Love or Hate?

YorkeDaddy · 07-10-2015, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Elliott Smith - Figure 8

He's heard XO and wasn't particularly impressed (to my dismay v_v)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plainview

Third time lucky: Nuclear War - Sun Ra. Think it's on Spotify and Youtube but let me know if not.

Lol Sun Ra for Trollheart? Dear god...

Machine · 07-10-2015, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

He's already got a Tool rec on the list (Lateralus), so you'll have to pick something else.

**** yeah I just saw that.

Trollheart · 07-10-2015, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

He's already got a Tool rec on the list (Lateralus), so you'll have to pick something else.

Not sure what this means: he wasn't reccing Tool was he?

Quote:

Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

He's heard XO and wasn't particularly impressed (to my dismay v_v)
Yes but it wasn't in this thread so that's okay; I'll accept the rec. Second time lucky?

Lol Sun Ra for Trollheart? Dear god...

Yes but it wasn't in this thread so that's okay; I'll accept the rec. Second time lucky?

Machine · 07-10-2015, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Not sure what this means: he wasn't reccing Tool was he?

Yes but it wasn't in this thread so that's okay; I'll accept the rec. Second time lucky?

I was, but I changed it.

Trollheart · 07-10-2015, 02:08 PM

Title: The Three Calamities
Artiste: Switchblade Symphony
Genre: Darkwave, Trip-hop
Familiarity: Zero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Calamities

Track 1(Love) Good start; kind of dark synthy, laidback but with a sense of menace in it
Track 2(Love) Another slow one; horns-style synth, quite dark in tone too
Track 3(Love) Kind of a bit heavier. Starts sort of urban then goes a little more rocky/new-wave. Weird. But a good weird.
Track 4(White) Certainly a great voice but I'm becoming just a little bored. This has a nice sort of progressive edge to it.
Track 5 This one's okay. Just okay. I'm beginning to lose interest
Track 6(Love) This is different. Instrumental, other than some spoken stuff in a foreign language running over the music. Nice cello.
Track 7(Love) More uptempo; album kind of needed a bit of a kick up the arse anyway. This is better.
Track 8(Love) his goes back to the kind of dour, morose synthy darkwave whatever this is. Good though.
Track 9(Love) This has a very interesting opening; sprinkling bells then a sort of tinny vocal with long-spaced out drumbeats. Different. Way too long though.
Track 10(Love) This has a bit more life in it. Horns, too.
Track 11(Love) Decent closer, though we're back to kind of slow and sombre again. Interesting ending.

End result: Maybe it was just the wrong time, but I found it very hard to get into this album. I've no doubt it's well played and sung, but much of it sounded similar to me and I kind of gave up caring about halfway through. I might like it more after a few listens, but sure, when is that ever likely to happen?

So, Love or Hate? For now, it's another cautious Love

TechnicLePanther · 07-10-2015, 05:50 PM

Forget about this.

TechnicLePanther · 07-10-2015, 06:58 PM

And this too.

Plainview · 07-10-2015, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

He's heard XO and wasn't particularly impressed (to my dismay v_v)

Lol Sun Ra for Trollheart? Dear god...

It's slightly easier listening as an album, pretty smooth, and Nuclear War is such a tune so I want him to listen to it for that reason alone.

Trollheart · 07-10-2015, 07:29 PM

Okay, you guys may not have noticed, or you may, but I've been less interested in this thread over the last few days. It's become less like fun and more like work, so once again I've overstretched myself. Time to cool it for a while.

After listening to almost 150 albums I think I've earned a break, so I'm taking one. The thread will remain open and active as you want it to be, I'll continue to take recs and respond to posts. The only difference is that there will be NO more reviews for a little while, as I endeavour to lift this once again self-imposed pressure off myself.

To be honest, when I floated this idea I had no idea it would catch on and be so popular, and I'm grateful for your interest and input, but if I keep on like I am at the moment my own enthusiasm is going to continue to decrease and I'm going to end up hating this. The last few albums have been reviewed almost with a glazed expression by me --- you can probably tell from the reviews --- and I really can muster little or any enthusiasm for reviewing more. It's therefore unfair to those who bothered to suggest albums, to the rest of you and to myself to continue like this.

I can't say how long I'll take off; I may review albums without posting them, to relieve some of the pressure on me, or I may not. But keep reccing and I'll keep adding them. Just don't expect to see reviews any time soon.

Apologies to those who have been waiting for their albums to be dealt with, but I feel this is the point at which I have to take a break, or else things will just get worse.

Hope you all understand.
Thanks
TH

TechnicLePanther · 07-10-2015, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

-snip-

Got it.
Alright guys, time to jump on the Trollheart hate bandwagon! Newly refurbished with more reasons to hate TH!

07-10-2015, 02:08 PM	#1395 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Title: The Three Calamities Artiste: Switchblade Symphony Genre: Darkwave, Trip-hop Familiarity: Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Calamities Track 1(Love) Good start; kind of dark synthy, laidback but with a sense of menace in it Track 2(Love) Another slow one; horns-style synth, quite dark in tone too Track 3(Love) Kind of a bit heavier. Starts sort of urban then goes a little more rocky/new-wave. Weird. But a good weird. Track 4(White) Certainly a great voice but I'm becoming just a little bored. This has a nice sort of progressive edge to it. Track 5 This one's okay. Just okay. I'm beginning to lose interest Track 6(Love) This is different. Instrumental, other than some spoken stuff in a foreign language running over the music. Nice cello. Track 7(Love) More uptempo; album kind of needed a bit of a kick up the arse anyway. This is better. Track 8(Love) his goes back to the kind of dour, morose synthy darkwave whatever this is. Good though. Track 9(Love) This has a very interesting opening; sprinkling bells then a sort of tinny vocal with long-spaced out drumbeats. Different. Way too long though. Track 10(Love) This has a bit more life in it. Horns, too. Track 11(Love) Decent closer, though we're back to kind of slow and sombre again. Interesting ending. End result: Maybe it was just the wrong time, but I found it very hard to get into this album. I've no doubt it's well played and sung, but much of it sounded similar to me and I kind of gave up caring about halfway through. I might like it more after a few listens, but sure, when is that ever likely to happen? So, Love or Hate? For now, it's another cautious Love __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-10-2015, 05:50 PM	#1396 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Forget about this. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough. Last edited by TechnicLePanther; 07-17-2015 at 12:56 PM.

07-10-2015, 06:58 PM	#1397 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	And this too. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough. Last edited by TechnicLePanther; 07-17-2015 at 12:56 PM.

07-10-2015, 07:29 PM	#1399 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Okay, you guys may not have noticed, or you may, but I've been less interested in this thread over the last few days. It's become less like fun and more like work, so once again I've overstretched myself. Time to cool it for a while. After listening to almost 150 albums I think I've earned a break, so I'm taking one. The thread will remain open and active as you want it to be, I'll continue to take recs and respond to posts. The only difference is that there will be NO more reviews for a little while, as I endeavour to lift this once again self-imposed pressure off myself. To be honest, when I floated this idea I had no idea it would catch on and be so popular, and I'm grateful for your interest and input, but if I keep on like I am at the moment my own enthusiasm is going to continue to decrease and I'm going to end up hating this. The last few albums have been reviewed almost with a glazed expression by me --- you can probably tell from the reviews --- and I really can muster little or any enthusiasm for reviewing more. It's therefore unfair to those who bothered to suggest albums, to the rest of you and to myself to continue like this. I can't say how long I'll take off; I may review albums without posting them, to relieve some of the pressure on me, or I may not. But keep reccing and I'll keep adding them. Just don't expect to see reviews any time soon. Apologies to those who have been waiting for their albums to be dealt with, but I feel this is the point at which I have to take a break, or else things will just get worse. Hope you all understand. Thanks TH __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018