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

also, directed to other posters itt: i do not find them didactic

For the Sault haters:

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

The first couple Sault albums had more shouty chants and nursery rhyme-like hooks. I think that's where the post-punk comparisons came in, and they've more or less left that mode behind.

Having listened to all four at this point it's definitely Black Is > Rise >>>>> 5/7 for me.

they've more or less left that mode behind

More or less, but like "Free" still feels pretty Tom Tom Club to me.

Which is to say, their influences are wides and are present to greater or lesser degrees on the different albums, but they're all there.

yes and i love the way they make them coexist with each other naturally, like i can get tom tom club from part of one track and imperial-era quincy jokes from another. particularly thinking of "strong" with that latter description

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

like if this is record collection or year-end list music... i like these record collections better than that of most critics!!!! these people like the rotary connection and jam/lewis

Less hype more dis plz.

lol once again sorry

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Sault is ruining the negative thread by bringing positivity (and being great). Resistance is futile!

(But really, there is almost literally no "hype" around them. No PR, no ads, almost no reviews in major outlets, and limited (but high-ranked, when included at all) End-Of-Year recognition. They're the un-hyped real deal.)

i'm sure this isn't hyped enough to really qualify for this thread at all but thanks to the 77 nominations playlist i have now heard dj sabrina the teenage dj and this happens so infrequently i had to record it here: i hated it so much

i tried to listen to the album and there were a few cool moments before it became completely forgettable so i didnt make it anywhere near close to its 3 hour runtime

hahah I’m into it

I did not object to it when it initially came up in tracks shuffle, but I tired of it quickly

just threw it on now and, I'm guessing this is extreme pomo irony shit? I do like their name

It's post-post-irony iirc.

Fwiw it's so utterly not my thing at all that I couldn't even hate it, it just made me feel old.

mostly it just sounds AI-generated to me

and not in a fun way

it seems sincere but knowingly ridiculous to me. i didn't care for most of the album but the first track "next to me" is quite cool

Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. 3h, 5h, 10h, does it even matter?

xp

it just like decent filter house / future funk ish to me?

sounds like

it sounds decent on first listen but there's no reason this should be three hours long. amazing dj name though

Great track titles, too

Pretty good mix: https://thefandomentals.com/fandomentals-guest-playlist-dj-sabrina-the-teenage-dj/

Totally forgot to vote. Jfc.

Harry Styles - very mediocre music, getting a pass because he wears sequins and winks at the camera when the inference of bisexuality comes up.

I had never heard his stuff… my sister said she loved his new song, I listened to it and was like – “??”

imo muna are extremely corny

definitely not the first person to ever have this take, but: MORE LIKE BEYAWNCÉ AMIRITE?

i'm an old school destiny's child hater tho. always been a firm pass. never had any tunes. ever. can definitely think of songs i know, but given the choice, i'd rather listen to anything else. cheers.

I'd have given her points for calling the album Renaissancé.

never had any tunes. ever

objectively wrong

oh, brad. come on now. it's possible for music to elicit no response from the listener. i'll give credit where it's due, but i never heard a single thing and thought, "yeah, not bad." it was always nothing: "this is a song. i neither like nor dislike it."

so it's always fun when a new record comes along and i giggle that i'm the only one that doesn't get it. oh well.

in the end, i guess it does mean i find her music a total bore.

didn't want to muck up the proper thread with my negativisms, but was also a bit amused by the YAWN-esque responses some were having. "SEE? I been SAYIN" or whatever.

just wondering how long before i can say the same thing about the next jay-z album. at least he had some good material once upon a time.

(yes, that was a preemptive bad review for whatever the next new jay-z music is. you can call me anything but just add "the grouch" on the end of it, thx.)

"O. W. Grouch at your service."

I'd have given her points for calling the album Renaissancé.

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, June 23, 2022 2:44 PM

objectively missed opportunity.

Cénaissance, I would have thought, but it was already taken - by… John Cena.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9essance

I like that one Beyonce song that goes "You must not know 'bout me" (ie "Irreplaceable", I looked it up)

Austin does not like new song by artist he never ever liked
She's 40, maybe you can give her a break, or not bother to tell us ?

Beyonce is fine and I love some of her jams. The problem is the stans on Twitter who somehow think people are always trying to tear her down, when she probably has the most goodwill of any artist in the world.

Turnstile is hot garbage.

maybe you can give her a break, or not bother to tell us ?

[checks notes] This is the "thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about", right?

Aldous Harding's songs are boring and her phony voices are irritating. Don't understand the critical love.

^massive agree

in my head she is Weyes Bloodless

"say my name" is literally fucking nested with tunes, you're just being obtuse on purpose

I just heard the 1975, someone threadban me before this gets ugly