This album is apparently just some form of a leak at the moment, but as it stands, it’s my favorite of the short year so far, and probably will be for a while. The whole album is a clusterf*ck of indie power jams, like Arcade Fire from the hood. It’s dense, tense, fast, sassed, slick, tricked, and lots of other words. Ahhh, if another version of this album comes out, my brain asplode.
Here’s possibly the final tracklist:
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01. Wolf Like Me 5:08
02. I Was A Lover 4:23
03. Province 4:38
04. Hours 4:25
05. Playhouses 5:17
06. Let The Devil In 4:29
07. Dirty Whirl Wind 4:19
08. Tonight 6:57
09. A Method 4:33
10. Blues From Down Here 5:21
11. Wash The Day Away 6:01
Yeah, I really like it too. I still think a few songs (Wolf Like Me, Dirty Whirlwind, Snakes & Martyrs) could use a little more texture, driving force, and mixing, which who knows, they might get. Still, definitely one of the best of the year. Playhouses rocks my world.
Comment by Popp — March 7, 2006 @ 4:20 pm
yeah, S&M and DW are my least favorite tracks only for those mixing reasons. Definitely seems like they can do more with them.
Hm, looks like a new version is out now. On Oink anyway.
We’ve got a new tracklist on our hands, but all the songs sound the same.
Comment by chris — March 7, 2006 @ 4:31 pm
the album deserve the credit it’s been receiving. but where do we get the final version… i’ve lost track of the releases
Comment by 3000 — March 22, 2006 @ 1:19 am
Rumor has it that the 2nd version (tracklist above) isn’t the final, and some mixing still indeed has to be done.
Kinda skeptical myself, but hey, if it keeps getting better, why not?
Comment by chris — March 22, 2006 @ 8:02 am
hey, nice blog. i’m listening to that oink version now, its pretty nice so far. the first track rocked my ass off. does anyone else detect a hint of prince in this?
Comment by the stranger — March 23, 2006 @ 12:29 am
yeah, vocally, it’s got that same sasstitude
Comment by chris — March 23, 2006 @ 8:43 am
arcade fire from the hood? fuck you
Comment by devang — March 27, 2006 @ 2:58 pm
ive been listening to tvotr for years now and still cant get enough! i think Cookie Mountain is suppossed to be out in june.
Comment by Steph — April 7, 2006 @ 4:25 am
I have a version with different sequencing and the song “Blues from down here” instead of “Hours.” Coincidentally, “blues” doesn’t work. Anybody what the deal is with that?
Comment by Kyle — April 9, 2006 @ 5:07 pm
can you send me that version via AIM?
Comment by chris — April 9, 2006 @ 6:29 pm
Oh this album is just amazing. Ok Calculator is still my favourite, but “Tonight” is such a lovely, lovely tune.
“Wolf Like Me” and “I Was a Lover” are up there too. This album is going to be amazing live.
Comment by Leon — April 10, 2006 @ 4:01 pm
Insane album. Easily my album of the year thus far…
Comment by Milky — July 17, 2006 @ 10:36 pm