TCell
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Yeah, I remember it being a Curated pick which also happened with Beach House RotM. Man, I miss the curated picks. They were good musical exploration.
Vinyl Me Please Essentials
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Yeah, I remember it being a Curated pick which also happened with Beach House RotM. Man, I miss the curated picks. They were good musical exploration.
TenderLovingKiller®
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And you could get some great deals on them when they had one of their big sales.
duke86fan
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It would be weird to go from hospice to confessions to there's a riot goin on though
So one or two of these are probably incorrect
December is often the most "sophisticated" and older album, often taking older staples of R&B and soul (Aretha, Mavis, Nina, Billie).. the only exceptions were Miles Davis (which still fits because it's an older album from a classic in jazz) and Nils Frahm
Usher, Sade, or Brandy all have a chance for November, so I feel like we probably don't have December and maybe not October, but that antlers album is a bit too coincidental
So one or two of these are probably incorrect
December is often the most "sophisticated" and older album, often taking older staples of R&B and soul (Aretha, Mavis, Nina, Billie).. the only exceptions were Miles Davis (which still fits because it's an older album from a classic in jazz) and Nils Frahm
Usher, Sade, or Brandy all have a chance for November, so I feel like we probably don't have December and maybe not October, but that antlers album is a bit too coincidental
TenderLovingKiller®
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Is it though? The album was released this year and pressings have been delayed a lot. Could be a case that it was delayed until now.
duke86fan
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When did preorders for other varients come... Because of the JUST came then yeah it just so happens to be a beloved indie rock/dream pop act that came out with a worshipped 3rd album from the one year they get most of the indie albums they've done... In a month where the clues are 3 and 2000s indie
TenderLovingKiller®
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Looks like the new album was originally released on March 21 of this year. I love Hospice but I just don’t see it as an essential release. That doesn’t mean it won’t be but I am fairly certain it would likely be their most least popular release of 2021. TBH, I think that will likely be the case with whatever they choose that fits these clues. I doubt it’s Antlers or Grizzly Bears as why release exclusives so far in advance of the Announcement, they would be much smarter to release all at roughly the same time.
duke86fan
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True
Though the only exclusive for QOTSA (though I dunno if I should count that non QOTSA album as one) was released before even soft bulletin was announced
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I guess I can find a lot more examples where they were released at roughly the same time than ones where they were released month(s) prior.
duke86fan
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Who knows
It is too much of a weird outlier to fit with any of the other ROTM guesses for the other months..
wmeugene
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So if we are going Indie 3rd albums from the 00's, the likeliest list of albums is:
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
The Antlers - Hospice
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
The Wrens - The Meadowlands (this is my hope)
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
I'm not including 2010 in the list and of course there are a lot of other indie bands with 3rd albums, but none that strike me as "Essentials" unless I'm clearly missing something big.
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
The Antlers - Hospice
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
The Wrens - The Meadowlands (this is my hope)
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
I'm not including 2010 in the list and of course there are a lot of other indie bands with 3rd albums, but none that strike me as "Essentials" unless I'm clearly missing something big.
Joe Mac
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Could it be non-American? You’d hope that at some stage they’d realise that there’s plenty of good European guitar music…
wmeugene
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I was trying to think through Indie from Europe and most of the big albums were debuts or 2nds...am I missing a killer 3rd album?
Joe Mac
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Probably not. It’s just a bug bear of mine with them.
Edit: Idlewild - The Remote Part is brilliant but prob not on their radar. Their loss.
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NewsFedora
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Portugal. The Man's Censored Colors fits (third album, came out in 2008), although maybe I just have them on the brain lately because I had a different album of theirs as a swaption for the N&G AOTM.
It's a good album and long out of print, although maybe not big enough to make waves as an Essentials. If PTM ever got the VMP treatment, it'd probably be an album like Satanic Satanist or Evil Friends.
It's a good album and long out of print, although maybe not big enough to make waves as an Essentials. If PTM ever got the VMP treatment, it'd probably be an album like Satanic Satanist or Evil Friends.
TenderLovingKiller®
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This is on the top of my list. I have most of the others already. I would sign up in a heartbeat for this one of my favorite albums of the 00s (I would gladly pick up Secaucus as an exclusive while they’re at it.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I would be happy with this too
TenderLovingKiller®
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Sit down! You got an Arctic Monkeys record what more could you possibly need!?
wmeugene
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He wants Bloc Party's Intimacy or Maximo Park's Quicken the Heart
Joe Mac
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To stop thinking they could become good curators and stop coming back every 18 months or so for crackly presses of one or two of the few good albums…