I hear he’s doing a Charlie Brown Christmas next.
Oh dear...
inky
#1176
Just what the world needs, more cover songs. He doesn’t have the energy to knock them off anymore.
bakamomo
#1177
From IG today. Dude asked “will we get posts on the new cardinals album next??”. Answer was: “no spoiler. You’ll all know at the same time”. No clue if it is archive or new stuff.
EDIT: I would likely prefer an album from the vaults.
bakamomo
#1178
Apparently the FLAC version of Nebraska now available to buy on Qobuz sounds better than the MP3 files from PaxAm (sound-wise). Perhaps he is using a sub par MP3 encoder for these releases.
mutineer
#1179
In all fairness though, if you’re going to use a subpar MP3 encoder for anything, it would be for a Nebraska cover album.
Nebulance
#1182
I listened to Nebraska once, and that was about it. I haven’t bothered with Blood on the Tracks…
I think these could be generally cool, but if he keeps drowning everything in reverb, I don’t wanna hear it – and that especially goes for Cardinals stuff if they somehow get/got back together. At this point, I figure he’s stuck in the 80s and never coming out again.
bakamomo
#1185
Pretty much agree. But the album improves some with better stereo separation and less muddy bass. Could also add that I do think both Nebraska and Blood … get better towards the end (I see potential jokes coming here). Not worried about the Cardinals sound – actually both “Shelter from the Storm” and “Buckets of Rain” are cut in a semi-Cards noodling style (“Shelter …” even enters “Trouble on Wheels” territory from about 6.00 and onwards).
For the record, I think this is how you do a proper lo-fi cover of “Nebraska”, hymn style and warts and all.
Nebulance
#1186
I think I mentioned it a while ago, I “fear” I might be over the Cardinals. I didn’t think that day would come, but those albums and shows are somewhat surprisingly stuck in 2005–2007 for me. I rarely put those albums/shows on anymore – definitely not the shows. Over the years, I basically stopped listening to live shows, not really sure why. I suppose my musical tastes have shifted, listening to a lot more ambient, IDM, experimental stuff, but that alt-country sound is always a favorite; somewhat in that direction, where it used to be RA, my default now for the past 5–7 years has been Tom Petty. So maybe it’s Petty that’s caused the shift.