Cut Copy - Zonoscope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm3Uqhb8JGU

just finished listening to this first single?

they are brilliant, great new song.

like a glossier Apples in Stereo. not sure if this is a good thing, or if now's a particularly opportune moment for sunny psych-inflected 60s style pop/rock. unexpected, though.

I kind of hate this song.

song's alright but i don't really need another record that sounds like this.

this sounds kind of terrible tbh

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

this is garbage :(

was kind of expecting something way better when he was talking in an interview abt it having an 80s african feel, which is the kind of shit i looooove

i don't really need another record that sounds like this.

yes you do, stop fucken whinging

so beach boys the single

song's alright but i don't really need and I can always use another record that sounds like this.

The entire concept of a new Cut Copy album sends shivers down my spine.

ummm i like the song actually. not bril or anything but it'll do.

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

this, not a fan at all

i dig the haring style art

really like the song too

This could be something of a red herring though. They've been namedropping Berlin-era Bowie as an influence in interviews.

yeah , i love the song but hope it's just a one off single

i can't really see how this would fit into an album unless it were some psychedelic journey, so here's hoping they don't go that route

this makingof clip excites me: hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDRWU_owMXk

i can totally get behind dude yelling into a guitar pickup

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Not a direction i wanted to see them go in.

― Number None, Friday, July 16, 2010 5:18 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Makes sense to me. There's always been a Fleetwood Mac/ELO side to them (art-MOR?) in addition to the dance stuff.

I just listened to it again. I don't kind of hate this song anymore. I've decided instead to just ignore it and let it be. I have no attachment to Cut Copy anyway, so if they want to write songs like this one, why should I care?

It sounds like they read Pitchfork.

I made it a minute and a half in. Does it ever do anything except that boring meandering schaffel beat?

it doesn't even sound like the Beach Boys, to be honest. It sounds like a wanky Animal Collective styled "remake" of Rock N Roll Part 1 and really, the KLF did the only remake of that you ever need to hear.

It sounds like a wanky Animal Collective styled "remake" of Rock N Roll Part 1

yes

Except I think I mean Rock N Roll Part 2. D'oh!

I know what you meant.. As if the world needs more songs with the same drums as "S.O.S." and "If You Seek Amy," like that hasn't been done enough in the past 4 years...

What a bunch of bullshit.. They went from In Ghost Colors to THIS? Seriously?

It sounds like a wanky Animal Collective styled "remake" of Rock N Roll Part 1

Ha, I actually like it better with this in mind.

I might need some time to digest it, but once upon a time I loved "Far Away" "Hearts On Fire" and "So Haunted" immediately..

It's so long lead I can only imagine this single is some slight misdirection. The band knows which side of the bread its butter is on.

saw them yesterday and they played this and of course the crowd was '...'

yeah, this track is a terrible let-down from in ghost colors. they seem like a fairly savvy band; is there some way releasing this song as misdirection could be read as a smart move?

it sounds like What The Kids Are Listening To

sounds like yall hate fun

Well, as far as diffusing any hype, it could work as misdirection. I think more bands should cobble together and leak tracks that throw people off the scent, then drop something completely different come the actual day. Like, up to the last minute I wished the LCD album would feature a different mix on the final product.

sounds like they bought the Beatles box and then got 'inspired' to record a new album.

Like, up to the last minute I wished the LCD album would feature a different mix on the final product.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, July 19, 2010 3:55 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

I still wish for this.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo!"

hmmm.. where have i heard that before...

http://ring.cdandlp.com/luckystar/photo_grande/113910869.jpg

Ew.

On the extremely short list of rock stars I do NOT want to see naked, they're pretty high up.

Is Mick Jagger the single most unattractive man to ever become a sex symbol or what?

lol

I figured that was the most famous "Brown Sugar" sleeve image..

could be worse.. at least it's them in 1971

Jagger looks better now actually.

I generally like skinny dudes, but Jagger is pidgeonchested in a really really unattractive way. Combined with the toothpick arms and little girl legs, it's just... no. nononononononnoonoooo no.

Do not want.

Want even less than that terrible Cut Copy single above.

still contemplating my 'tim goldsworthy is secret ingredient / genius' theory. anybody know if he's involved with the new album?

wtf is this song?

sounds like a poor attempt to approximate psych-y era beatles/beach-boys. not a good sound for this band. not a sound anyone needs to do again. also, represents the first time i've heard anything reminding me of the beatles in years. blech. thankfully, you just don't hear the beatles anymore.

"Sounds like the beatles" usually means "sounds like Oasis" in most contexts i've heard over the past 10 years... (like when Jet tried to "sound like the beatles" but really just sounded like Oasis.. etc...)

still contemplating my 'tim goldsworthy is secret ingredient / genius' theory. anybody know if he's involved with the new album?

Don’t know anything for sure, but it seems very unlikely if they’ve been working on it in a Melbourne warehouse and not going to London. (Anyway, he didn’t have anything to do with I Thought Of Numbers or the good singles off the second album.

is disappointing in the same way the last midnight juggernauts album was for me but do like pharoahs & pyramids and sun god

I heard Cut Copy for the first time on the radio this morning. I think I heard a remix of theirs a few years ago, and I really didn't remember what they sounded like. "Need You Know" is the song I heard and I thought it was new OMD. Anyway, I think it's a pretty good song.

I like the album. This even though "So Haunted" (the verse in particular) sounds a bit too harsh to me, a bit too Killing Joke/Magazine/Wire wannabe, and even though I like those three bands, they weren't really what I expect Cut/Copy to be about.

i think the central thesis of tom b.'s pfork review (that they've become a full on dance band) is right, but it has def come at the expense of their songs qua songs. cuz this record sounds good and it sounds "right" but after the first two songs nothing sticks imo

This album isn't as disappointing as has been made out, but the live show is really lacking. "Sun God" just doesn't work as a live jam, it's too ambling and drifting to not get boring. It's a shame, I saw them touring when In Ghost Colours came out and it was one of the best gigs I've been to.

yeah i dont really get the muted response around here, unless my enthusiasm put people off or something. this is still one of the strongest releases ive heard this year, certainly in terms of songwriting (i dont know how you can say 'nothing sticks' beyond the first two songs ... the first track is the song i play back the least & 'pharoahs & pyramids" & for the last time "hanging on to every heartbeat" are great, memorable, well written & timeless tracks??) but idk maybe its the ilx sausage party thing cuz i was surprised to find on the last.fm gender chart that cut copy cut 70% female fanbase or something like that

Yeah but plenty of (male) people on here loved their last album.

yeah i dunno, the critical response elsewhere seemed pretty enthusiastic tho to this one

although, maybe the last one also was a grower for folks?

I think most people were pretty enthusiastic for In Ghost Colours right off the bat. Feels like this one was anticipated heavily and then when it came out people just stopped talking about it. I can't get into at all personally.

i still need to listen to this--was never enamored with them before but some of the enthusiasm in here got me interested

I think most people were pretty enthusiastic for In Ghost Colours right off the bat. Feels like this one was anticipated heavily and then when it came out people just stopped talking about it. I can't get into at all personally.

― Number None, Sunday, March 6, 2011 10:17 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

who are 'people'?

Nah, I've always thought they were just okay beyond a couple of singles per album.

Ppl were more enthusiastic about In Ghost Colours because it's much much better. This one feels a bit laboured and even Sun God doesn't quite take off in the way it should.

People i know, People on the internet. People.

the only thing i prefer abt it is the production does sound better w/ goldsworthy but the songwriting is still more consistent on this one imo. outside of the big singles on 'ghost colours' i dont think its nearly as good

and alfred, based on the tracks you told ppl were 'representative' of this record's sound, it doesnt sound like you've given much of a shot to the rest of this record either, like, this is representative the same way 'livin a lie' was

Heard it four times, picked my two standouts. S'all I need.

Very sorry to disappoint you.

think the problem is that you said they were representative, not that they were standouts

Fair enough. Standout tracks can be representative, but representative tracks aren't always standouts (e.g. "Sun God").

"In Ghost Colours" was also a great album, but so heavily compressed I actually have trouble listening to it. "Zonoscope" is better in that respect.

I think people who liked In Ghost Colours but aren't feeling this as much might dig the Holy Ghost! album.

Played it again, "Sun God" really does 'take off' when playing at a high volume on your headphones in a darkened room at midnight*.

* - some people may suggest that could happen with any half-decent song, but that ain't true

I think people who liked In Ghost Colours but aren't feeling this as much might dig the Holy Ghost! album.

The Holy Ghost! album is like Cut Copy with weaker songs and more cheese, all formalist replication but little inspiration, IMO.

Nowt wrong with a bit of cheese. Also, weaker songs? Couldn't sing a hook off the Cut Copy record if you payed me.

^^^these are the posts itt i cant understand whatsoever. these guys live to create hooks. i could sing these songs like the 2nd time i heard them

Last album had hooks, this one doesn't.

yeah dude i know what you meant & i think you're entirely wrong

I really wanted to like this album, just find it a chore for whatever reason. It seems kind of telling that you're one of the few people on this thread who is really enthusiastic about it. It's obviously missing something that In Ghost Colours wasn't.

whatever its missing its not 'hooks'

i still think its a much more consistent record than 'in ghost colours' but it is aiming for something different so i can see why some people might not vibe w/ it who had only a passing attachment to the last record

This is good, naturally
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2011/04/listen-carl-craig-remix-cut-copy

Like both this one and this year's effort by Architecture in Helsinki. The 80s are back with a passion. :)

The 80s are back with a passion. :)
where have you been the past 10 years?

i listened to Zonoscope for the first time last night. all i have to say is the people trashing "Where I'm Going" upthread are insane. Kaiser is otm, i thought Beach Boys almost right away. SO GOOD!

i still LOVE the first two singles

which tracks were those?

take me over & where i'm going

Take Me Over reminds me so much of Talking Heads.

I got this album for Christmas and have been listening to it nonstop in the car ever since. So good!

i hope whoever got you that gift got something very special in return!

Oh, I got her a bottle of Blanton's Special Reserve bourbon.

I was one of those who felt slightly disappointed with Zonoscope when I first heard it, with In Ghost Colours being one of my all-time favorite albums. But when I went to rate the individual songs in itunes for a playlist I created, I realized that I loved almost every song (I counted two as stinkers - one was a short instrumental, iirc).

i gave this a spin again last week, still holds up pretty well actually. (weirdly i don't find myself going back to 'in ghost colours' much these days - i still like the first one the best.)

Yeah I got it out after it placed in the EOY poll and liked most of it - still loathe that fake Beach Boys track tho.

i liked that one for... doing the dishes to. o_O

New single:

https://soundcloud.com/modularpeople/cut-copy-let-me-show-you

So it is a "cover" of K-Klass then.

Not sure it works so well without the massive piano hooks of the original

Yeah, sounds like a lark, taking the hooks and tempo out of the original.

This album is so good. It's become my go-to Cut Copy.