couldn't find anyone talking about ela minus on ilm and i couldn't figure out a rolling thread her music fit into correctly so here is the thread about ela minus and her remarkable debut album acts of rebellion https://elaminus.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-rebellion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EyDeCvQ8vA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8CPeAX81w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35HLWF6PeA
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 21:54 (four years ago)
saw her perform on the save stereogum zoom party and she was one of the highlights, def gonna check the album.
― glengarry gary beers (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:03 (four years ago)
I was saying to brad separately that this reminds me a lot (and in a good way) of stuff I was listening to in the early to mid 00s. It makes me flash on the kind of songy miminal-electroclash fusion of groups like Closer Musik, Codec & Flexor, Martini Bros etc.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:47 (four years ago)
Electroclash has somehow come around to sounding fresh to me again (“it was never bad” yea yea) which is kind of cool
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 09:37 (four years ago)
I've been disappearing into mid-00s minimal and electro mixes quite a lot lately as a comfort thing so this is very much of a piece with all that. Reminds me more of Ellen Allien and other Bpitchy stuff than electroclash per se but the lyrics feel more 2020 than 2005.
In general I'm enjoying the more songful pop stuff than the techier material, I feel like I've heard the latter before.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 09:59 (four years ago)
This album's awesome. Coming on the heels of the Annie album and After Dark 3 it feels like a return of some kind, but also doesn't seem dated to me. Or maybe I just like this sound so I don't care if it's retro?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 1 November 2020 18:35 (four years ago)
Great album
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 2 November 2020 01:43 (four years ago)
Oh, Brad …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw5A0idzCIs
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 21:03 (three years ago)
music video of the year
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 22:04 (three years ago)
missed this artist until now, but I really like BROKEN and COMBAT
― rob, Tuesday, 5 November 2024 14:13 (seven months ago)
2025 aoty for sure
― ivy., Tuesday, 5 November 2024 14:50 (seven months ago)
<3
― rob, Tuesday, 5 November 2024 16:26 (seven months ago)
2025 aoty out friday
― ivy., Tuesday, 14 January 2025 14:28 (four months ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ18a7kQ3G0
― ivy., Tuesday, 14 January 2025 14:29 (four months ago)
yesss
― nxd, Tuesday, 14 January 2025 14:55 (four months ago)
excited for this! I listened to "acts of rebellion" for the first time over the weekend and it was great, though I think the new album tracks are even more impressive
anyway, QQQQ rules
― rob, Tuesday, 14 January 2025 15:42 (four months ago)
It’s interesting on how she and Kelly Lee Owens seem to have converged on the same territory with their recent material while coming from very different starting points. But yeah really looking forward to this.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 January 2025 16:09 (four months ago)
Damn, I was just about to update the thread but Ivy beat me to it
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 14 January 2025 17:10 (four months ago)
fantastic record
― nxd, Friday, 17 January 2025 14:55 (four months ago)
it gets a bit gothy and moody in ways I wasn't quite expecting from the prev released songs. but I am already looking forward to listening to it again, and my only fully felt criticism is that it's too short!
I found the very simple lyrical refrain on "I Want to Be Better" embarrassingly relatable
― rob, Friday, 17 January 2025 15:00 (four months ago)
started it over and already think I'm upgrading my opinion quite a bit. as much as you could dismiss Abrir Monte as aphex-y pastiche I would legit listen to an entire album of that...but then the transition into Broken is so good
― rob, Friday, 17 January 2025 15:05 (four months ago)
the life-changing magic of increasing your headphones volume by 1
― rob, Friday, 17 January 2025 15:07 (four months ago)
oh yeah this is fucking incredible
― ivy., Friday, 17 January 2025 15:16 (four months ago)
ok but really COMBAT should be like 10 minutes longer
excellent album. QQQQ is particularly amazing. it flags a bit with IDOLS/IDK for me, but there are so many magical moments on the rest
― rob, Friday, 17 January 2025 15:35 (four months ago)
cosign Broken
― nxd, Friday, 17 January 2025 15:45 (four months ago)
this is my one criticism. someone please do an extended remix. hell go 30 minutes if you can
― ivy., Saturday, 18 January 2025 17:53 (four months ago)
QQQQ FUIUD
― secretary of state for fractal pluripotencies (||||||||), Wednesday, 22 January 2025 17:21 (four months ago)
my bf compared "Broken" to the Temper Trap which I now can't unhear. Loving the album though, particularly "QQQQ".
― monotony, Wednesday, 22 January 2025 23:21 (four months ago)
whole thing is very karin dreijer coded for me
― monotony, Wednesday, 22 January 2025 23:22 (four months ago)