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re: First Listen: Sturgill Simpson, 'A Sailor's Guide To Earth'
Posted on 4/9/16 at 6:58 pm to SUB
Posted on 4/9/16 at 6:58 pm to SUB
I am officially in love with this record. I've played it about 10 times. It is going to get nominated for a grammy, I have no doubt. It'll likely get nominated under the Americana category, but still. Early candidate for Album of the Year.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 10:03 pm to CocoLoco
Got tickets for the Bomb Factory Dallas show on 5/7 - looking forward to it - like the "Brace for Impact" track and video...
Posted on 4/9/16 at 11:35 pm to Cailloue Pitre
I don't listen to much modern country, but this thread caused me to take a listen of this fellow. He is legit.
I've been burning up Haggard and Waylon this weekend. Sturgill and Stapleton have joined the party.
I've been burning up Haggard and Waylon this weekend. Sturgill and Stapleton have joined the party.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:47 pm to CocoLoco
Panbowl is the best song on metamodern imo, it is americana at it's finest. THis new album is pretty decent, but nothing memorable. Until his next....
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:04 pm to BooneTrails
Unfricking believable album.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:18 am to vuvuzela
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THis new album is pretty decent, but nothing memorable. Until his next....
what were your favorite albums of 2015?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:40 am to vuvuzela
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THis new album is pretty decent,
Posted on 4/12/16 at 10:47 am to BooneTrails
By now everyone knows he wrote it to his newborn son. Something people may not know, however, is that the idea was based upon a letter his grandfather wrote from the south Pacific during WW2. He wrote a letter to his wife and children, in the event he never came home, with lessons for his children to grow up on. After reading this, then listening to the album again (3rd time), it becomes even more clear.
Another thing I read, he said he has turned down hundreds of thousands of dollars due to the fact he won't release singles. Says he thinks albums are supposed to be listened to in their entirety.
Another thing I read, he said he has turned down hundreds of thousands of dollars due to the fact he won't release singles. Says he thinks albums are supposed to be listened to in their entirety.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 11:52 am to tenfoe
He seems to be a man of principles.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:26 pm to Honest Tune
he makes records on his terms
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:36 pm to monsterballads
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what were your favorite albums of 2015?
I liked Deerhunter's new one, Tame Impala's new one, Best Coast's new one. I will say that I was not as plugged in to new music this year, or last year. Could be that I'm not in a place where I'm enjoying new music as much as I used to. But FWIW I have Metamodern in my top 10 albums of the last decade, and there were quite a few memorable songs. In 5 years you won't remember a single song from ASGTE. Book it.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:38 pm to tenfoe
From a March Pitchfork article:
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In a press release, Simpson discussed his inspiration for the record: I really questioned whether I wanted to spend however many more years on this bus, not being there and seeing all that was happening. That’s where this record came from, just processing all that guilt and homesickness. I had to figure out a way to put that into music, so I decided to write the whole record from the perspective of a sailor going to sea and not knowing if he's ever coming home. I remembered an old letter that I read, written by my Grandfather Ora to my grandmother when he was in the Army. He was in the South Pacific during World War II, and he thought he was going to die. So he wrote a goodbye letter to her and their newborn son. He finally made it home five years later. He added: I knew I wanted to make a concept record in song-cycle form, like my favorite Marvin Gaye records where everything just continuously flows. I also wanted it to be something that when my son is older and maybe I'm gone, he can listen to it and get a sense of who I was. I just wanted to talk as directly to him as possible. Simpson also elaborated on his Nirvana cover: I remember in seventh or eighth grade, when that album dropped, it was like a bomb went off in my bedroom. For me, that song has always summed up what it means to be a teenager, and I think it tells a young boy that he can be sensitive and compassionate—he doesn't have to be tough or cold to be a man. So I wanted to make a very beautiful and pure homage to Kurt.
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This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:57 pm to vuvuzela
I guarantee Brace for Impact will be a staple at Sturgill shows 5 years from now, thus remembered.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:41 pm to SUB
Here's a link to the article I referenced. NY Times Article 3.31.16
In a time where the Grammy winning albums are constantly written by dozens of people, with dozens of producers, the fact he came up with the idea, the songs, and did the producing himself speaks volumes of his genius. He's a Hemingway in first grade story writing contest.
In a time where the Grammy winning albums are constantly written by dozens of people, with dozens of producers, the fact he came up with the idea, the songs, and did the producing himself speaks volumes of his genius. He's a Hemingway in first grade story writing contest.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 5:08 pm to Honest Tune
Keep it Between the Lines jams like a motherfricker, so does Call to Arms.
Oh Sarah will be played a lot down the road as well. He's played that song since the Sunday Valley days.
Oh Sarah will be played a lot down the road as well. He's played that song since the Sunday Valley days.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 6:23 pm to CocoLoco
I've listened to the album three times through now, and I love it. The horns were a great addition. The worst thing, in my opinion, he could have done would have been to try and re-create Metamodern. He took this one in an entirely different direction and it works for me. It seems like it was done to offer his son some family perspective, and a recognition of their time and place in the world.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 7:46 pm to Honest Tune
The fact that you can't label him makes me like the guy even more. He doesn't give a shite what people think, he makes what he feels is right. All 3 of his albums offer something different, yet all 3 are fantastic.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 9:08 am to CocoLoco
After a few times thru the entire album I'm starting to like it more, but for me it probably won't be close to Metamodern. In fact it made are realize again how awesome Metamodern was overall. As a dad who travels for work "Welcome to Earth" is a pretty awesome song. I like the cover of "In Bloom" but I don't see of these tracks making the Top 10: (No particular order)
- Water in a Well
- Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean
- You Can Have the Crown
- Medicine Springs
- Long White Line
- I Wonder
- Hero
- Panbowl
- It Ain't All Flowers
- The Promise
- Water in a Well
- Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean
- You Can Have the Crown
- Medicine Springs
- Long White Line
- I Wonder
- Hero
- Panbowl
- It Ain't All Flowers
- The Promise
Posted on 4/13/16 at 11:27 am to GoldenSombrero
Just got tickets to Austin show at ACL Live. I somehow missed the email when the show was announced and had to resort to stubhub and get raped by fees. The good thing is that there really isn't a bad seat in the house, so I got some balcony tickets for $65 each. Still annoyed though...
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