scottheisel Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) Sounds like what you'd think it sounds like. Signed color vinyl for $40 + shipping on New West Records Black vinyl for $29.99 Prime on Amazon “More than anything, I wanted to make an album that was generous, that was useful,” says Ben Folds. “I want you to finish this record with something you didn’t have when you started.” Indeed, Folds’ masterful new collection, What Matters Most, isn’t so much a statement as it is an offering, an open hand reaching out to all those wounded and bewildered by a world that seems to make less and less sense every day. Recorded in East Nashville with co-producer Joe Pisapia, the album marks Folds’ first new studio release in eight years, and it’s a bold, timely, cinematic work, one that examines the tragic and the absurd in equal measure as it reckons with hope and despair, gratitude and loss, identity and perspective. The songs are bittersweet here, hilarious at times, but often laced with a quiet sense of longing and dread: a text message goes unanswered; an old classmate descends into the dark depths of internet conspiracies; a relationship unravels in the middle of a lake. And yet, taken as a whole, the result is an undeniably joyful record that refuses to succumb to the weight of the world around it, an ecstatic reminder of all the beauty and promise hiding in plain sight for anyone willing (and present enough) to recognize their moments as they arrive. TRACKLIST: Side A - But Wait, There’s More Clouds With Ellipses Exhausting Lover Fragile Kristine From The 7th Grade Side B - Back To Anonymous Winslow Gardens Paddleboat What Matters Most Moments Edited February 17, 2023 by scottheisel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 30 minutes ago, scottheisel said: Sounds like what you'd think it sounds like. There has never been a more accurate summary of Ben's music. That's some consistency! Really like the new song. Might need to grab tickets for his Seattle date in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgipants Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Picked up the signed, bummer I'll miss the tour though he rarely makes it into Florida past Tallahassee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 In for a blue, BF can do no wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejc625 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 In for the signed gold and will be seeing him on tour in a couple months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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