Black Country, New Road "Live at Bush Hall" LP review: The Art of a New Start
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2023
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Tyler isn't in another well known band! You're thinking of Georgia the violinist (in jockstrap)
What a goof on my part! Must have mixed up names in my head with Taylor of Jockstrap and Tyler of BCNR. Then the comments on Tyler’s solo stuff got me further jumbled. How embarrassing !
Lowkey disappointed Skye was not asked to be a backup singer
love to see random stray cr7 slander you just earned urself a smashed like bucket
Black country, new cope is an insane thumbnail (complimentary)
Manic pixie dream boy is cracking me up
i actually screamed. i don't think skye knows how funny he is sometimes. imagine being lewis and hearing that LOL
It was rewarding to watch them develop these songs from the early shows (where they are understandably nervous) to the Bush Hall gig months later (where they sound rock solid after playing the songs for months). My favorite moment is the bit where the backing vocals come in during "Across the Pond Friend".
Across the poooOOOOooOoOOOoond PLACE
Professor skye- I have a thought. Love your videos, and there are occasionally visual cues, but this would also work great as a podcast. I like to listen to your videos while I work, but can be difficult to do so having up on my phone. You should take the audio from all your videos and start a podcast feed! Would likely grow audience a bit as well!
I think you can draw an analogy to pink floyd. They lost their singer early on and then had to change their sound a bit. It took them a few tries but they eventually peaked past syd and i hope bcnr do as well.
Saw them preform in Dublin just the other day and it was genuinely the best concert I've seen, the way they built off each other was amazing, the slight changes to the sound of the songs. The new songs were amazing too! I had restrained myself from listening to any live uploads and wow horses and Nancy takes the night are really something else. Tyler played an alternate intro to I won't always love you, altogether insane. Great review as always, my personal favourite track is the wrong trousers, I think Lewis' voice can convey so much emotion so easily because of how vulnerable it feels, an extremely moving track.
Such a shame they didn't play wrong trousers in Dublin lmao
Was just gonna comment this. Honestly it was probably the best show ive been to in my life. Charlie is so underrated.
I know!! It was the song I was most hyped for, the fact we got three completely new songs made up for it though. I was at the very front and it was such a crazy experience
It would be great if you could release this as a podcast. It’d be nice to listen to while driving or working without having to have RUclips open on my phone
I get slight Jethro Tull vibes from some of their newer stuff, in a good way. i wasn't completely blown away when I saw them perform this stuff live a few months ago but when the live album came out I realized that I remembered most of the songs very well which kinda surprised me. I think it's really memorable and great and am really excited for whatever direction they go in
Prof Skye's reviews of BC,NR albums transcend the works themselves. It is now the art. At this point I'm excited for a new album because of the review that will follow.
For me, the Isaac situation could be compared to Ian Curtis or Kurt Cobain but in a positive way, since Isaac decided to leave the band and take care of himself.
Also, it really is obvius that the material in Bush Hall doesnt come to the same level as their debut and especially Ants from Up There. The band knows that, they made the songs in 3 weeks and just wanted to keep in a live setting, they never were meant to be on a studio album(because they werent as good as their other songs).
But, and here comes a big thing. Their new unreleased songs that they are perfoaming show a lot of potencial, they are gorgeous, Nancy Takes The Knight is a marvelous song with beautiful arrangements and Horses is the first time Georgia is on lead vocals in the band. So, I really believe that BCNR next album, will bring it all back.
And for the Isaac fanatics fans, the door is open, the band said that they wanna do a big number of songs to the point that if one of them is not feeling well to sing, they can simply dont play the songs from that person. In that way, Isaac could come back to the band and dont feel the same stress as before. That is what I believe at least.
Give Lewis time ! I saw them live last week and his vocals were strong he smashed it better than Bush Hall
It’s funny, I’ve had “across the pond friend” on repeat the last couple
days.
Yeah i agree- just saw them in Glasgow and he was much stronger
he says he was sick in the Live From Bush Hall concert video - i completely took that excuse on face value and unless i missed something i still think it was absolutely true with the way he held back in his songs. i'd love to hear him belt out Across the Pond Friend when his throat and nose wouldnt be filled with sickness and even as is, it's one of the top 3 to me in this album
others are Turbines and Laughing Song
@@professorskye I also saw them live in Birmingham last Friday and his performance was much more powerful than it felt on live at bush hall had everyone loving it :)
Apologies for being the BC,N(e)R(d), but I thought you might find it interesting to know that in terms of the rest of the band members singing and the PaulJohn/George/Ringo dynamic that exists on this album, since its release they have begun to perform a song written and sung by Georgia titled "Horses"! And just to be extra annoying and round it out there are actually two more officially released songs with Charlie and Luke on lead vocals, albeit on their vinyl-only covers albums. Charlie sings on the second half of "Happier Than Ever" and Luke sings the cover of Magnetic Fields' "I Think I Need a New Heart." Also I couldn't find the source again tho I had read it myself at one point, either in a random reddit post from somebody who met him after a show or on their recent r/indieheads AMA, Charlie stated they were working on a song for him to sing in live shows as well.
Fantastic review as always!
Just to add that the chase scene at the end of The Wrong Trousers is absolutely amazing. Love the album, too.
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Thank you for the Lewis appreciation, his voice honestly reminds me a lot of mine and it’s so cool to hear that kind of less confident singing style used in something like this. And I also really appreciated how your thoughts in this review shifted from the first one, and you took the time to acknowledge the emotions around the album that made it hard to process for you at first
Skye, how did you not use the example of Joy Division reforming into New Order at the beginning of the video? That’s a way better analogy than Lynyrd Skynyrd 😂
And YOU’RE the one who said it in the original video you made about Isaac leaving! Lol
Wow, just wow! I just plain forgot. Damn! I mean, I’ve been scatterbrained lately, but that takes it to a new level.
It’s funny but I forget so much of what I say. It’s not that I don’t mean it, it’s that I just say a lot!
Perhaps you' re saying too much? All these associaties, is it really necessary?
More pink Floyd imo
I appreciate your interpretation of the boy, mine is definitely similar, but more than that, I’ve never had an experience where I wanted to go back and be a detective with song lyrics. I keep going back and looking at the lyrics. Also love the my way, like may bit, across the pond friend and laughing song are my favorites. Love watching your
just saw this live yesterday, amazing
To your point about a sports team getting better (or staying the same) after losing its superstar, sportswriter Bill Simmons has a theory about this called the Ewing Theory (named after Patrick Ewing). Basically, it's the theory of a team that has not achieved meaningful success loses its superstar (injury, trade, etc.) and is written off, but they exceed expectations and sometimes even get better. Not achieving meaningful success might not apply to BC,NR, but the overall thought of what is expected of them might. Are the expected expectations (is that a thing?) of them even higher then they should be? A better sports metaphor...maybe the Red Sox after David Ortiz retires?
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The sports example you’re looking for is the “Ewing Theory”. Named after Patrick Ewing on the Knicks when they lost him to injury against the Pacers but ended up improving and winning the series
I think people (including you) are forgetting that this isn't an album and they put it on streaming so spotify wouldn't punish them with playlisting in the future lol. This is a live gig.
Why’d they release it on vinyl then?
because money. artists have been putting out live records since forever.@@jones1749
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about the sports metaphor, theres something called the "ewing theory", which is the concept that after an underperforming teams star athlete who attracts a large amount of attention and gravity gets injured or leaves that team tends to get better. obviously it isnt exactly comporable because people really like those other bcnr records but thats what i thought of.
I’m very interested in your Star Wars tier list now. An uncommon, but respectable placement for Phantom Menace.
Maybe it was the image of pepe the frog with an air supply mask for 'copium' is the meme you're looking for? Love your reviews btw. Your positive comments about the band got me into them in one of your top album reviews. I never 'coped' when they released Live At Bush Hall cuz i always knew they make good music anyways and i can tell they're talented. Keep it up professor! Love your insights and more literary viewpoint in your music reviews that you somehow expand to other media. Sorry we can't be much of help for the meme you're looking for in your post on Reddit ^^"
Gonna see them in Kansas in September can’t wait
Black Country New Road X Small Town No Airport collab tour is much needed.
Most of those songs were actually writen and played by Tyler in some solo shows she did 2 years ago (there's a video of her live at the Windmill). I ear a lot of people saying that ''Live at Bush Hall'' is all about Isaac departure but I think the songs were writen way before it happened.
I like it better than the Woods era. AFUT was an album I liked but did not love. I genuinely love this new look so far.
25:44 “above the banana, above the album, above the banana album” LMAO
prof skye is in the tidal gang
Your up song saxophone impression sounds like Ralph wiggum saying “duck duck duck duck duck duck duck”
Regarding your comment on Fantanos voice, idk if you have heard the album "the glow pt.2" but theres an old cover he did of the song "I felt your shape" off the album. Its worth checking out. Also the Album is probably in my top 5 (with Ants from up there)
great video
lewis is an absolute manic pixie dream boy haha
What does he mean by the hiccup in between songs on streaming? is that just an apple music thing? my spotify goes between songs seemlessly
Im pretty sure people have been comparing a pic of the band with Friends on the subreddit :)
Ive ignored alot of wacky crazy things Sky has said in the past but saying Harmonica in rock is intolerable is a direct insult to King Gizzard and that is one thing I cannot tolerate
the way you said "you have demos of them playing this in 1948? i dont care it's about Isaac" has me trying to figure out a BCNR 9/11 joke like uuuuuhhhh "you're saying they wrote and performed this live on September 10th 2001 so it can't be about Isaac and it's probably something coded about how they planned and executed 9/11 but news flash, BCNR Supernerd, it's about Isaac"
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Saxophone is totally cheesy in a bunch of 80s songs but it always worked for me with Bruce. A bunch of great bands are making it cool now though
It's pretty unreal how they were able to pump out some of the songs in this album so quickly. Can't really complain about lack of clear direction, it's obviously understandable given circumstances. But, I still have my qualms with vocal range. May Tyler and Lewis never hit levels of intensity volume dynamics Isaac did. You can argue this is from the calmer direction of the album, but I don't really think that's true. Across the Pond Friends has instrumentals with enough intensity to support louder more clear vocals for instance. Charlie seems to have some fuck you loud levels to his voice at least in that Happier than Ever cover, but again I have doubts over his range just because we haven't heard enough of his vocals and his main role is not vocals.
They all have nice voices don't get it twisted, but their range at least as far as we saw was limited. In theory, if you can have many potential vocalists in the band it makes vocal diversity higher. But sometimes it feels more like talking than singing in this album, like their accents are still very strong and less getting your voice to a certain note. Unless one of them can really rise up in vocal range, I still think getting a bonafide main job vocalist in offseason is good.
Anyways, gonna give them time. I trust those behind the band to improve direction and make something that declares their presence on the world stage
Yeah, old definition of cope in the Oxford dictionary will change soon with the new one. Huffing on copium if one believes it won't
17:56 = stop hating on computers!
I love the first two albums, but I don't connect with this live album. As I listen to the these new songs, I keep wishing there were more compelling melodies and more vocal consistency. I think the band would greatly benefit from adding a new member to be the primary lead singer and lyricist.
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i disagree with the sax in rock skye only because of two words, steely dan.
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