Ian Marshall
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  • No. I don't post on FT, I'll give Hefner a listen then.

    The Mountain Goats I've liked what I've heard, never heard any of the other stuff.

    And yeah most've "the new Dylan" stuff is crap, but I can really understand the comparisons to Highway 61/Blonde on Blonde era Dylan in this case.
    Evening.

    At work writing an assignment on risk management, so this is a nice distraction!

    I always considered myself to be quite well informed and perhaps 'widely listened' but a) there is so much stuff out there and b) now it's just not the case. I think the only new stuff I've got in to over the last two years is Laura Marling (who I'm not even sure I like) and Conor Oberst - give him a go. I much prefer his stuff with the Mystic Valley Band than I do anything previous (save say 3 or 4 stand out Bright Eyes tracks).

    Anyway, I've never heard of this chap or the album, but I'm sure it is better than some other artists I was recommended as being the new Dylan (Fionn Regan and Dustin Kensrue).

    I will track it down and give it a listen mate.

    Do you only post here? I kind of came here because FT is blocked at work and I needed news and match reviews etc.

    Have you ever listened to/got in to the music of Hefner. Might be totally not your thing, but early Hefner I think is fantastic from a songwriting point of view. When I first got in to them I thought they were somewhere between Pavement and Kings of Convenience, but actually, they are (were) far better than either.

    What about Mountain Goats, Hidden Cameras, Wave Pictures etc? I'm probably listing off bands here that were popular about 5 years ago!
    Just wandering if you ever listened to "In the Aeroplance Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel?

    It's essentially just a singer-songwriter album by a guy named Jeff Mangum and it's the closest thing we've ever got to a modern day Dylan and the best album of the past 40 years imo.

    It's a slow burner though, I hated it at first but once I "got it" it's just incredible.

    Mangum's surreal storytelling and interpretive lyrics is very much like Dylan's style and even his voice shares the gravelly similarity.
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