Pitchfork's Top 40 Tracks from 2014 poll

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Extending tracks back to the Top 40:
Pitchfork Top 35 Tracks from 2013 poll

Poll Results

OptionVotes
1. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You) 16
16. Young Thug - Stoner 10
17. Tinashe - 2 On [ft. Schoolboy Q] 9
3. FKA twigs - Two Weeks 7
7. Beyonce - ***Flawless [ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]  5
4. Caribou - Can't Do Without You 5
25. Vic Mensa - Down on My Luck 5
20. Nicki Minaj - Boss Ass Bitch (Remix) [ft. PTAF] 4
22. Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose 4
18. Panda Bear - Mr Noah 4
29. Spoon - Do You 4
14. QT - Hey QT 4
13. Todd Terje - Johnny and Mary [ft. Bryan Ferry] (Robert Palmer cover)  4
5. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes 4
11. Shamir - On the Regular 3
9. Future - Move That Dope [ft. Pharrell, Pusha T, and Casino]  3
26. Beyonce - Partition 3
37. Charli XCX - Boom Clap 3
24. St. Vincent - Digital Witness 3
28. Grouper - Holding 2
30. A.G. Cook - Beautiful 2
23. Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me [ft. Kendrick Lamar]  2
15. Lil B - No Black Person Is Ugly 2
31. Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix] 2
19. Sun Kil Moon - Carissa 2
35. FKA twigs - Pendulum 2
38. Bobby Shmurda - Hot Nigga 1
36. Mac DeMarco - Passing Out Pieces 1
33. Ariana Grande - Problem [ft. Iggy Azalea] 1
27. Sharon Van Etten - Your Love Is Killing Me 1
2. iLoveMakonnen - Club Goin Up on a Tuesday [ft. Drake]  1
8. Perfume Genius - Queen 1
10. Michael Jackson - Love Never Felt So Good (Original Version) 1
21. Sophie - Lemonade / Hard 1
34. Tobias Jesso Jr - True Love 0
12. Drake - 0 to 100 / The Catch Up 0
32. Swans - Oxygen 0
6. Run the Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) [ft. Zack De La Rocha] 0
39. Real Estate - Talking Backwards 0
40. Jessie Ware - Tough Love 0


Bee OK, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:02 (ten years ago)

voted Panda Bear but there were at least like 3-5 other worthy contenders

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:06 (ten years ago)

Sort of want to troll vote for Sophie.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:11 (ten years ago)

***flawless
0-100
hot nigga
tues
partition

johnny crunch, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:41 (ten years ago)

stoner

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:47 (ten years ago)

Aphex Twin.

I'm taking Future Islands placement at #1 as an indication that this has been a pissweak year for music.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 04:09 (ten years ago)

It hasn't, but duh Pitchfork.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 04:14 (ten years ago)

Down on My Luck
Johnny and Mary
Partition
Digital Witness

MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:04 (ten years ago)

i tried to vote for "stoner" twice

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:06 (ten years ago)

i'm a stoner i'm a stoner i'm a stoner

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:06 (ten years ago)

All the critical love for "Johnny and Mary" kind of caught me off-guard, though I guess it's not too surprising. Still, it's the only track on the album that I sometimes skip.

jaymc, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:08 (ten years ago)

lbr that future islands song wouldn't be anything without the letterman performance

j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:22 (ten years ago)

stuff i really like off this

2 on, boss ass bitch, stoner, hot n*gga, 0-100, boom clap, tough love, partition, pendulum, beautiful, down on my luck

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:25 (ten years ago)

stoner, down on my luck in order

deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 05:33 (ten years ago)

COME WATCH ME EMBARRASS MYSELF Since I don't know ANY of these songs (I'm like "where's Katy Perry? I'm always hearing that Katy Perry song in the car with my kids. That was a big hit right? I like that Katy Perry song with the doot doot doot Egyptian thing. That poptimist thing, right? They like that at Pitchfork too right?”

I think it could be amusing (as in you can laugh with me and at me) if I listen to 5 of these at a time, twice or more each, and post my ignorant impressions right here in naked text.

My Pledge To The Reader: If at least 5 people tell me explicitly to stop it, I WILL! Your vote will count – who else promises you such results in this world? No regrets, & possibility of shared relief. It's up to you, New York (not that all of you are from New York).

Let's go:

Pitchfork’s Exalted Finest Songs of 2014 1-5: the immediate favorite, without serious competition in this group, is 'club going up on Tuesday'. Diminished not a bit on second hearing.

The Caribou song sounded better the first time, a not uncommon fate for electronica. I don’t enjoy the FKA Twigs song listed, but was intrigued by the weird pictures, and found “Pendulum” which I do like: a weird production. War on Drugs didn’t get better. Future Islands got so much worse.

Vic Perry, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 06:06 (ten years ago)

i love: two weeks, ***flawless, 2 on, boss ass bitch, partition, hot n*gga, tough love

i like: move that dope, down on my luck, problem

multiple pc music tracks should be reason enough to raze this publication to the ground, but even aside from them there are some absolutely dreadful songs in here

despite better actual music this list is somehow more embarrassing than the albums list which mostly stays in its own boring indie lane

lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 09:39 (ten years ago)

Two Weeks and 2 On are genuinely terrible

g simmel, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 10:10 (ten years ago)

Boss Ass Bitch knocked me on my ass so that.

Hinklepicker, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 10:18 (ten years ago)

Picked the number one.

So Pitchfork

this is just a saginaw (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 10:22 (ten years ago)

Wow people really enjoy pretending that PC Music is actually a thing.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 10:30 (ten years ago)

All the critical love for "Johnny and Mary" kind of caught me off-guard, though I guess it's not too surprising. Still, it's the only track on the album that I sometimes skip.

― jaymc,

and on the Terje album?

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 13:10 (ten years ago)

On the Terje album is what I mean. Never heard the original.

jaymc, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 14:16 (ten years ago)

on the Ferry album too

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 14:30 (ten years ago)

jessie ware, aphex, grouper, beyonce, st vincent

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:20 (ten years ago)

xp Ah, I didn't realize that it was on Ferry's album, too.

jaymc, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:27 (ten years ago)

The trolliest thing on this very troll-heavy list has to be the Terje track.

Terje’s perspective on "Johnny and Mary" involved slowing it down by nearly 100 BPM and infusing it with some slow-burning Vangelian pomp. The setting not only proved an ideal backdrop for Ferry’s luxurious, searching performance, it also milked the last bits of pathos out of what was surely Palmer’s finest song. There were too many moments this year where it felt like so many of us lacked, as the song says, a sense of proportion; "Johnny and Mary" made that very sad idea sound sublime.

There is no pomp, there is no luxury, there is no pathos, Johnny & Mary is not Palmer's finest song...

skip, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:38 (ten years ago)

man the seven or eight todd terje fans must feel trooooooolllled

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:39 (ten years ago)

Yeah, it's terrible.

Eric H., Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:39 (ten years ago)

I fux w/

2. iLoveMakonnen - Club Goin Up on a Tuesday [ft. Drake]
3. FKA twigs - Two Weeks
7. Beyonce - ***Flawless [ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]
9. Future - Move That Dope [ft. Pharrell, Pusha T, and Casino]
10. Michael Jackson - Love Never Felt So Good (Original Version)
12. Drake - 0 to 100 / The Catch Up
15. Lil B - No Black Person Is Ugly
16. Young Thug - Stoner
17. Tinashe - 2 On [ft. Schoolboy Q]
20. Nicki Minaj - Boss Ass Bitch (Remix) [ft. PTAF]
23. Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me [ft. Kendrick Lamar]
25. Vic Mensa - Down on My Luck
26. Beyonce - Partition
35. FKA twigs - Pendulum
37. Charli XCX - Boom Clap
38. Bobby Shmurda - Hot Nigga
40. Jessie Ware - Tough Love

voting for Thugger obv

Dej & the Fommly Loaf (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:53 (ten years ago)

i like that shamir tune

marcos, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 16:03 (ten years ago)

love todd and ferry but the acclaim of Johnny and Mary confuses me.

g simmel, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:17 (ten years ago)

Ex Hex by default.

EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:26 (ten years ago)

I hate to be this guy, but boy, there is some really unremarkable stuff on this list. like even more arbitrary than normal for a PF best of.

Darin, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:29 (ten years ago)

voted for move that dope bc I'm p sure it'll get smoked in this poll

bandwagon mavs fan because rondo (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:02 (ten years ago)

These songs are B+ jams.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:04 (ten years ago)

man the seven or eight todd terje fans must feel trooooooolllled

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, December 23, 2014 10:39 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think the biggest troll is the continued insistence that todd terje is good

same logic applies to PC music

bandwagon mavs fan because rondo (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:05 (ten years ago)

your point has no logic, though

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:07 (ten years ago)

Todd Terje has been very good, even great, several times. But Johnny and Mary is terrible.

ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:10 (ten years ago)

i think you'll find it's actually spelt 'terjeble'

Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:18 (ten years ago)

J&M is my favourite Palmer song but the Terje version removes all its wiry beauty xp loool

fgti, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:27 (ten years ago)

There are so many tracks on this list that I consider to be the 2nd or 3rd best song on a very good album (e.g., "Carissa," "Problem," "Close Your Eyes," "Move That Dope," "Tough Love," "Johnny & Mary, "Do You"). There are only a handful that transcend their respective album and stand out as one of the best songs of the year.

By that measure, I went with "Seasons," but "Two Weeks," "On the Regular," and "Mr Noah" were viable options.

Indexed, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:37 (ten years ago)

your point has no logic, though
--J0rdan S.

because I stated an opinion? w0rd. you're obvs more than entitled to think that opinion is wrong, and that terje and PC music are good shit. the literal wording choice of saying claims that things those things were good were "the biggest troll" was kind of a joke

bandwagon mavs fan because rondo (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:45 (ten years ago)

*claims that those things were good

bandwagon mavs fan because rondo (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:46 (ten years ago)

i don't see any connection between todd terje and pc music

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 December 2014 19:19 (ten years ago)

Terje is awesome. Future Islands is awesome. PC music is straight doo doo

Yoga Knives (Whitey on the Moon), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 19:36 (ten years ago)

I'm trying to decide between "Two Weeks" and "Partition"

the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 19:38 (ten years ago)

sloth Terje is fantastic. Though it is very NOT your thing.

Evan, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 19:44 (ten years ago)

re: a connection, I found the way both were hyped and written about in some cases to be somewhat similar - like as embraces of kitsch, or in PC music's case, taking the kitsch aspects of teen pop past their breaking point and into uncanny valley creepy territory. sonically, they don't sound alike pretty much at all.

Evan in fairness I will take inspector norse over hey QT any day of the fuckin week

bandwagon mavs fan because rondo (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 19:58 (ten years ago)

2015 is going to be the year lex shocks us all and doesn't throw a fit in a p4k themed thread.

Position Position, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:27 (ten years ago)

pc music never got to uncanny valley creepy territory with anything. what is creepy about any of their output? art school kitsch is really familiar.

(i voted "boss ass bitch")

lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:27 (ten years ago)

i like "tuesday" ... the drake remix is far inferior though

― J0rdan S., Friday, December 26, 2014 8:07 AM Bookmark

Disagree with this actually, the original version gets pretty aimless around the second verse.

Dej & the Fommly Loaf (The Reverend), Saturday, 27 December 2014 20:54 (ten years ago)

Ignorant Take: 11-15

Best five on average so far.

Lil B - It's more interesting to think about why sanctimony like this tends to end up on 'best of the year' lists than it is to actually think about them, or listen to them. Do the critics at Pitchfork pat themselves on the back or have a circle pat?

Terje/Ferry: All Todd Terje songs start out interesting, and then I usually tune out half the way through. I'm officially in favor of him but the experience hasn't been on the level of hearing Marco Benevento seven years ago, or Ulrich Schnauss twelve years ago. Sooooo....this one....I'd say Ferry's subdued exhausted vocal does a real service illuminating a good song from a mediocre original.

Drake: good enough for the first three minutes but the middle rap has that "general exposition" loss

QT - I thinQ I sprouQTed pimpQles. It's QuuTe as A BuQ on a RuQ. I thinQ I like it.

&

Shamir - On The Regular ----- Y!!!! Vaults into first!!!

Vic Perry, Saturday, 27 December 2014 21:32 (ten years ago)

illuminating a good song from a mediocre original

:|

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 27 December 2014 23:52 (ten years ago)

You know my gas stink

, Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:11 (ten years ago)

tmi

johnny crunch, Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:50 (ten years ago)

how the heck are Flawless or Partition songs from 2014?

piscesx, Sunday, 28 December 2014 13:47 (ten years ago)

i believe the Beyonce album came out after they finished their 2013 lists, although they just put tracks from it on the 2014 track list without putting the album on either year-end list, so go fig. "Partition" and "Flawless" were both released as singles in 2014, albeit the latter as a remix.

some dude, Sunday, 28 December 2014 14:37 (ten years ago)

i do love the nicki remix of "flawless" but i feel releasing it as a single in just that version was a bit of a cop-out, and redundant in that the original is still the more widely known version

lex pretend, Sunday, 28 December 2014 14:51 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 00:01 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 1 January 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

pretty awesome results imo

some dude, Thursday, 1 January 2015 00:02 (ten years ago)

v solid top five

i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 1 January 2015 01:09 (ten years ago)

I'm taking Future Islands placement at #1 as an indication that this has been a pissweak year for music.

― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, December 23, 2014 4:09 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 1 January 2015 01:11 (ten years ago)

So bottom and top results are exactly the same as P4K's. Fascinating.

Moka, Thursday, 1 January 2015 03:04 (ten years ago)

these are the truly embarrassing results

lex pretend, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:15 (ten years ago)

40. Jessie Ware - Tough Love 0

Tough indeed.

Eric H., Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:29 (ten years ago)

ware got none and that future islands bullshit got SIXTEEN! ridiculous. bad enough that anyone would legit prefer it to "flawless" or "boss ass bitch"

lex pretend, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:30 (ten years ago)

the future islands song is way better, that's why

Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:01 (ten years ago)

Why are Future Islands "bullshit" exactly?

Treeship, Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:21 (ten years ago)

I'm not even a fan but the appeal makes sense and they're a band that's been around a while, building a fanbase, who had a "breakout" hit this year. Bullshit is like, Megan Trainor.

Treeship, Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:25 (ten years ago)

wow

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:59 (ten years ago)

Meghan Trainor is fun, harmless bullshit. Future Islands are just bullshit.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 1 January 2015 21:59 (ten years ago)

huh

Treeship, Saturday, 3 January 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

i don't really feel one way or the other about trainor and shouldn't have said that she is "bullshit" as she is a human who shouldn't be resented for her success. molly lambert posted what i thought was a lucid critique of the problematic gender politics of that song but it's not really my fight.

defending future islands seems like my fight though. the reasoning behind the backlash seems similar to the reasons ilx has heaped scorn on other indie bands i love. i don't love this one, but still, they write resonant songs about longing and loss and have a unique frontman. there is something kind of dorky and over-earnest about them though -- which i think a lot of their fans respond to -- but i think this is also the reason some people hear don't like them.

Treeship, Saturday, 3 January 2015 00:20 (ten years ago)

Man, I love "Seasons" like crazy and see no reason why the question of whether it's over-earnest or not would even enter my mind.

timellison, Saturday, 3 January 2015 00:25 (ten years ago)

why else would lex and turrican call it "bullshit"?

Treeship, Saturday, 3 January 2015 00:26 (ten years ago)

Meghan Trainor is fun, harmless bullshit. Future Islands are just bullshit.

― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, January 1, 2015 4:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah meghan trainor's version of body positivity which is based on male approval is definitely "fun" and "harmless." were you always this dumb and i just never noticed?

call all destroyer, Saturday, 3 January 2015 01:19 (ten years ago)

yeah meghan trainor's version of body positivity which is based on male approval is definitely "fun" and "harmless." were you always this dumb and i just never noticed?

― call all destroyer, Saturday, January 3, 2015 1:19 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://hellovegetables.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/waa.jpg

I was talking more about the quality of the music itself rather than the message behind it (which, incidentally, regarding the Meghan Trainor track, I agree with you on). The Meghan Trainor track is bullshit, but, even though it doesn't convey its message of body positivity in the best way, I can understand why those who like it like it. Message aside, it succeeds at what it does: i.e. it's an earworm and nothing more, and doesn't pretend to be anything more than that.

Future Islands, on the understand, I can't understand the appeal no matter which angle I look at their music from. The songwriting, to me, is painfully weak, the music itself comes across to me as very plain and bland, and I absolutely loathe his voice. Some might see the melding of dull synthpop mixed with growling as some kind of unique blend of musical flavours, but when you add perfectly good musical flavours and the result amounts to musical fecal matter, then it's not worth the experiment. His singing voice is no better, either. While I can appreciate that the guy has a decent amount of stage presence, this has ultimately zilch to do with the music, and the "stage act" is just window dressing for some of the dullest, awful music I've heard in any era.

So yeah, they're both bullshit, but I'll take the Meghan Trainor track any day of the week if I really had to choose.

Incidentally, I've arranged a buffet at the door which includes an assorted selection of chill-pills for your delectation. Here's hoping it cures your uptightness :)

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Saturday, 3 January 2015 19:53 (ten years ago)

*on the understand=on the other hand, natch. Perils of hitting 'submit' before checking (we've all done it!)

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Saturday, 3 January 2015 19:55 (ten years ago)

I mean, I'll take a light earworm with a badly conveyed message that doesn't pretend to be artistically substantial over something which purports to be some "clever" artistic blend of showmanship, dull synthpop and growling vocals but which in reality is just dull synthpop with a lousy singer, with poor songwriting.

Fortunately, as luck would have it, I can choose to listen to neither.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Saturday, 3 January 2015 20:17 (ten years ago)

I disagree. I'd rather bands try to do things they think are interesting and fail than churn out boring, formulaic songs

Treeship, Saturday, 3 January 2015 20:21 (ten years ago)

Future Islands might be bad (i don't think they are) but there is nothing cynical or underhanded about what they do

Treeship, Saturday, 3 January 2015 20:23 (ten years ago)

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that 'All About That Bass' towers over the output of Future Islands in terms of merit. I'm saying that Future Islands, to me, lack merit to such a painful degree that 'All About That Bass' has the tiniest fraction more merit by default. I have little time for either, for what it's worth.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Saturday, 3 January 2015 20:32 (ten years ago)

poor songwriting

"Seasons?" Not in my book. The ambiguity between ii and IV chords in the verse is delightful. The melodic arc and the

timellison, Saturday, 3 January 2015 21:17 (ten years ago)

Ha, I'll try to finish that post...

timellison, Saturday, 3 January 2015 21:18 (ten years ago)

No chorus, just a repeating bridge with a great melodic arc that avoids cadential movement.

I think the most wonderful thing about it for me is not so much synthpop but how it works as disco or maybe pre-disco soul. I haven't been able to put my finger on any songs it reminds me of.

timellison, Saturday, 3 January 2015 21:21 (ten years ago)

It's mid decade, "commitment" time. Song will show up in many movies to come, to cue audience to feel big emotion INSERT HERE.

Vic Perry, Sunday, 4 January 2015 04:45 (ten years ago)

ILM: where we argue the ways in which two different shitty songs are shitty.

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 January 2015 04:54 (ten years ago)

Just two?

Vic Perry, Sunday, 4 January 2015 04:54 (ten years ago)

Hey did you hear Meghan Trainor is doing a remix of "All About That Bass" with a lengthy spoken word interlude by Judith Butler? Pitchfork 2015 Top 40 Tracks, you heard it here first.

Vic Perry, Sunday, 4 January 2015 05:10 (ten years ago)

I like "Seasons" and think most people were on board for that fantastic Letterman performance (except for a few exceptions) but have found the band to be starkly diminishing returns w an album of weaker-thans and a wave of universal resounding excitement that has left me kinda alienated

fgti, Sunday, 4 January 2015 06:18 (ten years ago)

i am ok with ppl enjoying independent rock music

deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 5 January 2015 23:46 (ten years ago)

something which purports to be some "clever" artistic blend of showmanship, dull synthpop and growling vocals but which in reality is just dull synthpop with a lousy singer, with poor songwriting.
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Who or what is doing the purporting here?

jaymc, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 00:27 (ten years ago)

The band themselves simply by making the music, even though they may not have come out and actually said it. The fact that the band exists and has put together that particular musical combination suggests to me that not only is the combination intentional (you don't arrive that particular combination without putting some thought into it) but that they think they're onto something by pursuing the direction. In my opinion, they're not.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:00 (ten years ago)

Also, the amount of press I've read which mentions: a) the singers showmanship and b) the combination of synthpop and growling. Sure, I guess it's somewhat of a unique combination to have someone sounding as if they're straining to have a shit over the most featherlite, flat synthpop possible, but it sounds crap.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:03 (ten years ago)

...and I love synthpop and don't mind growling in a metal context.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:05 (ten years ago)

Does he even growl on the album? I don't think your description sums up the band - maybe you weren't claiming it did.

timellison, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:22 (ten years ago)

Yes, he does, and when he sings it's no better.

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:39 (ten years ago)

I think he only growls on one track, "fall from grace," but am unsure. Either way, there is nothing pretentious about playing with form, even if your experiment fails. At worst they are a bad band. They are not pretending to be something they're not, as you seem to suggest

Treeship, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 02:38 (ten years ago)

They're definitely not pretending to be shite!

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 03:01 (ten years ago)


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