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07-07-2015, 02:44 PM | #1281 (permalink) | |
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I was going to say I agreed earlier, but I didn't want to spoil this.
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07-07-2015, 02:49 PM | #1282 (permalink) |
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In fairness, I owe a lot of that Love to Portishead. Had it not been for them making me want to open my veins (except I wouldn't be so presumptuous as to deprive the world of me) I might not have liked it so much. Honestly, after that, I would probably have given Merzbow some Love. Or even you. Although, let's not go mad here....
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07-07-2015, 02:52 PM | #1283 (permalink) | |
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07-07-2015, 02:57 PM | #1286 (permalink) |
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Batlord speaks the truth, Symbolic is something else and ****ing brilliant to boot.
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07-07-2015, 06:18 PM | #1287 (permalink) |
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Title: The Monitor Artiste: Titus Andronicus Genre: Punk (thanks man!) Familiarity: Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monitor_(album) Track 1(Love) Starts off with Lincoln's address and then kicks into a high-energy riff that I have to admit is pretty infectious, even nodding back to Springsteen's classic. Slows down about halfway with a very celtic guitar riff, almost a reel, picks up again then near the end. Yeah, pretty damn good I must say. Track 2(Love) Kind of like a carryover from the opener. Like this. Track 3(Love) Yeah, really like this one too. Track 4(Love) Sort of a mixture of punk, Country and Irish trad! Track 5(Love) Hmm. Previous track flows right into this one on a humming guitar. Slow, laidback start then turning powerful and punchy, though still slow. Like this a lot. But then, so far I've pretty much loved everything here. Picking up in speed now, still pretty damn good. Great piano. And cello? Track 6(Love) Another one that starts off slow, with nice guitar and synth Track 7(Love) Great fiddle on this; love the energy. A real bitter drinking song. Track 8(Love) Like a Country ballad; piano is great, so is the female vocal. Fantastic song, wonderful instrumental passage. Track 9(Love) Reprise really of the second track. Still great. Love the sax. Track 10(Love) Just a great closer; love how he gets angrier as it goes on. Fourteen minutes of this should be hard to pull off. It's not. Hell, even the hated bagpipes can't ruin it for me! End result: Another surprise. I didn't know what to expect, but I didn't expect this. Props to jtf! So, Love or Hate? Has to be a Love. Chances of a full review: 6/10
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07-08-2015, 12:24 PM | #1288 (permalink) |
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Title: This is happening Artiste: LCD Soundsystem Genre: Dance-punk? Familiarity: Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_I...#Track_listing Track 1(Love) Very low-key start, laidback with a sort of tinny vocal and fairly minimal instrumentation. Okay, just took me by surprise there, blasting out a big drumbeat and thick synth. Yeah, that was pretty ok. Track 2(Love) This is more what I think of as punk, without too much aggression though. Track 3(Love) And this is more synthy, new-wave, dancy. Pretty hypnotic. Reminds of the HL. Overlong though at seven minutes, does not need to be that long. Track 4(Love) Ooh I really like the melody in this one. Very catchy. Mind you, the off-key synth runs near the end are quite annoying, like interference or video game noise. No idea why they have to be there. Track 5(Love) Another new-wavey tune. Quite nice. Track 6(Love) Soft little oriental start to this. Lyric is very clever, obviously directed at their label. Very reminiscent of The Cars. Track 7(Love) Interesting spoken vocal, reminds me of Talking Heads Track 8(Love) Sort of a slow shuffle, some great piano and horns Track 9(Love) Nice uptempo synthy/dance pop track End result: I'm struggling to see the punk element here, other than the rather frenetic second track. Very enjoyable all around, nothing bad to say. Hey! Does this make me a hipster now? Yeah, right... So, Love or Hate? This is a Love Chances of a full review: 3/10
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