Talk:I'll Be Haunting You

Not my cup of tea.

I like the bass and drum vibe going through it, but it doesn't really connect with the dislocated outsider vocal of Linnell. Lyrically I've kind of had enough of these oblique dark songs. The verse is overwritten and doesn't always scan so he's literally choking on lyrics. I can see why this got left until the end. (Mr Tuck)

This makes three Linnell songs in a row that I am having difficulty connecting with. Haven't downloaded a DAS Direct since Daylight. Part of me thinks I need a TMBG break, but I've been loving Why? (maybe for its simplicity?), and obviously I have spoken highly of the post-Glean DAS tracks up until Daylight. I had this same fatigue late in the summer as well, I think I desperately crave the Flans - he's essential, it's too imbalanced otherwise. Three oblique JL songs in a row are too much for me to deal with. -Deysian

A lot of Linnell's stuff now is very oblique with no obvious message although there is a kind of depressive vibe going through it. I've always been more Linnell than Flans, but this year Flans has beat him hands down, not because he's improved much, rather that Linnell's had a real dip in quality. Reading interviews where they big up Glean is astonishing. It's weaker than Nanobots and Join Us. It's the first album since John Henry without a strong lead single as well. (Mr Tuck)

Funny, I actually agree that it doesn't have a strong lead single. I'm not too crazy about 'Answer', or 'Erase'. But, I disagree on at least two points - First, I think Glean is one of their best albums - it's uncharacteristically mature, and strong throughout. Their next album could be even better if compiled right. Second, Flans has improved significantly in my opinion over the course of the last ten years, and he just keeps pushing himself. Most of the sonically interesting stuff nowadays is done by Flans. Daylight is possibly the best TMBG (as opposed to JF) song of the last few years. I wouldn't say JL has had a dip necessarily - he's been fairly steady, he just hasn't been breaking any new ground for him. With the exception of Unpronounceable, and maybe a few of the newer ones. Even if the songs aren't groundbreaking, they are of consistently high quality, maybe just a little "same-ish". -Deysian

I agree with you on the sonic stuff although on a few songs the over production is there to disguise a lack of song. But I disagree about Flans song writing improving. On the adult releases he's been patchy for years. His peak was early albums. Lyrically I think he struggles for having anything that he wants to say. Incidentally this has been Linnell's problem this last year. Nanobots was my favourite recent album, mainly because Linnell's songs were stronger. I wonder what the band will do next after the long break they have planned? (Mr Tuck)

this song felt subtly unique to me, some kind of airy free feel to it. i think the "outer space" sections feel a little inessential. i like the focused mood and kind of quiet intensity thing it has, the insistent repeating note melodies probably contributing to that. the lyrics are anxious or foreboding but the song doesn't really feel tense, its kind of an odd result. that kind of contrast is part of tmbg's style but again it felt sort of unique here, to me at least. also in a probably insignificant free association way it made me think of skiing.

This song is haunting me

Can I just say how much I dig this song? I honestly can't think of anything else like it in the vast TMBG catalog--as stated above, the bass and drum interplay is fantastic! I suppose there is a slight rhythmic resemblance to "Impossible", but that's a vastly different song otherwise.

Linnell sounds really good, singing confidently about his postmortem goings-on. He even comes close to rapping in the third verse! Appropriate that he mentions remixes here. He hasn't attempted that kind of singing since the silly "Too + 3 R One" awhile back.

The lines "My absence has been weaponized / The empty sockets where my eyes / Are swiveling to recognize and pin you down" might be some of his best internal and external rhymes ever--very clever indeed!

(Also--the video is hilarious.) --MisterMe (talk) 21:55, 16 December 2015 (EST)

One-note wonders

This verse melody is built around a single note, like that of Miniature Sidewalk Whirlwind. It's a songwriter's self-challenge. To me, it works because it's not obtrusive... in fact I didn't even realize it until after I had listened to the song many times over the course of a year. --Nehushtan (talk) 20:36, 31 March 2021 (EDT)