New Cass McCombs Double Album, "Big Wheel and Others"

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Postby Ersaph » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:21 am

In 2011, Cass McCombs treated the world to two albums: WIT'S END and Humor Risk. Now, he'll follow up those two with a new 22-song LP, Big Wheel and Others. It's out October 14 internationally and October 15 in the U.S. via Domino

Disc 1

01 Sean I
02 Big Wheel
03 Angel Blood
04 Morning Star
05 The Burning of the Temple, 2012
06 Brighter!
07 There Can Be Only One
08 Name Written in Water
09 Joe Murder
10 Everything Has to Be Just-So

Disc 2

01 It Means a Lot to Know You Care
02 Dealing
03 Sooner Cheat Death Than Fool Love
04 Satan Is My Toy
05 Sean II
06 Home on the Range
07 Brighter! (Featuring Karen Black)
08 Untitled Spain Song
09 Sean III
10 Honesty Is No Excuse
11 Aeon of Aquarius Blues
12 Unearthed
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Postby starttomelt » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:24 am

good song.

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Postby ripersnifle » Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:13 pm

excited
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Postby Honk For Dracula » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:14 pm

love this guy. this year keeps getting better and better wrt to music
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Postby splasm » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:47 pm

Hell yeah
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Postby internethandle » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:08 pm

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Postby nonoperational » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:31 pm

Baby Museum wrote:love this guy. this year keeps getting better and better wrt to music


yup. real excited for this one.
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Postby jon » Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:13 pm

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Postby babycanteen » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:27 pm

love both of these songs
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Postby internethandle » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:20 am

shit didn't realize karen black died

she came out and did 'dream girl' with him when i saw cass in LA a little over a year ago
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Postby internethandle » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:20 am

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Postby fackelmann » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:30 am

starttomelt wrote:good song.



this is great. excited for the tour, too. he was solid when i saw him a few years ago.
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Postby Contristo » Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:09 am

yeah this guy was outstanding live when i saw him a few years ago. just a total pro. pumped for the chock full of new material from him.
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Postby theworldof.. » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:00 pm

These songs are the best.
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Postby brent » Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:02 pm

keep thinking this leaked or something when it gets bumped
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Postby DizzyBusiness » Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:56 am

streaming at npr.org
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Postby husbands » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:03 am

woo hoo
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Postby husbands » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:12 am

morning star is still great. glad it made this album

also the kid talking is Sean from the docs Sean and Following Sean. kinda reminds me of the HTDW guy including audio from Streetwise. I'd be okay without it though
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Postby ripersnifle » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:55 am

husbands wrote:woo hoo
steakspoon wrote:sorry if sounds corny fellas but i'll always remember where i was when i heard my first big star song..the internet.
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Postby gandhi » Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:05 am

hot diggity really enjoy this guy
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Postby Ersaph » Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:14 pm

Anyone have a rip of this yet?
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Postby ripersnifle » Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:50 pm

Ersaph wrote:Anyone have a rip of this yet?
unsplit stream rip
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Postby ripersnifle » Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:16 pm

wow just finished "The Burning of the Temple, 2012" - that was incredible. also, interesting that the album version of "Brighter!" is without Karen Black.
Edit: oh okay the version w her is on disc 2.
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Postby brent » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:44 pm

sounded great on first listen which is something i could not say about his last couple. did not seem as long as it actually was.
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Postby ripersnifle » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:27 am

thought i would share this here as it's kinda interesting:

back when Domino did that pretty awesome pop-up radio station in London in 2011, Kris Gillespie put together this awesome mix of McCombs rarities/B-sides/live takes for a show called "Eavesdropping On The Competition". the mix includes an earlier, pretty significantly different version of "Everything Has To Be Just So" - it seems that McCombs added all the spoken word parts for this newer version/arrangement, which I am still trying to digest. i was so amped to see that the song was going to receive an official release, because the version Gillespie plays is stunning imo. not really sure how i'm feeling about this newer version right now.
i ripped the mix too a while back if anyone wants that.
and here's a rip of the song by itself.
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Postby internethandle » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:36 am

thanks ripersnifle

just bought tickets to see him at the echo here in LA next month

i can't imagine him having the same backlit light display that he/his band had when i last saw him at the el rey given that the echo's stage is tiny, but i'm still looking forward. still, that light installation really elevated the performance.
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Postby otis » Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:10 pm

damn, 'it means a lot to know you care' is squishy jams all the way and it rules
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Postby brent » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:09 pm

ripersnifle wrote:thought i would share this here as it's kinda interesting:

back when Domino did that pretty awesome pop-up radio station in London in 2011, Kris Gillespie put together this awesome mix of McCombs rarities/B-sides/live takes for a show called "Eavesdropping On The Competition". the mix includes an earlier, pretty significantly different version of "Everything Has To Be Just So" - it seems that McCombs added all the spoken word parts for this newer version/arrangement, which I am still trying to digest. i was so amped to see that the song was going to receive an official release, because the version Gillespie plays is stunning imo. not really sure how i'm feeling about this newer version right now.
i ripped the mix too a while back if anyone wants that.
and here's a rip of the song by itself.


thanks.

this new album is pretty incredible, i cannot stop listening. maybe his best.
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Postby Brevity » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:31 pm

Liking this a lot a few listens in. Really glad I sprung for the limited vinyl with the extra 7".

A lot of it feels kinda loose and low-stakes, in a good way. "Home On the Range" is a "Harmonium"-sized epic, and I'm loving his funny Nashville Skyline voice on "Honesty Is No Excuse"
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