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Travis Morrsion finally records new music (really this time)

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by aubin on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 7:25 PM (EDT)

Former Dismemberment Plan frontman Travis Morrison has resumed working on new material, recovering from the lashing he received from Pitchfork who gave his last record a 0.0 score.

Morrison had this to say:

We went out to Chicago a few weeks ago and recorded fourteen songs at Electrical Audio with my old bandmate Jason Caddell producing. It's a beautiful studio. We aren't done but we're really far along and we should have everything ready for a spring release.

I know I told everyone we've been "working on it" all this time but honestly we weren't--I was just tired of talking about Pitchfork so I dropped out of indie-rock and did other musical things. I needed inspiration and new cultural input. I don't just make this shit up on my own, to paraquoth Mos Def. I definitely found it! It's been a great year. So I guess you could say I was working on the record... spiritually.

He released his last solo record, Travistan in 2004.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

yawn

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

who the hell is this joker? terrible.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

Are you joking? I guess since Dismemberment Plan doesn't fit the mold of your precious Fallout Boy, Coheed and Cambria, (insert any other marginally talented band here) you wouldn't bother noticing that this is one of the more influential bands in the last 10 years. Furthermore, why would you even bother visiting this post and making a comment if you're not familiar with his work? Come back when you've hit puperty.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

Puperty? WTF is that?

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

Is that really all you could come up with?

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

Made me laugh.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

a 0.0 from pitchfork might be a compliment.

0.0 from pitchfork > thumbs up from kevin smith on ebert and roeper?

wyzo

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

the amount of sway that pitchfork has disturbs me. that website is not even worth quoting in news items.

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FuckYouiOiOiOi (October 26, 2006)

fair fucking enough

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OzmanX (October 26, 2006)

Have no idea who this guy is.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

get a clue

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OzmanX (October 27, 2006)

Like a Blue's Clues?

I might need help with that one.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

how sad.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

yeah i don't doubt it. he's so not punx.

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OzmanX (October 27, 2006)

....ok?

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

seems to be all you listen to.

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OzmanX (October 27, 2006)

What is? The Casaulties? sorry ma'am but you're wrong there.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

i can't think of too many ablums i would give 0.0 to... pitchfork must have a grudge against this guy or something..

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

they gave a sonic youth album a 0.0 and the review gives virtually no clue why it is so loathsome as to have the worst score possible. that website is rife with really, REALLY bad writing. worse than a lot of the reviews on here because the writers seem so sure they're good writers.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

the only thing they really talked about in the review was the lyrics. fuck pitchfork.

travistan was good.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

agreed, there are some damn fine songs on there.
i still listen to 'for the orca' in my car regularly. very excited for new shit, definitely will purchase

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200_Bars (October 26, 2006)

Following up the awesomeness of the last two Dismemberment Plans albums, his first solo album is a HUGE letdown. So comparing it to his other work, a 0.0 is somewhat justified. On its own, its not THAT bad.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

even metallica's "st. anger" got something like a 0.2

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

Pitchfork is a disgrace to not only the entire indie scene, but the internet as well.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

the new travis morrison songs ive heard are the fucking shit. travistan was horrible. the new album will be much better.

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ThreeChordsAndTheTruth (October 26, 2006)

All you dicks saying "who?" need to get a clue, he was in the Dismemberment Plan and they are incredible. Download:

You Are Invited
Girl O Clock
Time Bomb
Tonight We Mean It

or just the entire "Is Terrified" album. They are great.

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ThreeChordsAndTheTruth (October 26, 2006)

Also download all of "Emergency & I".

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Infrarecon (October 26, 2006)

Especially Memory Machine, great song.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

i need to get Is Terrified yet

but the best ones are

The City
Gyroscope
Time Bomb
Girl oclock
Spider in the Snow

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

Is Terrified makes me happy.

The song "Bra" still doesnt make any sense to me whatsoever but I love it.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

Dood.

All there records are great - they all take turns dominating my MP3 player because they each have a lot of variation so one for every season!

PS I SUBMITTED THIS NEWS YAY

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

Clue? what's with everyone saying that.

D P suck!

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Osloboditelj (October 27, 2006)

Also:
"Gyroscope"
"Academy Award"
"One Too Many Blows to the Head"
"8 1/2 Minutes"
"OK, Joke's Over"

or really their whole discography, it's all amazing.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

Or go buy them.

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Dante3000 (rich) (October 26, 2006)

I read the Pitchfork reivew (mind you this is the site that gave Paul Wall a 7.9). It's pretty pointless (a 7.9). They barely touch the music and mainly focus on a handfull of lyrics (I mean the guy sells grills).
Maybe the album sucked but I highly doubt it should be a 0.0 (I mean...he likes Skinhead Rob). Pitchfork can't seem to get over that all their writers are long winded and bland and that they love bad music (FUCKIN' EXPENSIVE TASTE!!).
-Dante
P.S. PAUL WALL! WHAT THE FUCK!

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

I think the CD has some really good songs, but then some pretty terrible ones.

Id give it a 5/10 and say IT WOULD BE AN AWESOME EP. :)

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

PS -

Pitchfork talked sheet bout Che Guevara song..

That song kicks ass. I actually love the lyrics in this song, and they make perfect sense to me.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

PPS - The entire review is based on a story about Travis getting beat up THAT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED.
:)

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

travistan??

more like travisty!!!

--pitchforkmedia.com

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redpatch (October 26, 2006)

haha, pitchfork. fuck those guys

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Kenjamin (October 26, 2006)

It sucks that the pitchfork review had so much weight behind it that Travis Morrison felt the need to retreat from indie rock. Amazing

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GreenVandal (October 26, 2006)

Dismemberment Plan was awesome. Morrison's solo stuff? Not so much.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

i dont know about these days but the typical pitchfork review a few years ago ALWAYS started with some irrelevant story in the first paragraph followed by the rest of the review trying to tie the points together.most of the reviews are just literary masturbation.

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harry_the_dentist (October 26, 2006)

I don't get why people are so down on Travistan. I loved the Dismemberment Plan and I thought Travistan was really good. That Pitchfork review is one of the most ridiculous things I think I've ever read. Sure Travistan might not live up to the Dismemberment Plan but it was good. And I liked the Get Me Off of This Coin songs.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

agreed. although I didn't like the get me off of this coin songs that much, but all the rest were winners.

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harry_the_dentist (October 27, 2006)

I don't know what it is about the get me off of this coin songs, I think I just appreciated them for what I thought they were, witty simple interludes. I can see why some people might not like them or think they are throwaways and a waste, but I for one was glad they were there. And seriously the one line in them Pitchfork bitched about "I like my nations in constant revolution, and my booty wide" I love that line. Oh well must be why I never read Pitchfork.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

In defense of Pitchfork, his album really did suck.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

I saw Travis play about a month ago. The new songs were really good.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

it was pretty fucking awful.

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Ianw (October 27, 2006)

Bands with a "dis" in their name should play D-beat.

Or not. What ever.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

i love travistan. the lyrics make me chuckle. and it's really fucking good to boot.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

interviewed this guy once. he was an asshole. You know when someone thinks they know more than you? that's this guy.

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

he does know more than me i'll add

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Someone (October 27, 2006)

Travis has been a really nice guy any time I've corresponded with him.

And "Travistan", while nowhere near as good as any of the Plan's albums, is possibly one of the most underrated albums in years. Maybe ever.

It had a point of view, it was funny, and about half of the songs were top notch.

Can I get a "Fuck Pitchfork"? I thought so.