Helen - The Original Faces

Album deserves its own thread. So here:

  On 7/7/2015 at 8:09 PM, bitroast said:

The Original Faces:
September 4 via Kranky
01 Ryder
02 Motorcycle
03 Covered in Shade
04 Felt This Way
05 Pass Me By
06 Right Outcome
07 Allison
08 Dying All the Time
09 Grace
10 City Breathing
11 Violet
12 The Original Faces

Ugh totally getting this.

Sounds incredible, definitely picking this up.

there are a few duds (when it goes pure jangle) but otherwise it delivers on its promises completely, great fuzz pop grouper-flavored candy!

Some of the songs on here are way too short. The whole album is too short, actually. But still fantastic.

Love Motorcycle, but the other songs haven't grown on me... yet.

This is really hitting the spot. Perfect album for autumn (like all of Liz's material, IMO). Took a bit to warm up to and to grasp some of the more droney/noise-rock bits, but now I can't stop listening.

Have to say though that if Liz wasn't in Helen, I probably would not have spun this enough in order for it to click. I'm glad I did though, and that just tells me to adjust my own listening habits I guess.

Favorite track so far is probably "City Breathing". Some of the vocal parts also sound a lot like "Leaving" from Luxury Problems to me, which is a very good thing.

Throw this on the next time you're walking on a wet, breezy autumn day.

Alison is so perfect.

The whole LP is slowly growing on me. Lovely!