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6 hours ago, redriver said:

These are the Gloaming.Trad certainly but other influences too.

And that guy does strange things to his piano.

No idea what he's singing but love the sound of the piano :D.

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17 hours ago, Triskele said:

Jonny's part or Ed's?  Pretty ambitious either way.

I've given The National's new one a couple of spins, and it's as good as anything they've ever done.  I continue to be blown away by the consistent high level output of this band.  This is, if you ask me, their 7th straight excellent album since 2005.  

Ed’s in this song, which is a rare for me, I usually learn Jonnys in their other songs!.

It’s actually pretty straightforward to play, sounds great though.

I’ve not heard the new National album but completely agree with you, their output has been constantly great.

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Another in a long line of great acts from my native state of Michigan. These guys are some real throwback rockers, Gretta Van Fleet- 

eta: Sam Cooke cover is unique and shows them as more than just a Zep sound a like- 

 

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11 hours ago, Triskele said:

There's a bevy of female guest vocalists on this one...I'm tempted to say that Matt only does like 50% of the vocals on the record.  Huge departure.  

Another thing that jumps out on this one is that it's very light on noticeable rockers or identifiable guitar riffs.  It's much more in the pocket of ambient sound stuff.  As a fan of the band I like both of those things quite a bit, and I do somewhat feel sad that i got a new National record without any more nice additions to their more rock side of things.  But I cannot really complain overall because this one came out just like 18 months after their previous studio album, and for that ambient sound pocket it's excellent.  

I'm actually embarrassed to say that I don't really know most of the female vocalist.  I know Lisa Hannigan from the Damien Rice world.  

Here's the rest of the list who features:

 

Gail Ann Dorsey

Sharon Van Etten

Kate Stables

Mina Tindle

I will have to give it a listen for sure!, as a guitarist of over 20 years now I’ve actually come to appreciate the instrument being used in a more subtle way, not that I don’t still love a bit of straight up rock too!, but this new album has really piqued my interest  from the way you’ve described it.

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When I was young
And scared of the world
My mother would sing me a song
A tune that I keep in a sacred place
Because I know that my life won't be long
It tells of the place where you go
When your time here on earth is through
A beautiful place we call heaven
Is it true
Please God I pray that it's true

'Cause once this land was heaven on earth
Green hills were all you could see
But now it's soot and steel and brick
So it looks more like hell to me
And each day brings more and more suffering
And each night is silence and fear
And I wake to the sound of your voice
But you're not here
Why aren't you here?
So now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord
My soul to keep
Please let me die before I wake
So the lord my soul, can take
Then maybe I'll finally find you
'Midst the beauty of paradise
And you'll sing not of dying
But living
Wouldn't that be nice?
Wouldn't that be nice?

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Forgotten how much I loved this song, haven’t heard it for years.

An Aphex Twin cover bought to you by some great drumming and a effects altered Stratocaster :D, oh and Flea :P.

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Just yesterday I noticed that Marc Martel Martel has put his entire "Thunderbolt on Lighting" album on his official Youtube account. So I was naturally listening to his creative Queen covers all day long. I'm especially impressed by "Under Pressure":

Also have I mentioned that I got myself cards for one of his concerts in January? I'm already giddy to hear Queen as it should be!

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On 5/25/2019 at 5:36 AM, DMC said:

When I was young
And scared of the world
My mother would sing me a song
A tune that I keep in a sacred place
Because I know that my life won't be long
It tells of the place where you go
When your time here on earth is through
A beautiful place we call heaven
Is it true
Please God I pray that it's true

'Cause once this land was heaven on earth
Green hills were all you could see
But now it's soot and steel and brick
So it looks more like hell to me
And each day brings more and more suffering
And each night is silence and fear
And I wake to the sound of your voice
But you're not here
Why aren't you here?
So now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord
My soul to keep
Please let me die before I wake
So the lord my soul, can take
Then maybe I'll finally find you
'Midst the beauty of paradise
And you'll sing not of dying
But living
Wouldn't that be nice?
Wouldn't that be nice?

 

 

Damn, i’d somehow forgot that. Hauntingly beautiful

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