Reviews (page 7 of 8)
I think I would be perfectly fine if I would die without ever hearing this album. It’s not that it’s terrible, but there just isn’t anything special about it
I was bored by this in 2009. I am bored by it now. For the hipsters and craft brewers who love this stuff, I am glad it exists, but I don't have a hipster sized hole in my life. Again, if Pitchfork or Robert Christgau loves it, I will probably detest it.
Just a bit dull
Just didn't engage me
It was alright in places but I often found it just kinda filling the background.
Ambitiöst, men lite för svårt för mig.
Pretty chill and fairly nice while it was on. I probably won't choose to listen to anything from here again, but it wasn't too bad while it was playing
This is #day373 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… yet another inessential indie schmindie record from the '00s trying a little too hard to sound edgy. If I had to sum it up: pretentious, bland, whiny, pseudo-hipster shit. You don't have to hear this before you die. This is a low 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day374.
I had never even heard of the band before listening to this album, so I approached it without any bias. My first impression is that it’s really a melting pot of many, many different influences, ranging from 70s psychedelic rock to Radiohead and everything in between. It’s an interesting effort, and I can’t blame a musician for trying. And it does, at times, succeed : some songs are dreamy soundscapes that managed to surprise me. My second impression is that it sometimes tries to be too many different things at once, and ends up lacking a strong identity. It’s a bit too much on the hipster side, a bit too whiny, a bit too sweet... and I can’t help but thinking « I’ve already heard this before ». It’s really not a bad album, but I can’t rate it as a 3 since I’ve given 3 stars to much better albums before. It deserves a 2 for effort - maybe a 2,2 and a Macchiato, because I have a soft spot for strange dream pop.
There is something that I don't like while listening this album, I can't really express but a bad feeling. I don't realize also in which way it can have an influence on anyone... As it's not as bas as other album, I grant a 2 stars rating
Less Grizzly Bear, more Whiney the Poo. Hated the vocals and the general lacklustre, background music sound of this. I guess there's the odd brief sections where it sounds like things are going to pick up, but then it just goes back to mumbly, whiny stuff again. If there were such a thing as an album for betas, well this would be it. I didn't think an album that would evoke this response existed until today, so the sheer fact I had this (awful) experience is worth one extra star I suppose. Two stars still feels very generous though.
This is pleasant enough stuff hipster twaddle (I’m not a banjo fan). But I really don't know what it's doing on a list of the 1001 albums to hear before you die. 2⭐️
A bit too soft and etheral for me.
Meh
Some cool sounds here and there. Had the feel of going down a road and not getting anywhere or a dead end. I just have no idea what to get excited about here. I could not deferentiate any speciifc element or theme that changed. Lowest level of dynamism which just left this very boring. I had to slog through it despite having no specifc issue with the instrument just the art.
A fairly nice sounding album but its too long and not ground-breaking in any way. I didn't find it grabbed my attention at all and although I quite liked the first few songs, it never brought anything new and I had grown to resent it by the end.
Instantly forgettable
This is definitely hipster music from the birth of the term "hipster". Just very psychedelic and chamber driven, folky, indie music. Some of this is okay, and some of it is rather boring. I remember when "Two Weeks" was heavily played on the radio, but that is far and away the best song on this album, and even it pushes on being boring. This is definitely AN example of the indie sound going into the 2010s, but was it the best example, worthy of a spot on this project? Not in my opinion. This album quickly wore out its welcome.
A abertura promissora, com "Southern Point" não se configura ao longo do disco. O excesso de melodias melancólicas acabam por conduzir ao tédio. Nada muito interessante ou cativante. As interpretações vocais soam desinteressadas e frias. Fraquinho!
It’s definitely an indie rock album. Didn’t really make much of an impression on me.
About as toilet plate indie music as I can think of. Its like if Coldplay was kinda cool. I just didn't get anything out of this. It happened and I just want to move on. Kinda sad cause at least if I hate something I felt some kind of emotion. I felt nothing
If you told me this was Ai produced answer to makes some folk rock but 21st contemporary soundscape I wouldn’t be shocked. And no that isn’t a good thing. There are tantalising glimpses of B Wilson fanboy snippets and a whole lot of turgid over produced vapid sound to my ears. Some on here describe it as complex and well structured, with good harmonies but I found it lacking vocal rhythm and anything resembling exciting melody. I have no idea what he is bleating on about and it doesn’t make me want to care, some liken them to Elliott Smith but that does the latter a large disservice. I like folk rock and wanted to like these, the Fleet foxes and Lemon twigs but just I guess don’t like the contemporary sound. 2 Star.
Just whit noise in the background. I didn't skip the album tho
Not my thing
These guys definitely take themselves too seriously.
Rather odd. Was the bulk of sales made to the band's family?
Was twee and tiresome in 2009. That hasn't changed. We get it, you like Pet Sounds. All the 00's animal bands sucked except for Deerhunter.
point6.
Too twee and ephemeral, just whispery fluttery vocals and tinkle pianos. Pass
Not bad
Another new name for me. Pleasant, inventive, original, a bit dull.
Not a stand out for me. I think I would want this playing in the background if I owned a trendy coffee shop.
I bet Pitchfork gave this album a 10.
2/5. Some nice harmonies, but just not for me. Too slow and meandering, doesn’t connect with me.
Sounds like any other hipster indie rock album. Couple of pretty good songs, but nothing special
Kinda of bland.
I really don't know what it's doing on a list of the 1001 greatest albums of all time.
I didn't mind this too much. The songs were kind of slow and boring, but certainly not terrible.
This should not be on this list. Guitar sounds rough at times and voice is weak. Not a fan.
Result of bad combination of styles
This is that same artsy, avant-garde, pretentious bs that Radiohead falls into. I was done with this album after 2 songs. It’s pathetic hippy music that rends my very core. Bleh. There should be more Soundgarden on this list.
snooze. it wasn't offensive, irritating, or annoying. just boring.
The songs were not bad but they were boring.
yawn
Snoozefest. And another that I question as truly influential. So many of these albums I think are chosen just because some hipster wants to look cool by picking something obscure.
Defanged Radiohead coffee shop background music. zzzzz. But I looked up the island, and I think I've been there. I went to Naushon once as a young child (a family friend was a local politician and must have known someone) and I remember riding a horse there, which I probably never did again. It looks like you get to Naushon via Veckatimest.
I got this album a while ago on the strength of Two Weeks. Sadly, after giving it many chances to grow on me, nothing else on there is of the same quality - actually, that's not the correct word: everything here has the same "qualities", the problem is it feels like a collection of unfinished song ideas, rather than completed songs. A sketch of a chorus here, a little exploration of an instrumental idea there, and none of it really marries up into a finished composition bar the aforementioned single. Every track feels like it is building towards something, is threatening to take you somewhere interesting, but it never gets there. It's a pleasant enough journey, but ultimately it's a pointless and unrewarding one so far as I am concerned.
Nothing memorable
I don’t get it. Who likes all this boring stuff that can’t even be bothered to try doing anything more than navel gazing? The mid-00s were full of this kind of stuff whether it be Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, or this. It all drones on and on without ever arriving at a point. Maybe pointlessness is the point, but that just adds to the feeling that this is some self-important, pretentious bullshit.
I feel bad saying this album bored me, but it just reminded me of a lot of other bands. It’s not fantastic, but it’s not bad either. I thought the vocals were good, and I did feel genuine excitement when the formula was switched up and softer songs played. This just wasn’t my favorite.
Didn’t do anything for me at all and found it hard to get through. Want to retry at some point to see why and if better in second listen.
decent album, was fairly easy to listen through. downloaded 2&7. likely wouldn’t revisit the full album on my own again but definitely think i could give it another listen
It’s just an average indie rock album. Even people who knew of this album where surprised it was here. Was a three but stayed way too long
Only two good songs on this album
I found this pretty boring. It kind of just drifted by without anything really grabbing me. The production is clean and the harmonies are nice, but the songs all sort of blended together into one long, sleepy listen. Maybe it’s meant to be more of a mood album, but for me, it just didn’t leave much of an impression.
Mid-2000s indie/alt band. Two Weeks is a good song. Fine for Now is a pretty good song. Most of it sounds pretty generic for the time, like Fleet Foxes and some songs a mix of Arcade Fire, but not as good. Which is probably what they were going for minus the not as good part. In theory it should be great but it's just okay.
There is exactly one track on this album worth a damn: "Two Weeks". Were it not for this track, it would be a solid 1/5. Instead, I'll give it a 2/5.
All I heard was a bunch of newbies practicing in their basement. It's okay Favorite Track: "Two Weeks".
Starting my day by saying, "Oh cool, it's that album with that one-hit wonder from high school I really liked," never ends well. Two Weeks always slaps though.
This was a little too quiet and serene for me.
It wouldn't be indie without being pretentious and this certainly fulfills that requirement along with being sad, depressing and moody.
Interesting sounds, but not memorable
I'm not sure where I really land on this - not bad, but nothing really stood out?
I’ve heard of the bear but not the band. Listening to this album, I think I’d rather be attacked by a real grizzly bear.
if it werent for Two Weeks I wouldnt have recognized a single note on this album. Another indie pop rock snoozer in most places, being different for the sake of being different. Maybe I'm a dick for saying that, but its just too depressing in places and giving me very gray and low vibes. pass.
For as good as “Two Weeks” is, this album is shockingly incoherent. Mumbly nonsense.
Indistinguishable clamoring of some NY hipster indie darlings
Got a bit boring at the end, but I still enjoyed it, even if it doesn't belong here. Fav song: Ready, Able Least fav song: Foreground
Understand why people would enjoy this but was just very unmemorable. 2.5/5
its not horrible but it is pretty boring to me and feel like it wont age any better in any possible way. I understand if you maybe like it, but for me thats really not an album i will revisit any given time.
This definitely turned into background music while listening to it. I can't see myself actively choosing to listen to this one again.
First? 2,5/5 Again? 1,5/5
This was my genre back in the day and I remember this album well. It was so hyped from everyone but honestly, I think outside of the 1-2 punch opener of Southern Point and Two Weeks, the album is just boring. There a few other songs that aren't too bad ("All We Ask", "About Face" and "Cheerleader") but over all, Vecatimest is such a chore to get through.
Piffle
honestly they kind of remind me of Fleet Foxes except even more boring and background music-oriented. "Two Weeks" is nice and I'll probably add it to my playlist, but that's really the only song on the album that stuck out to me. The rest is 2010s indie elevator music
So boring and ot something I'd consider influential... doesn't feel like it belongs on this list
Not for me, I was aware of a couple of the songs which I quite liked. I’m normally a fan of folky/acoustic style but this was little too alternative
It was fine, but there are many like it The one famous track was nice
2- uniquely boring. Way too long
I’m still listening to it and I already forgot what the first half sounded like. Boring forgettable
In the late 2000s, I remember this was one of those albums that people use to name-check to seem ✨in the know✨, with an undertone of hipster elitism that was so chic for the era. I was very much not a fan of this style of Pitchfork-promoted indie rock, so I basically avoided Veckatimest, even though I inevitably heard “Two Weeks” in my friends’ cars and at college house parties between 2009 and 2013. But about 5 years after Veckatimest came out, I noticed that it stopped being name-checked by the hipsters I knew. Sure, the hipster was going the way of the Dodo– although it didn’t truly die until maybe 2016; and the hipsters I knew had evolved into Tumblrinas anyway– but good albums stick around after the trend is over. It’s not like we forgot about Arcade Fire, or Imogen Heap, or Animal Collective. I think Animal Collective are a good point of comparison here. See, Veckatimest is fine. It’s spacey neo-psych rock for socially awkward liberal arts kids to put on at the dive bar or a dorm room between the hours of 5:30pm - 8:30pm, after class but before the actual party, and/or while they smoke a joint. It’s middlebrow art rock with just enough substance to unpack both as music and as a contemporary cultural artifact, but never so outrageously complex that it kills the mood. It’s pre-pregame music. It’s what you listen to when your brain is transitioning between study hour and rolling on molly. Grizzly Bear are talented, but talented like a bunch of Berkeley kids who know just a smidge too much about musical theory to ever really loosen up and sound, well, natural and approachable. There are certainly standouts, or at least interesting additions, even beyond “Two Weeks.” My personal shoutouts go to “Cheerleader” and “I Live With You,” which do feel like they have more depth than the rest of the cuts on here. But when it’s just stoned-out drags (literal and figurative), it’s ephemeral background music posing as deep and meaningful. And that’s the thing. In the 2000s, we already had a ton of middlebrow neo-psych rock made by bands of Berkeley kids, and all of it was better than what Grizzly Bear had to offer. I personally did not enjoy any of it, but I can hit pause on being a hater to recognize that Animal Collective were leagues above Grizzly Bear, both in terms of raw talent and in terms of important output. Grizzly Bear were a dime a dozen for their era; it just didn’t feel that way because by the time Veckatimest came out, this style of music was all but kaput. Veckatimest is kinda the beginning of the end, and it goes out on a whimper, even for a style and subgenre than could barely muster a moan from its flower crumb-covered couch. In 2009, this was the flavor du jour. I know it felt valuable at the time, but it quickly became clear that this was a cloud of smoke filling the room. And now I feel justified that I hated this style so much, even at the time. Thankfully, nothing has changed.
barely tolerable
I feel like some parts of this could grow on me if I gave it another chance, but as it stands, I found it pretty meh.
So very bad.
Indiezinho legal! Gostei
Empezó bien pero me cansó muy rápido. De esos discos con canciones que se sienten eternas y repetitivas, que a la mitad de cada una no sabe uno de donde van a salir los 4 minutos restantes, y cuando uno los escucha, se da cuenta de que la canción tenía que haber terminado hace mucho. No fui fan.
It’s so . . . average. Ugh. Minus 1 star for wasting my time.
Chilled ok
A pleasant enough album but doesn't do it for me. There is no coherence or direction, sounds like they add things they've just thought of. None of the songs hits home particularly and I can't say I am a fan of the singer. Overall it comes over as a trifle pretentious.
Middle of the road album for me. Grizzly Bear can captures moods and feelings perfectly in certain songs, but it's also easy for me to get tired of their melancholic and cluttered style
I've literally never heard the name Grizzly Bear but obviously I've seen a movie in the last decade and change so I recognized Two Weeks. Otherwise, I'm into it. really transported me back to that time and reminds me of some other stuff around then. no strong feelings either way on this one
It was fine. Neat hearing "Two Weeks," which I totally forgot about and never actually knew who the artist was.
I get a lot of Crosby, Stills and Nash off this album. The opening track, Southern Point is really good. Overall, it's a good album, but I highly doubt it's one everyone needs to hear before they die. 2/5
I can't understand how something this unbelievably dull made it into this book.
Recognized Two Weeks from alt radio, which was slightly enjoyable. But just didn’t vibe with the rest of this album. Kept thinking that is what indie/hipster girl music. Got through it but wouldn’t listen to this again.
This depressed me a bit. I wanted to like the mashup of genres but it took me days to get through.
It's like every other band from the 2010's. They were all, "look ma, I can harmonize and use technology as instruments!" In the end, it all becomes one-note and very forgettable. Every track is the same, no highs or lows or memorable moments to speak of.
Not offencive, not inspiring, not there
This started promising but it turned out to become a bit boring. One song is famous because it has been used in an advertisement (at least in germany).
This sounded ok but I deducted a point because this just seemed to be 'about nothing'. I kept waiting for the climax that never came. I think Zeppelin's Rain Song nailed this kind of music decades ago except WITH a climax and a point.
I found this quite hard to get into, and even got me quite irritated on the first listen. Only the long outro of Ready Able worked for me; otherwise I found this album a load of pretentious hipster drivel.
2,5
Oof I hated that. Expectations might’ve been too high going in. Two Weeks is obviously a smash hit and still sounds amazing. The rest of it just made me wanna tear my hair out. The songs don’t go anywhere. It doesn’t build in a satisfying way like LCD soundsystem. The way they kick the songs into overdrive sounds like they just strum the guitars slightly louder. This would be a good litmus test type album to see if I have similar music taste as someone. Rating: 2.4
Lots of slow whiny mumbling here. It's not that bad but it gets old-really fast.
Did not enjoy
I know I listened to this yesterday morning, but I don't remember any of the songs today. Chill, coffee-shop music, not particularly memorable.
I'm going to be honest I love Two Weeks but the rest of this album kind of pissed me off. I couldn't even get through it, several skips.
I thought this pretty dull, not something I'd listen to in the future. Teddy Bear more than Grizzly Bear.
Totally forgot about Two Weeks. Rest of the album seemed disjointed and sleepy. I’ll try again.
not bad for a trippy, sigh of rock.
Nothingness.
Ok
i will write my review in the form of a haiku: a terrible name annoying and boring. sucks! i do not like them
I love Two Weeks and While We Wait For The Others but the rest is pretty darn boring. Goes for every song they did besides those two.
Couldn't make it through the whole album.
One of the definitive examples of the late indie-boom art-school rock of late 00s, that's kind of an escape from the city to get wierd and record in a cabin aesthetic, turning towards rustic acoustic instrumentation, experimental composition beyond the rock song confines, warbly operatic but hushed vocals, and oriented towards texture and atmosphere more than melody and rhythm. I get why people burned out and got bored of guitar-driven indie rock and garage revival stuff, but this stuff always seemed way too ascetic and inward looking to me, and just doesn't hold my interest at all despite being nice to listen to, interesting at a surface level, and acheiving some engaging sounds in parts. Favorites: All We Ask, Two Weeks
This is sad boy music. I recognized the song Two Weeks and after listening to the album, I know why that's the only song I know from this album. Generally forgettable and tried to do too much. There is worse stuff out there and it wasn't bad as much as mediocre at best.
Quite jazzy, reminded me of Badly Drawn Boy. Will add to 'listen again'lits as felt qite busy in there.
That one song was ok
Another puzzling selection in the post-05 crop
Not for me, couldn't connect.
Interesting; but easily forgettable. I try to let go and get sucked into the trance that the tracks promise. But the annoying vocals, bouncing through a series of unconnected melodic fragments, push me into an almost constant desire to listen to something else.
Some interesting parts to this, but unfortunately those sections are mostly drowned out by the stereotypical hipster indie sections.
#328. This gets lost amongst all the other generic hipster folk on this list. 2/5: minus one star for that atrocious album title. Do better.
Sad Shins meets Beach Boys. Not in a great way...
BORINGGGGGGG
So so low energy. I’ll give them two stars because at times I could hear that they were trying to do something interesting musically. But seriously, wake tf up before your next recording session.
This should have been in my wheel house when it was released. But, even then I thought it was boring. Two weeks saves it from one star.
Didn’t sound great, maybe needs speakers
Dull and lifeless
I wanted to like this album, but I did not enjoy some of the rather dissonant and chaotic, and the rest were just ok. 5/10
Look, I gave this thing the best shot I could, but... I'unno. I just really didn't care for it. Like, the first three tracks were fine, I guess. But after that, it was just a whole lotta indie rock nothing to my ears. Nothing I could really grasp onto. Sorry.
There's maybe a couple of songs here I would listen to again - but I would most definitely do it to impress my more hipstery friends. For the most part this album is an aimles walk
Too boring to hold my interest but annoying enough to still notice it playing. Par for the course for most indie rock for me.
A bit too Bowie-esque for me. Can stand David Bowie’s music, below average
very 2009
I don’t believe there is a classic album from the alternative genre that I wasn’t aware of. I’ve heard of one track, but it is not a classic.
Two weeks was the best song on the album. Rest seemed forgettable to me.
Aside from the hit, this record's too weak to warrant serious listening consideration.
I find his vocals really irritating.
Two Weeks has been tossed around random playlists I made for years. Never actually listened to the album. It has some highs but it definitely had some lows. Overall not too impressed
Bon Iver-esque I suppose. It was aight. Nothing too standout in my opinion.
A couple of decent tracks but mostly just a forgettable, bland album that went on too long
Boring
Cool
Day151 - i am always down to get into sad melancholy music but grizzly bear is for a different sad generation
A little too twee. There was one song I already recognized but nothing else was striking
Solid piece of art rock. Well crafted. I like Shields better, but solid.
Totally bizarre. I spent this whole album waiting for it to reach the highs it does on the song Two Weeks. But it just doesn't! It's so sleepy and BORING, how was the rest of this album written by the same band? Another example of a single giving a full album it's place on this list which otherwise should have been left off. Shame.
Used to love this album. Do not love this album.
There are moments where each individual and their instruments shine on certain tracks, but those come too inconsistently to make this something I’d return to. When the band is playing at their most energetic they’re great, but almost every song is bogged down by a structure that emphasizes repeated sections in a minimalist style, along with vocals that require a guide to decipher. Listened to: walking in Prospect Park. Favorite tracks: Two Weeks, While You Wait For the Others
Completely ordinary and uninteresting album. I didn't seem to connect to the style or to any of the songs, if you can call them like that. Not something I would recommend to anyone, unless someone is looking for "clueless background music".
This one was not for me. It’s a strange combination of folk and psychedelic rock that feels like it works musically but the vocals and lyrics did not feel attached to the rhythms for me. It felt more like an experiment then a finished product in my opinion
Not terrible but not that interesting. Listened after Tim Buckley's 'Happy Sad' so at first it seemed rather good. Falls into sameness and whiney vocals pretty quick.
That's not my taste in Musik.
Meh.
Personally, I just don’t really get it. I’m not sure what they are going for. It isn’t bad, despite their best attempts to throw random dissonant chords everywhere, but it’s not something I would listen to again. The singer is quality though. Vague Simon and Garfunkel vibes through the album, but don’t like the style as much.
I now know the name of the band that sings that one song.
Is this jazz? The (intrusive) drumming certainly sounds like jazz, even if the vocals don't. But I don't like the melodies, arrangements, vocals, drums - in fact, there's nothing I liked apart from some occasional piano.
Good musicians, vocals and harmonies are interesting and well done,but overall it bored the hell out of me
Perfdct album as background track in restrooms - you shouldn't stay too long. 2/5
Pas mon delire.
1.5 tähteä pyöristyy (säälistä) ylöspäin.
I liked the second song, the rest was unimpressive
It's not very good. (No mercy.) Don't get me wrong – the music isn't unpleasant, like most of my 1-star ratings tend to be. It's just underwhelming; almost entirely set-up without payoff. Two Weeks and While You Wait For The Others are easily the two strongest tracks because they have some darn great hooks. Frustratingly, though, most other tracks just don't get off the ground. It almost seems like knock-off Radiohead (note the modern soundscapeyness), or perhaps just a heavily misguided blend of generic alt-rock with something harder to describe – maybe country? Blues? Hard to pin down. However, without Yorke and the gang to back them up, Grizzly Bear is left with somewhat interesting atmospheres and pretty much nothing else. The band doesn't ever go all-out, and instead sticks to an odd, mostly quiet, half-baked feel. Backing vocals are pretty strong. The drumming isn't incredible, but it lifts the band up texturally whenever it's used. Lots of unusual instruments seem to be used purely for novelty and don't really improve the music. Same goes for rhythms, chords, and so on – particularly in the first half of the album. Key tracks: Two Weeks, While You Wait For The Others, I Live With You 2/5
hmmmmmm... mietiskelen tässä vaan. mitein vaan että miksi ollaan näin monta indie albumia homologaatioitu listalle... go anglo white boy go... osasivata laittaa muutamia kiinnostavia elementtejä, ei yskintä, ei tarvitse yskiä meikäläisen. 5 tähden essee arvostelu sivulla on uusi paras arvostelu mitä olen nähnyt, vaikkakin subjektiivisuus tulee lävitse.. tylsäähän tämä on objektiivisesti ready, able
Pretty good soft pop
Didn’t really do much for me
Late 2000s Indy folk-rock. It’s okay.
2- Stars (4/15)
Never heard of this artist or album. Won't revisit it.
soft ambienty music very vocally. its ok
I was a bit bored to be honest
Decent album, definitely listenable, but not my favorite.
Вообще не интересно. Какая-то унылая постная фигня. Две звезды, только потому что она не отвлекает на себя внимание и где-то на заднем плане ноет.
I’ve heard Two Weeks before somewhere, which is no surprise as it’s the best song on the album. I really didn’t care for Dory and most of the rest were either meh or bad.
Not terrible, but completely boring and forgettable. A waste of one hour. ⭐️⭐️
No growl
I tried to get into this, and there are some interesting sounds in various points on the record. But overall, it's just pretty boring.
Good lord, when I see the words “chamber pop” I shudder in horror. I kind of get what these guys are going for, but most of the record I just wonder why they would ever want to go for this. When it’s at its best it’s kind of hypnotic and jammy and a pleasant wall of sound kind of thing. But you have to fight through a lot of “goddamit will you fucking hipster nerds shut the fuck up?!” to get to that point. All things being equal, I’d rather listen to an actual album with actual songs than this harpsichord woodwind tonal stew.
Couldn't get into it. Not the worst, but nothing exciting IMHO.
"Veckatimest" by Grizzly Bear is a total indie album. Slow paced and uninteresting, this album is devoid of pizazz. The song "Two Weeks" is the highlight of this album and probably the only partially redeeming factor worth mention.
Mid ass indie, just super generic
Too falsetto
Dramatic indie rock music. Not bad, but never really does enough to be interesting. 2.5/5 Won’t listen again
The Beach Boys in bow ties
Definitely understand why it is here — emblematic of a scene/vibe that was very big (though I’d probably choose Merriweather Post Pavilion as the representative) — but as a person who was into that scene at the time I always felt this type of music was overrated. Looking back now it still feels overrated.
I thought I liked this album
I actually really enjoyed it. But I have rated so many amazing albums a 3 that giving this a 3 didn't feel right. But it was a good listen.
Kinda boring, was putting me to sleep
Utterly forgettable. I listened through this album twice and I can't recall a single line or melody.
Not my jam
Muistan, että eka biisi oli aika hyvä - muu menikin sitten aivan toisesta korvasta sisään ja toisesta ulos. Mun mielestä levyn pitää kiinnostaa ekalla kuuntelukerralla, vaikka vaatisikin useemman kuuntelun kuulostaakseen tosi hyvältä. Hieman siis jäi hymistelyksi. Kiva äänimaailma kyllä.
Ei aina pelkkää tunnelmointia, mutta tuntuu siltä kuin bändiä ei haittaisi, vaikka olisi. En voi antaa yli kakkosta levylle, joka on näin vaikea kuunnella loppuun, mutten myöskään alle kakkosta levylle, jonka eteen on valmis yrittämään näin paljon..
du indie/folk/rock muy basico. 5.5/10
Some goods
Why does 2000s music always have to be this hipster shit? Like can't we just get regular, good, popular albums of the era instead of this artsy stuff? This was a tough listen - just not my taste. 4/10.
Was less than enthusiastic about this album. Nothing really grabbed my attention
I acknowledge its inherent goodness. But can I enjoy it much? Meh, not really. Feels quite proggy, quite stodgy, quite boring.
Surprised to say I didn’t like this. Turns out I only like Grizzly Bear in tiny amounts, otherwise all the songs blend together.
Liked the hipster shit more than I thought
Eh
Just never really gets going. Easy listening
Interesting…
Poppy chillout. Not my favourite but it's good for the right mood.
Boring:/
Did not love it but it is fine
Nice listen... Nothing too special... OK to have in the background....
good
Honestly not a huge fan of this one. Felt like a slog to get through. Clearly well made, but not for me.
Listened to it 6.00 in the morning, probably says enough about it that now at 2.30 next morning I can't remember what I thought of it.
Interesting album by a band I'd heard of and remember 'Two Weeks' when it came out. A nice mellow sound, it is commercial poppy sounding but experimental enough not to be too mainstream. Best tracks; Dory, Ready, able. It gets a high 2.
I should like this but I don't. It misses the avante garde and falls squarely into overproduced nonsense. Two weeks is a great song. The test of the album is meh
It's interesting. I'll give it that. But I'm never going to choose to listen to this band
Listened Before? N Meh. Slow and sleepy, unintelligible lyrics. Reeks of hipsters. At least it's in (sort of) English. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Two Weeks
started strong, and I've heard some of the music before. as for the whole album, there are some boring tracks a little later, so I will rate this as a 2.
Completely forgettable. Not a single thing is memorable about this. Only saving grace is that it's not actively bad, it just sorta exists.
it’s okay, not really my thing
Meh
I feel like I’ve skewed my rating system ( not that there was ever a system as such ). This was alright but I didn’t bother to listen again so from that point of view, just 2*
Way too uninspiring for a Monday morning. I didn't actively hate it but there was nothing there... a very low 2 I suppose.
It's a bit twee, isn't it? Maybe more than a bit? Oh, I see. The whole album is like this... Shame. Nobody needs an entire album of pretentious, twee, hipster nonsense. Just stop.
One or two songs on here were quite a nice listen particularly "Fine for Now". But generally just a forgettable album.
A few good tracks, but a lot of them sounded like experimental noise.
Not a big fan
The parts I listened to were pretty good, but I found myself regularly not paying any attention to it. This might just be a side-effect of listening while focusing on work, but that's how I listened to it.
didn't listen properly
Fine ish
Not exactly good
insufferable mid 2000s twaddle
"Two Weeks" isn't bad, which is probably why I've run across it in some TV shows, but the rest of the album didn't do it for me.
Not for me
Very dull
Seicht, Indie
I used to really like this album and gave it quite a few listens back in the day. I can't really figure out why now. Maybe I liked a girl who liked it. Maybe I thought it was deep and arty. Now I find it kind of pretentious and grating, and I feel kind of guilty for liking it. Also see Vampire Weekend.
I’ve listened to that one song a million times but the rest didn’t really sound like anything to me 2/5
Genres: Psychedelic folk, indie folk, chamber pop, indie rock, psychedelic pop, baroque pop Formed: Brooklyn, New York in 2002 Run time: songs, min, sec The tracks all have at least 2M plays on Spotify, so they are popular. “Two Weeks” has over 230M plays. I listened to the first few tracks then gave up. They produce some great harmonies, but the lyrics have no depth. It’s just pleasant noise to me. My Rating: **
Album 31 of 1001 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest Favorite Track : Rating : 2 / 5 More Indie Rock. I hate to be critical, two days in a row, about music which someone obviously put a lot of time and care into creating. That doesn't mean that I won't be, though. This list of 1001 albums was first created in 2010. I think they were looking hard for something new and unknown to put on the list and this somehow made the cut. This wasn't as bad as a couple I've heard. Just don't think it rates being on this list after listening to some of the awesome music I've heard over the past few weeks.
okay???
Interesting
Hmm. Finding many of the tracks oddly dissatisfying, especially the opener. The vocal is sung to a different melody than the music, creating a discordance that in some circumstances could work to create something magical, but it just falls flat here to my ears. Two Weeks is a relief in amongst this, a song I recognise (I'm guessing from an advert), although it's a fairly straightforward Pet Sounds derivative. There's one or two others in this order as well. Not for me.
I did not find much to like about this album, it had too much of a folky indie sound which I hate. Then the album just felt like it went on forever. Highlight: Two Weeks
It’s fine I guess nothing popped out at me with sort of boring
Generic alternative. Two weeks is obnoxious.
I really tried to like Veckatimest ... I carefully listened to every song, repeating one or two, giving each of them the attention I thought they deserved. But to be honest, it bored me.
This is some boring stuff.
Samey samey.
I wasn't interested in this album when it was released, I wonder how it will replay now? Nah, I still don't get it.
This album is incredibly boring. It's far too floaty, nothing, indie-wank for me. Nothing stands out at all.
Hipster indie rock that overstays it's welcome.
Very dull.
Folk-rock bastante moñas... Un 2.
Largely forgettable save a few moments.
Ruskigt nära en etta men det finns ju något musikaliskt med jämna mellanrum.
if this is the kind of thing you like it’s probably a really good example of it, but it’s not really the kind of thing i like
Never heard of them, but they seem to have perfected that late 2000s indie hipster rock. Sounds nice without becoming cringey or annoying. For me though, nothing really stands out to make it amazing. Just solid hipster rock
Mediocre at best. Two good songs and the rest sounded just like any other song
Sounds pretty and is way better than the ho hey, stomp clap sound that became huge a few years after this, but still boring. Wish the entire album sounded more like Two Weeks.
"Smithers, have Vampire Weekend killed." "But sir, this is Grizzly Bear." "You heard me!" What a snooze.
>.<
Meh. Too soggy.
2/12, 17%
Meh, Two weeks is a bop but the rest is pretty underwhelming 2
Grizzly Bear?!....more like sleepy, boring bear. Zzzzz
Meh
this was not an essential album to listen to before i die i have a feeling the programmer of this put this in here two weeks is a really catchy song. the rest, eh. they don't do well what other experimental groups like animal collective do well
This one was hard to figure out. The instrumental portions were interesting but each eventually devolved into an aimlessly orchestrated choral arrangement that was more annoying than pleasant. Definitely not one for me.
Uinteressant
that reminds me, i really must get a competitive quote for my home insurance
Here's my extended thoughts on this album. Can't fit them all into text, might crash the site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKuhv9OKN4I
Behalve dat ene bekende nr vond ik het helemaal niks. Er waren zelfs tracks waar ik me gewoon aan zat te ergeren.
Dit zit Op het snijvlak van woede en bewondering.
This was like supermassive black whole in the way that I wanted to like it more than I did. There was real cool cinematic moments that grabbed my attention but the rest was borin. Would listen again
Ah, now I know where that one song in the old VW commercials comes from. Too many "oh's" and "ah's" for one album. Sounds like a product of the late aughts but not in a terrible way. The use of a wide range of instruments is cool, and there's some tracks where it really works, such as "I Live With You." There's nothing really wrong with this album, but it doesn't stand out much from the rest of the late 2000s/early 2010s indie scene. Perhaps listening to this for the first time in 2009 would have brought about some magic, but to 2022 ears, the album isn't anything incredible. It aged okay and that's fine. There's probably a very niche group of people who adore this album, and in some ways I can see why.
Got a couple of good songs for sure. Overall a bit annoying.
Interesting cool sounds didn’t quite live up to the potential on the songwriting side got kind of boring
Not my kind of tunes
Effortlessly boring
Eh. Two Weeks is a classic. Honestly disappointed by the rest of the album.
Too mellow for me. And a bit too ‘considered’. Not enough spontaneity for me. Like a less melodic Beach Boys in places. Soporific.
This had a warm feel to it. I loved the bass and drums combination, plus it was rather soulful in places.I lost it a little halfway through with all the hippy shit.
Indie sound, a bit intrascendental
Pretty bad actually
Hljómar frekar tilgerðarlega. Nokkur fín stef en ekkert sem ég mun hlusta á aftur.
Pretty dull, innit?
Enjoyable. 2.5 Best Track: Two Weeks
Encore moins mon genre d'indie que Tortoise, un peu trop drabe et flat à mon goût.
Middle of the road and quite forgettable to be honest. Sounds in places like Fleet Foxes, but only briefly.
Another album that I didn't have anything to base my expectations on. First couple of songs had my expectations high but the rest of the album felt pretty medium to me. 1. Southern Point 2. Two Weeks 3. While You Wait For The Others
bit meh wasnt feeling it again maybe a grower
Don't like
Lo fi country rock. Meh
Meh. I don’t get the appeal. A bunch of ethereal sounds without a soul.
Hit & miss, all the way through. Started strong, disappeared into the background then I noticed how annoyed "Dory" made me feel. Ditto "Hold Still", which sounded creepy. Didn't add (or enjoy)
Not really doing it for me.
Not really for me, found it all a bit slow and boring.
Never rises over mere pleasantness. Which, half way through the album, manifests with boredom.
Ei aivan iskenyt. Jotenkin löysää
I've actually heard the second song before, on a Spotify indie rock playlist. The first couple songs were interesting but the album seemed to quickly lose focus and become boring.
Didn't find much to like in this album. Felt like typical indie-folk music. Could be from a coffee shop or hipster store. Inoffensive and boring.