Thread 127079948

>new alex g drops
>not a single thread

>>127079948 (OP)
Tik tok fucked up this nigga's ticket prices

Alex G has a lot of listeners and people go to his shows but I think he's just too prolific and uneven so people generally have a few songs or an era they enjoy and there's not a lot of people actually following what he's up to and listening to everything as it comes out.

>>127079948 (OP)
His music sucks

>>127080011
His affected "indie" falsetto voice sure sucks but his songwriting and arrangements aren't bad.

>>127079999
yeah quads pretty much confirm this

Okay I've been meaning to listen to this guy probably over 10 years now. What are his 2 best records

>>127080090
>records
Probably Trick. But imo a lot his best songs are unreleased or live versions.

https://youtu.be/odPaKqiLdZQ?si=Uq0QVWIGu9QE9F5u
https://youtu.be/BXE0RIcD1l4?si=uf6554sj2Y7QFUr6

>>127080196
Skating was delightful. Almost made me slit my wrist as an indie songwriter but I'm more edgy cause I lack the pop vocal melody talent

Who?

>>127079948 (OP)
I haven't liked what I've heard from him beyond a few songs, and I hate any of the stuff with electronica, but several musicians I like such as Lowertown/Olivia O, Feeble Little Horse, and Momma love him so I guess I'll keep trying to figure out why.

>>127080196
Bad examples... that screeching is such a dumb gimmick. Like the falsetto but worse.

>>127079999
Eh he puts out albums in a normal amount of time. His last one was 2022, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014, two albums in 2012, and first one was 2010. Hardly a prolific artist.

He has a few cool songs like Gretel, Brick, Witch, but generally I find him extremely mediocre. Especially his first three records, and then more recently. It's lazy uninspired music and he puts no effort into growing or changing his sound. I would argue that Mac Demarco always had a more novel unique sound and made efforts after Another One to shake things up with his songwriting on This Old Dog and Here Comes the Cowboy. I just feel like Mac is worth mentioning because they are of similar success and are peers.

I always think an artist is truly creatively bankrupt when even though they have success they STILL don't branch out in their style and just churn out the same shit over and over for an easy check because they're either afraid or incapable of taking risks.

this new record rules desu

>>127079948 (OP)
>it's an "indie rock guy turns 30 and decides he needs to stop making fun rock music and make boring shitty ironic folk/country instead" episode
HATE this episode, seen it rerun who knows how many times

>>127079948 (OP)
It's too country. It's too polished and generic. He lost his edge.

>>127080090
Similar boat. I got into him last year. This is the song that hooked me.

https://youtu.be/_zAZBYwuq8c?si=UrGA1Tiw0NJLSAkw

The other anon is right about his unreleased abs deleted stuff too. alex_g_offline on Spotify has some good stuff.

>>127081888
we love solo here

>>127081930
afraid fucking so

Seems almost contrarian not to like Alex G, I love his music

>>127080030
He's a lot better live when he sounds more natural without all the layered vocals and effects

>>127080090
Trick and DSU when he was still Bandcamping. Also Race, his first one.

>>127082756
For me it's Bounce Boy, pretty close to the energy of Brick

"Is It Still You In There?" Is like a sequel to "Waiting For You"

album of the year

he bad

>>127079948 (OP)
I fucking love this album

>>127081899
false, he got better.

his early stuff is unique and essentially inspired an entire generation of indie artists who completely rip his sound, but it's rather immature.

mad respect to Alex for growing out of that and putting out more polished material

>>127085307
There's better stuff he could've taken influence from. I guess he's capitalizing on Wednesday's/MJ Lenderman's fame. I guess ultimately it's a good thing that country is becoming more indie. Album sucks though.

>>127085647
>I guess he's capitalizing on Wednesday's/MJ Lenderman's fame

hahahahahahahahhahahaha

I listened to the shit out of God Save the Animals. Gotta give this a listen ASAP.

>>127085727
I like it better than God Save the Animals but nothing beats House of Sugar for me

What's with the live song at the end? He did it on House of Sugar too

>>127085670
alex g wasnt country before. he's copying the new cool kids (who also happen to be friends with a good chunk of his philly friends)

>Alex’s maternal grandfather was Bertram Paul Abrams (the son of Maurice Abrams and Daisy Wilensky). Bertram was born in Pennsylvania. Maurice was the son of Russian Jewish parents, Barnard Rosen and Hannah. Daisy was also the daughter of Russian Jewish parents, Samuel Elgart and Daisy.

>Alex’s maternal grandmother was Dorothy Siegel (the daughter of Bernard Siegel and Sarah Krant). Dorothy was born in Pennsylvania, to Jewish emigrants. Bernard was born in Białystok, Poland, the son of Sam Siegel and Sarah Forman. Sarah was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

>>127086858
He already dipped into country music on Rocket, it's not like some new style for him

>>127086944
And your point is?

>>127086960
can you read? the point is he is a jewish nigga.

Best one since Rocket really. House of Sugar and Save the Animals are good but this feels more like OG Alex

first track is solid. the rest idk.

>>127087305
Afterlife rocks, Are You Still in There has that jazzy stuff he hasn't been doing much of lately that I like

>>127087139
but he pretends to be italian. fraud.

>>127087349
that's literally every tri-state area jew/italian mix out there, none of them really want to be Jewish when passing as Italian will always be seen as cooler.

>>127087339
That’s funny bc Afterlife was the song I bounced hardest against last night. Guess it may be a grower album

I tried to listen to it but it sucks. I guess indie rock was just a fad for teens.
Every indie now sounds like shit to my ears. Thanks, Steely Dan, Miles Davis and Led Zeppelin.

This is the most boring shit I've ever listened to, it's like a sterilized version of his already most mid shit.

All he had to do was develop the genuinely interesting shit he was experimenting with in house of sugar into something great and it never happened, he settled for mediocrity again.

This is the best thing he's ever released and i'm tired of pretending it's not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkeVueJMgbQ

>>127088219
Nah
https://youtu.be/CAeK2nb3RjY?si=KXEalTbReXLtnAut

I'm probably the biggest Alex G fan on this board and here's a list of his best album tracks, will need to update for this new album

snot
forever
miracles
new
in my arms
guilty
sarah
forgive
promise
afterlife
after ur gone
gnaw
powerful man
come back
proud
boy
runner
mis
walk away
station
southern sky
mary
hope
house
memory
salt
big fish
bad man
let it go
immunity
things to do
race
cross the sea
clouds
change
harvey
sorry
blessing
bug
master
crime
walk
mud
judge
bobby
ready
project 2
brite boy
gretel
bricks
rocket
near
crab
black hair
witch
afterall
poison root
mission
cow
sugarhouse
aint it easy
headroom piano
water

>>127088350
>Hollow not even listed
Biggest fan my ass

>>127079948 (OP)
Absolute garbage

>>127086789
>Back at his local dive, I ask, why make a track like this? “Two reasons,” says Alex, “One, selfishly, because they’re amazing musicians, and so what they’re bringing to the song, it’s special and I am trying to capture that. And then two, I want them on the album because they’re my people.”

He made all of his best shit as a teenager and then stopped making it officially available so people would listen to his more "mature" grown up albums instead.

>>127080196
>https://youtu.be/odPaKqiLdZQ?si=Uq0QVWIGu9QE9F5u [Remove]
yeah, no, I'm never listening to this guy

>>127092893
it was never officially available. online archivists scoured the web for every little thing he ever did, including reaching out to his friends and family for self-released tapes. alex is fine with them being online, but he sees them as too unpolished to officially release

>>127088350
pretty good list. i'd add skating, krying, taking, cards (really, the entirety of the sloth compilation). he really does have too many good songs to count, though

>>127092942
Fair enough I apologize for spreading misinformation

>>127093016
appreciate it, no worries

>>127086789
just a way to give some space to his touring band (who are way better musicians than him technically). he should have done it for god save the animals too. forgive is a banger live but the studio version is anemic in comparison

>>127092874
>>127093084
That's a pretty nice reason actually

>>127085109
It's nice this his sister painted most of his album covers, not sure if she did this one too