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[N] Hi everyone, Anthony Fantano here, Internet's busiest music nerd, and it's
time for a review Pile Dripping.
Pile is a Boston rock band that formed around
2007 and they're fronted by guitarist, singer, songwriter Rick McGuire.
And this
may be the first time you're hearing of this band, but this is certainly not
their first record.
There are two full-length albums that preceded this
one.
This one.
And the first of this band's albums, while it did carry on the
indie rock sound that they are currently working with now, there was much more of
an acoustic and and folky edge to it.
Now at this point in Pile's progression with
Dripping, the band is fully electric guitars, bass, some acoustic guitars mixed
in occasionally with these tracks as well as synthesizer.
And even though the
band's overall sound is louder, more distorted, beefier, McGuire's singer-songwriter
biases are still there in the focus on melody and storytelling with a lot of
these tracks, albeit some abstract storytelling for the most part.
So while
yeah, these guys are certainly still an indie rock band, elements of alternative
rock and post-hardcore as well pop up on this new LP, which is kind of me using
genre label code words to tell you that this band sounds like the 90s.
Oh, that is my favorite time for music.
Dave's Band, the Red Hat Silly [Ab] Peppers,
Counting on the Crows, the Melissa Glockland, [N] and Coolio.
The Coolio.
Well, Pile certainly does not take any influence from those artists, at least on the
surface.
What influences are obvious on this LP is stuff like the heavy riffage
of Fugazi or Shellac, the emotive and slightly wimpy balladry of a band like
Built to Spill, the aggressive instrumental and vocal freakouts of a
band like Modest Mouse, and for sure Pile takes a page from the Pixies playbook in
really just riding that loud soft dynamic across many of these tracks to
just kind of give them a roller coaster ride effect.
Despite the fact that the
sound here has distortion, aggression, guts, a lot of these tracks just do not
lose their their sense of melody and harmoniousness.
Some of the embellished
guitar chords that that play along to a lot of these tunes are pretty impressive
as well, and if that's not enough to win you over, a lot of the choruses on these
tracks are just explosive, sonically and emotionally.
And what would a great rock
album be without some catchy vocals, which totally come into play right on the song
Baby Boy, where Maguire screams on the hook,
those baby teeth won't grow!
Except he sings it better.
However, by contrast, the very next
track has much more of a folky feel to it, which really shines through on the
beautifully executed finger-picked guitar chords on that track with these
lovely background vocals singing over it,
run away.
It's really catchy, I just wish the verses weren't so mumbled vocally,
kind of weary.
I'm sure that emotion was intended to an extent, but the vocals
just seem mixed a little low on this track, and some other tracks too.
And
while I'm on the vocals, that's really my only major issue stylistically with this
band.
The vocals don't have a ton of character to them, I would say.
It's not
like I could pick this guy's voice easily out of a lineup, I think, but there
is sincere and just genuine emotion on a lot of these tracks.
I mean, just
explosive, explosive performances, especially when he does reach into that
range of his voice where he is screaming at the top of his lungs with just all of
his might.
It's kind of impressive.
To contrast the sweeter and more acoustic
spots on this LP, Like So Hard, you have a song like Grunt Like a Pig, which is
this heavy, hard riffing, attention-grabbing song with a groove [Gb] in
7 that the band works out [D] awesomely.
And it's on this spot on the album where
McGuire's vocals actually really grab me, because he [Ab] sounds manic on that track.
The closing track on this LP has another folky intro, but it contrasts it later in
the song with another explosion where McGuire's coming through with a very
confident, fiery vocal delivery.
And I love the opening lyrics to this track
where he's singing about trying to keep up by running in place.
There's a
significant change in sound and emotion on that track, and I like how the music
for the most part matches what McGuire is doing vocally.
The band really
[E] accommodates these mood swings with song structures that typically step out
of that verse-chorus-verse style, because what Mark is feeling really kind of
depends where he is in his story.
So do expect guitar interludes on this album,
quiet spots, like I said, explosions, and some weird segues, most notably on tracks
like Prom [N] Song and The Browns.
There are moments of straightforwardness on this
LP, like the song Steve's Mouth, which is kind of this somber acoustic track where
the vocal delivery actually, in a way, reminds me of The Silver Jews.
However,
the obtuseness of the lyrics do not say that to me, where McGuire is singing
about this guy Steve waking up, sitting on his head, weeping.
And that's another
thing about this album.
I mean, while it is an energetic rock LP, it is subtly
obtuse.
And I like that.
The slight sense of confusion I get from this LP does
kind of keep me coming back for more and does keep me guessing.
However, I
wouldn't say the barrage of different ideas in any given song is necessarily
the best thing all the time.
I mean, the track The Browns, to me, actually kind of
gets bogged down in this kind of stuff and loses a bit of focus in the process.
I mean, overall, this LP is just a great no-BS rock album with an amalgamation of
established styles and sounds.
But, you know, the songs are there, the emotions
are there, and the performance is there between these guys as well.
I do wish the
recording didn't feel so slightly lo-fi and tattered.
It does kind of make a lot
of these tracks feel samey samey on the surface.
But as I listened to this album
more, there was a lot of magic here for me.
I'm feeling a, I want to say, a strong
7 to a light 8 on this LP.
If you've given it a listen, what did you think of
it?
Did you love it?
Did you hate it?
Why?
And what should I review next?
Anthony Fantano.
[Bb] Pile.
[B]
[C] Forever.
[Bm] [Am] [F]
time for a review Pile Dripping.
Pile is a Boston rock band that formed around
2007 and they're fronted by guitarist, singer, songwriter Rick McGuire.
And this
may be the first time you're hearing of this band, but this is certainly not
their first record.
There are two full-length albums that preceded this
one.
This one.
And the first of this band's albums, while it did carry on the
indie rock sound that they are currently working with now, there was much more of
an acoustic and and folky edge to it.
Now at this point in Pile's progression with
Dripping, the band is fully electric guitars, bass, some acoustic guitars mixed
in occasionally with these tracks as well as synthesizer.
And even though the
band's overall sound is louder, more distorted, beefier, McGuire's singer-songwriter
biases are still there in the focus on melody and storytelling with a lot of
these tracks, albeit some abstract storytelling for the most part.
So while
yeah, these guys are certainly still an indie rock band, elements of alternative
rock and post-hardcore as well pop up on this new LP, which is kind of me using
genre label code words to tell you that this band sounds like the 90s.
Oh, that is my favorite time for music.
Dave's Band, the Red Hat Silly [Ab] Peppers,
Counting on the Crows, the Melissa Glockland, [N] and Coolio.
The Coolio.
Well, Pile certainly does not take any influence from those artists, at least on the
surface.
What influences are obvious on this LP is stuff like the heavy riffage
of Fugazi or Shellac, the emotive and slightly wimpy balladry of a band like
Built to Spill, the aggressive instrumental and vocal freakouts of a
band like Modest Mouse, and for sure Pile takes a page from the Pixies playbook in
really just riding that loud soft dynamic across many of these tracks to
just kind of give them a roller coaster ride effect.
Despite the fact that the
sound here has distortion, aggression, guts, a lot of these tracks just do not
lose their their sense of melody and harmoniousness.
Some of the embellished
guitar chords that that play along to a lot of these tunes are pretty impressive
as well, and if that's not enough to win you over, a lot of the choruses on these
tracks are just explosive, sonically and emotionally.
And what would a great rock
album be without some catchy vocals, which totally come into play right on the song
Baby Boy, where Maguire screams on the hook,
those baby teeth won't grow!
Except he sings it better.
However, by contrast, the very next
track has much more of a folky feel to it, which really shines through on the
beautifully executed finger-picked guitar chords on that track with these
lovely background vocals singing over it,
run away.
It's really catchy, I just wish the verses weren't so mumbled vocally,
kind of weary.
I'm sure that emotion was intended to an extent, but the vocals
just seem mixed a little low on this track, and some other tracks too.
And
while I'm on the vocals, that's really my only major issue stylistically with this
band.
The vocals don't have a ton of character to them, I would say.
It's not
like I could pick this guy's voice easily out of a lineup, I think, but there
is sincere and just genuine emotion on a lot of these tracks.
I mean, just
explosive, explosive performances, especially when he does reach into that
range of his voice where he is screaming at the top of his lungs with just all of
his might.
It's kind of impressive.
To contrast the sweeter and more acoustic
spots on this LP, Like So Hard, you have a song like Grunt Like a Pig, which is
this heavy, hard riffing, attention-grabbing song with a groove [Gb] in
7 that the band works out [D] awesomely.
And it's on this spot on the album where
McGuire's vocals actually really grab me, because he [Ab] sounds manic on that track.
The closing track on this LP has another folky intro, but it contrasts it later in
the song with another explosion where McGuire's coming through with a very
confident, fiery vocal delivery.
And I love the opening lyrics to this track
where he's singing about trying to keep up by running in place.
There's a
significant change in sound and emotion on that track, and I like how the music
for the most part matches what McGuire is doing vocally.
The band really
[E] accommodates these mood swings with song structures that typically step out
of that verse-chorus-verse style, because what Mark is feeling really kind of
depends where he is in his story.
So do expect guitar interludes on this album,
quiet spots, like I said, explosions, and some weird segues, most notably on tracks
like Prom [N] Song and The Browns.
There are moments of straightforwardness on this
LP, like the song Steve's Mouth, which is kind of this somber acoustic track where
the vocal delivery actually, in a way, reminds me of The Silver Jews.
However,
the obtuseness of the lyrics do not say that to me, where McGuire is singing
about this guy Steve waking up, sitting on his head, weeping.
And that's another
thing about this album.
I mean, while it is an energetic rock LP, it is subtly
obtuse.
And I like that.
The slight sense of confusion I get from this LP does
kind of keep me coming back for more and does keep me guessing.
However, I
wouldn't say the barrage of different ideas in any given song is necessarily
the best thing all the time.
I mean, the track The Browns, to me, actually kind of
gets bogged down in this kind of stuff and loses a bit of focus in the process.
I mean, overall, this LP is just a great no-BS rock album with an amalgamation of
established styles and sounds.
But, you know, the songs are there, the emotions
are there, and the performance is there between these guys as well.
I do wish the
recording didn't feel so slightly lo-fi and tattered.
It does kind of make a lot
of these tracks feel samey samey on the surface.
But as I listened to this album
more, there was a lot of magic here for me.
I'm feeling a, I want to say, a strong
7 to a light 8 on this LP.
If you've given it a listen, what did you think of
it?
Did you love it?
Did you hate it?
Why?
And what should I review next?
Anthony Fantano.
[Bb] Pile.
[B]
[C] Forever.
[Bm] [Am] [F]
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C
Gb
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E
Ab
C
Gb
_ _ _ _ _ [N] Hi everyone, Anthony Fantano here, Internet's busiest music nerd, and it's
time for a review Pile Dripping.
Pile is a Boston rock band that formed around
2007 and they're fronted by guitarist, singer, songwriter Rick McGuire.
And this
may be the first time you're hearing of this band, but this is certainly not
their first record.
There are two full-length albums that preceded this
one.
This one.
And the first of this band's albums, while it did carry on the
indie rock sound that they are currently working with now, there was much more of
an acoustic and and folky edge to it.
Now at this point in Pile's progression with
Dripping, the band is fully electric guitars, bass, some acoustic guitars mixed
in occasionally with these tracks as well as synthesizer.
And even though the
band's overall sound is louder, more distorted, beefier, McGuire's singer-songwriter
biases are still there in the focus on melody and storytelling with a lot of
these tracks, albeit some abstract storytelling for the most part.
So while
yeah, these guys are certainly still an indie rock band, elements of alternative
rock and post-hardcore as well pop up on this new LP, which is kind of me using
genre label code words to tell you that this band sounds like the 90s.
Oh, that is my favorite time for music.
Dave's Band, the Red Hat Silly [Ab] Peppers,
Counting on the Crows, the Melissa Glockland, [N] and Coolio.
The Coolio.
Well, Pile certainly does not take any influence from those artists, at least on the
surface.
What influences are obvious on this LP is stuff like the heavy riffage
of Fugazi or Shellac, the emotive and slightly wimpy balladry of a band like
Built to Spill, the aggressive instrumental and vocal freakouts of a
band like Modest Mouse, and for sure Pile takes a page from the Pixies playbook in
really just riding that loud soft dynamic across many of these tracks to
just kind of give them a roller coaster ride effect.
Despite the fact that the
sound here has distortion, aggression, guts, a lot of these tracks just do not
lose their their sense of melody and harmoniousness.
Some of the embellished
guitar chords that that play along to a lot of these tunes are pretty impressive
as well, and if that's not enough to win you over, a lot of the choruses on these
tracks are just explosive, sonically and emotionally.
And what would a great rock
album be without some catchy vocals, which totally come into play right on the song
Baby Boy, where Maguire screams on the hook,
those baby teeth won't grow!
Except he sings it better.
However, by contrast, the very next
track has much more of a folky feel to it, which really shines through on the
beautifully executed finger-picked guitar chords on that track with these
lovely background vocals singing over it,
run away.
It's really catchy, I just wish the verses weren't so mumbled vocally,
kind of weary.
I'm sure that emotion was intended to an extent, but the vocals
just seem mixed a little low on this track, and some other tracks too.
And
while I'm on the vocals, that's really my only major issue stylistically with this
band.
The vocals don't have a ton of character to them, I would say.
It's not
like I could pick this guy's voice easily out of a lineup, I think, but there
is sincere and just genuine emotion on a lot of these tracks.
I mean, just
explosive, explosive performances, especially when he does reach into that
range of his voice where he is screaming at the top of his lungs with just all of
his might.
It's kind of impressive.
To contrast the sweeter and more acoustic
spots on this LP, Like So Hard, you have a song like Grunt Like a Pig, which is
this heavy, hard riffing, attention-grabbing song with a groove [Gb] in
7 that the band works out [D] awesomely.
And it's on this spot on the album where
McGuire's vocals actually really grab me, because he [Ab] sounds manic on that track.
The closing track on this LP has another folky intro, but it contrasts it later in
the song with another explosion where McGuire's coming through with a very
confident, fiery vocal delivery.
And I love the opening lyrics to this track
where he's singing about trying to keep up by running in place.
There's a
significant change in sound and emotion on that track, and I like how the music
for the most part matches what McGuire is doing vocally.
The band really
[E] accommodates these mood swings with song structures that typically step out
of that verse-chorus-verse style, because what Mark is feeling really kind of
depends where he is in his story.
So do expect guitar interludes on this album,
quiet spots, like I said, explosions, and some weird segues, most notably on tracks
like Prom [N] Song and The Browns.
There are moments of straightforwardness on this
LP, like the song Steve's Mouth, which is kind of this somber acoustic track where
the vocal delivery actually, in a way, reminds me of The Silver Jews.
However,
the obtuseness of the lyrics do not say that to me, where McGuire is singing
about this guy Steve waking up, sitting on his head, weeping.
And that's another
thing about this album.
I mean, while it is an energetic rock LP, it is subtly
obtuse.
And I like that.
The slight sense of confusion I get from this LP does
kind of keep me coming back for more and does keep me guessing.
However, I
wouldn't say the barrage of different ideas in any given song is necessarily
the best thing all the time.
I mean, the track The Browns, to me, actually kind of
gets bogged down in this kind of stuff and loses a bit of focus in the process.
I mean, overall, this LP is just a great no-BS rock album with an amalgamation of
established styles and sounds.
But, you know, the songs are there, the emotions
are there, and the performance is there between these guys as well.
I do wish the
recording didn't feel so slightly lo-fi and tattered.
It does kind of make a lot
of these tracks feel samey samey on the surface.
But as I listened to this album
more, there was a lot of magic here for me.
I'm feeling a, I want to say, a strong
7 to a light 8 on this LP.
If you've given it a listen, what did you think of
it?
Did you love it?
Did you hate it?
Why?
And what should I review next?
Anthony Fantano.
_ [Bb] _ Pile.
_ [B] _
[C] Forever.
[Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _
time for a review Pile Dripping.
Pile is a Boston rock band that formed around
2007 and they're fronted by guitarist, singer, songwriter Rick McGuire.
And this
may be the first time you're hearing of this band, but this is certainly not
their first record.
There are two full-length albums that preceded this
one.
This one.
And the first of this band's albums, while it did carry on the
indie rock sound that they are currently working with now, there was much more of
an acoustic and and folky edge to it.
Now at this point in Pile's progression with
Dripping, the band is fully electric guitars, bass, some acoustic guitars mixed
in occasionally with these tracks as well as synthesizer.
And even though the
band's overall sound is louder, more distorted, beefier, McGuire's singer-songwriter
biases are still there in the focus on melody and storytelling with a lot of
these tracks, albeit some abstract storytelling for the most part.
So while
yeah, these guys are certainly still an indie rock band, elements of alternative
rock and post-hardcore as well pop up on this new LP, which is kind of me using
genre label code words to tell you that this band sounds like the 90s.
Oh, that is my favorite time for music.
Dave's Band, the Red Hat Silly [Ab] Peppers,
Counting on the Crows, the Melissa Glockland, [N] and Coolio.
The Coolio.
Well, Pile certainly does not take any influence from those artists, at least on the
surface.
What influences are obvious on this LP is stuff like the heavy riffage
of Fugazi or Shellac, the emotive and slightly wimpy balladry of a band like
Built to Spill, the aggressive instrumental and vocal freakouts of a
band like Modest Mouse, and for sure Pile takes a page from the Pixies playbook in
really just riding that loud soft dynamic across many of these tracks to
just kind of give them a roller coaster ride effect.
Despite the fact that the
sound here has distortion, aggression, guts, a lot of these tracks just do not
lose their their sense of melody and harmoniousness.
Some of the embellished
guitar chords that that play along to a lot of these tunes are pretty impressive
as well, and if that's not enough to win you over, a lot of the choruses on these
tracks are just explosive, sonically and emotionally.
And what would a great rock
album be without some catchy vocals, which totally come into play right on the song
Baby Boy, where Maguire screams on the hook,
those baby teeth won't grow!
Except he sings it better.
However, by contrast, the very next
track has much more of a folky feel to it, which really shines through on the
beautifully executed finger-picked guitar chords on that track with these
lovely background vocals singing over it,
run away.
It's really catchy, I just wish the verses weren't so mumbled vocally,
kind of weary.
I'm sure that emotion was intended to an extent, but the vocals
just seem mixed a little low on this track, and some other tracks too.
And
while I'm on the vocals, that's really my only major issue stylistically with this
band.
The vocals don't have a ton of character to them, I would say.
It's not
like I could pick this guy's voice easily out of a lineup, I think, but there
is sincere and just genuine emotion on a lot of these tracks.
I mean, just
explosive, explosive performances, especially when he does reach into that
range of his voice where he is screaming at the top of his lungs with just all of
his might.
It's kind of impressive.
To contrast the sweeter and more acoustic
spots on this LP, Like So Hard, you have a song like Grunt Like a Pig, which is
this heavy, hard riffing, attention-grabbing song with a groove [Gb] in
7 that the band works out [D] awesomely.
And it's on this spot on the album where
McGuire's vocals actually really grab me, because he [Ab] sounds manic on that track.
The closing track on this LP has another folky intro, but it contrasts it later in
the song with another explosion where McGuire's coming through with a very
confident, fiery vocal delivery.
And I love the opening lyrics to this track
where he's singing about trying to keep up by running in place.
There's a
significant change in sound and emotion on that track, and I like how the music
for the most part matches what McGuire is doing vocally.
The band really
[E] accommodates these mood swings with song structures that typically step out
of that verse-chorus-verse style, because what Mark is feeling really kind of
depends where he is in his story.
So do expect guitar interludes on this album,
quiet spots, like I said, explosions, and some weird segues, most notably on tracks
like Prom [N] Song and The Browns.
There are moments of straightforwardness on this
LP, like the song Steve's Mouth, which is kind of this somber acoustic track where
the vocal delivery actually, in a way, reminds me of The Silver Jews.
However,
the obtuseness of the lyrics do not say that to me, where McGuire is singing
about this guy Steve waking up, sitting on his head, weeping.
And that's another
thing about this album.
I mean, while it is an energetic rock LP, it is subtly
obtuse.
And I like that.
The slight sense of confusion I get from this LP does
kind of keep me coming back for more and does keep me guessing.
However, I
wouldn't say the barrage of different ideas in any given song is necessarily
the best thing all the time.
I mean, the track The Browns, to me, actually kind of
gets bogged down in this kind of stuff and loses a bit of focus in the process.
I mean, overall, this LP is just a great no-BS rock album with an amalgamation of
established styles and sounds.
But, you know, the songs are there, the emotions
are there, and the performance is there between these guys as well.
I do wish the
recording didn't feel so slightly lo-fi and tattered.
It does kind of make a lot
of these tracks feel samey samey on the surface.
But as I listened to this album
more, there was a lot of magic here for me.
I'm feeling a, I want to say, a strong
7 to a light 8 on this LP.
If you've given it a listen, what did you think of
it?
Did you love it?
Did you hate it?
Why?
And what should I review next?
Anthony Fantano.
_ [Bb] _ Pile.
_ [B] _
[C] Forever.
[Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _