The Avalanches

Grotesque Head · 08-24-2009, 12:48 PM

I agree with that. I do like the album, but I don't often listen to it in it's entirety.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-24-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by trace87

whens the last time you gave them a listen?

About 3 weeks ago, My local radio station played Frontier Psychiatrist. To be honest I found myself cringing that i'd bought this record.
Thats nothing against the band i'd say the same for DJ Shadow, Lemon Jelly or any other band who did this kind of stuff too. I used to like it, but listening to it around a decade or so later I just find all that cut & paste stuff a bit cheap & naff these days.

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Originally Posted by mr dave

but every now and again it's fun to dust off an old disc like that for a little run around memory lane.

Of course it is, I won't argue with you there.

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Since I Left You has all the ingredients of something I would like, but it did surprisingly little for me. I think I tired of it before the album came to an end, which has kept me from going back to it. If it were more condensed it might feel more solid and get repeat listens. I just felt like it was too long with too much of the same.

I think it's something very much of it's time. I thought that this album was the perfect description of bubblegum music. You chew on it a bit until it loses it's flavor, then you spit it out & move on to something else.
Which funnily enough is exactly what I did with this album.

mr dave · 08-25-2009, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

About 3 weeks ago, My local radio station played Frontier Psychiatrist. To be honest I found myself cringing that i'd bought this record. Thats nothing against the band i'd say the same for DJ Shadow, Lemon Jelly or any other band who did this kind of stuff too. I used to like it, but listening to it around a decade or so later I just find all that cut & paste stuff a bit cheap & naff these days.

fair enough. i find i have to be in the right mood for cut & paste discs. personally it's the big beat electronica of the 90s that makes me cringe more than the stuff you mention. the prodigy / crystal method / chemical brothers *shudders* hahaha

jackhammer · 08-27-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I find a lot of that cut & paste type of stuff dates really badly.

They were entertaining for a few minutes in 2001 but that's about it.

I agree. I don't think I have heard the album in years and despite some odd gems, the album was largely forgettable.

scottsy · 08-23-2009, 12:26 AM

I absolutely LOVED Since I left You, and thought it was anamazing sampling feat, and would have taken painstaking sorting to get that thing legal... but still it sounds so freaking awesome as a finished package... so they're new album is supposedly coming out soon?
Ya know I thought they'd never make another album, considering the headaches and hurdles they had to confront... there's been talk of a new Avalances album for a long, long time, but if the rumour is correct we might be finally seeing it come to fruition and that would be amazing!

scottsy · 08-23-2009, 12:42 AM

SINCE i left You is infintely interesting in my opinion... everytime I listen to it I hear some new layer or some new sound... that thing is a sonic delight.... always well worth a repeated listen...

clutnuckle · 01-31-2010, 02:13 PM

Since I Left You is some sort of clash between the best grooves and melodies ever. It's brilliant, and to think I discover it 10 years later...

scottsy · 08-23-2009, 09:54 PM

That's why I enjoy listening to Since I left you...its so laid back relaxed, yet the vast array of sounds :/ recording / samples is simply mind bending...

Grotesque Head · 08-24-2009, 10:49 AM

I bought this album a few years ago (though I first heard tracks from it around the time it was released). Pretty good album I think.

Piss Me Off · 08-24-2009, 03:33 PM

Very good, though as far as cut and paste mix albums go i wouldn't say they're the main honchos for me, compared to DJ Shadow and right now J Dilla's Donuts album. Radio is a brilliant song though.

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scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	I absolutely LOVED Since I left You, and thought it was anamazing sampling feat, and would have taken painstaking sorting to get that thing legal... but still it sounds so freaking awesome as a finished package... so they're new album is supposedly coming out soon? Ya know I thought they'd never make another album, considering the headaches and hurdles they had to confront... there's been talk of a new Avalances album for a long, long time, but if the rumour is correct we might be finally seeing it come to fruition and that would be amazing! __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

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scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	SINCE i left You is infintely interesting in my opinion... everytime I listen to it I hear some new layer or some new sound... that thing is a sonic delight.... always well worth a repeated listen... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

08-23-2009, 09:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	That's why I enjoy listening to Since I left you...its so laid back relaxed, yet the vast array of sounds :/ recording / samples is simply mind bending... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

08-24-2009, 10:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
Grotesque Head Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Posts: 121	I bought this album a few years ago (though I first heard tracks from it around the time it was released). Pretty good album I think. __________________ Last.FM

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clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	Since I Left You is some sort of clash between the best grooves and melodies ever. It's brilliant, and to think I discover it 10 years later...

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Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Very good, though as far as cut and paste mix albums go i wouldn't say they're the main honchos for me, compared to DJ Shadow and right now J Dilla's Donuts album. Radio is a brilliant song though. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape