker than most of its contemporaries and influences, lacking any real defining personality, and getting bubbly and psychedelic for the sake of it. We're talking about an album with a song just called "Drug." Even Talking Heads knew to throw a plural form in there! It isn't offensive or really all that bad, but it is surface level with its tone, and that can really be a shame when you know this style of music can be pulled off by many others while this album gets left in the dust covered 2010s. Certainly a step up from your other folk-influenced indie groups of the time, I'll take this over the Lumineers or Mumford and Sons any day (not that they're all that comparable) but I would not prefer to sit through this again, as I think the sound would just start to bug me.
Sounds like any other rock band from the 2000s
This was fine, but nothing that I'd ever want to listen to again.
Marie Kondo says this does not spark joy, so off it goes in a box to the hospice shop. Unremarkable guitar rock that might work as a soundtrack for a Magnum PI reboot.
Not great as an Indie fan
Never heard of them before, but it's pretty interesting fusion of different catchy music styles. Not bad.
Mega XPN-core album. Sounds like if Cold War Kids were psych-rocky, folky, grateful-deady. Great instrumentation, but kinda bland tbh
Listened to it yesterday and honestly can’t remember. I think the first song was cool and the rest just ok.
Hey ma! Someone got shitty prog rock and jazz chords in my garage rock.
I enjoyed the final track so an otherwise dire album scrapes a 2.
This album is great if you are really happy and don’t want to be.
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Street Joy (4) 2 - Back at the Farm (3) 3 - Drug (7)
Nothing special I found
What if a kings of Leon knock off was also a jam band
It was just kind of boring. Not my favorite genre
Why are there so many albums on this list described as 'psychedelic'? Is it because men don't crowd together into one bed at a sleepover and discuss thoughts and ideas about the universe, so it's not until they drop acid at age 25 that they discover the idea of sonder? That all seven billion people on this planet have their own unique thoughts and feelings influenced by the things they experience throughout their lives? Does the reverb added to an overly-long guitar riff remind a person who lives like this of the concept that they are not alone in the universe and are, in fact, but a small speck in the massive ocean of life? Is that why?
Sehr ruhig….
Meget kedeligt synes jeg. Lyden af start 10'er skovmandsskjorter og fuldskæg. Et par fine nok momenter ind i mellem
I don’t understand bands in the 21st century who seem to be attempting to sound like 1960’s bands. That stuff has been done, well. Imitation may be flattery but it isn’t going to make for great new music. It would have been a three star album in 1969, but I’m taking off a star for its lack of originality or ambition to move things forward.
Jeg føler nogen gange at det her projekt hiver mig ind i et alternativt univers. Jeg synes jeg hørte enormt meget af ~ca. den her slags musik~ i 2011 og havde ret godt styr på hvad der udkom, men kan ik huske at jeg har hørt om White Denim nogensinde. Anyways, det er ret cool men lyder lidt for pænt. Ville langt fra være mit første valg til at repræsentere hvor genren var på det her tidspunkt.
Strange album from a band I wasn't familiar with. Kind of a mash up between jam and psychedelia. Not my jam though...1.5/5
Até que o instrumental despertou o meu interesse pelo som da banda, mas não deve ser suficiente para escutar mais.
I could hear the influences of other musicians, which I enjoyed. The music did not hold my attention. I lost interest. The singing didn't add much to the performance.
I have to say that while it is a good album, I didn’t find anything particularly original or inspiring about it.
Okay, kinda forgettable - street joy is always good
Fine but not for me
Initially I thought this just sounds like 2011 distilled into 37 minutes but by the time I got to Street Joy, it had reeled me back in. Then it lost me again and suddenly it felt much longer than 37 minutes. It felt like I always had another track to get through.
It's like they took the least interesting song off of each King Gizzard album and put them all together. Has some cool moments (mostly near the end), but like, whatever, dude. Just like the album cover, it's kind of an unremarkable mess.
a bit dreary for me
I don't remember much about it
I listened to it but I can’t remember much. Which means it at least wasn’t too bad, just not my thing.
Eh
Is ok, aber gehört eigentlich nicht in diese Liste 2-3
I think I just really don’t like psychedelic prog rock. This is just lost on me. Clearly it’s well made for what it is. But I’m gonna stab a bitch if I have to keep listening. 2/5
Completely forgettable. I don't remember a single song.
A couple of songs grabbed me but a bit too much jam band noodling for me.
Meh
Pretty meh. Nothing on here really stands out.
Con tutto il rispetto, non uno dei 1001 album che devo ascoltare prima di morire. Non il mio genere.
These guys are great musicians, but this is just too proggy for me. It’s like Allman Brothers made by engineers. Still, not going to give this my 1 star kiss of death, as I can tell that this band is very good, just not for me.
Not Bad for a retro album from 2011 but why exactly is this part of the list?!
Intriguing sound and instrumentation but the prog-rock, jam band elements and vocals eventually grated. Actually had trouble placing this music in time before I'd seen the album release date.
Not really my thing. I acknowledge there was this big neo-psychedlic rock movement going on, but I don't like the original stuff and this is no better. Entirely forgettable when placed beside its peers.
I think I just really don’t like psychedelic prog rock. This is just lost on me. Clearly it’s well made for what it is. But I’m gonna stab a bitch if I have to keep listening.
bleh easy listening
A fairly banal indie entry with fairly forgettable music.
Meh
Meh meh. Two mehs.
Not bad, but I couldn’t listen to the whole thing.
It sounded like the Dead, and that was bad. Other than that (or maybe because of that), it was completely forgettable.
Not bad but idk what its purpose is
Eh, nothing special
Known Before: Standouts:
One of many albums here that aren’t too bad, but don’t belong in such a list either. I guess most readers of the original book had a hard time noticing this, but in the age of streaming the king’s nakedness is repeatedly exposed…
I am dreading listening to this. An album from 2011 that’s not something I heard then, the love of pretentious comedy optics and Dimerys knack for picking irrelevance and mediocrity doesn’t bode well. Not just mediocrity but derivation. The first few tracks sound like something the Beatles would have given away rather than take up space on one of their albums. And then watched it flop. Track 4 sounds like they said ‘hey let’s write a pink Floyd song’ having heard dark side of the moon precisely once and were aware of ‘another brick in the wall.’ The rest of the album meanders in trying to find an original voice. And never managing it. I don’t like psychedelic music so that’s part of it. But I also suspect that if this had been released between 1967-1973 I might have been more tolerant of it. It’s not awful. But I’d rather listen to a whole slew of other stuff from the early 2010s. 1.5
I had never heard of this band or any of these songs. I am not sure what to make of it. I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. It is just meh.
Not my thing
I just did not click with this one.
Imagine it’s in the 2010s and you want to pick the best album to represent the decade. You pick D by white denim.
The music is musical, but kind of boring. 2/5
songwriting didn’t stick out. production was glossy but it was also kind of over stimulating. this carried the illusion of being good but i don’t think it really was.
Fairly unremarkable. Some songs felt intentionally underwhelming.
oof. 2 star album so far.
kind of like "the tea party" but worse at the farm river to consider bess st
Meh/5
not my usual kind of music
Not for me
Empieza bien y hasta ahi
Pretty underwhelmed, some so so indie rock and then psychedelic noodles. Not my thing.
I dont know
Meh on this album but one song heard outside of the album was good. Still, not good enough against a lot of other music.
Nope
It's okay I guess. got like 4 tracks in driving to a friends house.
Didn't stand out for me at all
Very meh, 1 maybe 2 good songs on here that I enjoyed
Got a song or two on here that I really enjoyed. The rest was just okay
Cool band. Album was interesting when it first came out. Street Joy is a 2010s jam. I wouldn’t say this belongs on any list of this nature though.
4/10. Losing an extra point for being the second boring album I've listened to today, and because there are definitely cooler albums from the 2010s
a little too “jam band-ish” for me. not a fan.
Mitään ei erityisesti jääny mieleen. Melko basic
Not a fan.
This is a catseye album. In that it is absolutely middle of the road.
grateful dead 2.0, no thanks
Meh. Forgettable.
it was fine
2.4
Indie, proggy kinda vibes. Obviously technically cool, but not really my thing, nothing stood out, probably a 2
Taas kahden vaiheilla, onko kolmosen arvoinen. Sanoisin, että ei ihan, koska on liian tasapaksu. Toisella kuuntelukerralla löytää varmasti kerroksia. Tykkään junnailusta kyllä
eh it was fine?
I’m not giving it a 1 because there’s nothing specifically wrong with it, but I don’t remember anything about this album. I just didn’t notice anything about this album.
Didnt even register
Well that happened without even registering for me
Yet another band I'd never heard of. Yet another album I didn't really need to listen to before I die. It's alright, just didn't engage me in any meaningful way.
Pretentious bullshit. 1/5
Something extra tedious about early aughts psych bands.
nah
30
At first I thought this was quite boring and quite generic but there were a couple of surprising moments in it that just take it from 1 star to 1.5
I don't ever remember listening to it
Hate jam bands, this one made no cultural impact and there are so many better albums from 2011 that could be on the list instead.
Incredibly boring.
too compressed, fatiguing..
Waste of time
fav songs: street joy dull, boring, exhausting 10/100
Weird!
D indeed!
I don't think I'll ever be in the mood for this.
#114/1001 🇺🇸 I'm struggling to see the relevance of this band, sorry. I mean they are very competent musicians, but I think that they are just a bit too aware of that. Its probably a bit too polished for my liking and whilst its not a long record it just seems to go on a bit. I was expecting a more garage rock sound but its just not gritty enough for me. All the jazz rock tempo chamges just grate on me. Normally i'd skip but i'm 114 albums in and am not going to do it now. Best Tracks: Street Joy.
nnno
mühsames gedudel, geschrammel und dann noch gesang.
Tönt nach 70er at its best. Unerträglich.
Horseshit
boring
Meh
There are harmonised triplets on that Born Ruffians record. There are Highlife guitars on the Vampire Weekend albums. And there’s plenty more of the same on records by actual Highlife musicians. There are compound time signatures all around us! There is really no reason to go to White Denim for any of the music they make on D. But if you’re short on time or money, there’s no harm in carbo-loading it all here, I guess. 1.5 Slightly unexpectedly, I hated this. I went back to it several times. Come on, I thought, nifty players energetically counting to 5 every so often with the satisfying crunch of multiple lightly distorted electric guitar everywhere, this is right up my alley. No. It’s vacuous, posing bullshit is what it is. The main problem is the top line. These aren’t real melodies - they are just a veneer to give the impression that a song is being performed when what everyone here is really interested in is the splicing together of hypnotically busy loops. The razzle dazzle of mixed time signatures is all well and good but melody should be the main event, not a sideshow. The lyrics - once you’ve looked them up, for they are indecipherable in the mix - are nothing at all. For technical musical achievement this lot are well worth their Rock School Grade 7 certificates. Who goes home and listens to the exam book CD afterwards though? 1/5
Derivative shite
Utterly forgettable. To my ears this is indistinguishable from any of the number of early 2010’s folk pop revival acts. Maybe there’s something more interesting in the composition of these songs to set White Denim apart from those acts - some of sound experimentations for example. I’m just not able to discern anything ‘moving’ or ‘bold’ from the overall package.
Not for me. 1/5
Not for me.
I seriously question how this band got on this list. I've never heard of them...maybe they're only knowni in Texas? Dreadful jamming. They don't know if they want to be psychedic or a jam band a la The Dead. Really boring anyway.
A great effort for five high school kids figuring out their tools and trying to be creative. Will make you sit in a dark room and fight away the sadness when you realize that are adults.
1. him - 0 2. burnizhed - 0 3. farm - 1 4. joy - 1.5 5. anvil - 1 6. river - 1 7. drug - 0 8. bezz - 0 9. iz - 1 10. keyz - 1
I have never heard of this band or the album. When I listened to it, I realized why. The band and the music are not worth hearing. This applies primarily to me, of course. If that's your music, so be it
Too boring for me.
I tried.
Never heard of this before. I'm excited... Nah, not my cup of tea. Was hoping this was some cool 70's music looking at the album cover but really its just boring, uninspiring mush.
So bland I didn't even realise it had finished.
Kinda jammy and not my jam. They do have a Kenny Rogers cover that I kinda like....but it ain't on this album
Nothing special 2 me, also didn’t give it a full listen sue me!
Überhaupt nicht mein Ding.
klingt für meine Ohren zu experimentell - ähnlich zu Bowie
Much like a vegan Thanksgiving dinner, where loads of effort has gone into creating something appetising, I’m hoping that the pizza place is open because I’m still hungry.
Overrated. Might listen to back catalogue. 2/10
Not my cup of tea. Not quite sure what the appeal is for a 1001 list.
1.5
Never heard of them before. Honestly completely lost on me why this is on the list. Music for ‘musos’ and the like who feel the need to stand at the back of gigs so they can analyse everything, instead of actually having fun. My ex would probably love it
Eh.
Absolutely hated this. I *really* did not want to give this a 1. I was looking for any redeeming factor, but I just could not find anything. There's nothing special here, nothing for me. Just simply did not like.
Found this really boring, had no effect on me whatsoever and the next day i can’t remember it at all.
Kun pitää jatkuvasti olla vähän "erilainen" ja muita fiksumpi. Sinänsä ymmärrettävää, erityisesti vuonna 2011, mutta tämä levy ei ansaitse kokonaista kuuntelua.