I’m going to find live versions of some of the new songs in case you want to hear them now (especially if your seeing any of the upcoming tour dates). Here’s “What If I Can’t Give You Anything But Love?” from Red Bank. Love this one already (seen it twice). Great soulful song.
Not bad at all. Still trying to used to seeing/hearing Charlie Sexton on guitar in Elvis' band - hoping this means an Austin show early in 2022.
When he puts a clock on stage and ends his concert when exactly 50 minutes have passed, the transformation will be complete.
He’s been that way for a while now. I picked up his last-but-one album earlier this year (charity shop purchase) and, while he is still obviously very competent at what he does, there was nothing on it that particularly grabbed me. The fact that I can’t remember the title (only the very cheap cover art) probably says something. EC is one of those artists whose following seems to have declined massively over the last twenty-five years, and I wonder why? It’s not like his talents have deserted him, or that he’s spread himself too thinly. But I think that period in the late nineties/early 2000s when he became a polymath (ballet and classical scores/jazz/collaborations) may have blurred his casual audience’s perception of him.
Trying not to listen to too much or anything in advance for this album release! Magnificent Hurt is all I need as motivation for now!!
EC still does well enough getting fans to attend shows imo. He works it. Remember a few or more years back when he seemed to go through a phase to open for every major act in sight . Smart move really. imo. Maybe he was trying to top Cheap Trick .
I don't mind the genre experiments -- the rock songs aren't was catchy -- as a songwriter he is a craftsman , but.. I Think Momofuko?? is the first Elvis record I listened to, and afterwards thought something was amiss.
I wouldn’t doubt they’re real. A few artists recently, including St. Vincent, have offered limited edition & tracks of their new albums. It’s mostly a jokey nostalgia thing, but it’s still a thing that’s been happening. Cheap Trick released an 8 track specifically so the album would be number one on the sales charts for at least one format.
I've been a fan since 'get happy' but 'look now' apart from a couple of tracks was rather underwhelming and 'hey clockface' has done nothing for me so far.
Yeah, I know there have been a few recent 8-track releases (all using old 8-track cartridges bulk erased and re-recorded with the relevant labels slapped on). The most recent one I know about is the Dolly Parton Christmas album from last year that even had a bonus track non on CD/vinyl (!) But flexi disc? Does anyone even manufacture those anymore?
st. Vincent’s Daddy’s Home 8 tracks were may of this year, and I believe they were NOS shells and modern production tape, so there’s a decent chance that trend is (for some reason???) picking back up. Flexi discs are definitely still a thing— my sister used to be big into pop punk and the whole Warped Tour crowd, and she was getting new flexi discs from small bands as recently as 2017 (she stopped collecting the novelty stuff after that). Some of them were the more traditional thin stamped sheet plastic, but others were a bit thicker and more inherently rigid but could still be loosely rolled up— something I’ve never seen in older stuff, but it was almost like a rigid silicone, but obviously harder to maintain the shape of the grooves edit: discogs has 322 entries for Flexi discs produced in 2017 alone!
This is where I stand. The last couple albums had too many previews. I stop at one. Just like the old days.
Pretty much. He's released something close to 25 newly-recorded albums in the last 30 odd years. Had he boiled that down to the best, say, seven, he would come off like he's still a consistently strong recording artist.
Why is this the new trend? I am not a fan of the announcement 3-4 months before release. By the time the album comes out you have already heard half of it. Just release the darn album a week or two after the initial announcement. I don't get it. New song sounds pretty good.
