ITT: Vaguely describe every album/EP by an artist and the rest of us guess it

Bonus points for using ten words or less!

>Hi, we want to be The Birthday Party
>Hi, we want to be Swans
>Yep, still want to be Swans
>HAPPY HALLOWEEN FUCKERS
>Weird as shit but delightfully so
>Masterpiece based on some goddamn book or something
>what in the sweet hell is this
>The most important alternative album of the 80s
>Self-indulgent jokes that are actually kind of funny
>Predicting next year's trends
>Our friend got shot in the fucking face
>oh hey some japanese guy
>The lo-fi album. AKA the "meh" album.
>Soundtrack album goooooo
>we're gonna just jam now
>*something in french*
>*something in dutch*
>*something in esperanto*
>Continuing the jam
>KSSSSSHHHHH
>We really like John Cage, guys
>new york sucks but poetry keeps me from killing myself
>technically not an album by us as a band. whatever
>Oh hey we're a normal alt rock band now?
>i guess so
>naaahhhh we're not normal
>yes we are
>Vinyl-only release (except not really)
>oh hey another japanese guy
>man things are great i wonder how long it'll last
>welp we're done bye

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>remember my old band?
>just the songs from the last one
>we're making fun of the people who'll end up loving this album
>i guess we'll cater to those people
>life sucks and we're all gonna die
>okay let's calm down life doesn't suck that much
>whoops i'm dead

>fuck religion
>fuck everything
>fuck california
>fuck i'm high
>fuck my mom's dead

>jim morrison
>nice meme
>mexicans
>lemon
>put him in the pot
>flan in the face
>ed
>moon on a stick
>bye rachael

>I like joy division
>yeah New York yeah

radiohard

Sun Kil Moon
Radiohead

Nope, not Sun Kil Moon.

>hi im playing on my guitar for 30 minutes 1
>hi im playing on my guitar for 30 minutes 2
>hi im playing on my guitar for 30 minutes 3
>hi im playing on my guitar for 30 minutes 4
>hi im playing on my guitar for 30 minutes 5
3 year timeskip
>hi im playing on my guitar for 30 minutes 259

Buckethead.

>im the underrated hipster pick that was made before the artist hit it big
>its hard in the hood
>im black
>instrumental album
>sells out, still universally acclaimed

> school sucks
> politicans suck
> life is amazing, school and politicans still suck though
> nevermind, life is awful and school and politicans still suck
> I am the best
> we have money, like seriously
> ARRRGGGHHHH
> I'm just gonna say whatever comes into my head

sonic youth

>haha how joyous
>we sad now
>artist goes pop
>we broke up now
>piano note
>filler collab album
>p a t r i c i a n
>we gospel now

Kendrick?

eyyyyyy there it is

kendrick

all correct

>edgy
>edgy: the longer one
>edgy: actually good
>THIS IS VERY LOUD
>people actually like this album

kanye

>hi we're from the south of england and we've got rich parents and effects pedals please say we're cute
>more reverb!
>our label's ditching us for oasis so let's make something deliberately un-commercial as fuck (but that later gets hailed as a masterpiece)
>hi we're back I guess

Slowdive!

>balkan-inspired, critically acclaimed, produced by drummer from NMH
>like the first one but glossier
>we're in france now
>we're in mexico now. also, remember my old bedroom recordings?
>more watered down and pop-y
>even more watered down and pop-y

>dream pop but the lead singer sounds like a 6 year old girl
>shoegazy goth rock but the lead singer sounds like an 8 year old girl
>darkwave shoegaze but the lead singer still sounds really fucking young
>artistic french title for more of that
>more of the same
>we switched labels
>and if you couldn't tell
>this guy posting this hasn't listened to these last three albums

easy peasy

>have you ever listened to any 90s seattle artist ever? Have some accordion with that
>magnum opus, more waitsian
>concept album, a whole mix of genres
>russian gypsy-inspired folk
>I'm rock now
>live album
>based off of a scrapbook I found detailing some lady's life and poetry
>based off of an old shootout between a labor union and some cops

>gayroot
not vague enough imo

>kanye
yup

Death Grips

A Hawk and A Hacksaw

>IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS DISCO
>Nobody bothered to listen to this, but it's not bad
>Opener has some of the cleanest Sound Engineering of the decade

ding ding ding

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>i was in a band!
>i like the smiths and also breakup songs
>god is dead everyone's dead i want to die
>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAA
>do you like grunge

>Hawk and a Hacksaw
Nope, beirut,

just LPs because i'm a lazy ass

>DAE krautrock and noise pop????
>that but good
>technicolor
>a bit softer, bigger production
>GOAT
>the passion is gone
>more of the same
>how is the band still together at this point
>no one cares anymore
>leftovers

>death grips
nope

>even we wish this didn't exist
>indie rock pretending to be existential
>p4k 2013 the album
>the fuck is a producer? (in 24 shitty installments)
>hey we can afford an orchestra now

>mixtape literally no one remembers
>epitome of a genre
>and then follows it up with a lackluster just above average album
>mixtape literally no one remembers
>and then follows it up with a bad collab album

Jesus And Mary Chain?

Bloc Party?

nice guess, try again

Mercury Rev?

excellent guess, try again
(NB: there's no way I would be that harsh about yerself is steam)

man i have way too little experience with noise pop, uhhhh... The only thing that comes to mind is Yo La Tengo, but I think they have way more albums than that.

>one girl dumped me, now I rap about rape
>SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE GAY, SO I'M ALLOWED TO SAY FAGGOT
>a fun album with deep and introspective moments
>oh, were you expecting an album that's more emotional and introspective? Fuck that, I'm going backwards with shitty production
>LOL I might actually be gay

Tyler The Creator
WAIT IS IT RAVEONETTES

>What if a bunch of graphic designers get together and make a band?
>Huh, it kinda stuck around, let's sing about sad marriages and shit
>The commercial hit that put them on the map
>So much on the map they are on the political rallies now???
>WE NEED ALL OF THE FUZZ
>Just an overall lyrically great album with good songs, of course it's about semi-dysfunctional relationships again
>Let's add synths to our sound cause why the fuck not

tyler the creator

>raping girls
>im sad now
>im even sadder now
>i'm even sadder now: pink version

(hint: only those first two albums are noise pop)

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tyler the creator

>Doooooom
>Dooooooooom
>Dooom
>Dooooooooooooooooom

Welp, I'm absolutely lost. Sorry.

Earl

>we want to be Liars, but I'm a fag
>we are gonna do half noise, half dream-pop
>OK, now carefully combine the two
>people leaking our music? Fuck it, let's just slip another whole album in the packaging
>our biggest commercial success
>we like Jay Reatard
> our "just-fine" album

whatever this is i want it

One of my favorite bands, desu. If no one responds, I will post the group.

>The Birthday Party
You mean PiL
Don't really understand the Swans comparison either desu

Confusion Is Sex and Kill Yr. Idols reminded me of early Swans the first time I listened to them.
Also, yeah, PiL makes a bit more sense than The Birthday Party.

Deerhunter

>extremely concise art punk
>fairly concise post-punk
>not very concise new wave
>a bunch of albums no one listened to

Devo?

stereolab?

Gucci

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Boom

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>social norms and politics make me depressed and i want to be loved
>leftist rebellion i hate the government and racism and i want to kill the rich

id be surprised if anyone got this

>we want to offend everyone
>yeah more of that, also cold war lol
>less offensive and more ska
>our frontman decided to make a solo album so here we are
>let's try and get that pop hit
>i guess we're a synthpop band now
>ballad time???
>fuck it we're an alt rock band now

>No one cares about these 2
>I'm angry and I masterbate
>3 commercial failures
>Dude screw bush lol
>Dude screw society
>Worst album trio
>Dude screw Trump

obviously green day

Green Day

Pat the Bunny?

not pat the bunny

>We want to be a hard rock metal band but our stuff is also kinda dark
>This is even darker... what? the media have a label for our style of music now?
>Just a fun little EP with some buddies
>Acoustic masterpiece EP, here's our new bassist btw
>We've kinda self-destructed and burnt out, but here's basically our swansong
>Perhaps the best live album of its kind
>Compilation with two unreleased songs
>Hey we have a new singer and this album is just okay
>Here's another album, basically everything about it sucks

Algiers?

>70s AM Gold Vol. 5™
>post-apocalyptic dadrock
>pop auteur excellence
>that but even better and more focused
>obligatory forgettable dark/heavy turn
>GOAT
>yacht rock
>bland and lifeless
>slightly less bland and lifeless

>Chill album before he was famous
>A slight horrorcore ep
>Just offend everyone
>My life sucks
>Commercial failure
>I'm getting over my addiction
>I'm just gonna collab with pop singers to squeeze out one more hit
>You know that personal album? I'll do a sequel for it
>DUDE FUCK TRUMP

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Pixies

M&Ms

>im an independent gril
>i bet you wish you didnt underestimate me

>Noisy pop
>Colder, less noise
>Let's do 2 tribal albums
>Nah, freak folk
>It's spring!
>More psychedelia
>Sup Forumscore
>Electricity lol
>Painting

the aminal collecters

>I remember having some other-worldly visions as a child, and here's what I remember of them and how I feel about them
>I'm kinda sad and frustrated because I'm slowly forgetting the said visions
>Here's an album, much like the last two. Not much noteworthy about it. Admittedly rushed and uninspired
>Yeah, I like dreampop and the ocean, so what?
>I like anime, my favorite anime movie is Princess Mononoke, and here's an album about some of its themes

Animal Collective

>Pixies
Sorry, no

>solo debut by lead singer but it still uses the band's name (out of print)
>actual debut;comfy folk country songs about poverty in rural new york
>hey let's take a bunch of songs from the last album and add some new ones (this is their second best album)
>1st self-titled attempt
>hey let's take a bunch of songs from the last album and make some new ones (this is their best album) (self-titled, record break-in)
>now give it more of a dusty literary tinge
>our drummer and second-in-songwriting left after almost dying twice but let's do some more like the last album
>hey we did all the drugs let's go electronic
>hey, that sucked, here's some good country rock
>man 2015 sucks

and then their bassist and violinist of 10 years left, singer made a good solo album though

I don't know and really want to know

>Noisy, abrasive punk
>More noise
>Greed is bad
>Greed is bad 2
>Up the abrasiveness
>Dude screw religion
>We folk now
>Last album but add progressive and post-punk elements
>Nah, ditch the prog
>Back to noise
>Back to folk
>Nope, more noise
>S P A C E
>Compilation of studio and live tracks
>You are trapped in a barely lit chamber
>We broke up
>2 comps

>Sike! S P A C E
>I can see into your soul
>Sludgy rock
>Follow up EP
>Let's take lyrics from Sonic Youth

mike jeera and his swans

Swans, at least make it a little challenging

>dude piano lmao
>dude abortion lmao
>dude mountain climbers lmao
>dude we're old now lmao

Heck, I'm just gonna tell ya, it's Alcest

Tool?

Alice in Chains

bingo

>retarded improv
>retarded improv 2: electric boogaloo
>WOAH PRODUCTION VALUE JUMPED UP
>WOAH PRODUCTION VALUE DROPPED
>i’m gonna try this time
>i’m gonna try even harder
>tfw no bf
>wait no fuck boys
>double album fuck you
>dude synths lmao
>good starting point
>sellout record
>wait we’re cool again

>we were all in different bands
>drugs
>driving, listening to the radio
>hey kid, toss me that fuzz pedal
>we soul/pop rock now
>we sad now, also more fuzz
>we rockabilly now

>I'm a primitiva man, i live on the edge, and i like listening to old punk music
>nah don't feel like mixing this album, like, just at all, yeah like just don't mix it at all, hell yeah
>the internet is soo scary dude like what if like there's secret things going on there???
>THE GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Le Abstract and Le Experimental
>Im sad and angry and i have a new friend who plays guitar
>Dude, what if like... like... the darkness of the internet and like... what if you, like, became that????
>Hmmm yes let's now add 90s dutch rave beats

>generic indie/shoegazey rock
>Isn't being British great?
>Oi!!!
>Isn't being British great 2, now with strings
>isn't American alternative rock great?
>isn't heroin and trip hop great?
>isn't electronic music great? also, where is our guitarist?
>we old now

>its the 90s and techno is awesome
>its still the 90s and we have this "IDM" thing going
>Rise of the Machines
>THE MACHINES ARE WINNING
>the machines have won, but its beautiful and frightening at the same time
>post-apocalyptic wasteland, only the machines survive. their best album
>contains one of their single best tracks.
>what if we add percussive beats to everything?
>what if we just improvise everything and record it? oh, its our worst album...
>lush, soulful, brilliant
>really long
>REALLY fucking long

Blur

>I thought My band kinda sucked so I got an acoustic guitar and a 4-track recorder
>Same but more memorable
>Last Solo album but critically acclaimed and muh vocal harmonies
>I just put this shit together and people only liked one track that I got sick of playing live
>Listens to the Beatles on repeat every day
>Half of what it would have been if I didn't an hero

Wilco?

nope

hint: it involves siblings, and the drummer that left became way more successful