Quick Observation on Music and Criticism

[lemuriapress]

Anyone paying close attention to my various twitter and facebook updates or the "Music" section of my recent LJ posts will no doubt already know that I am deep in a month-long obsession with the new album from the Decemberists, The Hazards of Love

Comments

[mysticalforest]

I've found this to be the case in virtually all criticism for every genre of everything. I've basically stopped reading it altogether, not even looking at metascores like Rottentomatoes for movies or Metacritic for video games.

[karenhealey]

Well, hell, that review just convinced me to buy the album. I am an English major who loves literate music THANK YOU REVIEWER.

[lemuriapress]

I think you'll really enjoy this. In fact, please let us know what you think once you've had a chance to take it in.

[coraxery]

I haven't listened to the new album but I really dug quite a few of the tracks on Castaways and Cutouts as well as The Crane Wife. The only reason they were on my radar is because of the hometown connection (and if anything that kept me from checking it out earlier since Tarkio was alt country).

The most egregious of review hubris has to be Rolling Stone though.

[coraxery]

Looking through my iTunes I remembered their EP "The Tain" which has a 5 part track that is 18+ minutes long(!), good stuff.

[mordicai]

Ditto this: I still haven't listened to the new one. My problem is I did one of those intense couple months of All-Decemberists, All-The-Time, & burned myself out.