Frog Eyes- "A Flower In A Glove" Track Review

[snoopytroops]

Incredible song. Incredible feeling. I disagree about the end... it feels pretty climatic to me!

What a monster of a track; whenever I hear it I just want to strip off, get high and have sex with other men.

[mynameisracer]

This is my favorite album of the year so far. die-hard Carey Mercer fan though... I think frog eyes drums are more divisive than Carey's frog throat.

[HORSEthemann]

PHIL OCHS! great choice, anthony

[shinobicorg]

you're great.

[alex93metallica]

just wondering..how do you find all these bands?

[theneedledrop]

*shrugs* blogs

[rizosfella]

Listening more than Metallica... :D

[alex93metallica]

@rizosfella omg i wish people would stop saying that. i made this account a long while ago, i don't even like metallica anymore. :(

[123eitle]

"some faint piano chords BOOMING..." Really???

[theneedledrop]

Yeah, I guess that's a bad mix of words in the descrip, eh?

[shitwascash]

congratz congratz! supah stoked fah yoo. keep it up, brah.

[UNDEADARMY95]

can you make a review of the band sick puppies album tri polar ill pay message me thanks keep up the good work bro

[raptorsfanatic]

i think the unclimactic ending is because it's an album opener. Maybe it's to compliment the second track on the album.

[theneedledrop]

It's probable, but I didn't really hold too much of an issue w/it. It was really the drumming that I wish was a little more involved, that's all.

[2nose919]

Along with Carey Mercer, and admittedly with a huge amount of bias (being Canadian, for one), I would confidently contend that Spencer Krug, Dan Bejar and, as mentioned, Mercer are three of the, if not THE three most exciting musicians of the past decade/current musical landscape. Love them, love them, love them.

[steve2497]

Hah dont apologize for having a personality man. Most people are lacking.

[DerBertRam]

Holy shit frog eyes sounds good! And congrats.

[mike23335]

you bring out allot of energy in your videos thats why i like the reviews

[wooboy11]

btw, congratulations!! hehe

[wooboy11]

i didn't get that hispter runoff website. it seems like a big pile of hype gangster doo doo crap.

[theneedledrop]

It's an acquired taste, I'd like to think.

[ifonlywemovedaway]

yeah, me neither ...

[STm0vies]

Funny you mention Paul Ochs, just started getting into him haha. Are you familiar with Nick Drake?

[theneedledrop]

Yes, I do know him, actually. Pink Moon never really thrilled me, though. His demeanor is a little too "sleepy" for me, maybe?

[STm0vies]

I respect that, he's definitely really mellow. Although he is a personal favorite, we can still be friends =)

[od666666]

Congrats on the publicity on the Alt Report! You do a great job dude! Ill have to check out Frog Eyes!

[Alex703rockstar]

You listen to Terry Gross too?!

[theneedledrop]

Dude, I work @ a NPR station, of course. :-p

[Kpathma]

awesome review. I'm going to check this guy out. Glad I subscribed!

[theneedledrop]

I'm glad you subbed, too! :-D

[sashwap]

mel's drumming is part of what makes frog eyes so special. :)

[theneedledrop]

I dunno. I didn't really get it here, I think. *shrugs*

[sashwap]

i can see that. her drumming had a kind of more "musical" quality on earlier records like The Golden River (my favorite). she used a found object as part of her kit, and it went "ding!" it was absent on Tears of the Valedictorian and most likely this new one. still, i like the simplicity since she has good rhythm and it's a nice contrast to Carey's vocals.

[hightimesbruce]

I'm not very big on the Art/Prog stuff that comes out of Canada -- except for Sunset Rubdown, but even they're meh sometimes -- but this was ok. I didn't really pay attention to the drums because everything else was so booming. Loved the vocal delivery. Thanks Anthony.

[theneedledrop]

Glad you dug it!!!! :-D

[paultheporc]

very funny great review!!!

[theneedledrop]

Woot! :-D

[magic585]

...pleasant, jazz...

[theneedledrop]

Hahaha. is that good or bad?

[magic585]

dunno, i guess it just means you don't consider jazz pleasant... (1:55 ish)

[lostdogs89]

I LOVE PHIL OCHS!!

[theneedledrop]

He rules!

[swineinfluziest]

i can't seem to find the page where you talk about what you're looking for in track suggestions

[theneedledrop]

It's under the YT channel descrip in "How to suggest songs / albums for review: "

[theneedledrop]

It's now added to the vid descrip, too. Sorry I forgot it. :-p

[jtpfreak]

Interesting. I will check out this Phil musician. Never heard of him.

[theneedledrop]

:-D

/watch?v=L5pgrKSwFJE

[TisUsernameSucks]

If we make music that we made that we want your opinion on, but we don't want a whole video will we still need to donate?

[theneedledrop]

You're a musician, and you shouldn't be bending to the whims of critics. If you ask me advice on your music, all I'm going to do is tell you how to make music I like. Part of the excitement in being a musicians is making music you like. if that's what you're doing, then be merry. :-)

[gapplec]

And bud-ee-dah-dah-dah...

[theneedledrop]

Bwahahaha!

[gapplec]

This shit is awesome man... I watch every single freaking video.

Be happy.