Now that the dust has settled, can we admit this was mediocre as fuck?
I listened to it on the day it came out, listened to it again a few days later and still thought it was "meh."
Gave it a final chance yesterday and I'd have to say it's a solid 6/10 at best.
There's a reason why this album sat on the shelf for 17 years.
>>61048964
Seconded. After the first track its a real snoozer.
First half is good. Could give a fuck about the second half although it's not bad.
>>61048964
Still love it. Whole album rocks. One or two sub-awesome.
>>61049016
> Not loving Wonder, the start of a bold new genre: Jet-Engine-Core
Still think it's better than Loveless, and I never listen to one without the other
Now where's that fuckin' EP, Kev?
also this fuckin track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ0axgeNbWU
>>61048964
There's a reason why you are making this thread to cope with your insecurities of being a fucking pleb who can't into mbv.
>"Now that the dust has settled"
>On an album that came out in 2013
it's pretty good
gr8 album I have it on vinyl
Still listen to it occasionally
start of only tomorrow tho
>>61049053
same
>>61048964
>can we admit this was mediocre as fuck?
That is how this album is widely regarded.
>>61049971
>pleb
>can't get into what under any name would have just been another piece of shit in the sewage system that is shoegaze music besides loveless and lovesliescrushing
>>61050002
well he isn't wrong
No. If you like Loveless, I can't imagine you having a problem with this album. It's basically a continuation.
>>61050967
> It's basically a continuation.
More like "It's a basic continuation".
mbv is pretty amazing. I like it better than anything they have ever put out. The songwriting is a good step above Loveless and I think the high points on this album are the best music they have made.
The first three songs are great.
>>61049139
Best track on the album t bh
It has a few really great songs but it's too inconsistent
>>61048964
As good as Loveless. Blankets of textured sounds
>>61048964
Most of it sounds like Loveless outtakes. The two standouts are In Another Way and Wonder 2, the only ones that sound like they actually progressed as a band. The rest is dull as fuck pop.
People who act like it's as good as Loveless or better are trying way too hard.
>>61050967
No. Loveless was more abrasive and sensual at the same time. mbv replaces textures with simple repetition and melodies that long outstay their welcome
>>61053050
You're trying way too hard for saying the standouts are those two failed experiments instead of the ones with the best songwriting (Only Tomorrow, Who Sees You and If I Am)
>>61048964
I say 5/10 at best.
>>61053094
lol
I'd say the highs are as high as Loveless, but there aren't nearly as many of them.
On a related note I'm really sad to say that on listening to Loveless recently it's starting to sound dated to me.
>>61053103
You sure showed me, I'll think twice next time I make a post like that
>>61053185
good man
>>61053050
A lot of them are from the Loveless sessions, or at least around that time.
>>61053495
I know. And clearly there's a reason they were left out.
>>61053094
Loveless was more about the textures and experimentation than the actual songwriting anyway. In Another Way and Wonder 2 are the only tracks that really innovated on mbv in that regard. The rest is just doing more of what worked on Loveless and frankly worthless for that reason.
>>61048964
>>61048989
Plebeian scum. m b v is great.
Almost as good as Loveless, and a great album after such a long time.
btfo non-vacuum plebs
