"walkmen are the best band" thread: HEAVEN has leaked

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

It's not that they haven't thought to leak it, very few promos are actually out to select outlets (stereogum is one for sure) so they can give a good guess at who the culprit would be. And even then they are crazy encrypted and far from retail copies, with tracks out of order and such.

actually i know most of the daily newspaper critics have it

[inbox]

my mistake then, info was from writers a week ago... time to call jon pareles

[starttomelt]

Still no leak, sorry.

But a very good b-side, "The House You Made": http://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/the-wal ... e-you-made

and now leak, goddamit.

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

is how i'm going to react whenever this leaks

[husbands]

leak thread

[husbands]

holy shit the witch

[husbands]

song for leigh is really damn good

[carlperkins]

holy shit the witch

yeah holy shit

[The Emperor's Son]

BIGGEST CHUKKA-WAVE ALBUM DROP OF 2012

[ripersnifle]

yeah, holy shit "the witch" and "song for leigh."
wish "jerry jr.'s tune" was longer as it's p groovy.

[joe bitch tv]

ham sounds different

[husbands]

yeah a bit different

so far I think this is better than lisbon

[KPH]

oh hey

[husbands]

No One Ever Sleeps sounds like a totally different band - I think that's Robin Pecknold doing backup vocals

I thought Line by Line would be a throwaway track based on the teaser video but that one's pretty good

[That Demon Life]

The run of The Witch -> Southern Heart -> Line By Line -> Song for Leigh is just soooooo fantastic

[jon]

Of all the times to be traveling with just an iPad

[clown]

their albums get more and more lush as they go on

"Line By Line" is so big

[gauchebag]

i still haven't been won over by lisbon but since a hundred miles off their albums have taken quite a while to worm their way into my head

i guess i should get on this one immediately

kind of pissed i still haven't got to see them live but they keep doing shitty things in new york like playing that crossing bk ferry fest at bam. i just want to see a regular old walkmen show at a regular old venue. is that too much to ask?

[husbands]

yeah the show at gov's island was kinda shitty too

they should do a couple nights at bowery

[Zurich]

they've played some amazing shows here the last 3 years or so

brooklyn masonic temple with dodos was amazing, bell house (alone, I think?) was real incredible, too.

governor's island did suck though and i didn't pony up for BAM because I just saw them in Philly. they'll probably come back later this year, I'd like to see them at the beacon or something to be honest, but they're not a big enough draw. the brooklyn masonic temple is such a great venue, but no one ever plays there anymore it seems

[kid_chameleon]

anyone have lisbon+b-sides?

[evil olive]

ham sounds different

this is what struck me first. He's not forcing his force here. No Dylan moans or anything. A lot smoover.

I got lost in Line By Line for 15mins.

[ripersnifle]

yeah, does anyone have the collected Lisbon b-sides? i haven't been able to find them easily anywhere.

[starttomelt]

Yesss "Sing Myself Sick" is "Song for Leigh" woohooo

[miguel]

isn't it awesome that they come out with a new album every 2 years without fail?

and they've been soundtracking every other summer since a hundred miles off.

[Phil]

Back-to-back of The Witch and Southern Heart is too much.

[gauchebag]

i mean, like i said, i was never terribly into lisbon and this seems like another average one to me. i'm also not digging hamilton's restrained vocal delivery on this one.

i listened to it once and i'm back to pulp already. i'll give it another go around in a bit

[KPH]

Sequencing is a bit off for me, but then that's never been a strong suit of theirs. Glad to hear Ham singing.

[mcwop23]

Oh man can't wait to listen to this, just had bows and arrows on when this thread got bumped