i wonder if those BBC mix tracks will be on the bonus CD, haven't seen the tracklist for it
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
the three new Hartnoll-written tracks from the mix are on it*, it's just the two you'd expect not to make it that were exclusive (bummer obv tho, they should be a double-A):
Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) (feat. The Mediaeval Baebes) Day One (feat. Dina Ipavic Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles)* You Are The Frequency (feat. The Little Pest)* The New Abnormal Home (feat. Anna B Savage)* Dirty Rat – With Sleaford Mods Requiem For The Pre Apocalypse What A Surprise (feat. The Little Pest) Moon Princess (feat. Coppe)
Bonus tracks
The Crane (feat. Dina Ipavic) Year Of The Bat Lost In Time
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
yeah the Numbers remix and Spicy were both awesome. probably some licenscing issues with the latter though.
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNxGpMySziQ
definitely sounds like classic Orbital
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 December 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
Heard a snippet of this today, banged my head like a mofo
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 9 December 2022 01:39 (one year ago) link
sounds so much like classic orbital i thought it was a remix!
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 December 2022 03:19 (one year ago) link
sounds great on first listenand loving dirty rat way more than i thought i would
there is certain quality in last tracks like they finally stopped caring and it translates into great music
― scanner darkly, Friday, 9 December 2022 04:40 (one year ago) link
I’ve probably listened to parts of the BBC mix as much as any other piece of music this yearEven if the rest of the album, after that new material and the two singles, sucks, it’ll still be one of their best four
― more crankable (sic), Friday, 9 December 2022 10:36 (one year ago) link
Ringa Ringa's excellent. Plays like a composite of great Brown and Snivilisation ideas.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 9 December 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
promo just forwarded, digging in
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 December 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
okay "New Abnormal" is a solid fucking banger
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 December 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
so uh sounds like this'll be better than the last one
― frogbs, Friday, 16 December 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
It's good IMO! "Requiem for the Pre Apocalypse" is also awesome.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 December 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
great to hear, was so disappointed with monsters
ringa ringa has been stuck in my head for days, i want a 20 min version
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 17 December 2022 02:15 (one year ago) link
the whole album borrows liberally from their earlier sound in a nearly plagiaristic way but there's enough new pattern and approach going on to keep it lively. reminds me quite a bit of wonky after a few listens, maybe stronger.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 17 December 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
another new tune. most exciting bit is around 4:45 in realizing "ok the tune is winding down but there's still a few minutes left?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WPxOe9mZ6I
but wait!! the track's beat was actually recycled from the Hartnoll and Young album from 2021 that nobody heard! you see!??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaPiqHF9nKI
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 15:11 (one year ago) link
That nursery rhyme is not about the plague. Not one Medieval Baebe knew that?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
I feel safe in saying this is going to be a top 2023 record for me with the early singles, "New Abnormal," "Day One" and the Anna B Savage feature being particular high points.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:14 (one year ago) link
I guess people already have it?
― StanM, Thursday, 16 February 2023 16:36 (one year ago) link
Officially released tomorrow isn't it?
― groovypanda, Thursday, 16 February 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
yeah, but maybe preorder got there soon for some
― StanM, Thursday, 16 February 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
("soon" -> early) my english broke
― StanM, Thursday, 16 February 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link
Yeah gonna wait till my local shop gets it but the people on the Orbital Facebook group seem to really like it and they’ve been kind of a tough crowd to please
― frogbs, Thursday, 16 February 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link
pretty excited to hear what you guys think of it. It's great!
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 February 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Impossible for saturated acid burbles not to make me smile (vis-a-vis three mins into You Are the Frequency).
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 17 February 2023 00:21 (one year ago) link
so um what do you guys think of it
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 February 2023 05:08 (one year ago) link
particularly thishttps://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-abnormal
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 February 2023 05:10 (one year ago) link
via popmatters
Many parts sound like the Orbital we have all grown accustomed to over the years. There aren’t many bold tracks, but plenty of bold moments can skew the imagination with each revisit. Like their first reunion album Wonky, Optical Delusion makes a case for Orbital remaining a creative working force without actually being their best work.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 February 2023 05:13 (one year ago) link
yeah it's perfectly enjoyable but not essential
― StanM, Saturday, 18 February 2023 06:08 (one year ago) link
Definitely more into the first half of the album than the second - tracks 1-5 are all stronger than anything in 6-10 imo. "Are You Alive?" especially stands out, a really pretty track
― Vinnie, Monday, 20 February 2023 05:13 (one year ago) link
i agree that the last three tracks start to dip in quality a bit
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 February 2023 06:06 (one year ago) link
There's no Tiny Foldable Cities-type highlight but it's pretty consistently good
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 20 February 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
late to the party but I wanted to wait until the shop actually got it. all I can say is I've been a fan since I was 16 and this makes me real happy. reminds me a lot of No Geography by the Chems. it's kinda everything you want in a late-career album; production is amazing, it hits their signature sound a lot but has some new things, and it's lean and focused. I don't agree that there's a dip late in the album either - actually I think that's where they're at their most Plaid which is a side of them I really like
― frogbs, Sunday, 5 March 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
First listen right now. Part of me longs for them to roll out another Belfast / Halcyon+on+on / Girl With The Sun, but they’re just not going to do that at this stage. Doesn’t mean it’s not really enjoyable, though. Dirty Rat is awesome. The whole thing sounds just like Orbital, but, like everything since The Altogether, it doesn’t feel like it’s trying to be anything but Orbital. I feel like their sound constantly stretched and evolved up until then, and then calcified a little. Which is inevitable. This is as good as Wonky was. I didn’t listen to the last one enough cos it was 2018 and almost everything got ignored that year.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 17 April 2023 21:15 (one year ago) link
Fucked Up do a cover of "Quality Seconds" on their new 7'': https://fuckedup.bandcamp.com/album/cops
― with hidden noise, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 01:47 (one year ago) link
last few tracks feel a bit like Plaid which I would argue is kind of a new direction, if one could possibly exist for them at this stage. funny cuz Plaid are the other guys that come to mind when you think of electronic groups whose sound has gone completely static. they both make quality records though.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link
“There is the theory of the möbius, a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop, and when we reach that point, what ever happened will happen again.” That time, it would appear, is now.Pre-Sale 17/10 10 AM BST. General Sale 19/10 10 AM BST https://t.co/otQ1IDu32Z pic.twitter.com/oEsgwLQcDA— Orbital (@orbitalband) October 13, 2023
― groovypanda, Friday, 13 October 2023 11:57 (eleven months ago) link
Wonder if they'll subsequently do the Brown Album?
guessing this is gonna coincide with vinyl re-releases of all their old albums
― frogbs, Friday, 13 October 2023 13:33 (eleven months ago) link
Hopefully. They did say last year that they had some new licensing deal that was going to see all of their catalogue end up on streaming services but there's been no sign of that yet. Think it's only Chime and Radiccio of their early singles that are available atm
― groovypanda, Friday, 13 October 2023 14:24 (eleven months ago) link
from the newsletter:
'I’ve always been sceptical about going back but when we thought about playing the Green album live I rolled the idea around for a bit, how could this work? The way we perform is always free and full of improvisation in production and arrangements. This approach will give us a chance to take these fabulous old tracks, written by young versions of ourselves, and perform them with a modern sensibility.Intrigued, I gathered all the original gear, set it up and switched on…As I dusted off the old floppy discs, samplers and an Atari ST computer (Google it), I discovered the ghost of my past in the machine. It was like collaborating with my 22 year-old self. As the songs broke free from their original form, it quickly became clear that I really did want to take these songs on the road, many of which have never been played before. We love playing live, the most exciting thing is to take a whole bunch of music we haven’t played before and discover how to play it, to see how people respond to it and shape it as we go along together. To play the Green album live will be a wholly new experience for us and you, it’ll be a bit of an adventure. This will be new territory that I can’t wait to explore. As the saying goes...“There is the theory of the möbius, a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop, and when we reach that point, what ever happened will happen again.” That time, it would appear, is now.'Paul Hartnoll
― scanner darkly, Friday, 13 October 2023 16:52 (eleven months ago) link
No shit that's really awesome! Hope this makes it to the US
― octobeard, Friday, 13 October 2023 17:37 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah same here! Still have never been fortunate enough to see them.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 October 2023 20:12 (eleven months ago) link
I was fortunate to see them around 92 when they had the tower set up in the middle of the floor and the headlights and Belinda Carlisle/Bon Jovi drops. And also a few times at Glastonbury. Saw them again on the Wonky tour and, suffice to say, they were no longer the only bald people in the room
― groovypanda, Friday, 13 October 2023 21:27 (eleven months ago) link
vinyl reissues finally happening:
https://orbital.tmstor.es/#main_menu
so far it's just Green but they say the rest are coming. track list looks different...what is "Macro Head"??
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 14:35 (eight months ago) link
Macro Head was on the original vinyl releasehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj42b9M1fXI
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 18:38 (eight months ago) link
oh god the screaming!!!
actually come to think of it I haven't heard "Steel Cube Idolatry" or "High Rise" either, though I know they were on the UK release. glad to see "Belfast" is at the end...for whatever reason the US version puts it as track #1, which is very bizarre
wonder if future reissues are gonna have bonuses too - imagine a 4xLP In Sides with full versions of The Box & the Times Fly EP, plus "The Saint" ? oh hell yeah
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 18:50 (eight months ago) link
looks like the Green/Brown show is coming to Chicago? I might have to make the drive for that, dunno how many chances I'm gonna get to see them
― frogbs, Friday, 26 January 2024 21:08 (eight months ago) link
Only just found out they're including Brown and delighted having already a ticket for the London show
― nashwan, Friday, 26 January 2024 21:13 (eight months ago) link
Oof gotta shell out for this. Can't remember the last time they were here and don't know when they'll be back again.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Saturday, 27 January 2024 02:00 (eight months ago) link