autre ne veut

i think this might be where whiney turns a corner on lol altered bonerz tri△ngle r△p slash hypnogogic hipstamatic r&b slash SKREETS IS WATCHING SALEM LIVE AT GL△SSL△NDS interloper how to stress well /// ayo hauntology /// music

cause dude can actually sing

peace out

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The guy has done some good stuff: Counting, Sweetheart, that Vaporware thing with Bee Mask, there was one track off the s/t album I particularly liked but I can't remember which it was. Still feel he needs to level up and rebalance the style/substance ratio.

Is the guy with counterpart EP to No Love Deep Webb?

r△p g△me usic

mexican waterloo

Think this was my favourite song on the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnvwHkrFdz8

His style hasn't changed much since then, but "Counting" is def the best thing he's done imo.

"Counting" bowled me over yesterday.

first album was good, "counting" his best tune yet. really high hopes for this.

Debut album is my favorite album of the decade so far. Was completely won over from the acapella break in Tell Me. Two Days of Rain, Drama Cum Drama, OMG, Demoneyez, pop masterpiece after pop masterpiece. The EP was fine as well, really looking forward to the new album. The dude can SING, and yet he's not afraid to obscure his voice with filters and effects when it works (like in that video above from 3:20-3:25. LOVE that detail)

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

...And here we have "Play by Play."

It'll take some time to digest, but right now it's hard to tell if this beats "Counting."

It doesn't have the complexity, but the second half of the song really brings home the euphoria.

this thread has probably the worst opening post in ilm history

After the first listen, I want so bad to shout along to that chorus with a room full of strangerS.

.......PLAY BY PLAY BY PLAY, DON'T EVER LEAVE ME ALONE!
.......PLAY BY PLAY BY PLAY, DON'T EVER LEAVE ME ALONE!
.......PLAY BY PLAY BY PLAY, DON'T EVER LEAVE ME ALONE!
.......PLAY BY PLAY BY PLAY, DON'T EVER LEAVE ME ALONE!

Here's hoping that other people at his live shows feel the same way.

Doesn't have Counting's instant impact but time will tell I guess.

Play by play and counting are track 1 and 2 on the new record. I think we've found the 1-2 punch of the year already.

Yeah, both tracks are killer imo.

i like both tracks a lot but they're a little messy. the mykki blanco verse on "counting" is so unnecessary. this one has... like... too much going on.

there are some moments where it hints at a really great epic ballad type song. there's this fantastic buildup around the 2 minute mark that makes me think of the huge moments leading up the "climax" bridge. but then it just gets muddled. i would have liked for the chorus to be more, like, triumphant.

i would actually say that this song is more ~~complex~~ than "counting", but that's not necessarily a good thing. i like the pop appeal of counting. "play by play" tries for too much imo

seriously this new song

the first half seems frantic, as if he's standing over a cauldron throwing ingredients in it almost at random, and then suddenly by 2:40 or whatever he's created a concoction of wondrous ecstacy

"I just call you up to get that play by play, by play, by play..." has evicted random Ima Read lyrics as the lines that swirl around in my head every morning..."Play By Play" has definitely grown on my but I think it starts to drag after three minutes or so when it goes into the extended "play by play..." part.

I think it starts to drag after three minutes or so when it goes into the extended "play by play..." part.

nooooo this is the best bit! it's like turning a corner into a vast amazing expanse after navigating the choppiness of the first few minutes. a rewarding climax

Dunno, I think his strength lies in the smoke and mirrors stuff - the build from around 2:00 to 3:00 is my favourite minute of music so far this year. But after the big reveal/release he goes all in on one single big pop move and I don't think the hook is strong enough to bear two minutes of repetition.

I don't think the hook is strong enough to bear two minutes of repetition.

I've only played it a couple times to date, but the repeating hook worked like a charm for me. Get back to me after I've heard it another 10 or 20 times.

fair enough, you guys win :-)

i like both tracks a lot but they're a little messy. the mykki blanco verse on "counting" is so unnecessary

Agreed. The album uses the version without her, iirc.

this is the shit

i'm having trouble really getting into this... idk it doesn't feel "earned" to me

that could be BS tho, admittedly

not feeling "counting" as much but "play by play" hook is classic

this thread has probably the worst opening post in ilm history

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:04 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I like "how to stress well"

Leaked. Album is giving me warm fuzzies.

been listening to this on and off all day, im diggin it a lot

a bunch of really good sounds on this record but it seems like a bit of a mess overall - like there's too much going on and his solution to stuff not quite working is to pile more stuff in

some of the songs are soooooo aimless as well

what is this "world war" shit

Well 'too much going on' is one of the defining characteristics of autre ne veut, and definitely one of the things I love most about him. As is messiness, soundwise, emotionally, etc. If anything, there is too little going on on a few of the tracks, imo. But it's great, all in all.

I'm not sure if I have a very technical explanation for myself, but I don't think he's a very good singer. The comparisons I saw on the track review on Pitchfork to Usher and Prince seemed wild and outlandish to me. I think that Tom Krell from How to dress well sings circles around him, and that guy's certainly no Prince. The production is certainly more witch housey and interesting than the Body EP's, but his singing is very distracting for me.

I really like how he uses his voice on a track like Gonna Die. The distorted backing voices and the reverb, the way voices cut in and out, his crazy falsetto in the end.

But nothing is as great as Play by Play.

too bad about this guy putting his two bangers 1-2

i don't think "bangers" is the word you meant

well i don't even think those songs are all that but they definitely tower over the rest of the album

I probably concur but they're still not BANGERS

the chorus of 'Play By Play' bangs

def

this stuff u_u

too bad about this guy putting his two bangers 1-2

does this really matter in 2013?

It does if you were expecting more songs rivaling the first two in greatness. It's a good album, but those two songs are clearly the high points.

does this really matter in 2013?

― queeple qua queeple (Jordan), Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:02 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

i dunno. it matters in any year where you're listening to an album front to back.

i mean, it matters to me, but i'm old.

trying to figure out why this record feels sort of oppressive and busy even in moments of relative sparseness...i think it's the way he sings + aggressive mastering.

yeah otm about the mastering

he can sing but it's pretty one-dimensional, kinda like the stereotype of what ~the emotional r&b voice~ is applied to every line of every song

i don't really like the concept of moments being "earned" but there's something about the structure of "play by play" that bothers me. the main hook that he repeats for 3 minutes is pretty great but it just feels like he blasts there really early without trying to properly build to it. for a track that's supposed to hit like i assume he wants it to, it feels very pro-forma.

the main hook that he repeats for 3 minutes is pretty great but it just feels like he blasts there really early without trying to properly build to it

^also a very 2013 mentality?

it's sort of like he knew the answers to the test but didn't show his work

Haha great analogy

omg this guy is so super terrible i can't believe it. its a fucking episode of glee. his music should be banned immediately.

glee comparison = he harmonizes?

yes sufjan

"ego free/sex free" is great. "play by play" is much better live.

i wonder if some people are reacting against the production occupying a middle ground between more witchy stuff and actual radio gloss, without slotting comfortably into either.

This should have been an EP, or better sequenced. By the end of the 4th song I was exhausted already and went back to Devotion.

coming around to this a bit

"ego free sex free" is the jam

been really into 'promises'

i'm gonna lose my hearing playing this song

lol @ the nsfw background of the youtube for ego free sex free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjUQyU3esHI

Yeah, ego free sex free has been my jam from this all week.

yeah i've basically come around to this after being lukewarm to it at first and loving the album a lot

such a busy sound to this record, like Glass Swords with melisma

HE'S PLAYING IN COPENHAGEN ON 4/23, AND I'LL BE THERE!!!! HELL YEAH!!!

I'm excited. God, I can't wait to shout along to Play by Play.

yeah i think this is pretty good! i do wish it was a little less busy and more patiently/normally structured. but that's what i thought about ford & lopatin's "channel pressure" at first and i ended up loving the shit out of that

i love the opening post too

really like this

welcome

first post of this thread only makes the vaguest amount of sense to me. is this witch house?

sorry, only makes vague sense

i think the main takeaway from first post is its released on sacred bones label whose logo is a triangle

lol @ ayo hauntology

right. we dont like triangles, because of salem, or tumblr, or whatever

you should be more concerned if the first post of this thread makes complete and total sense to you.

lol

http://i46.tinypic.com/14udeeh.jpg

I like triangles, and this album.

i don't understand what this guy has to do with salem. reviving this thread to say that he is great. the best thing he's done is still the song sweetheart. i listened to that on repeat one day in fall 2011 while sitting in the public library because it made me feel like things were going to change; that i was on the precipice of a new beginning in my life. this turned out to not be true, but still, classic track: exhilarating, soulful, a unique twist on dreampop i think. the pulsing, swirling, synth background noise reminds me of my bloody valentine because it creates an effect that it manages to be expansive and claustrophobic at the same time. i want to sing along with it in the car but i can't, really.

Can't stop going back to this album.

New album coming october. First song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzFnojEjjiU

so this album rules

on & on reprise as the first track is fuckin enlightened imo

oh yeah I should listen to this

this shit is either going to soundtrack my next emotional breakdown or induce it

this is pretty cool

the last song is so massive and awesome. this is one of the more confrontational albums i've heard in a minute

The title track is exceptional.

He's back!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBA8L_zSZVE

New song is just... Okay. Doesn't feel like he's made any progress in the last seven years.

Loved his 2013 album though.

i just listened to "ego free sex free" and "play by play" for the first time since this thread was active nine years ago and i still like the former and not the latter

anxiety is a near perfect album, something very special about it

new song is fine, glad to have him back at least

This guy's thing feels very...of a time

new track ahead of a new album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJ-VcZllMQ