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03-20-2010 , 12:09 AM

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"Leaked" via NPR.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=124615798

Pretty good on first listen, might even be better than Volume One.

Anyone here like the first one at all or looking forward to this?

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03-20-2010 , 12:26 AM

SoulPower

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A little less M. Ward on this one, but I like it about the same as the first.

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03-20-2010 , 01:05 AM

lippy

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At least explain what the hell you're talking about.

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03-20-2010 , 01:13 AM

Steven_Q_Erkel

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Pretentious flavor of an intentionally vague op makes me think we're dealing with Indie music here.

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03-20-2010 , 01:14 AM

deucedeuces

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apparently it's an album by some guy named m. ward and zooey deschanel.

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03-20-2010 , 01:49 AM

Atropa Komarovii

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its a shame that zooey deschanel is so pretty otherwise she would have developed a personality

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03-20-2010 , 03:49 AM

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I'm trying to picture an NPR listener.

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03-20-2010 , 11:52 AM

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you can DL it at btjunkie.com

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03-20-2010 , 12:25 PM

amplify

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Originally Posted by lonely_but_rich

I'm trying to picture an NPR listener.

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03-20-2010 , 12:32 PM

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Steven_Q_Erkel

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Originally Posted by lonely_but_rich

I'm trying to picture an NPR listener.

Highlights from this NPR survey should help.

"In their leisure time, they are 79% more likely to birdwatch, 67% more likely to play chess, and 42% more likely to collect electric trains."

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03-20-2010 , 02:45 PM

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TIEdup14

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Yeah, this stuff is pretty awful

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03-20-2010 , 04:13 PM

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Strange Loop

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Originally Posted by Steven_Q_Erkel

Pretentious flavor of an intentionally vague op makes me think we're dealing with Indie music here.

Listening to it for approximately 5 seconds confirms that it is, in fact, pretentious indie crap.

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03-20-2010 , 10:53 PM

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ham on rye

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Originally Posted by Atropa Komarovii

its a shame that zooey deschanel is so pretty otherwise she would have developed a personality

haha, this

also why does she sometimes sound like she is faking a southern accent. wtf

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03-20-2010 , 10:57 PM

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Parlay Slow

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thanks a lot for the heads up OP!

i'm totally crazy for crappy indie music but i'm not in tune enough with the scene to know when this stuff drops

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03-20-2010 , 11:07 PM

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[Phill]

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Never heard of em before, but giving it a quick skim on youtube its the kinda stuff i usually like but i just cant for some reason. Kinda like how my friend insisted id love Florence and the Machine and after several listens i just cant get into Lungs at all (except one song which i do really like, weird that).

I suspect it might be Zooey's singing voice, or the way she misspells her name, but it just doesnt click, though ill give Vol 1 a spin sometime tomorrow and see. Some things i just didnt "get" first time, like Biffy Clyro or Get Cape Wear Cape Fly.

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03-20-2010 , 11:08 PM

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kioshk

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I'm listening to Volume One now because of this thread, and I kinda like it. I've heard a lot worse.

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03-21-2010 , 12:08 AM

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pretentious yes, indie yes, crap no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBcBPCkEes

and zoey just sings everything slightly "off" definitly something to get used to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThRV...eature=related

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03-21-2010 , 12:17 AM

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ham on rye

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and zoey just sings everything slightly "off" definitly something to make me turn the record off because it sounds stupid

i fixed your post

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03-21-2010 , 01:13 AM

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TIEdup14

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When ham on rye and I agree on something in regard to indie music it's pretty much a sure thing.

This album is terrible. She and Him are just banking off of Zooey's attractiveness; it's pretty shameful

If you've got to have a "quirky" and hot female lead singer with a band that plays better indie music, check out Rilo Kiley.

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03-23-2010 , 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BitchiBee

and zoey just sings everything slightly "off" definitly something to get used to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThRV...eature=related

Yea, this is called "not being a good singer" and "not being able to sing in key" and it's not something I want to have to get used to.

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03-23-2010 , 10:30 AM

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oddjob

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as a person who likes pretentious indie rock, this blows so far.

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03-23-2010 , 10:39 AM

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Neko

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Originally Posted by Atropa Komarovii

its a shame that zooey deschanel is so pretty otherwise she would have developed a personality

lol. I listened to an interview with M. Ward and Zooey on the BBC a couple weeks ago and it was painful. The interviewer after said "it was like pulling teeth".

I loved the first She & Him album. Volume two isn't nearly as good imo.

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03-23-2010 , 01:28 PM

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Dominic

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love, Zooey, love pretentious indie crap, but this crap bores me to tears. As did their first album.

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03-23-2010 , 01:43 PM

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SoulPower

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Ok, we get it - you think this is pretentious indie crap. Now hurry along to Golden Corral so you can meet up with all your morbidly obese relatives.

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03-23-2010 , 01:47 PM

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Dominic

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only if I can get the fried onion.

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