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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Shit Talk / ??!! Psychedelic Shit Talk

Posted by Eric Grandy on Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM

The Wasington Post has a hilarious, bizarre interview with Psychedelic Horseshit (or, per the Post's upright standards "Psychedelic Horse[expletive]) about lo-fi and how Wavves and Vivian Girls are "poseurs"—well worth wading through all the redacted [expletive]s:

Do you think it'll be fleeting, or will these bands maintain fans?

[...] I don't know, it pisses me off, kind of. We work hard and I feel like we're pretty sincere about what we do. And to have a bunch of [expletive] no-talent clowns come in and just take the easiest way out and [expletive] rip off - not necessarily even - I don't think that any of those bands are ripping off Psychedelic Horse[expletive]. That's like the furthest thing. I wouldn't pay them a compliment like that. I don't even think Psychedelic Horse[expletive] is that good of a band but it's like [expletive] leagues and years beyond any of Wavves and Vivian Girls and [expletive]. That's elementary [expletive]. Like, [Expletive] my [expletive]. I don't know. Just a bunch of poseur [expletive], honestly.

Funny stuff. (ht Jamie)

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This is really funny.
I actually agree with pretty much everything he says too. I loved lo-fi the first time around in the '90s, but this new wave is so self-aware and contrived.
I can't remember which blog wrote about this lo-fi noise movement and said all of these bands were basically trying to mask vaguely melodic songs in layers of recording trickery, the same way pop singers do to cover weak material.
I mean, guided by voices got away with it because robert pollard shits golden hooks, and pavement could do it because they had interesting guitar parts, and sebadoah could do it because of their emotional acuity. But wavves plays crappy punk no one would give a second listen to if it weren't caked in fuzz and his lame haircut. vivian girls sound like the shaggs with zero charm or quirk. they make a conscious decision to sound that bad, and it just rings so hollow with me. underneath the studio 'no-magic' you have mediocre songs by mediocre musicians.

Posted by qwerty on March 26, 2009 at 1:11 PM

^Nail. Head.

Posted by Jeff on March 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM

yeah mediocre songs by mediocre musicians - except for psychedelic horseshit of course

Posted by funker on March 26, 2009 at 2:23 PM

I think this guy is just jealous. Both Psychedelic Horseshit AND Eat Skull have benefited from this recording technique (on record and in press). But what makes them more legitimate than anyone else who chooses to record this way?

I can understand his anger w/lazy journalistic tags and the idea that the finer points of their record will almost certainly be glossed over by writers in favor of their recording technique, but why feel more entitled to the benefits of a low fidelity recording than others?

It's not like ANYONE doing this right now is entirely original or taking any huge chances by issuing a "lo-fi" record, it's just that all of a sudden bigger media outlets haven chosen to give a shit about a few chosen bands.

And you know what? Fine. He'll be able to languish outside of Pitchfork's radar just as soon as they find a different bandwagon to jump on.

Posted by brian on March 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM

ahh Matt's not jealous. they made a lofi record because the recording gear they had at the time was cheap and that is how it turned out. I bet the recordings will get "cleaner and cleaner" as horseshit goes on.

Posted by abcduh on April 9, 2009 at 12:03 PM

Stop blogging and record a better record than Wavvves. Double dare.

Posted by Negative Nancies on May 1, 2009 at 3:22 AM