I recently got into neofolk and now every other genre of music seems so boring in comparison. If you have to rely on distortion and pedals to get an interesting sound, you're a shit musician. Loveless used to be one of my favorite albums but now I'm realizing that all of the songs fucking suck and are completely carried by the production and effects pedals. They aren't well-written tracks, they're Kevin Shields fucking around with his pedalboard for 4 or 5 minutes straight while playing some basic power chord riffs.
Tl;dr if your song doesn't sound good unplugged it's a shit song
lol, I like people like you, people who don't believe their opinion is correct, people who KNOW their opinion is correct, always a good source of entertainment
i love how anytime people insult a racist/nazi artist, everyone assumes it's because they are triggered, when in reality it's usually just cuz they are shitty artists
Kayden Butler
your dumb
Cameron Hall
Can you guys please quit the fascist debate for a second and answer this? I really like the Anthology of American Folk Music and the folk revival groups from the 60s, and I’d love to hear the best neofolk has to offer. I don’t care about politics to the point of being put off by fascists
Juan Sullivan
If you have a criticism of Death in June then so be it let me know but it's interesting how the first thing is always "GRRRR NAZIS BAD FASCIST IMAGERY EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Evan Ramirez
I am new to neofolk and am in no real position to make recommendations. As such, I have very basic taste at the moment, but I will let you know the albums I have been listening to lately.
>Death in June - But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter? >Death in June - All Pigs Must Die >Death in June - Nada! >Death in June - Essence! >Death in June - The Rule of Thirds >Death in June - Brown Book
this is my favorite neo folk album other than the angels of light
David Morris
i don't have one, i've never listened to them, but if I criticize someone like phil anselmo, people assumed it's cuz i'm triggered or something, which is retarded, I just fucking pantera's music, and I love artists like ramleh and burzum. People just can't take criticism of music they like, so they assume the critic hates their music for other reasons
Oliver Sanchez
>loveless isn't well-written
you are musically illiterate. holy shit this is actually one of the worst unironic takes i've seen on this board. when you strip down loveless to unplugged, it still sounds better than 99% of music. i'd post it just to completely BTFO you, but i'm positive you're too far gone or are just a genuine boomer that doesn't have a musical sense or bone in your balding boomer body. please consider leaving this board for good.
one of my fave kevin shields songs. SIMPLE BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN ENCHANTING he is what you get if neofolk grew a dick
Angel Mitchell
why can’t disliking a band because they’re fascist be a valid criticism? the music is generic neo folk with fascist influences/context sooo that’s why i don’t like it. there’s plenty of great neo folk that doesn’t fool around with that imagery to be cool and edgy
Blake Cox
I am 18 years old. I am old enough to post on Yea Forums legally as of December. Loveless is not well-written. You are an NPC towing the Yea Forumscore line trying to get internet brownie points for liking the "right" kind of music. Let me guess, your favorite artists besides MBV are American Football, Death Grips, Neutral Milk Hotel, Carseat Headrest? Lmao
Isaiah Long
Okay. I dislike leftist bands because they are leftist. Is this also valid?
Carter Allen
yeah?
Gavin Ward
valid but yr missing out on lots of good music if that's the case
Adam Thomas
are you legally old enough to purchase a fucking brain?
Matthew Williams
I could say the same for you excluding "fascist" bands.
Easton Brooks
nice 2014 mu core
Nathan Ross
oh, i get it. it's bait. death grips is unlistenable aside from 2 albums, nmh is alright, car seat headrest is really hit or miss because will doesn't spend enough time on his songs. what else do you have?
Luis Watson
Hahaha calm down man. Listen. I know you think you're really smart and have 9000 IQ because your topsters chart is made up of American Football, Loveless, Aeroplane over the sea, my beautiful dark twisted fantasy and probably no love deep web or something but listen. Your music taste is pretty forgettable lmao. Please do not get all your opinions from Yea Forumscore charts and anthony fantano lol
Justin Wilson
lol >fascist band >good
we get it, you worship dead idiots
Bentley Morris
b-but I don't exclude fascist bands, I just said I liked burzum and ramleh, lol
Ryder Martin
Who do I worship? Can you please tell me? I am very interested in knowing this
Jaxson Wood
Arguing with two people at once can't tell who's who but also I hope you like more than Filosofem because s/t is by far the best Burzum album. Filosofem is truly not very impressive lol
Jackson Peterson
The STUPIDEST fucking shit I have ever seen on this board is when people say "hurr durr, if you stripped away the effects of loveless it'd just be boring indie pop!" like, no fucking shit dude. But when you listen to the actual fucking songs the effects ARE PART OF THE SONG and NOT stripped away, so how is that even a legitimate criticism? You could literally make that shit about anything >If you took the distortion and heavy guitars out of this Led Zeppelin track, it'd just be a blues song >If you took the synthesizers and drum machines away from this Kraftwerk song, it'd just be a boring krautrock song >If you took the guitars away from this Leonard Cohen song, it'd just be some dude singing lol
Like, of course you could theorize what shit would sound like without parts of it that are there, but those parts ARE THERE so how could you criticize the music for some theoretical scenario in which they weren't there?? Jesus christ dude kill yourself.
Evan Perry
It's about songwriting ability. The fundamentals. Listen, I started playing electric guitar. I thought it was the coolest shit ever. I thought Kevin Shields was so cool. It just is not really that impressive because it's not actual songwriting ability.
Cameron Foster
that's fair, I do love fliosofem but yeah he has tons of great stuff aside from that
Isaac Taylor
you dont know my taste mate.... what you do know is FUCK ALL
Owen Brown
i was 16 once too neofolk's not very large. you'll be bored after a year.
William Wood
If you write a song so that the song incorporates effects how is that not songwriting?
Dylan Rivera
Perhaps. But right now, the revelation of enjoying acoustic music for the first time has completely made me re-examine all my previous favorites. It is now much easier to tell the distinction between a talented musician and an untalented one.
Robert Turner
The effects go after. What about the song before? Does it still sound good?
Asher Miller
Death in June, early Sol Invictus, Current 93 there's a ton of good stuff
Angel Jones
these + rome
Jacob Campbell
How do you know? What if he wrote the song on electric guitar? You are making a lot of assumptions here. It wouldn't make sense if these songs were written without the effects in mind since many of the songs utilize changes in effects in order to advance the actual structure the song. See Loomer.
Sebastian Wright
not sure about rome... remind me of the national but not a good...
I love Death in June. Of the Wand and the Moon, and the first 2 king dude records would be my reccs to you.
Noah Torres
The songs are written with effects in mind, like an instrument. Of course they would sound weird without their effects, like most bands would sound strange without a main instrument. You are a fag for not knowing that.
Colton Kelly
Not OP, but reminds me of the early Kurt Vile records, really good.
Nathan Roberts
Thanks bros
Levi Jenkins
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David Sullivan
Just go to redit or something. They'll like you there and you can circlejerk with them too.
