Vinyl Me Please Essentials

Bohnjaggs said:
I was going to say... Isn't Blessed Feathers considered to be one of the worst ROTMs? I always see it at my local record stores and it's selling for next to nothing (Lapsley too).
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I do kind of like it, but honestly it's not ROTM material once again. How it sold out is beyond me. I always thought that in terms of quality of the records, Sprinter by Torres was always the worst.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
I love Tennis ... I've been a fan since the beginning. That being said, I'd say that Conditionally Yours is their worst album... BUT on the flip side, like @sjaygray, that Tennis release is probably my most spun VMP exclusive and I'd consider it the best "new release" ROTM that they've done.
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I love it. It's probably my most listened-to ROTM, including streaming and vinyl spins.
duke86fan said:
i find that offensive to moses sumney, blessed feathers, and mitski (if we are only talking about the essentials)
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"Best" is too subjective in general, but I'd put Blessed Feathers on the bottom of the New Release ROTMs, and pretty low in the overall rankings.
Teeeee said:
Absolutely correct. Cam told us Tennis was worthy of sitting in our collection alongside Fleetwood Mac, meaning he found the album analogous to Rumors or some such nonsense.

More hyperbolic FOMO crap from vmp definitely made me dig in deeper on my stubborn refusal to consider any new release they proclaim as an essential album.
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And Tapestry! I think what he said was that he'd consider it a staple of his Sunday morning stack, alongside Rumors and Tapestry but... honestly, it did them no favors. Why invite comparisons to 2 enduring classics? So stupid.

It bums me out a little bit that you hate this album, because I love it so much, hahaha. But I totally get how their obnoxious hyperbole drove you crazy on this one.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
I was going to say... Isn't Blessed Feathers considered to be one of the worst ROTMs? I always see it at my local record stores and it's selling for next to nothing (Lapsley too).
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I remember when I was considering signing up for the first time and delving through their previous ROTM Blessed Feathers stood out like a sore thumb. That seems like a VNYL pick as opposed to a VMP ROTM selection. I just assumed one of the higher ups at VMP owed the band a favor or something.

Unrelated: the dude from the group I guess is putting out a his first solo joint. If my memory serves correctly Blessed Feather was a husband and wife duo. The dude stated the new album is all about his divorce and the death of his estranged father so that one sounds like it’s shaping up to be the feel good album of the year.
 
Look.
A big part of VMP was the forum for me. I love the crack and recommendations and all the help people would give to one another.
I cancelled my subscription after they closed the forum. Needles was good to go but I could always venture to Rough Trade to chase up what's cool and down with the kids these days.
Today I hoped to choose my last month's Essentials. SK, not for me, I hoped to swap out for something I've mentioned here before. How wrong I was! Apparently I need to resubscribe to choose my final month! WTAF!!
I sometimes get emotional about things I care about, and yes sometimes I'm wrong about things. What I am struggling to understand is how, if I paid for a 3 month package on 5th of May, why I need to resubscribe before Aug 1st to get this months record??!!
By my maths I've had 2 records not 3 for the package. Neither were the ROTM bybthe way, bloody swaps!
Thank Funk I can pick n choose my own ROTM from now on. Just don't tell Wor Lass!!
 
Mrjay07 said:
Look.
A big part of VMP was the forum for me. I love the crack and recommendations and all the help people would give to one another.
I cancelled my subscription after they closed the forum. Needles was good to go but I could always venture to Rough Trade to chase up what's cool and down with the kids these days.
Today I hoped to choose my last month's Essentials. SK, not for me, I hoped to swap out for something I've mentioned here before. How wrong I was! Apparently I need to resubscribe to choose my final month! WTAF!!
I sometimes get emotional about things I care about, and yes sometimes I'm wrong about things. What I am struggling to understand is how, if I paid for a 3 month package on 5th of May, why I need to resubscribe before Aug 1st to get this months record??!!
By my maths I've had 2 records not 3 for the package. Neither were the ROTM bybthe way, bloody swaps!
Thank Funk I can pick n choose my own ROTM from now on. Just don't tell Wor Lass!!
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If you paid in May, then your 3 month subscription would be May, June and July.
 
Mrjay07 said:
Look.
A big part of VMP was the forum for me. I love the crack and recommendations and all the help people would give to one another.
I cancelled my subscription after they closed the forum. Needles was good to go but I could always venture to Rough Trade to chase up what's cool and down with the kids these days.
Today I hoped to choose my last month's Essentials. SK, not for me, I hoped to swap out for something I've mentioned here before. How wrong I was! Apparently I need to resubscribe to choose my final month! WTAF!!
I sometimes get emotional about things I care about, and yes sometimes I'm wrong about things. What I am struggling to understand is how, if I paid for a 3 month package on 5th of May, why I need to resubscribe before Aug 1st to get this months record??!!
By my maths I've had 2 records not 3 for the package. Neither were the ROTM bybthe way, bloody swaps!
Thank Funk I can pick n choose my own ROTM from now on. Just don't tell Wor Lass!!
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People have been swapping albums for albums not on the swap list all day. I bet if you hit them up they will get you what you need (as long as it is something currently in stock). Good luck!
 
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tonythegamer said:
I do kind of like it, but honestly it's not ROTM material once again. How it sold out is beyond me. I always thought that in terms of quality of the records, Sprinter by Torres was always the worst.
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
I remember when I was considering signing up for the first time and delving through their previous ROTM Blessed Feathers stood out like a sore thumb. That seems like a VNYL pick as opposed to a VMP ROTM selection. I just assumed one of the higher ups at VMP owed the band a favor or something.

Unrelated: the dude from the group I guess is putting out a his first solo joint. If my memory serves correctly Blessed Feather was a husband and wife duo. The dude stated the new album is all about his divorce and the death of his estranged father so that one sounds like it’s shaping up to be the feel good album of the year.
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I don't think they pressed as many as some others. But they chose it because the Blessed Feathers dude emailed VMP and basically asked them to consider their next album. It was early days and VMP was still a lot more about community and whatnot, so I think they were listening through rose-colored headphones, and were kind of stoked by the idea of putting out this tiny duo's album to a whole big club. People from the forum were totally on board too--folks bought up their entire online inventory of their prior record/s.
 
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GritNGlitter said:
I don't think they pressed as many as some others. But they chose it because the Blessed Feathers dude emailed VMP and basically asked them to consider their next album. It was early days and VMP was still a lot more about community and whatnot, so I think they were listening through rose-colored headphones, and were kind of stoked by the idea of putting out this tiny duo's album to a whole big club. People from the forum were totally on board too--folks bought up their entire online inventory of their prior record/s.
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This is an accurate summary of how I remember that pick as well. And I honestly like it, but as others have pointed out it stands out as the weakest overall pick with age. Especially considering they broke up soon after this release. They rolled the dice on something and it didn’t stand the test of time.
 
duke86fan said:
i find that offensive to moses sumney, blessed feathers, and mitski (if we are only talking about the essentials)
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You might have a point with Moses from an artistic perspective (again obviously just my opinion), but the other two? Meh. I know Mitski was lauded and a top 5 album of the year by MANY people, but it never jived with me. And I love Mitski. I just far and away prefer her earlier work. I don’t hate it, but it was a weak new release pick. For me anyway.
 
sjaygray said:
You might have a point with Moses from an artistic perspective (again obviously just my opinion), but the other two? Meh. I know Mitski was lauded and a top 5 album of the year by MANY people, but it never jived with me. And I love Mitski. I just far and away prefer her earlier work. I don’t hate it, but it was a weak new release pick. For me anyway.
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i mean i didn't like be the cowboy as much as her previous 2 albums.. but its still pretty good
 
duke86fan said:
but saying things like he only liked 1989 after the sexual predator made it is kinda just being mean
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This is more of a reference to the many indiehead publications that completely dismissed Taylor as pop trash but once Ryan recorded 1989 they talked about how brilliant of a songwriter she was


Disclaimer: I've always thought RA was a pompous douche but I still love his music.
 
duke86fan said:
also i personally dont like the personal attacks at storf

criticize his writing all you want.. he clearly messed up.. but saying things like he only liked 1989 after the sexual predator made it is kinda just being mean
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TheThinWhiteDuke said:
This is more of a reference to the many indiehead publications that completely dismissed Taylor as pop trash but once Ryan recorded 1989 they talked about how brilliant of a songwriter she was


Disclaimer: I've always thought RA was a pompous douche but I still love his music.
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yeah, aside from Adams himself being a piece of human filth, it was more a jab at the pretentious indie guys who praised Adams for being able to get a "deeper meaning" out of Swift's lyrics when all he really did was turn it from a fun, smart and engaging pop album into a boring Springsteen-deifying slog.
 
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