COME ON AND SLAMETHYST AND WELCOME TO THE JAMETHYST: acey’s fresh jamz

let's get this over with appreciation post!!!!

 

WHAT A BOP

 

OH MAN CAN WE SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE...I THINK IT'S A MELLOTRON IN THE CHORUS

IT'S JUST??? SO FUCKING GOOD???

...honestly i don't have much of substance to say about it beyond "it's good af" but. it's good af.

 

the current low stakes playlist is the original versions of songs tmbg has covered!!

it’s already surreal and i’m only one song in

 

so the tmbg friend group i’m in is doing an album of the week thing and i think i’m gonna do that in here too!! lemme write up the first one c:

 

ALBUM OF THE WEEK #1

Album: Artificial Heart
Artist: Jonathan Coulton
Released: 2011

Artificial Heart is, in my humble opinion, JoCo’s best album. From the upbeat-sounding opener, Sticking It To Myself, to the fairly silly closer, The Stache, this album is just wall-to-wall bops—more “serious” than his earlier work, but never losing his nerdy sensibilities.

Top tracks: Sticking It To Myself; Nemeses; Today With Your Wife; Glasses; Good Morning Tuscon

Listen here.

 

ALBUM OF THE WEEK #2

Album: I Like Fun
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Released: 2018

Most bands don’t release 20 albums, and most bands that do lose their spark eventually. This cannot be said of TMBG, whose first album of three to be released in 2018, I Like Fun, is one of their best works—and more than 30 years after the release of their first album! While darker in lyrical tone than much of their more recent work, I Like Fun never stops being...well, fun, and I can guarantee that half these tracks will get stuck in your head for weeks.

Top tracks: Let’s Get This Over With; All Time What; Mrs. Bluebeard; Push Back The Hands; Last Wave

Listen here.

(yes i know this is late shhhhh)

 

happy 25th birthday to john henry by tmbg aka the greatest album of all time!! to celebrate, i urge you to give it a listen!!!

 

the spine by tmbg as a concept album about mental illness is a galaxy brain take tbh

 

gonna fuck around and try to post a song a day again. today's song: i am a ring by tmbg!



i am a problem
you've got a problem
we have so much in common

 

this song fucks so hard and i adore the video so much

(it's also SUCH a rose quartz song)

 

my last.fm chart, i'm so predictable

 

i forgot i had this thread oops

anyway let’s talk about glean by tmbg bc that album fucks, listening to this banger rn

 

this one is like. top 3 tmbg songs ever tbh

 

*dusts off thread*

ADVANCE TRACKS FOR TMBG’S UPCOMING ALBUM BOOK ALL FUCK

also i’m listening to yes, virginia by the dresden dolls and holy fuck. i almost forgot why it’s one of my favorite non-tmbg albums ever. but it’s just…so fucking good? i can’t even pick a single favorite track—dirty business, shores of california, and necessary evil are probably my top three but there’s really not a single song on there i don’t like! ughhh so good.