#alexander skip spence

[kwaggysshardmindemporium]

Album! Okay so today was Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence. I'm sorry Skip but this is bad. The BEST songs on it are like the definition of "the lower end of okay." And those are the first few songs. After that, it sounds like the artist is getting progressively more bored of making music. I legitimately feel like my time was wasted listening to this. I would say listen if you need a nap, but I've had TWO albums recently that would do that for you that DIDN'T suck completely and totally. (Those would be Ys and The Hour of Bewildebeast, to clarify.) If it wasn't obvious, 1/5. Not the worst thing I've been made to suffer through, but definitely the worst thing I've had in a while.

And you know what? I don't love being this negative. So let's talk about something I LIKE that I've been wanting to post about but never get around to it. Let's talk about my *favorite* band. My favorite song. The song I'm listening to right now to wash the taste out of my mouth. Big long gush plus some song links about something I love very much below the break.

So, my favorite band is The Amazing Devil. You know Jaskier from the Netflix Witcher series? Yeah, he's the lead singer of a band, too. This one. It's great. They write some of the most poignant music you'll hear in your fucking life. The genre I've seen it described as is "gothic folk" and it's very good. Their most popular song according to Spotify at 11.5 million plays, and the first song I ever heard from them myself, is the title track of their second album: "The Horror and the Wild." It's a great song. Here ya go:

That whole album is great, but fair warning if you or a loved one close to you have severe mental health struggles, the opening track "The Rockrose and the Thistle" is about that in a very raw way and might be a tough listen. Similarly, if you've had experiences with abuse, "The Unwanted Animal" towards the middle might be triggering. I personally check both boxes here even if I don't really talk about the latter, and it's probably the only song on there I have real difficulty listening to.

The *best* song on that album in my opinion, is "Farewell Wanderlust," their second-most popular song. Have a link:

I listened to this, got to this song, and knew instantly that this was my new favorite band.

And y'all? This isn't their best song, nor their best album.

Their best album IMO is Ruin, their most recent album. The album goes a little harder on the drums and faster on the guitar, and the subject matter is generally less grim. So it absolutely *soars.* The songs are fucking powerful. The other song I hear a lot of people say they know from this band is on this album because it's... I guess I'd call it a minor viral hit? It's called "Drinking Song for the Socially Anxious" and while it's a good song that title is a LIE. It's a story song about two nerdy and socially stunted people finding solace in each other's presence at a party. It's very sweet but very much not a drinking song.

Another great track on this album that I love a lot is "Blossoms," a song about a very nasty messy breakup.

And let's stop dancing around it. My favorite song from this band, and by extension my favorite song PERIOD and it's not very close, is "The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace." It's a song about overcoming your demons and if not becoming the person you want to be at least becoming someone who isn't weighed down by the shit the world has shoveled on them. Strap in, it's fucking long.

They do have another album, Love Run. It's their first album. I've listened to it, and it's... fine. Nowhere near as good as the later two, really only bother if you decide you like this band and want the complete experience. You won't be wasting your time but if you're like me you just won't like it as much. I'm not gonna spam links to songs off it because there's not much on there that does it for me.

Don't really have a closer here. Hope a mutual or two actually reads this and gives the band a listen. And even if you don't, if you're seeing this I appreciate you reading it.

#music #album of the day #alexander skip spence #oar #the amazing devil #Youtube

[jt1674]

#alexander spence #skip spence #oar #war in peace

[21stcenturyschizoidcat]

One album wonders

Skip Spence

Blind Faith

Derek and the Dominos

The Rockets

Flaming Youth

Food Brain

Shinki Chen

Fotheringay

Gandalf

Giles, Giles, and Fripp

McDonald and Giles

The Young Veins

#skip spence #alexander spence #moby grape #eric clapton #derek and the dominos #blind faith #steve winwood #ginger baker #shinki chen #classic rock #phil collins #flaming youth #the rockets #danny whitten #giles giles and fripp #McDonald and Giles #king Crimson #robert fripp #the young veins #ryan ross #gandalf #Fotheringay #sandy denny

[espantajerias]

My heroes: Alexander 'Skip' Spence.

#My heroes #Alexander 'Skip' Spence

[bigblue61]

This week on the ground getting up with The Linda Lindas, Harry Nilsson, Greentea Peng, Mysticwood, Jehsi, Bahamadia, Raymond Scott, Ezra Collective, Yaya Bey, 'Skip' Spence, Martha Tilston, Brian Eno, Yes, New Blade Runners of Dub, KOFI BRUCE, Nakhane and Shygirl.

There's a content warning on the Jehsi track, there's no naughty words on this version, must be the drug references if you can spot them

#spotify #playlist #my playlist #the linda lindas #harry nilsson #greentea peng #Mysticwood #Jehsi #bahamadia #raymond scott #ezra collective #yaya bey #Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence #Martha Tilston #brian eno #Yes #New Blade Runners of Dub #KOFI BRUCE #nakhane #shygirl

[musickickztoo]

Alexander "Skip" Spence 

April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999

#skip spence #moby grape #jefferson airplane #april 16 #april 18

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

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[sjkkdm]

Responding late to the mention by @funstealer

These albums are living in my head rent free lately

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen

Orville Peck - Pony

Swans - The Seer

Alexander "Skip" Spence - Oar

Idk who to tag except @mothaqie

[julio-viernes]

“All over the woooorld...”.

Wilco, Feist, Jamie Lidell and James Gadson joined Beck to cover “Little Hands”.

Alexander “Skip” Spence “OAR”, 1969.

#skip spence #jefferson airplane #moby grape #beck

[abelkia]

La playlist de l'émission de ce jeudi matin sur Radio Campus Bruxelles entre 6h30 et 9h : Mark Hollis "Inside Looking Out" (Mark Hollis/Polydor/1998) Robbie Basho "Kowaka d'amour" (Venus In Cancer/Blue Thumb Records/1970) Alexander "Skip" Spence "Weighted Down (The Prison Song)" (Oar/Columbia Records/1968) Bill Callahan "America !" (Apocalypse/Drag City Records/2011) Patrik Fitzgerald "Waiting for the Final Cue" (Tonight EP/Final Solution/1980) Scritti Politti "P.A.S." (4 'A Sides'/Rough Trade Records/1979) The Raincoats "Family Treet" (Odyshape/Rough Trade Records/1981) Sophie Moleta "Apollinaire" (Dive/Le Village Vert/2000) LEM "Tremblement de terre" (7"/Olé Records/2007) The Honeymoon Killers "Décollage" (Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel/Crammed Discs/1981) La Jungle "De Verna" (Ephemeral Feast/Black Basset Records-Rockerill Records/2022) richard dawson & CIRCLE ‎"Lily" (Henki/Domino Recording Company/2021) Mendelson "Monsieur" (Quelque Part/Lithium-Ici d'ailleurs/2000) The Cure "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Wish/Fiction Records/1992) Mogwai "Summer" (Ten Rapid/Rock Action Records/1997) Arlt "Pars à la guerre" (Turnetable/Objet Disque/2022) Aurélien Merle & Monica Salmaso "Ensaboa" (No Peito EP/Le Saule/2022) Caetano Veloso "Asa branca" (Caetano Veloso/Famous/1971) Waylon "Crème de la crème" (7"/GIP/1979) Bruce Haack "Moonlight and Roses" (Electric Lucifer Book 2/Q.D.K. Media/1979-2001) The Flying Burrito Bros "Hot Burrito #1" (The Gilded Palace of Sin/A&M Records/1969) https://www.instagram.com/p/CelNVpTN2VJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#1

[viliere]

Alexander "Skip" Spence - Diana (unedited version, rec. 1968)

#skip spence

[a-new-kind-of-water]

#music #alexander spence #oar #psychedelic folk #singer/songwriter

[miss-harmony]

#music #Spotify

[foxforcefive0]

Alexander "Skip" Spence - Little Hands (from "Oar")

#Youtube

[terrainofheartfelt]

Songs that hit different in a post Sam Levinson economy

#1001 albums project #Spotify

[murraysiskind]

#music #Spotify