It's like the band knew this would be their last gasp so threw absolutely everything they could at it, and kept it all whether it stuck or not. Tell me more: "Just Got Back From The Discomfort." is the second and final album by The Brave Little Abacus and the only one available on Spotify. TL DR: Sounds a bit like Daniel Johnstone formed a post punk band Ryan: That is the exact vibe of Brave Little Abacus, yes.ĭan: I am the uncle. Ryan: Elks Club! I went to an incredibly grim karaoke on Christmas Eve at an Elks Club in Peabody, Massachusetts with my dad once.ĭan: It's like a show you'd put on at the Elks Club after hours, because your uncle is an Elk and no one knew what math rock was. It's like the rotary club but with more dead animals? Ryan: The whole sound has an extreme New Hampshire Knights Of Columbus hall with no working PA vibe to it.ĭan: What are those long island men's clubs, Antler Clubs or something. That said, I did find a video of their last show and it seemed like a good time.ĭan: I would not be surprised if the main guy didn't tell anyone else what the concept was, and had them write and record their parts in isolation. I feel like they work best as like a bizarre find instead of a band I know anything about. Ryan: So I've sorta tried to keep this band a mystery to myself. Have all the band member seen Malcom In The Middle ? Have all the band members met each other? I may need to rewrite my review based on this. Ryan: I feel like me giving you a math rock album about Malcolm In The Middle and you giving me a rock opera about Mega Man is actually a great introduction for our readers.ĭan: I mean the Malcom In The Middle thing has really thrown me. It was less of a challenge to you, and more of a gift like giving you a part of me. All the characters featured in the games Mega Man 1-6, but this album is actually a prequel to the events of Mega Man 1. But Meat Loaf fucking a Nintendo is also extremely accurate.ĭan: So they used Mega Man as a spring board to write a rock opera about the robot apocalypse. Ryan: Oh interesting, my reference point was: What if the Transformers tried to unionize their steel factory in 1930s England. Jim Steinman writes Meat Loaf’s songs, in case you're not up on your 80s rock iconography
It sounds like Jim Steinman fucked a Nintendo. Ryan: This album had a lot of surprises for me, but I think the biggest one is that it was recorded in 2009 and not in like 1993.ĭan: So I gave you Act II of a 3-act rock opera. But yes they all have band-specific names, and wear robot apocalypse-inspired costumes on stage "fuck it here are The Protomen." I think they know they are in the band. And no one knows who is actually IN this band?ĭan: I basically took all your prompts and went. Dan, tell me how off the path I am here, but this album is the second in a suite of concept albums about Mega Man ? It was produced by Meat Loaf's producer. Ryan: My first reaction to hearing them was assuming none of the musicians involved could hear each other.ĭan: I want to know what you think of The Protomen, the world's first and only Mega Man -inspired rock opera
But weirdly enough, a lot of newer American emo bands are citing them as a huge inspiration.ĭan: It makes complete sense, they are doing a lot, and doing it well but also they are DOING A LOT so it took me a few listens to come around. They basically dropped this album and a (VERY GOOD) EP and then disappeared forever. Ryan: Sadly, I completely missed seeing BLA live. My first thoughts were legit, "oh god what have I agreed to." I feel like every fortnight I'll get an album no one has ever heard of, but you saw performed in the basement of a church on Long Island circa 2010. What did you think about the Malcom In The Middle interludes lmao.ĭan: Haha is that what that was? They were a sweet relief tbh. I’m dying.ĭan: I feel like you punched me from across the pond, via the musical stylings of Brave Little Abacus.
OK talk to me about your first thoughts with Brave Little Abacus. Ryan: Any similarities to this newsletter's name and a seminal mid-00s indie rock album is completely by accident. Ryan: Wait, actually I want to go against what you just said and say that, legally, neither of us have ever heard of Death Cab For Cutie. Ryan: Hi! Welcome to the first Transatlanticism!ĭan: Named after the Death Cab for Cutie album. See that's how excited I am.ĭan: I had a lot of feelings about Brave Little Abacus, some of them are good. Ryan: I am dying to know what you thought about Brave Little Abacus, because I feel like they do a lot of things you like, but in ways I'm not totally sure you like.ĭan: I think you meant to say, "hello and welcome to the first ever Transatlanticism."
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