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Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 11:27 pm

it's my favorite, probably. I also think it's a great culmination of what they'd been working up to

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:34 am

SJ wasn't my first (sung tongs was) and i still think it's not one of their top albums.

fireworks, tho.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:55 am

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:35 am

roark wrote:

#1 is the weakest track, I must say. But I love how it sounds after fireworks.

Hey Derek is about Noah's dog that died, right? It kind of makes me sad but I don't know if it should. Been listening to that one a lot too

#1 is a fan favorite, don't be silly.

I was one of the whiners posting about how "tame" and "toned down" strawberry jam sounded compared to the boots. the "kids scream" lyric previously sounded like "mousies!" in the live boot and was so random/funny.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:59 am

roark wrote:

#1 is the weakest track, I must say. But I love how it sounds after fireworks.

I agree with this. #1 is a great song, but it happens to be surrounded by 8 other magnificent songs. I always want to skip it, and then the beat kicks in and I remember that it's really great

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:01 am

another thought:

I wonder what an AC album of church hymnal covers would be like

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:31 am

Tomboy

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:46 am

Scooter wrote:

Damn, I've never listened to the SJ boots. What's the best one(s)?

Great performance, really really good recording quality

Spoiler: show

Copy and paste it

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:27 am

yessss Tavastia is one of the best. Might have to listen to the whole thing right now.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:32 am

So far it sounds like a HCTI-esque take on Strawberry Jam. Really cool. Pretty unfamiliar with a lot of boots but what I've heard in the 07 era alone is great

Best pre-hz boot?

edit: this Safer is f*cking insane

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:26 am

Ooh can't wait to listen to that

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:51 am

SJ is the best album imo, every single song hits me real hard and gets me Feelin lots of things and it's so fun to listen to and sing at the same time! Best best best love it

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:21 pm

cuckoo cuckoo is an amazing song. might be their best song off that album.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:28 pm

Cuckoo cuckoo is nuts because the whole time the band stays in sync w that Lizst piano sample. like there's no steady tempo or anything but everything kind of orbits around that sample. which is kinda crazy considering how many different noises and shit they throw in there

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:31 pm

also the weird vocals in the first 2 seconds of Winter Wonderland are the best

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:04 pm

Winter wonderland is such a singing in the car song. The kind where you tap along on the steering wheel and point to people and song to them as you pass them. That's that jam.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:46 pm

sometimes i forget how good of a track benfica is but then i listen to it and im like "o yah, this is great"

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:01 pm

Yeah it's immense. Fun to try to harmonize with too. Def my favorite from tomboy.

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:49 pm

Winter Wonderland is great. It's pretty catchy and reminds me of the fun of tracking winter storms in the winter

Post **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:13 pm

BenPup wrote:

sometimes i forget how good of a track benfica is but then i listen to it and im like "o yah, this is great"

I looooove Benfica. The swell of the crowd in the later half of the song is a really really nice touch when he utters the word "Win".

Post **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:46 pm

Benfica is great. Ha, I remember I got into an argument with someone on the subreddit over its lyrics

Post **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:51 pm

Fovrodi wrote:

Scooter wrote:
Damn, I've never listened to the SJ boots. What's the best one(s)?

Great performance, really really good recording quality
Spoiler: show
https://archive.org/details/acollective2006-07-03.aud.mc012.flac16
Copy and paste it

This is siiiiick

Post **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:34 pm

That boot was basically the first AC recording I got into, album or otherwise. I had a CD of it my brother burnt for me around the end of 2006 (it's actually longer than a CD allows so We Tigers was the last track on it and I never listened to the last three songs till ages after) but I didn't have any of their albums yet so I just listened to that all the time, as well as random songs I found on people's myspace pages. Hey Light and Fickle Cycle were a couple I remember finding that way.

That was a magical time. Nine years ago, wow!

Post **Posted:** Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:41 pm

Blows my mind (not a phrase I use often or with much love) that these guys have more music on the way for us. Like, holy shit

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:17 pm

damn that tavastia boot is superb

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:14 pm

They're done recording right? When do you think we'll start seeing singles trickle out? Holiday season? You think they'll hold out for release for January or February or something?

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:09 pm

I'd say probably January.

Holy hell though if it dropped this year. 2015 would be untouchable for decades to come

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 2:28 am

I would love it if PB's homebase ep got a vinyl re release

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:55 am

it's the equinox today
new psycho actives vol 2??

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:45 am

roopn wrote:

I would love it if PB's homebase ep got a vinyl re release

upvote

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:41 pm

snowtire wrote:

it's the equinox today
new psycho actives vol 2??

Oh man that'd be great

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:55 pm

idk why this is the same thing i thought this morning

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:24 am

My bed is a pool and the walls are on fire

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:01 pm

Tropic of Cans wrote:

snowtire wrote:
it's the equinox today
new psycho actives vol 2??

Oh man that'd be great

Supermoon tomorrow?

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:17 pm

i went to the brooklyn flea record fair today on the williamsburg waterfront, and domino was there as usual. i picked up fall be kind 12" for $8, which was a great deal, but the even cooler news was that my friends who i went with asked the domino guy if he had sung tongs (they're not nerdy enough to know that album didn't come out on domino), and the guy said no he didnt have it but he thinks it's probably getting reissued next year. it wasn't really a super definitive statement or anything, but could be cool if some remasters/reissues are on the horizon!

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:39 pm

Man I totally need a Feels and Hollindagin reissue, then my major work LP collection would be complete!

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:46 pm

Daily Routine came on at the cafe. Followed immediately by John Denver and shattered my faith in humanity

??????

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:20 pm

Daily Routine of all things haha

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:04 pm

one time i was at this amazing ice cream shop, and "guys eyes" came on. it instantly became my favorite ice cream place

dud · Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:23 pm

one time ice cream factory came on in this ice cream factory