Listening Party #12 - The War on Drugs - Live Drugs - start playing at 8pm on 8th June

Philly_Q

Speaking from a position of never having heard the band before, it's a lot more guitar-heavy than I expected.  That's not a complaint.

chrisj1602

markv said:

"Red Eyes" is what got me into TWOD, I can't remember why I came across it - might even have been a random Spotify suggestion. They don't always hit the mark with their suggestions but they came up trumps on this one

Same here, I think I had listened to The National while working then Red Eyes came on after it really caught my attention.

stickyfiddle

What I love most from Granduciel isn’t even the big solo moments but the big tremolo+delay washes he does. Just such a spectacular noise.

That said, my favourite WoD member is Charlie Hall the drummer. He barely ever plays anything flashy but he’s the absolute beast at driving a simple song forward. Just wait for Under The Pressure….

Devil#20

05 Thinking of a Place

Fuengi

Such a great groove. 

Devil#20

@stickyfiddle I depped for you up to here seeing as you weren't about. I don't know when you wnat to take the break so over to you now as MC. :-)

markv

stickyfiddle said:

That said, my favourite WoD member is Charlie Hall the drummer. He barely ever plays anything flashy but he’s the absolute beast at driving a simple song forward. Just wait for Under The Pressure….

When I first listened to them I assumed it was a drum machine! He's so consistent.

Fuengi

Gorgeous... is it chorus, is it flanger? 

Devil#20

markv said:

stickyfiddle said:

That said, my favourite WoD member is Charlie Hall the drummer. He barely ever plays anything flashy but he’s the absolute beast at driving a simple song forward. Just wait for Under The Pressure….

When I first listened to them I assumed it was a drum machine! He's so consistent.

That's what I thought on the very first track. Like a metronome.

JezWynd

stickyfiddle said:

What I love most from Granduciel isn’t even the big solo moments but the big tremolo+delay washes he does. Just such a spectacular noise.

That said, my favourite WoD member is Charlie Hall the drummer. He barely ever plays anything flashy but he’s the absolute beast at driving a simple song forward. Just wait for Under The Pressure….

I've been thinking him and the bass player are the band leaders in terms of steering each song. The bass esp seems to call the changes.

stickyfiddle

Fuengi said:

Such a great groove. 

See! Charlie Hall!! 

He's also the coolest MF. I'm slightly in love

Fuengi

A little bit of string bending on this track which is unusual for AG. 

stickyfiddle

Devil#20 said:

@stickyfiddle I depped for you up to here seeing as you weren't about. I don't know when you want to take the break so over to you now as MC. :-)

Much appreciated! Let's break after this track (Thinking of a Place). Back at 20:40

JezWynd

JezWynd said:

stickyfiddle said:

What I love most from Granduciel isn’t even the big solo moments but the big tremolo+delay washes he does. Just such a spectacular noise.

That said, my favourite WoD member is Charlie Hall the drummer. He barely ever plays anything flashy but he’s the absolute beast at driving a simple song forward. Just wait for Under The Pressure….

I've been thinking him and the bass player are the band leaders in terms of steering each song. The bass esp seems to call the changes.

Having said that, this song, Thinking... is def steered by the guitar.

stickyfiddle

JezWynd said:

stickyfiddle said:

What I love most from Granduciel isn’t even the big solo moments but the big tremolo+delay washes he does. Just such a spectacular noise.

That said, my favourite WoD member is Charlie Hall the drummer. He barely ever plays anything flashy but he’s the absolute beast at driving a simple song forward. Just wait for Under The Pressure….

I've been thinking him and the bass player are the band leaders in terms of steering each song. The bass esp seems to call the changes.

Yeah, he and AG write most of it but then it's all very heavily workshopped. Often the albums have different guys from their muso friends playing various parts (Hall hardly played on the last album) but the live arrangements is where they really come alive, and that's almost always the 6 guys playing on this - hence tonight's choice

Devil#20

Great track this one. They all have been so far to be fair. 

stickyfiddle

Right, that song was longer than I thought, so let's have 10 mins and start back at 20:45

Next up is a couple of lighter ones before the big finish. You're gonna love it

stickyfiddle

Get ready.... 

stickyfiddle

6 - Buenos Aires Beach - GOOOOOO

The "most Dylan" on this record far (just imagine it sung an octave down and, well, worse). It's also the only song from their first 2 albums that got on here

Devil#20

Now this is very Springsteen and E Street