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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    This one & Lord Huron’s new LP are what I’m looking forward to the most. Also, just thinking as an amateur musician, any WOD record would be a beast to mix! 
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  • mschostok
    mschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    Hey all, The War on Drugs' rhythm guitarist Anthony LaMarca put out a new solo album today under his name The Building. The album's called Indianola Pizza Dough. It's fantastic (my cousin - full disclosure) - go check it out on all streaming sites. 
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    mschostok said:
    Hey all, The War on Drugs' rhythm guitarist Anthony LaMarca put out a new solo album today under his name The Building. The album's called Indianola Pizza Dough. It's fantastic (my cousin - full disclosure) - go check it out on all streaming sites. 
    Cool!  Is he still doing ok?
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  • mschostok
    mschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    vant0037 said:
    mschostok said:
    Hey all, The War on Drugs' rhythm guitarist Anthony LaMarca put out a new solo album today under his name The Building. The album's called Indianola Pizza Dough. It's fantastic (my cousin - full disclosure) - go check it out on all streaming sites. 
    Cool!  Is he still doing ok?
    Yeah he's doing very well, thanks for asking! 
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  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,977
    mschostok said:
    Hey all, The War on Drugs' rhythm guitarist Anthony LaMarca put out a new solo album today under his name The Building. The album's called Indianola Pizza Dough. It's fantastic (my cousin - full disclosure) - go check it out on all streaming sites. 
    Streaming now :)
    Still kicking myself for not grabbing the last live release.
    These guys are great
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,541
    vant0037 said:
    On the LITD tour, it became clear that one of the defining features of this band is their live performance.  Songs like "Red Eyes," which are polished in their own right, become live warhorses of powerful, crescendoing guitars.  The layers that are hinted at in the studio become overwhelming tangible textures live.

    This new album is so strong.  It's sickening.

    Bryan Adams?  You're giving him too much credit.

    On that note, I'm actually a little tired of the comparisons that critical reviews make.  Yes, there is a Dylan sound at times (namely, the earlier stuff, a few vocal moments on the new album).  I'm sure there is a Henley-ness that is in there (although one that I'm not hearing because I've always thought the Eagles sucked).

    But for all the specialization, nuance and niche-writing on the arts that now exists (think: Pitchfork, Rolling Stone etc etc etc), it would stand to reason that someone could creatively write about a given band with a little more originality than "they sound like _______."  What's worse is that most of the comparisons are done within favorable reviews.  Saying that one artist sounds like another is one small metaphor away from saying they ripped someone off, are unoriginal, or have co-opted a sound that was not theirs. By saying they sound like someone else, it's almost an implication that they are actively trying to channel a sound that's been made, rather than write their own music.  I think this band is simultaneously given too little credit and too much of a burden with all the lazy writing that's being done about them.  "They sound like Dylan/Henley/the Cure/etc and they are carrying the banner of American heartland rock."  That's a paraphrase of virtually everything that's been written about them recently.

    How about they just wrote a really good album?
    I read through and caught up on this thread and I just love this post. Music critics, to me, are so lazy in always saying this artist sounds like that artist or whatever. Not just music critics, but normal people too (all of us here I would say are not normal people). A family member said "you'll love Greta Van Fleet they sound just like Led Zeppelin" (an infamous cliche) - um no they don't "sound like Led Zeppelin" - they don't sound interesting to me much at all actually (sorry to any fans of that band). I think literally the only comparison is male singers with high-pitches voices, and Robert Plant's voice became deeper later on in Zep - how lazy can you be?

    Anyway, this is The War On Drugs thread and I really love this band and blew some chances to see them really close by, which was really dumb, but that Live Drugs album is incredible.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,632
    I'm surprised they still haven't officially released something new yet. :angry:
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  • vant0037
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    It’s coming.  This year I think.  Fuck.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,613
    edited June 2021
    Any word on these guys getting back out touring? 
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Just got into the record before their last. Their vinyl pressings are SO good! 
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 3,000
    The Live Drugs version of Strangest Thing may be one of my fav rock songs of the past decade....
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  • vant0037
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    1STmammal2wearPants said:
    The Live Drugs version of Strangest Thing may be one of my fav rock songs of the past decade....
    That's a song I listened to A LOT on album.  Live, incredible...
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  • pjpitt89
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    vant0037 said:
    1STmammal2wearPants said:
    The Live Drugs version of Strangest Thing may be one of my fav rock songs of the past decade....
    That's a song I listened to A LOT on album.  Live, incredible...
    I LOVE the "be the writer of your own story..." that he throws in a bunch at the end, which I've seen him do live as well. I don't think that's on the studio version of the song, but really brings it up a notch for me
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    pjpitt89 said:
    vant0037 said:
    1STmammal2wearPants said:
    The Live Drugs version of Strangest Thing may be one of my fav rock songs of the past decade....
    That's a song I listened to A LOT on album.  Live, incredible...
    I LOVE the "be the writer of your own story..." that he throws in a bunch at the end, which I've seen him do live as well. I don't think that's on the studio version of the song, but really brings it up a notch for me
    He does it pretty faintly on the studio version too…
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  • vant0037
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    https://pitchfork.com/news/the-war-on-drugs-tease-new-song-watch/

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  • eeriepadave
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    vant0037 said:
    https://pitchfork.com/news/the-war-on-drugs-tease-new-song-watch/

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  • vant0037
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    https://variety.com/2021/music/news/war-on-drugs-new-album-dont-live-here-anymore-1235022320/





    YESSSSSSS.  Preordered red vinyl!

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  • vant0037
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    New single "Living Proof"
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Great song! Been so looking forward to it! 
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,613
    edited July 2021
    This is great news! Can't wait to see these guys live. 

    MSG followed by two shows at a House of Blues? You don't see that kind of thing show up very often in tour dates. Love it!

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