tapehead wrote:Beck's 'Modern Guilt', produced by Danger Mouse and featuring Cat Power on two tracks, has LEEAAKKEEDD!!! Super-blogger Pop Apocalypse has had it up a couple of days, don't miss it - like him or not, he's yet to release a dud yet, in my opinion, as I really enjoyed both the 're-Odelay' vibe of 'Guero' and the hynotic long beat-jams of 'The Information', although they are strikingly different (but of course, it's this constant changing of styles that defines him).This has had my full attention for a couple of hours now, it's relatively simple in terms of arrangements and production'. I keep expecting Danger Mouse to do something excessive, grandiose and bombastic, and he keeps confounding that expectation by producing works of restraint, and demonstrating excellent taste - he's even quite conservative on the last Black Keys Outing, although it's tricky to know how much of this is due to both the bands roots rock & blues minimalist attitude, and the late great Ike Turner's involvement at the beginning of recordings. 'Modern guilt' seems to be 'Pop Classism' if you will; brief and straight to the point (or the hook), occasional flourishes and nods to any number of old music nuggets, but always in the service of the tune - with Beck and Danger Mouse, it really does seem like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. It's a nice feeling, the experience that you are listening to something unique and very good the first few times. Time to shut up and take it all in... I'm sure I'll have more to say later.
I was almost gonna start a thread for Beck himself - any interest?
I listened to it for the first time today and honestly while i enjoyed what i was hearing it never really hit me. I guess nothing just made me want to dig deeper into the album. Nothing made me think damn that was cool, wow i really dug that moment. This is not saying i didnt enjoy what I was listening to because I did. It's just that i never found anything to grab onto.