you said this on the album thread too and you're still wrong
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
god i can't even comprehend liking "1969" and thinking the rest of the album is shit
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
lol idk man that song reminds me of a bit of Susumu Hirasawa, most of the rest just sounds horrible to me. I've tried several times to go back to it over the year to try and hear what I was missing but the thudding goth beats that open it make me want to fookin die
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
conversely thudding goth beats give me precious life
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
(mostly) not a case of not getting it just so much as thinking the hype got over excessive but:melodrama - it's competent, but doing a "serious" album after your three million selling debut doesn't make an auteur out of a ponsonby-bred trust funderamerican dream - again, decent enough to pass muster, but james murphy and the murphettes' "do a derivative-but-good-at-being-derivate-of-hipster-checklist-stuff-from-a-couple-decades-back-and-throw-on--a-shitload-of-ennui" shtick is at its weakest here compared to previous lcd stuff to the point where hailing it as any sorta comeback is off the markand of course the fucking father john misty album
― heliogabberlus, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
tbh I've tried with post-BM Ulver a few times and it just doesn't work for me, I admitted defeat with War of the Roses and don't bother any more. Dunno why really, it seems like it's supposed to be influenced by things I like.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:46 (six years ago) link
thudding goth beats for example
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:48 (six years ago) link
yeah but the lyrics are awful when you can understand them
― bizarrer Gandhara (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
will this be the first albums poll to be made up solely of sad computer music?
― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:15 (six years ago) link
:D
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:18 (six years ago) link
if only
― bizarrer Gandhara (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:24 (six years ago) link
^^^
― very stabbable gaius (wins), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
me, reacting to Ulver on shuffle - "what is this 80s shit?"
why wold a band like this WANT to ape Depeche Mode - just to sell more records, I guess?
― sleeve, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
Ha, is aping Depeche Mode a surefire way to sell records in 2017? (Not that I was excited by their going in this direction either.)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
Aren't most (ex-)BMers barely closeted Depeche Mode fans? Varg Vikernes admitted to it.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
come on, it seems to be a natural progression in their evolution from a black metal band to...well, something else. seems a little silly to categorize it as a cash grab
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
that's why it was a question! "natural progression" is fair too, I just don't see the point (more like regression imo)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, January 31, 2018 8:15 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there's definitely a monotony to the list so far, though I'm not sure "sad computer music" is quite right (lots of super familiar indie for one thing). I thought the Tracks list had the same problem but most everyone else was praising it for its diversity. Both lists basically confirm that 2017 was a shitty year for me.
― rob, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
this james holden album is surprisingly boring, lots of neat signifiers & pleasantly busy but all the elements don't add up to much, feels too basic & familiar & forgettable despite being nicely adorned
― ogmor, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
that Ulver album sounds exactly like the kind of thing European neo-goth bands like Wolfsheim have been pumping out for decades
― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
Guyyyyys put the bitching in the album thread.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
It's more fun that way!
OK, we can always send LJ over here when the KAS album comes up ;)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
LCD Soundsystem will probably receive a more violent response tbf
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
I'm always a bit late to the party with the bitching and I end up saying bitchy things about 10 albums too late by which point it's too late
― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
I didn't vote so I don't feel qualified to shit up that thread tbh
Maybe next year I'll actually participate and be able to cropdust wrong opinions all over the place!
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
you didn't vote? ffs there goes the dawson top ten
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
― emil.y, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:38 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― marcos, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
sorry everyone I started this thread on a whim but I agree with emil.y here at least while the rollout is happening
― sleeve, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
aye, not enough vehemence against LCD Soundsystem in the results thread
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 18:54 (six years ago) link
LCD Soundsystem aren't that bad, there's so much music out there that is much much worse
i don't like the holden album, i find it very unpleasant and not in a fun or exciting or weird way
― brimstead, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
Want to start a club for people who hate the new Palm album
it's SO BAD my god. just inane chattering nonsense with no songwriting, it's all just bland posi-vibes bullshit. no wonder everyone's making animal collective comparisons. really just the worst sort of 'experimental pop'
― imago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
i mean it's basically tune-yards, except without the possibility of a decent song breaking out
― imago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
and i suppose it irritates me in the same needling arch tuneless way that KAS does so if you like her you should probably take this as a recommendation
― imago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
way ahead of ya
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
I liked some of their previous stuff well enough, don't know if this new ones's much different.
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
it's fine. i'll forgive you if you like it, but you can't be in my haters club
― imago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
Should we start a 2018 equivalent?
― pomenitul, Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
maybe, not right now though
― imago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
ah hell maybe though
goddamn it 'me and michael' is nothing special at all, at this point there simply must be a moratorium on 80s synthpop pastiche
― imago, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 13:40 (six years ago) link
it was the same with that tornado wallace song - competent pastiche + gr8 video = ilxors' minds blown
― imago, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
Yeah not really. I hadn't seen the video til the tracks roll out. Just really loved listening to the song all year
― i know kore-eda (or something), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
yeah that's not pastiche, man, that's a well-woven tribute
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 04:30 (six years ago) link
^ or something and Ross otm
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 04:36 (six years ago) link
can we not talk about how awesome parquet courts are
― imago, Sunday, 11 March 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
Sorry no, board rules.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 11 March 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
seriously though
― imago, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
feels like damned by faint praise at best
― the late great, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
what I really like about this album is how the boring lyrics match the boring music
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link