idrisguitar

good review.

this band are greta to listen to when you're on a long walk on a nice day, sound corny but it really cheers you up and puts you in a great mood.

it wont be in anyone's top ten of the year, but it still has its beauties.

i personally can listen to this and their debut any time. its good when i just want to relax and forget about everything.

apologise for the spelling in my last comment, was late.

missed out on point last night,

it was the best live show i have ever seen, and he is a genius, so it makes me think that he should have definetly got a ten, it such a mesmerizing original live show, i cant imagine anything being better, and maybe DiS doesn't agree one THAT point, but surely the sound he creates and the presence of the man warrants a ten.

i cant imagine anything more deserving of full marks to be honest.

i saw him earlier on in the year at the club academy, was the best gig i ever went to, this time with a full abdn and i also brought my dad along, bird didn;t dissapoint.

top class, up their with the first, there is nothing like this guy live.

plus he alwasy hangs aroudn the merch stand straight after to chat, he is a great guy and a godly musician.

people need ot se ehim, whether they have heard (/of) him or not.

but we bought ticks for andrew bird before finding out and its too close to get a lift to both of them.

i hope they come back soon, either way i will see them, one day.

so what your saying is his whistling was a ploy on '...eggs' to hide the fact that the songs behind this were not very good?

i never knew whistling was such a powerful and influencial instrument.

overall both albums are on par in my opinion. eggs is more classically influenced where as this LP is slightly more grounding in brilli9ant pop songs.

i cant choose between them myself.

he was solo and ti was the best gig i have ever been too for pue genius and a masterful performance with two loop pedals.

this full band while i doubt will top that will give me a chance to see a new type of live performance from this absolutely amazing artist

im not supporting this very bad program with braindead judges, no doubt.

but this article is not really an article, its a rant.

its funny i dont usually come to DiS for the rants,

you realise you will make more people watch this piece of shit program now?

but that review is a load of pretencious crap.

instead of hiding your word in crappy analgoies just come out and say whats wrong with the album.

it doesn't make you a worse reviewer to do so

which is becoming a regular occurance on thsi site.

ignore the bloody record label and listen to the album.

its brilliant, just as good as their previous in my opinion.

definetly not too long either, and the shouting is the best bit as his voice is edgya nd emotional.

when someone who is reviewing modest mouse says their too much shouting, then he really doesn;t get what they are about.

the reviewer should get perspective

your angry at biffy clyro for being unoriginal!?!?!?!?!!

sure they aren;t the most original band you will see but i think about a gazillion other albums are less original than them.

great review, so great that i just may not take your opinion seriously again

you have given many much inferior post rock albums 9s and 10s.

its more than an eight,

maybe they have not evolved so much, but its much harder for a post rock band to evolve without totally destroying what they had in the first compared to a full band with vocals, as they can evolve there music but the vocals will still give off the same mood of the band.

there was progress in the first three albums, but that does not contradict my point, they were gelling and becoming better at their instruments, getting used to the studio environment etc.. they were always gonna reach a point where they're progression was gonna slow down.

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aereogramme are exceptional. your last paragraph is totally irrelavent to the whole review.

maybe they will be big......maybe they will one day play the MEN.

and i think this alum will elevate the scene into something very big.

its hard to imagine bands like elivium and explosions being as big as say blkoc party or others but i think it willl happen in the near future,

there instrumental rock everywhere now, albeit many of those bands really aren't creative or clever.

a great instrumental song is more emotional than anything and its why its my fav genre.

yeah another top release from temporary residence.

im just waiting for the new explosions album to get the ten it deserves from you guys,

until you have met them and seen them write and record you cant say that they 'think they're cool'

by the way i am not a fan, i haven't heard anything from them.

i just agree that with jez that NO review should be based on whether the sounds and instruments used are cool right now.

its the music, which maybe isn;t that good......but say THAT instead of accusing them of thinking they are cool when you dont know them at all.

their first album is great. but the second sucks and im guessing there third will too.

but this sound just like the band went into the studio, improvised for one hour' then touched it up and released it.

god knows they are ace at improvising, but i dont want it for one hour and it being all there is.

thi album is just brilliant.

i didn;t think it was as good as UOb until after heaing it 8 times. now i think its just as good , maybe a bit better.

i did say a while ago. if DiS didn;t give this album at least a 9 out of ten i would never visit this site again.

i see you guys didn't fail me ;)

no bad track, i have really enjoyed it.

i would have given it 8-9 out of ten because for what it is.....an electro album its brilliant.

thats all that needs to be said. (note my judgement has been reached after watching him on several interviews and comment, not just this one)

and i totally agree with the score.

its an alum full of fast and slow songs, all of which are very very good.

sao paolo is simply fantastic, and i cant help but smile throughout the whole of were here when im listening to it.

its a great uplifting, creative album,

and i dont think it is overproduce (i dont think its underproduce either though)

the music is simple, the vocals are absolutly ordinary (for this type of music)

and for it to get a ten!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dnt agree with your comments on desperate youth. Their previous albums was JUST as good as this.

CURSIVE ARE ONE OF THE BEST BANDS AROUND

i have been a massive fan since their first album. they have grown amazingly since then and their new album due out the end of august called happy hollow is their best and most expansive yet.

people expect the ugly organ part 2 will be shocked. it is VERY different to any of their previous albums and proves once more just haw brilliantly dunamic and clever they are.

i have been listening to it non stop aswell as relistening to the older stuff as im in the mood for it.

seriously people, its such a good album, that is DiS give it anything less than a 9 i will be utterly shocked.

cause of ant green however live it is not great

i could not hear a word

anyway to move on,

i have had this album for a month, and from somone who loves all the bands you mentioned in the review (volcano, anathallo etc.) i have to say this rveiew is a little off,

obviously its your view but my view is simply that this album is full of half arsed attempts at being experimental, many filler tracks a boring and extremely simple. somehting i could put together myself in a short space of time with the right synthesisers and a bit of random rythym loops.

there are some GREAT song on here, but only an eps worth, its like they wrote another ep and filled it in with random noises and fun things to make it a full length.

listen to volvano and then to this and you will see what i mean, volcano so it for their sound, SOAF do it so they can look all cool and fil in a bit more to make the album seem longer.

i have tried my best to get into it and will listen to it from start to finish here and there but it just doesn't impress me as much as the many other great epxerimental rock albums out this year.

also (no relevance) thom yorkes record is brlliant, great minimalist electronica.

i loved their debut album to bits (or michaels debut ;))

and i just go hold of the new albuum advance, and may i say, it is simply awe inspiring,

brilliant consistant album clocking in at an impressive 1 hour and 6 minutes,

i dont want them too, but they will inevitably blow up now (especially with V2's support)

PLEASE PEOPLE, GET THEIR DEBUT, AND THEN PREORDER OUT OF THE ANGELES

ps: his voice reminds me of daniel johns,