Anx said:

I can see all of that too, but it doesn't really bother me since the pacing is the same as Homogenic and that's one of my faves.

Shall we rate the songs or do a song-by-song review?

Cloudbuster said:

Yeah, the lyric is repetitive, but I like how the volume and the voices build. It's one of her grandest songs.

Plus, it wasn't her lyric. It's based on someone else's poem like like "Sun In My Mouth" and "Mother Heroic".

Yeah, as I understand it's a poem adapted for song. Perhaps she felt she ought not to add too much to it.
It builds beautifully, certainly. It might grow on me yet.

hell, i'm waiting for the survivor thread.

Cloudbuster said:

I was crying like a bitch the first time I heard it, so I doubt I'm the most objective critic.

Cloudbuster said:

I was crying like a bitch the first time I heard it, so I doubt I'm the most objective critic.

To be expected.

Cloudbuster said:

what must you think of me?

i thought it was really sweet the first time i heard it, but on recent listens, i must confess i'm a little bit, "okay, yeah, we've heard that already, i want more paratroopers and voodoo and shit..."

No sweat, sugar. I'm exactly the same with Kate.

I still can't believe the beating that Aerial took from some people. What more could you really ask for from her?

You know what? I don't even fukn care.

Me neither. It just surprised me. It's probably my 2nd favorite Kate album.

It's way up there for me also. Probably 3rd.

Cloudbuster said:

What's your order?

THIS IS A BJORK THREAD!!!

Cloudbuster said:

True. But thanks anyway.

GangstaFam said:

I was just putting it out there before some else did, is all.

Cloudbuster said:

For THIS we have a sticky?!?!? THREADJACKERS!!!

IstenSzek said:

At first I thought the patch from 5-7 was kinda slow and sleepy too. But "I See Who You Are" has so many interesting ideas and it's just so lovely that it keeps my attention the whole time. "Vertabrae..." actually gets going midway through and is pretty freaky. Not a sleeper at all. But "Pneumonia" definitely makes it feel like you've waded through molasses by the time it's done. I love it and it might be the most emotional song on the album. It just slows the album WAY down midway.

The Mark Bell mix of I See Who You Are is even lovelier...

I bought it on Tuesday... I haven't listened to it yet.

Dylan, Decemberists, Spoon, LCD Soundsystem, Bloc Party, PB&J, QOTSA, MMJ, YLT too!

Though we slaved for literally minutes over last week's crossword-encrypted announcement of this year's Austin City Limits Festival bill of fare, frankly, if it's not a word search, we're not gonna crack it. So we were awfully pleased to find we'd been let off the hook today.

The fest, taking place in Austin, Texas' Zilker Park September 14-16, has officially announced their 2007 lineup, and it packs an even greater wallop than the headache we accrued attempting to solve 9-across. What's a twelve-letter word for "prog-folk book readers"?

ACL Fest's talent pool has a spacious deep end, with Björk, Arcade Fire, the White Stripes, Wilco, Bob Dylan and his Band, the Decemberists, Queens of the Stone Age, Yo La Tengo, Spoon, Bloc Party, the National, LCD Soundsystem, Peter Bjorn and John, My Morning Jacket, Arctic Monkeys, Blonde Redhead, Kaiser Chiefs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, M.I.A., Andrew Bird, Muse, Midlake, DeVotchKa, Regina Spektor, the Broken West, Stephen Marley, Patterson Hood, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Crowded House, the Little Ones, and Willy Mason. A full lineup is available now through the festival website.

GangstaFam said:

Yeah, as I understand it's a poem adapted for song. Perhaps she felt she ought not to add too much to it.
It builds beautifully, certainly. It might grow on me yet.

Jestyr said:

I kinda miss the real instrumentation.

CarrieMpls said:

I want a full review!