Modern Qualifier 28 – Spoon, Deerhunter, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, New Pronographers

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From the Pitchfork favourites’ 2010 LP Halcyon Digest. Nominated by Ian Y.
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Qualifier M28: BOMB HELICOPTER SATAN LAWS

SPOON – “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” (YouTube)

DEERHUNTER – “Helicopter” (YouTube)

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH – “Satan Said Dance” (YouTube)

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – “The Laws Have Changed” (YouTube)

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Leo Breebaart

18 May 2023 13:57

The New Pronographers? Really? 🙂 Heck, it is *still* a better name for a band than the correctly spelled one…

Leo Breebaart

18 May 2023 13:59

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Oh, and “The Laws Have Changed” deserves to win the whole entire MODERN poll as far as I’m concerned. But that’s probably just me.

sclv

18 May 2023 21:14

Reply to Leo Breebaart

Strong agree on “Laws Have Changed” — probably my favorite NP track, just hit me like a torrent when I first played the LP, such a joyous blast. One of about three tracks I will use for my alarm clock, which keeps it in extremely regular rotation. (This is high praise, because I need a song that makes me actually want to prefer listening to it than hit snooze).

Pop-o-matic

18 May 2023 14:43

Pitchfork deathmatch!

Went with Deerhunter because I find “Helicopter” particularly haunting, but good with the current leaders going through.

Tom

18 May 2023 16:04

“Cherry Bomb”’s opening makes me think of “Razzmatazz”, appropriately since it is being sung by the American Jarvis.

j_e_l

19 May 2023 09:00

I liked Spoon carrying on the long indie tradition of sounding a bit Phil Spector. Deerhunter sound better than I remember, a bit more listenable. I’m sure Satan is saying ‘yes, what do you want? The metal guys are much specific you know?’. I liked the New Pornographers, I must dig out my discarded copy of the CD…

ajjr82

19 May 2023 17:34

That CYHSY album back to back with Flaming Lips’ ‘At War With The Mystics’ made me really cautious about Dave Fridmann-produced albums. Just two of the most viscerally unpleasant-sounding albums I ever sat through.

Hunter Felt

20 May 2023 07:30

Now this? This is a damn good group. Three classics plus a vaguely acceptable Clap You Hands And Say “Annoying Band Name” filler track.”The Laws Have Changed” might be the definitive New Pornographers song, the contrast between vocals and dynamics give it a “Lazy Line Painter Jane” feel.

SmoothBrain

22 May 2023 02:03

I like this spoon track but prefer them in a slightly more downbeat mode. The other songs are new to me, quite like Satan Said Dance.

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