Last album you bought, downloaded or listened to

Justthefacts · 01-18-2017, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

I See You by The xx

ahh I know everyone here is dying for my great and correct opinion on this album so here it is:

I had said before that I found In Colour to grow stale as time went by - and I think that's because it falls through the cracks of any niche sound I want to listen to. At it's heart it's a shallow house album, and it shouldn't be a surprise my favorite tracks were the ones with guest appearances ("Seesaw" and "Stranger in a Room"), which not coincidentally are the most "xx" sounding songs on it. The rest is pretty unmemorable, which is probably not a great thing as this is more direct or forthright than The xx albums.

And as I say that I think The xx as a band have a certain shallowness to them as well. Their themes are at best vague or all-incorporating, bordering on the never-been-done-before "hey have you ever liked someone; I mean like-liked someone before?" It's not hard to find some commonality there because it can pretty much apply to anyone with a pulse. But I like both of their previous albums a lot and I think it's because the rest of their sound doesn't jar against that - it's very stark and slow and subtle. They aren't dumb, but they are unassuming. And they're great albums.

So I See You sort of seems like the middle ground between the two. In a way I feel like that's a bad strategy - to meander within different zones, but I'd probably like it less if it went closer to In Colour. It's got a bit of the same hokey near-club electronics and some out of place samples ("Say Something Loving" would be way better without that one distorted sample repeated throughout). My favorite tracks are most likely the ones that wouldn't seem out of place on their other albums ("A Violent Noise, "Replica" and "I Dare You" f.ex, but "Lips" falls into a category of its own. It has a more obvious beat and the build up almost drops, but in way that works well. The "your love, your shadow" sample might be unnecessary imo but it doesn't ruin it. If they are going to shift their sound a bit id prefer they do it that way. It's not as subdued as their earlier stuff, but it also doesn't sound like it's trying to be something it's not. It's a good mix, but the rest of the album isn't really like it. Overall I like album enough, but I don't love it like the other two. It just doesn't flow as well - each song doesn't really play off the last. But hey it's the xx and it's good and ill listen to it more for sure.

once again I am correct in my analysis thanks for reading

It's growing less on me everyday.

Great chick-fronted band I just discovered the other day. Sort of a mesh between Sleater-Kinney and Joyce Manor. Where I live, theirs tons of bands like this so I dig it.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-20-2017, 06:51 AM

the new xx release isn't bad - it just fails to make much of an impression on me. there's some cool carryover moments from jamie xx's last release, but as a whole it's just the same band i wasn't crazy about back when they broke out.

LoathsomePete · 01-20-2017, 02:59 PM

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets - The Dukes of Alhazred (2017)

The newest album from the Canadian Lovecraftian Punk rockers, one of whom I use to work with. Not quite done with my first listen, but it's already on par with their 2007 album The Shadow Out of Tim.

Justthefacts · 01-20-2017, 03:00 PM

Foxygen | Hang

Been anticipating another brilliant Foxygen release for a few years now and I think we all just got it.

**Frownland** · 01-20-2017, 03:00 PM

@Pete Didn't you also used to work with one of the guys from Bong, iirc? Or maybe that was Mojo.

LoathsomePete · 01-20-2017, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

@Pete Didn't you also used to work with one of the guys from Bong, iirc? Or maybe that was Mojo.

I don't know who Bong is, but given how many drug users I worked with at that lumberyard it's entirely plausible.

**Frownland** · 01-20-2017, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I don't know who Bong is, but given how many drug users I worked with at that lumberyard it's entirely plausible.

Then it was Mojo because he said that guy introduced him into sludge/stoner/doom metal. Bong kicks ass if you're into long droney fuzzy psychedelic stoner metal jams.

Justthefacts · 01-23-2017, 01:04 AM

Q And Not U | No Kill No Beep Beep

Early naughts post-hardcore that's getting increasingly hard not to listen too.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-23-2017, 06:28 AM

gonna listen to that right now

Tristan_Geoff · 01-23-2017, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

gonna listen to that right now

That album is sex

01-20-2017, 02:59 PM	#25183 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets - The Dukes of Alhazred (2017) The newest album from the Canadian Lovecraftian Punk rockers, one of whom I use to work with. Not quite done with my first listen, but it's already on par with their 2007 album The Shadow Out of Tim. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	@Pete Didn't you also used to work with one of the guys from Bong, iirc? Or maybe that was Mojo. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x