Do you like Beck? Do you like Sonic Youth? Then you'll probably like this new album from Thurston Moore. You can think of it as the Sonic Youth take on Sea Changes.But if you're not a Sonic Youth fan don't let that keep you away from this album. This is a solid collection of folk songs from Thurston Moore textured beautifully by Beck. It's quiet and thoughtful and would be a much better release in late autumn than in late spring.
So if you're looking for some thoughtful folk music with a bit of an edge, then you won't be disappointed with this album. It will be great for early morning walks into work this winter.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 3 out of 5 stars for Pretty Good.
I've really been struggling to figure out what music 42-year-old I would've been listening to in 1974.
ReplyDeleteOK, so if you were 42 years old in 1974, then you were born in 1932 and you graduated from high school in 1950. So you'd have grown up listening to all the Big Band-type music, but being from Kentucky you would have also heard country and early Bluegrass. At Western you would have met people who were really into Hank Williams and the Grand Ole Opry, as well as folks who liked blues music. Elvis would have come along when you were just getting out of college, along with Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Then when you were 32, the Beatles came to America, setting off a whole new era of music. And meanwhile, throughout the whole time, you have the great Broadway songbook constantly churning out new songs.
ReplyDeleteSo where does that leave you in 1974? I think it really depends on your personality. My dad, who was born in 1940, pretty much only listened to music that he had been listening to while he was at college. He pretty much stopped buying records once he had kids, and just listened to the ones he already had. On the other hand, you might have wanted to keep up with what the kids were doing, in which case you would have an amazingly eclectic record collection, ranging from Bill Monroe to the Rolling Stones.