Great stuff. Give us another album, fellas!

 stewliscious wrote: 

Sure there is, his name is Dylan and Seeger once took an axe to him.  The "Frankenstein" symbolism is too rich...you know lightning (electric guitars) peasant mob (Seeger with an axe)....

All together now... hey juuuunne...

Saw M Ward on Austin City Limits or some other show
Very good... 

Nice tune, however, the overall riff and musicality is a pretty blatant rip off of Love & Rockets acoustic version of "It's All In My Mind" (by far the better version of that tune by the the way!).

Much like there is no crying in baseball.... there are no monsters in folk.

this song sounds like the way I feel on a really rough morning, waiting for the water to boil, wallowing around the kitchen...

Is this a real band or just a tee shirt?

 unclehud wrote: 

  No. 

It was a freaking compliment.

 Cynaera wrote: 
Well, what did you think?

Their ACL appearance was so good that it makes the album come off as kinda boring.

 rdo wrote: 
Would you like to ask Bill to select the lousy songs for airplay?

By the way, Temazcal sounds like a type of tequila.  Maybe that 'splains it: drunks playing Folk Music.

 Byronape wrote: 
Woo-hoo!  Thanks, Byronape    I'll check it out (I have a new computer and DSL, so I should be okay.) Happy snorkeling!

 Cynaera wrote: 
Here ya go!  Watch it free through the magic of the internet.  I just hope you have a decent internet connection, because it's worth watching full screen and the video is pretty rough quality on a slow connection.

http://video.pbs.org/video/1726171249/

Neither monsters nor folk - worthless

Well I still love this song and the whole album.

 Stingray wrote:
  ...Must ..bite... my... tongue....

 johnjconn wrote:  

 

"Poor Mastering" Jesus dude, talk about nit picking, check out the backstory, these four guys went to remote location and recorded played and engineered this whole album by themselves, this is a master work. Jim James, M. Ward, Conner Oberst and Mike Mogis are all brilliant and successful artists in their own right. No one played drums but they learned for this album, no one was an engineer but the did it anyway. This is pure and exquisite music making at it's finest. Monster of Folk are one of very few American Super groups, I can think of The Wilbury's as their only contemporary comparison.

nope I don't hear that but I do hear someone whispering "Paul is dead"
followed by "there and then is gone"
 glen1n1m wrote: 

Anyone else hear the poor mastering in this?  Just after "searching west and east"  there is a strumming that is very distorted.

Nice.

 rdo wrote: 
That is my experience with many artists too, RP picks the good cuts.

This song is quite sonic, wonderful depth in the recording... 

 rdo wrote: 

I bought the CD.  As usual, RP picked the only good songs from the CD.  So, I have to retract my request.  

 unclelonghair wrote: 
I don't know much Japanese, but I do know "Unagi" means "eel", at least in a sushi context .  So maybe it's an ear eel. Like an ear worm except slimier, possibly electrified.

Oh, the song?  Don't much care for it, or for a group that calls themselves Monsters of Folk.

 ziggytrix wrote: 
I thought this vocalist might be inspired by Oberst, but there wasn't enough vocal tremor to actually be him. I'm glad to be proven wrong, as I prefer this calmer version too.

Wow, is that really Oberst singing?  I much prefer this subdued technique to his usual knives-in-my-ears tremelololo.

 fredriley wrote: 
Yep. I like lots of types of music and variations within these types, but this just sits there and moulders. If this were a drug it could be called a somnifacient.

 ick wrote: 
I LOVE "Austin City Limits," but it's usually on PBS long after I'm conked out for the night.  Nope, no VCR, no Tivo. We live a very simple life here in the land of the freak and the home of the depraved.  I'll try to check out more of their stuff, based on your rec.  I know they played in Portland, Oregon not too long ago, and were very warmly-received... Wish I could have been there.

 Stingray wrote: 
probably you haven't been in a Temazcal... one of the most relaxing things you can do in your life

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Temazcal

you come out in the mood of this song!!!!