thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about

Xxp Kirby has a concept, though. Granduciel is walking in socks over cold coals.

I still don't really get what everyone liked so much about Black Beatles. I don't hate it, just does nothing much for me.

I think this is the first Laurel Halo album I like mainly on the strength of Moontalk alone but yes... it's way too dependent on its own quirks and weirdness.

moontalk is an amazing song! yeah

moka check out the king felix stuff if you haven't heard it, "spring" by king felix and her halo album "king felix"

I did not know about that project. Listening to spring now and it sounds amazing! Thanks for the recommendation.

:) sweet

the Fever Ray album was really disappointing to me

why? show your work :)

Sleaford Mods - this guy used to sound angry, now he just sounds bored (I do like most of the previous records)

Fever Ray was also so-so for me. I like the knife and the first fever ray album a lot, so I thought for sure this would be one of my favorite albums of the year but alas it ended being one of the most dissapointing ones for me. It’s just so hard to sit through... even harder than ‘shaking the habitual’ and that’s saying something.

I can get past the hamfisted lyrics (either way lyrics has never been her strong point), but the textures and production are sort of uninteresting too, the middle of the album is specially boring or annoying and contains some of her worst songs ever (“this country” really wtf is up with that).

I don’t know... I guess it’s just alright in small doses but I don’t want ‘just alright’ from her.

Ok maybe the production isn’t uninteresting... but it’s too harsh and irritating more often than not. I get that maybe that was her intent with this particular album but I’m not a masochist, sorry.

Yeah, my love for the first Fever Ray album is immense, this one is not bAd exactly, just very disappointing

yeah I agree with all of that Moka

the production mostly feels like lesser retreads of Silent Shout and the Fever Ray s/t, and the songwriting lacks the memorable melodies. the lyrics are a step down too - Silent Shout especially could be quite evocative but they're more hamfisted here and the BDSM subject matter of some of it is completely uninteresting to me

Sleaford Mods - this guy used to sound angry, now he just sounds bored (I do like most of the previous records)

heh this = lack of money > money

King Krule was the overrated hype of the year for me. Could barely get through that mess 3 times.

So I will probably dig his next record :P

Fever ray album is fucking great, just took time to grow on me. I mean it's not that different texturally from
The debut it's just more hyper kinetic arrangement wise. Give it some time, mustn't hurry

Lyrics aren't her strong point?? When I grow up and seven would put that theory to the test, memorable imo

heh this = lack of money > money

think dude had a pretty decent office job for a fair while before the band blew up so I'm not sure this is a big factor. latest album hasn't really landed for me like the previous ones though, could be a law of diminishing returns thing but I had (have) no issue with their complete lack of progression so idk

You’re right I take it back, heartbeats alone is one of the few sweet songs they have and it has some beautiful lines in there. The debut also has some stunning imagery... I’m just way too frustrated with this album.

moka, all good bud :)

i found the album hard to parse for quite a while tbh

This thread is tonic

Charly bliss - musical equivalent of doing lines of pixie stix

(Sandy) Alex g - i guess at a certain point all music / art will become a sort of lightly branded tabula rasa content for us to project upon

'Reclaims the avant-garde' is probably a worse line than anything in that 'overpraise' thread. It's nearly time for my hitpiece

Oh yea, the avant-garde has been reclaimed by some Berklee kid with an expensive synth set-up, a cloying lyrical sensibility and no songwriting skill to speak of! But it all sounds so burbly. Oo goo this be thee musick of thee spheres!

I could and will go on

man, fuck you

TBH I fully encourage him to keep all this annoying shit in here this year.

I've had a bad day, so fuck you

1. The Gorgeous
2. Sixth Album
3. From California
4. Landscapist Kaitlyn
5. Aurelia
6. Smith Reclaims The Avant-Garde
7. From Noiseniks
8. Dronesters, Moaners, Skronkers, Mathletes
9. And Art-Punks
10. Challenging
11. But Beautiful
12. Pastoral
13. But Hyperactive

this is a thread for slagging off and venting. slag off anything. slag off Richard Dawson. I won't care. but I'm not holding back here

you're engaging with both a record and with a fellow ilxor's writing in a totally disingenuous, obnoxious, shitty way just to tell your "truths" or whatever so like, fuck you, still

matt otm though

there are ways to slag off and vent without being a total shithead imo

i love music, the board for people who love music

as requested: sacred paws is just insipid tropical good-vibesy nothingcore imo, but it's no big deal really. if absolutely everyone loved it then I'd be more vituperative but they're a minor concern just doing what they're doing and that can remain someone else's business

imago otm

LOL @ hurt butts itt

Jlin - if I wanted to hear a quantized sample of a CD skipping, I'd listen to an Oval CD from 1999

what if you wanted to hear CDs skipping with heavy 808 bass beneath? oval has non 808 bass

also: king krule rools, u all drool

I know this is going to make me unpopular but I'm just gonna say it, I don't think Yes needed to release another live album in 2017

oh no u

just don't say it at late at night in the U.S.

i'll just get this out of the way: most of the 2017 music is bad

― brimstead, Friday, December 15, 2017 3:58 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i feel this way too? idk. there is little that i feel excited about or drawn to when i go through most 2017 lists

i totally agree w/r/t almost everything that isn't a house 12" or a reissue of some sort

but i think that's down to the age of the listener (toll of 24 years of active music hipsterism) rather than the quality of the music

just don't say it at late at night in the U.S.

I don't really feel that way late at night for whatever reason

Jlin - one track limit with her stuff, just is way too maddening and jarring - def of acquired taste

that was just a tautology, most music from every year is bad

but

i totally agree w/r/t almost everything that isn't a house 12" or a reissue of some sort

yeah same here

vote gabor lazar this year for your "sounds like cd skipping" needs

i like literally dozens of records that came out this year but somehow i still wind up listening to nothing but '70s music all the time

at some point i'll stop pretending but not until i run out of disk space

Wow @ people shitting on Jlin. I thought Black Origami was way more interesting/fun than Dark Energy

my assumption is that they are new to footwork in general and don't really *get it* yet

Loved the final ;_; DJ Rashad album but this has been a bit arid for my tastes. Might return to it

"arid" is a good way to put it

i definitely didn't get it till i saw her live at Day For Night, experiencing it in a physical space really made me engage with the album on physical terms instead of approaching it conceptually like i had been. it's tougher to crack than Rashad for sure, mostly because Rashad consciously aimed to create a "pop"-ish version of footwork and Jlin has absolutely no interest in that from what i can tell.

I did in fact vote for Horsegirls this year so I hope I have at least some indie cred left ;)

Matt Healy is the son of Nat from Corrie and Dennis from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

― Dance Yourself Dizzy To The Music of Time (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, February 4, 2026 4:06 PM (nine minutes ago)

I had to look this up — I initially thought this was some baroque way to correct me calling them English lol — that's pretty wild...or wait maybe it's predictable

would be interested to hear what the appeal is of geese

unfortunately very few people have written anything in praise of their music, making it challenging to discern which qualities of the music people find appealing

to my ears the last original/great US indie band was prob Fiery Furnaces, although I'm sure I'm missing something

#imagobait

― vague facial gymnastics (sleeve), Wednesday, February 4, 2026 3:59 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Fiery Furnaces is a good call. I'd add Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Fivel is Glauque. Turns out I like a new indie-adjacent band every decade or so

there's always good bands you just need to find them, but i think that people right now are talking about bands that reach a certain level of old school pitchfork level hype

I know they started well before Fiery Furnaces, but I'd put Low up there

like here's a good band i was just listening to, check em out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkbfAKQdWqs

unfortunately very few people have written anything in praise of their music, making it challenging to discern which qualities of the music people find appealing

― flopson, Wednesday, 4 February 2026 21:59 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

lol I get it, plenty of reviews out there - but I am interested in what people on here / people I follow on Bluesky think and have not yet encountered anything positive other than very guarded praise with many provisos

lol I get it, plenty of reviews out there - but I am interested in what people on here / people I follow on Bluesky think and have not yet encountered anything positive other than very guarded praise with many provisos

― Dance Yourself Dizzy To The Music of Time (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, February 5, 2026 2:13 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

unfortunately, it's very rare for posters on ilm to write about the band geese

where would one even go to learn of their opinions

Secret board iirc

i first heard of geese in, naturally, a rough trade music quiz, in a round seemingly about new bands i'd never heard of. they ticked a lot of my No boxes straight away because i assumed they named themselves with swans in mind and they have terrible sleeve artwork.

i unapologetically enjoy Geese— their music reminds me (at turns) of various other groups, they utilize interesting time signatures in their songs, and Winter’s vocal phrasing is unique.

i also stopped listening to most indie-rock music made between approximately 2006-2021 or so, barring Low, so perhaps i would feel more cynical about them if that wasn’t the case. (i have, for example, never heard an Arcade Fire song ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

I’m sure I have heard more Arcade Fire, but the only one I have knowingly heard is “Everything Now” because after I heard it playing at the gym I was curious to know which rock band thought sampling Francis Bebey would signal anything other than desperation.

hahaha

Got it in one.