I like this song...I got to see it a couple times...when McMahan picks up the Telecaster towards the end of the song...I yell "RELEASE!" and I blow my load.

CocoRosie.

I like this.

I can't hope but feel it'll be edited and massaged a little before it's ever recorded.

I predict, after this new album is released, Slint will no longer be on the pedestal.

caix wrote:I predict, after this new album is released, Slint will no longer be on the pedestal.

Good prediction. I'll still love them all the same though...unless they really fuck up.

caix wrote:I predict, after this new album is released, Slint will no longer be on the pedestal.

hasn't this already happened? I mean they had two nights booked here in NYC then cancelled one show honoring the tickets from the canceled show at the first night. Was this due to poor sales? All I know was webster hall wasn't packed.

When they first played nyc a while back it was STUPID crowded.

This Slint is special to a lot of people... but I cannot help but think that the mystery sweetened it for some. As there are a lot of people talking shit on the live shows and really not being all that impressed since the reunion.

I wish them well... they are a great band. Still capable? Probably.

I loved seeing them during their reunion tour. I'm not really fond of bands reuniting, though. It's hard to pull off. Even the Pixies got old after the first reunion tour.

So, all that mystery and magic feels like it's dissolving. It's no longer special because Slint is back, doing basically the same thing. But music has progressed beyond Slint, which they undeniably had an influence on. I think that's why it's not so special anymore.

caix wrote:So, all that mystery and magic feels like it's dissolving. It's no longer special because Slint is back, doing basically the same thing. But music has progressed beyond Slint, which they undeniably had an influence on. I think that's why it's not so special anymore.

Bingo!

My reaction to that song was more or less "This sounds like a new Slint song, alright."

caix wrote:I loved seeing them during their reunion tour. I'm not really fond of bands reuniting, though. It's hard to pull off. Even the Pixies got old after the first reunion tour.

So, all that mystery and magic feels like it's dissolving. It's no longer special because Slint is back, doing basically the same thing. But music has progressed beyond Slint, which they undeniably had an influence on. I think that's why it's not so special anymore.

For me, the beauty of Slint is the unit...the simplicity...the simple sound.

In that old review, Steve compares them to Crazy Horse. This makes a lot of sense to me for some reason...despite the fact that they're not much like Neil and the Horse in the least.

Music may have progressed beyond Slint, but...something so powerful and gut-wrenching...well, lets just say I just don't care that much about Mogwai or Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Not that they're bad...they're good...but Slint is just so special to me. Can't really describe why.

And Mat, before the summer is over...you, me, Dave and whoever should plan to go out to dinner or something. I have to go back to Madison for a year...it's kind of a fun bubble, but fuck...it will never feel like home.

Also...fucking Pixies. I agree with Steve...Breeders good, Pixies mostly bad...(I still have a soft spot for Surfer Rosa, but not even most of Doolittle does anything for me).