Avicii - True

discovery for the edm era, with some artisnal country thrown in for whatever reason. more songs as good as the actual discovery than you'd think.

i really, really like this album.

"lay me down" is incredible

"wake me up" is horrific

"lay me down" is ridic good, as is "dear boy"

the antony cover is really dreadful tho

yeah what in the world is the point of that

"Swamp Thing" by The Grid >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Wake Me Up"

i cannot stand wake me up, one of the worst things of the year imo. but i didn't mind levels nor silhouettes, anything as good as those here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z1AJxnkq_A

so far I am surprisingly into "Hey Brother"

"hey brother" is good but makes me think of buster bluth every time :-(

This is fantastic. Have liked his stuff since Bromance but wasn't expecting such a good album.

i like the vocal version of bromance

"Canyons" rules so hard

disappointed in this album based on this thread :(

better than random access memories though

and it certainly has its moments, like "lay me down"

could do with fewer straining dude vox and more trashy synths

like it's just not trashy enough, the music does not wear seriousness well

okay the strings on "heart upon my sleeve" may have elicited a 180 for me, woooooooooo

*rave hands at my desk at 10am*

oh my the wub-wub drop, "heart upon my sleeve" is THE ONE

why are all the vocalists uncredited -_-

heartily salute this thread first and foremost

not quite head over heels for this in the end but it is pretty impressive i must say

i'm thinking (or thoroughly prefer to be thinking) rudimental for truckers rather than dp

then again i haven't heard ram so who knows

'heart upon my sleeve' sounds like brainbug 'nightmare'! i love that tune :)

'shame on me' sounds (a bit) like yello 'the race'! i hate that tune :(

lmao "rudimental for truckers" might be the GOAT rtc description

'heart upon my sleeve' sounds like brainbug 'nightmare'! i love that tune :)

haha yes, must check out immediately!!

i think i'm allergic to this guy

I've only heard the track with the banjo-ish intro, but that was the most repulsive thing I can remember hearing for quite some time. Maybe I don't like fun?

character-building imo

wake me up is the worst shit ever, and as such, drives terrible club crowds wild

^^^

There was some Avicii song I liked years ago.

Finally, somebody taking on the hard targets

is that the country-EDM song?

yes, it's fucking unavoidable.

i sort of appreciate it as a genre experiment, but god, it's just a nauseating song

"Wake Me Up" is rapidly approaching the undiscovered territories of my hate for music, as possibly the only song I would rather not hear instead of McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime." The lyrics are the worst kind of faux-reflective pablum about "life," practically dialed in to make people between 17 and 22 feel like stuff is important, man; the melody, or whatever you call it, is not only trite, it resolves itself every 2 bars and then just starts over EXACTLY THE SAME EVERY TIME. Nobody could even be bothered to suggest moving the cutoff filter or any other weak EDM cliche, just that classic "free ringtone" sound. Never mind the fact that the guitar and choice of vocal style strike me as simultaneously clueless and shameless cultural appropriation, because on one level Avicii is just a simpleton who had no idea what he was doing, and on the other level, the most cynical of pop pushers knew exactly what he's doing and hailed it as brilliant.

There's really no chord progression at all, the beat is weak, there's no tension at any point in the arrangement, and it's ALWAYS PLAYING IN EVERY STORE.

The only solution is to move all the land-dwelling animals and seed stores to a temporary shelter on the moon, release the zombie pathogens, give our shambling corpses a couple of months to die (a second time) from dehydration, and then bring back the rest of the biomass via some kind of robot rocket ark system. We have the technology.

If I have to run over to CVS for dishwasher pods and they're just playing something from No Jacket Required it's such a relief, it really is

i love 'wake me up'

To each his own. But people like you are why we all deserve to be cannibalized by undead versions of our loved ones.

Found dead today in Oman. He was 28.

usque ad aras

Shit!

damn, that's sad

beginning of this thread must be ilm at its absolute poptimist peak

jesus

wonder how mike posner feels about this

i had totally forgotten about this thread & but i was really into this album for a time. running it back now and the songs highlighted here still hold up & sound even better now that EDM has shed a lot of its maximalism

"Levels" is an all-time feel-good track. I'll always be flooded with joyful memories of nights out when I hear it; really captures blockbuster 2010s EDM at its brightest

RIP

He was always underrated (and even shit on) by a certain subset of dance music fans which was disappointing since his output was so reliably good.

And Levels is a HOF worthy anthem.

It is! And hope it wouldn't take his death for anyone to acknowledge it.
I feel like we need a thread where we can share mainstream EDM that we sincerely enjoy

RIP

I don't expect anyone to enjoy it, but he had a hand in writing and producing this Madonna jam, one of her last good jams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yx-E-xG4kU

You can see how genuine my love was for @avicii. Here's how we met and our relationship developed. #RIPAvicii my little brohttps://t.co/JWENohPxQv

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) April 20, 2018

i remember walking to a party with some friends one night and passing a frat house that was blasting "seek bromance". bless him for making a diva house tune that was palatable to the frat bro contingent.

this is 150% this generations kurt cobain imo

More like when the guy from Sublime died.

Damn, that's sad. 'You Make Me' is all-time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb5VOQexMBU

I thought Lil Peep was this generations Kurt Cobain.

My position on WMU still stands. But RIP

Yerac kinda OTM

Ugh both the Nirvana and Sublime comparison are gross and have no connection to him

please don’t

^

That video with Nile is sweet

rest in peace. i have a v fond memory of crazydancing to 'wake me up' and 'hey brother' with a friend at a wedding a few years ago

I like this Emily Yoshida piece.

http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/avicii-and-edms-promise-of-post-recessional-excess.html

Moka is otm

that last graf is a bit... naive about current pop trends

very sad
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/avicii-died-from-apparent-suicide-w519578

Bergling spoke repeatedly about his struggles with mental health, specifically his anxiety and alcoholism, to those around him, the press, and his fans. He was candid about how his alcoholism stemmed from his anxiety about performing. The only way he was able to go on stage in front of thousands of people, night after night, was by drinking—which, coupled with a punishing touring schedule, rapidly devolved into a serious alcohol problem.

As Avicii is in the middle of the Australian leg of a world tour, he discharges himself from hospital, against medical advice. The cameras follow a whey-coloured Bergling as he drifts in and out of consciousness in the back of an SUV. Besides him, a ghoulish aide schedules a radio interview. Watching it back now, I feel as disturbed as I do watching Jim’ll Fix It reruns, Saville’s hand creeping up some child’s skirt: how could anyone not have understood this was wrong? Why did no one intervene to help?

After his health scares, he’s adamant that the touring needs to stop. Problem is, no-one’s listening. In one scene, a gaunt-faced Bergling slumps in his chair while his entourage discuss ploughing ahead with his planned shows. “I feel like at this point, it will be easier to go ahead with the shows then cancel them,” a lackey volunteers. “Not for me,” Bergling interjects. In another incident Bergling finally loses his shit, after finding out his booking agent hasn’t cancelled a festival appearance despite being asked to do so more than a month ago. At every stage, Bergling’s entourage tries to dissuade him from cancelling shows.

http://mixmag.net/feature/the-music-industry-should-be-held-accountable-for-aviciis-death-heres-why