why is nobody else raving about "violence and birdsong" by union of knives?

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it's been officially out for a couple of days now and STILL there's no thread about it. indeed, of the two miserable mentions on ILM so far, one of them's mine.

what's not to love here, people? melodic, melancholic electronics with little stabs of scratchy new order guitar and sweet loops of glitchy goodness. this is a fantastic album, and i seem to be the only person who cares.

and no, before anyone says it: they might be from glasgow, but i don't know them, or even know who they are. they could be from neptune and they'd still rule. (actually, if they were from neptune that would rule MIGHTILY. but i digress.)

there's a website here if you care.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

Edwin Birdsong did what now?

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.
Think Aphex Twin. Think Radiohead, and even Massive Attack at their darkest.

― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

does it really say that? okay, that's wank. still. don't believe the hype. at least, not the hype on the website. just believe mine.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 19 August 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

I've listened to 3 songs so far and I'm not 100% sure it's not just one song on repeat. Maybe it is.

― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Saturday, 19 August 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

Well I remember you mentioned this grimly and I kindof looked around for it on s1sk and didn't find it. I will have a look at the website.

― A Cracker Jack On Crack (Bimble...), Saturday, 19 August 2006 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm, not bad... in fact, pretty good, but, for me, the idea of the band's sound is better than the execution.

Joe

― JoseMaria (JoseMaria), Monday, 21 August 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

I've been enjoying this album since the leak! I wouldn't call it top-10-of-the-year type stuff or anything, but it's a whole lot of fun in a decaffinated Soulwax sort of way. Hopefully it does well enough to be brought across the pond and sold in Best Buy for like ten bucks, at which price it would be a gigantic bargain.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

I enjoy most of it too...it does all blend together a little too much. "Evil Has Never" is great. "Opposite Direction" sounds exactly like a Gomez song though. not good, that one.

― Jimmy_tango (Jimmy_tango), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

"we can't go wrong" is so, so good. frightening.

― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 16 June 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

I just found this album cos I am a ridiculously stupid Home Video fan and these guys kept coming up as a similar artist. And I can see why.

They remind me of Pivot actually. I like this album!

― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Thursday, 6 January 2011 11:47 (fourteen years ago)

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