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"(think there might be a funky influence in there although it's difficult to tell whether that's second or third hand)"

not sure what you mean by this, but the drummer has long been into ukg and grime, and djs house-y stuff so it's not exactly a major leap

Snámh dá Én (missingNO), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link

same as the last one - them and paul epworth xpost

Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGbNm4pIkY

school of seven bellhops (blueski), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

This has grown on me quite a lot actually, first four or so songs in particular. Wish they'd gone for a bit more diversity of sound though.

maybe they'll make the record that cut copy was supposed to make

By the way, you know that the Holy Ghost! album is really great, right?

Matt DC, Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link

i was really excited about the FF album until i heard the first single

i like the holy ghost album, yeah

b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link

what j0rdan said, though i do see grower potential

buttwalk (electricsound), Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Fantastic performance at Reading yesterday, if the BBC coverage is anything to go by. I'd underestimated how good they are live.

6 days left to watch on iplayer

that mustardless plate (Bill A), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link

two years pass...

"Pala" is for me one of the most played records of this decade. Love the drumming, insane amount of hooks and detailed production. Definitely think it is underrated.

Lina, Monday, 17 February 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link

two years pass...

the pattern forms album is a nice little surprise. 2/3 friendly fires and jon brooks from the advisory circle.

anza808, Sunday, 23 October 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link

i saw that mcfarlane was in a new band. Is this the only thing he's done recently other than that Disclosure track a few years ago? Seems like FF are all done and dusted.

art baengels (monotony), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 05:02 (seven years ago) link

I hope not, both their albums hold up really well.

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 09:49 (seven years ago) link

one year passes...

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

I don't remember them ever sounding this much like Cut Copy but it really works and his voice sounds much better on this

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 11:56 (six years ago) link

six months pass...

new single, produced by disclosure

https://open.spotify.com/album/1m5zUaXLDZwXzLmwswrPAi

monotony, Monday, 15 October 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link

nine months pass...

they are still good

dyl, Sunday, 4 August 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link

Um, hi. This new record is banger after banger after banger and I’ve fallen in love with it on first listen. I think it’s major.

josh winters (josh), Friday, 16 August 2019 05:46 (four years ago) link

Also a major breath of fresh air via familiar sounds

josh winters (josh), Friday, 16 August 2019 05:48 (four years ago) link

yeah this is all hits

ufo, Friday, 16 August 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link

I had no idea they got back together. Looking forward to hearing this

Bee OK, Friday, 16 August 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link

this is brilliant, the first four tracks feel like an endless night out in the best way

boxedjoy, Saturday, 17 August 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link

this feels like pretty easily their best album, they've shed a lot of their indie-isms and just made a really good dance-pop album. much nicer production and he's improved a lot as a singer too, less yelpy

ufo, Sunday, 18 August 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link

Wow, excited to listen to this. The first two albums were easy to compare with other indie-dance albums of that era, but I always thought their approach to rhythm (e.g., the polyrhythms of "Jump in the Pool") made them stand out.

jaymc, Sunday, 18 August 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link

this record is straight up an 80s r&b album

Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Sunday, 18 August 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link

also theyve been listening to todd terje

Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Sunday, 18 August 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link

interested to hear this now, always liked that first record but not quite enough to Follow them

ciderpress, Sunday, 18 August 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link

more than anything this sounds like the disco-house revival that feels all over clublife in 2019, which seems odd given how long this seems to have been gestating

boxedjoy, Sunday, 18 August 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link

I’ve been listening to the record nonstop all weekend, it’s so good! It’s so nice to hear new vocals from Ed. He’s one of my favorite male singers in music today, and he’s never sounded better.

josh winters (josh), Monday, 19 August 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link

i didn't like this at all. maybe i just wasn't in the right frame of mind to listen to this or i just don't like this direction. i'm a huge fan of those first two albums but think i'm skipping this one. i will give it another go however and see if it appeals to me in the future.

Bee OK, Monday, 19 August 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link

unfriendly fires

Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Monday, 19 August 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link

this record is straight up an 80s r&b album

― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Sunday, August 18, 2019 2:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

hello

american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 01:58 (four years ago) link

I must have been in a bad mood this morning as this album did nothing for me. I read this thread at work which encouraged me to give it another go. Sounded glorious on my way home. It feels quite similar in atmosphere to the last Cut Copy album which was really underrated.

kitchen person, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link

i get george michael vibes from it. the first two tracks are the best, i'll persevere with the rest

monotony, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link

I can imagine the strobelight intensity here requiring a certain mindset to approach but it is so gloriously blissful, it gets better each time I play it

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 06:50 (four years ago) link

This is an odd one, all the right sounds in all the right places, straight out of the Tim Sweeney toolbox, but sort of emotionally enervating at the same time. It feels like looking through someone else's holiday photos.

Better songwriting would probably help.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 10:10 (four years ago) link

Also I dunno it feels like the kind of record that should have come out in 2013 but now there's been such a glut of stuff in this general vein that it feels both tired and trying too hard at the same time.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 10:12 (four years ago) link

Did the people saying they don't like it much like Pala?

piscesx, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 11:15 (four years ago) link

Pala had its moments but was mostly pretty dull iirc.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link

I really liked the debut, wasn't big on Pala, but love this

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 11:34 (four years ago) link


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