Say Hi To Your Mom
I just heard the new album by Say Hi To Your Mom, called Ferocious Mopes that was released last Tuesday. I haven't dedicated much time to listening to new(er) bands lately, mainly due to the lack of time, but I checked out this album because something about it caught my eye (and ear) when I went to get the new Coldplay and White Stripes.
The weird thing about it is that the next day, I saw their name on the Spin web site as a feature on the Band of the Day.
Must've been something in the air.
I figured I would share them with you since I can't really think of what else to post today. My new-music-exposure-absorption-need is lacking due to the crazy amount of quality releases over the last few (and upcoming) months.
Check out these MP3's:
Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android
Dimensions and Verticals
The Forest Scares The Hell Out Of Me
Here's what Spin said about them:
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Say Hi To Your Mom
By: Jessica Grose
June 8, 2005
It's rare that a song title from a band can encapsulate their entire appeal. Brooklyn-based Eric Elbogen (aka Say Hi To Your Mom) has managed to do just that on "As Smart as Geek is Chic Right Now," the final song of his most recent album, Ferocious Mopes. With verbose, clever lyrics, Elbogen croons in a borderline emo voice that falls somewhere between the irony of Stephen Malkmus and the earnestness of Conor Oberst.
On his third full-length as alter ego Say Hi To Your Mom, Elbogen conquers neo-new wave territory with some inventive computer play and synthesizer work, and captures something almost Bowie or Eno-esque with eerie, fantastical motifs. Particularly on "Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android," where Elbogen sings in a completely conversational tone about his love affair with a robot friend, does Elbogen recall the futuristic feeling of Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie: "Her kisses are metallic and her touch is firm but cold... I swore I'm done with humans, and I like to keep my word."
Against the backdrop of simple strumming acoustic guitar on "Yeah, I'm in Love With An Android," there is also something of that intellectual battle with impending modernity and the feeling of alienation from real humanity explored by Grandaddy and Radiohead. Ferocious Mopes is in stores now.
The weird thing about it is that the next day, I saw their name on the Spin web site as a feature on the Band of the Day.
Must've been something in the air.
I figured I would share them with you since I can't really think of what else to post today. My new-music-exposure-absorption-need is lacking due to the crazy amount of quality releases over the last few (and upcoming) months.
Check out these MP3's:
Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android
Dimensions and Verticals
The Forest Scares The Hell Out Of Me
Here's what Spin said about them:
--------------------------------
Say Hi To Your Mom
By: Jessica Grose
June 8, 2005
It's rare that a song title from a band can encapsulate their entire appeal. Brooklyn-based Eric Elbogen (aka Say Hi To Your Mom) has managed to do just that on "As Smart as Geek is Chic Right Now," the final song of his most recent album, Ferocious Mopes. With verbose, clever lyrics, Elbogen croons in a borderline emo voice that falls somewhere between the irony of Stephen Malkmus and the earnestness of Conor Oberst.
On his third full-length as alter ego Say Hi To Your Mom, Elbogen conquers neo-new wave territory with some inventive computer play and synthesizer work, and captures something almost Bowie or Eno-esque with eerie, fantastical motifs. Particularly on "Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android," where Elbogen sings in a completely conversational tone about his love affair with a robot friend, does Elbogen recall the futuristic feeling of Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie: "Her kisses are metallic and her touch is firm but cold... I swore I'm done with humans, and I like to keep my word."
Against the backdrop of simple strumming acoustic guitar on "Yeah, I'm in Love With An Android," there is also something of that intellectual battle with impending modernity and the feeling of alienation from real humanity explored by Grandaddy and Radiohead. Ferocious Mopes is in stores now.
posted by Pauly @ 1:04 p.m.
6 Comments:
At 3:00 p.m.,
What Sarah Said said…
I like these guys. I "discovered" them about 3 weeks ago when I read about them on Pitchforkmedia.com
Also, the music I mentioned in my last comment are actually songs, not album names. And it's "The Cars are the Stars". My bad.
Headache.
At 3:07 p.m.,
Pauly said…
Ahhh....song names, I get it.
I was posting albums, so I assumed you posted album names.
Pitchfork...I usually hate reading pitchfork reviews. They usually hire a bunch of pretentious jerks who sometimes have a really good opinion, but usually slam amazing albums...grrr.....pitchfork...
DAMN THEM!
At 3:28 p.m.,
What Sarah Said said…
Yeah but a review is just that right? An opinion. I hate ACDC, so if I was to write a review, I would probably "trash" them, if even subconsciously. This of course, would be shocking to ACDC fans.
For the record, I never EVER read music reviews. Which is ironic, because I write them. I'd rather pick random bands, download some of their songs, and form an opinion that way.
At 4:01 p.m.,
bingofuel said…
The thing I find most upsetting about Pitchfork isn't the pretension of the music geeks at all. It's that the pretentious music geeks are usually bang on.
At 8:51 a.m.,
Pauly said…
Wow.
I want to argue and get mad about that, but there's some truth to it. So many of the hip hop reviews reak snobbery. It used to piss me off 'cause of all the shitty reviews that I've read that have no relevance to the album they're actually reviewing. I wouldn't get mad at a poor review, but when you compare a bad reviewed album with one they rank really high, it just doesn't make sense. I couldn't figure it out. It's those really low ratings of The Roots that I read that really made me angry with them. So uncalled for. I just don't understand what they were listening to.
The latest Weezer review is pretty funny though. I think it was a 0.4 (or something) out of 10. They can be really harsh.
At 11:17 a.m.,
bingofuel said…
I find their reviews to be the most comprehensive out of any, though I don't always agree with them. WHat's most infuriating is that, in my opinion, their snobbery is justified. They don't just comment on a album as a standalone; they think about what the artist in question has done in the past, what other artists are doing, technical sound, lyrics... All that stuff. It's hard to hear someone say they hate something you love, but no matter what opinion they render, I find there's always some truth to it, whether it makes me angry or not.
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