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
will this be the first albums poll to be made up solely of sad computer music?
― 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
Beach House? Haven't heard it yet, just blindly guessing.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 May 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
srsly, with every cocteau twins comparison I think of fotzepolitic or pearly dewdrops' drops or whatever and I seethe
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
Gotta hand it to Beach House: saw them on tour supporting their first album, maybe 30 people in the audience. Thought "no one will like this boring and terrible band, and even if they do, this sound will get old really fast." Here they still are all these years later, exactly as boring and terrible as that first time, having made a great career out of being boring and terrible. Guess they showed me.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 20 May 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
ilm is particularly full of tepid indie bollocks atm imo. nb this is a safe space
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
― imago
Didn't you nominate a song from the Paul Draper album in the end of year tracks list a few months ago?
― kitchen person, Sunday, 20 May 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
sometimes tepid indie bollocks has its day. also i didn't come close to voting for it
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
can we not talk about how not awesome parquet courts are
― calstars, Monday, 21 May 2018 12:51 (six years ago) link
I don't really keep up with tepid indie bollocks these days but I quite like Beach House
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 21 May 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
this is the first time beach house have made an album that's not just tepid indie bollocks
― ufo, Monday, 21 May 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
mb i should have posted in here
― ogmor, Monday, 21 May 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
lol no i thought it was a fun post
― chant down basildon (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
This hasn't been the best year for new albums afaic. Yes yes Autechre, blah blah but it's not the only thing I want to hear. New Ought is tepid indie bollocks but I really like it - a mitigating factor.
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Monday, 21 May 2018 13:31 (six years ago) link
omg that mary lattimore post is heroic
i don't even think my own feelings are quite that strong on the matter
― imago, Monday, 21 May 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link