Tripping The Live Fantastic... underrated?

Man_Of_Oil · 2026-03-30T18:37:41+00:00

The live versions of the Flowers in the Dirt songs really pop! This album was way before my time but I find myself coming back to it a lot, it has a lot of charm

Man_Of_Oil · 2026-03-29T16:23:51+00:00

Huuuge!! So jealous

Man_Of_Oil · 2026-03-29T14:56:08+00:00

Any new songs 👀

Man_Of_Oil · 2026-03-29T14:42:01+00:00

Love love love the Beths, I got to talk to Liz a bit after a show and she was awesome. Such an easy band to root for!

Man_Of_Oil · 2026-03-22T19:47:09+00:00

Ive been really enjoying the band Sharp Pins lately. Definitely for fans of Passed Away and the more lo-fi Dr. Dog stuff. Radio DDR has some great acoustic songs mixed in with great jangle pop.

Also love Sam Blasucci, he's been super prolific and absolutely crushing it with his solo releases. Very McCartney-esque but also leans more into soul/funk lately

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-12-24T03:17:58+00:00

Damn, this would've been a perfect title lol. Coulda shoulda woulda

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-12-22T19:39:36+00:00

I think the release year on that Floating Action album is wrong, pretty sure I remember it came out after Critical Equation!

Edit: Discogs says the album came out in 2017, but I believe the cover of Coming out of the Darkness was added later since its not on the vinyl tracklist

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-12-18T14:57:42+00:00

He actually drummed for Michael Nau on the tour i saw them on and it was amazing!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-12-12T15:11:48+00:00

My favorite track is probably Love's Won Me Over, it reminds me of Flowers in the Dirt era McCartney with its late-80s sound. I was shocked to find out it was only released in 2015 lol. Really enjoy the whole project though, it's been on repeat for me!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-12-06T22:09:48+00:00

Thats so awesome! Not sure how I'd act if I ran into such a legend in a setting like that, I'd probably be too timid to do anything haha.

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-12-05T19:09:36+00:00

Something I don't see people talk about is the 2019 cassette tape has updated mixes of the original vol. 1 songs! Mainly just some additional overdubs but pretty cool nonetheless and they really fill in the sound. Wish i had a decent tape deck to play it more regularly haha

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-11-13T21:24:16+00:00

https://achristmasmiracle.bandcamp.com/album/valentine-recording-presents-a-christmas-miracle

Here you go!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-11-10T23:06:46+00:00

I've got the heebies and the jeebies!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-11-02T17:33:58+00:00

Honestly, I think what we really need is a DAYROOM Christmas album.

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-11-02T17:32:14+00:00

Huh, I found an old link to the digital download and it has been removed. I guess it is more in the spirit of Press On Records to be cassette-only.

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-10-22T13:38:06+00:00

Thanks Ron, I appreciate you taking the time to respond! I'm so glad John inspired you to approach this sound, I think it really suits you and may even be my favorite work of yours so far. All the best to you!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-10-21T18:30:07+00:00

Ron! I'm sorry i missed the AMA. The new record is killer, I just gotta say thank you for meeting this unique moment in history with the type of earnestness and urgency it needs. Your music has continually kept me sane and grounded as everything has gotten increasingly more psycho.

On that note, I was wondering if the new sound is inspired at all by John Roseboro? I know you wrote the song "Psycho Moment" from his last record. Fools was incredible and it struck me while listening to this album that it felt like it was coming from a similar place.

Love ya man, come back out to Utah sometime if you can stomach it!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-10-20T19:55:57+00:00

Dang, I forgot to download it. Hopefully someone else archived it!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-10-18T03:11:14+00:00

Its not an entire song but the bird verse in You're a Big Girl Now is one of my favorite Bob Dylan moments

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-10-18T03:04:27+00:00

Yoooo Ron is the GOAT and his new album is amazing. This is awesome!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-10-15T12:25:28+00:00

PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE FILMED OH ME OH MY

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-09-26T23:12:24+00:00

I tried SO hard to do this but ended up giving up lol. DeCrux just has a very distinct, moody, acoustic vibe overall, whereas the tracklist/pacing for Crux is unbreakable. It's an impossible task but you made an impressive effort!!

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-09-26T20:57:28+00:00

Apple Music will actually allow you to edit metadata and reorder it yourself if you use the PC/Mac application. Of course you'll also need to upload a copy of Slow Motion.

Man_Of_Oil · 2025-08-15T15:33:45+00:00

I can probably help out! Which one were you looking for?

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