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The Silver Gymnasium nuovo album degli @okkervilriver il 3 settembre!!! ecco il singolo
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qui speriamo bene. La copertina l'avrete vista ormai, è bella come al solito. Il problema pare essere la mancanza di naturalezza e sincerità nel fare le cose. Si sono per forza di cose andati ad intricare in arrangiamenti via via sempre più ridondanti (poi oh, mica stiamo parlando di un gruppo da arena stadio, mica li possiamo processare per essersi un minimo avvicinati alle luci della ribalta) perdendo di vista la loro originale ragione. Non farei il paragone con gli ultimi arcade fire, perché gli Okkervil River manco hanno avuto questo gran successo. Non ha pagato. Spero però in un ritorno alla sobrietà e ai tempi bui dei primi dischi che erano più confessionali e meno festaioli. Sarebbe un disco che gli allunga la carriera.
tracklist del nuovo
The tracklisting of the album is as follows:
1. It Was My Season
2. On A Balcony
3. Down Down the Deep River
4. Pink-Slips
5. Lido Pier Suicide Car
6. Where the Spirit Left Us
7. White
8. Stay Young
9. Walking Without Frankie
10. All The Time Every Day
11. Black Nemo
Although he has long been known as a character-driven songwriter, Okkervill River’s Will Sheff announced that this album is a work of autobiography.
The Silver Gymnasium is set in a very specific time and place from Sheff's childhood - in 1986 in the small town of Meriden, NH, where Sheff's parents worked as teachers for a boarding school. Sheff conceived the album as a tribute to the spirit of pre-adolescence, meant to evoke the nostalgic feeling of "an action figure you found in the woods."
Sheff wrote:
"On our last record, 'I Am Very Far,' I was musically trying to both satisfy and to challenge myself; for 'The Silver Gymnasium,' I wanted to write a record that was very much about trying to reach out to other people and show them a good time. I’d always wanted to write a record that was more based in autobiography, that spoke about my memories of how I felt and how the world around me seemed at a specific moment in the past, and it felt like a good time to finally do it. I thought John Agnello would be the perfect choice as a producer, not only because I’ve enjoyed his more recent records with people like Kurt Vile and Dinosaur Jr. but also because John is a much more old-fashioned producer who was actually involved with a lot of the music I listened to growing up, everything from Cyndi Lauper to John Mellencamp to the Outfield’s “Your Love.” John even worked on 'Born in the U.S.A.' and was loitering around in the background during the making of Tom Petty’s 'Damn the Torpedoes'; so he was actually present while they were making a lot of the music that inspired the kid version of me to want to be a musician and that inspired 'The Silver Gymnasium' in general. Our goal with 'The Silver Gymnasium' was to work quickly and decisively, to make a “band” record and not a fussy studio creation, and to make the most fun record we could possibly make."
tracklist del nuovo
The tracklisting of the album is as follows:
1. It Was My Season
2. On A Balcony
3. Down Down the Deep River
4. Pink-Slips
5. Lido Pier Suicide Car
6. Where the Spirit Left Us
7. White
8. Stay Young
9. Walking Without Frankie
10. All The Time Every Day
11. Black Nemo
Although he has long been known as a character-driven songwriter, Okkervill River’s Will Sheff announced that this album is a work of autobiography.
The Silver Gymnasium is set in a very specific time and place from Sheff's childhood - in 1986 in the small town of Meriden, NH, where Sheff's parents worked as teachers for a boarding school. Sheff conceived the album as a tribute to the spirit of pre-adolescence, meant to evoke the nostalgic feeling of "an action figure you found in the woods."
Sheff wrote:
"On our last record, 'I Am Very Far,' I was musically trying to both satisfy and to challenge myself; for 'The Silver Gymnasium,' I wanted to write a record that was very much about trying to reach out to other people and show them a good time. I’d always wanted to write a record that was more based in autobiography, that spoke about my memories of how I felt and how the world around me seemed at a specific moment in the past, and it felt like a good time to finally do it. I thought John Agnello would be the perfect choice as a producer, not only because I’ve enjoyed his more recent records with people like Kurt Vile and Dinosaur Jr. but also because John is a much more old-fashioned producer who was actually involved with a lot of the music I listened to growing up, everything from Cyndi Lauper to John Mellencamp to the Outfield’s “Your Love.” John even worked on 'Born in the U.S.A.' and was loitering around in the background during the making of Tom Petty’s 'Damn the Torpedoes'; so he was actually present while they were making a lot of the music that inspired the kid version of me to want to be a musician and that inspired 'The Silver Gymnasium' in general. Our goal with 'The Silver Gymnasium' was to work quickly and decisively, to make a “band” record and not a fussy studio creation, and to make the most fun record we could possibly make."
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/07/12/201582565/maps-and-music-explore-okkervil-rivers-new-album?utm_source=allsongs&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=20130715Maps And Music: Explore Okkervil River's New Album
The next album from the Austin, Texas band Okkervil River will tell the childhood tale of its lead singer and songwriter Will Sheff, a self-described awkward, nearsighted, asthmatic kid growing up the small town of Meriden, New Hampshire. The music on The Silver Gymnasium, out on September 3, is some of Okkervil River's best.....
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a giorni dovremmo avere il nuovo, intanto una playlist con 16 delle loro canzoni, buona anche per chi ha solo Down the River e Black Sheep Boy http://open.spotify.com/user/doyoureali ... MMyWYGfwh3
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"Stay Young", inedito dal nuovo album
il suono non è quello classico
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http://www.thesilvergymnasium.com
ahahah! fantastico ragazzi. accendete il commodore 64
altro che gli arcade fire.
ahahah! fantastico ragazzi. accendete il commodore 64
altro che gli arcade fire.
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genialeAFX wrote:http://www.thesilvergymnasium.com
ahahah! fantastico ragazzi. accendete il commodore 64
altro che gli arcade fire.
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L'avessero fatta gli Arcade Fire una cosa del genere per i loro Suburbs...
Bello e strano da una parte che nonostante tutto (inclusi 2-3 album di quelli che restano), pare che ancora non siano arrivati al pubblico che riempe le Piazza Castello in estate.
Bello e strano da una parte che nonostante tutto (inclusi 2-3 album di quelli che restano), pare che ancora non siano arrivati al pubblico che riempe le Piazza Castello in estate.
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