heard the first track off of this, think it's a hit!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 October 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
"Nothing clears a room like removing a brain."
― alb indys, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
do any cartoon characters make a cameo on this one?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but not as much on his last three records though.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, October 6, 2012 5:43 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wrong
― We demand justice: who murdered Chanel? (Matt P), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
You could easily picture this in the current top ten
― Leonard Pine, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
I hope he does another solo acoustic number for the closer like the last three.
― LaMonte, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
― We demand justice: who murdered Chanel? (Matt P), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:18 PM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
really? i guess i just don't hear much humor on the recent ones--maybe a bit of it on the drift. i'd be interested to hear where you find humor in these LPs.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
There's not much humour in Tilt, is there? There's a fair bit in The Drift but it's one of the reasons i don't like the record very much - punching donkeys in Galway & donald duck voices & easily seeing this in the current top ten - it's just not my sense of humour.
― jed_, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:54 (eleven years ago) link
I only ever found those funny when they were pointed out to me as funny. Before that I just found those bits terrifying.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:08 (eleven years ago) link
I think the demonic duck on The Drift is supposed to be terrifying AND funny.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:20 (eleven years ago) link
Whereas the Rick Dees one...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
Lots of musical jokes. The tape rewinding... "Birds!" Pst pst pst pst! Pst pst pst!And you could play Xiu xiu? or "The drift"? with "This is not a cornhusk doll / dipped in blood in the moonlight / like what happened in America" or the "pee-pee soaked trousers" bit
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:47 (eleven years ago) link
Not haw haw funny but macabre and witty and definitely not 100% serious
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:49 (eleven years ago) link
Cryptic is the word for this album. Like a hall full of doors that contain keys to other doors.
Is the tape rewinding supposed to refer to something specific? I find that bit rather out of place/unexpected. The whole thing is fairly post-modern in its humour which is kind of surprising considering the canvas it's painting on.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
This time for real:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Accd9StNlYE
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
I don't want to hear it until it comes out officially, but I'm worried it'll have been discussed to death on here by then. Would a NO SPOILERS PLEASE rule be alright?
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
down already. that was quick.
― circa1916, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://youtu.be/PfrVuhD8maE
trailer's super well done. the songs sound awesome. so psyched for this.
― circa1916, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
Seems to 'rock out' a little more than The Drift, without sacrificing all the vast, nerve-wracking spaces. With all that studio footage, is it too much to hope there will be some sort of longer-form 'making-of' sort of thing eventually?
― alb indys, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
Whoa
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- it definitely 'rocks out' more. The slabs of guitar feedback aren't there for nothing.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
Can't wait for this.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
"Bish bosch" almost sounds like a genre name.
― jim, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
I predict this will be the best album to ever feature a dude scraping machetes
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Cue Richard E. Grant "he's sharpening the fucking knife..."
― you can kill things and still like them, i don't know (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 11 October 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.boerderijcampingdelinde.nl/Fotos/Biesbosch.jpg
― burt oraneg, Friday, 12 October 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
"Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights. Sorry about that."
Aaaarghh, YouTube in Germany is such a pain in the ass.
― Duke, Friday, 12 October 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
"YouTube in Germany" is my favorite Associates song btw
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 12 October 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
his url's not perfect, but that can be altered
― crisp apple morning (clouds), Friday, 12 October 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
finally got around to listening to climate of hunter. 80s production aside, this album takes my breath away. so hauntingly beautiful and mysterious, and all such adjectives. wish he made at least one other album in this vein. def looking forward to the new one.
― Spectrum, Sunday, 4 November 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
80s production aside
gtfo
― doubting tuomas (clouds), Sunday, 4 November 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
Amazon Germany has 30 second clips from each track online... they seem to be almost randomly cut but there are a few lyrical gems in there ("If shit was music, you'd be a brass band...")
http://www.amazon.de/Bish-Bosch-Walker-Scott/dp/B009CXLS4S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1352039563&sr=1-1
― alb indys, Sunday, 4 November 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
"Corps De Blah" actually fits in nicely with that fake trailer
― Lee626, Sunday, 4 November 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
huge pic, so linky here: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/387575_10152260524970265_560626555_n.jpg
― willem, Monday, 5 November 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
Desperately trying to avoid this thread before Christmas. I kind of regret watching that preview video upthread cos afaic it contains spoilers.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 5 November 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
please don't hate me but after listening to those AMAZON samples my conclusion is that if it wasnt a Scott Walker album - no one would give a shit imo
― nostormo, Monday, 5 November 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
Got a copy of this today, will report back after I have some time with it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 November 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, November 5, 2012 12:53 PM (Yesterday)
This one? (which I *still* laugh to myself about often)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=49Fdd35hZWc
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
please don't hate me but after listening to those AMAZON samples my conclusion is that if it wasnt a Scott Walker album - no one would give a shit imo― nostormo, Monday, November 5, 2012 2:45 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― nostormo, Monday, November 5, 2012 2:45 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This implies that someone other than Scott Walker is capable of making this album, which I really doubt is the case.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
two songs streaming on spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/7JtIJipLCZT7HjOGbrvvjY
― Anime Mann (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
Just came here to post that. Epizootics! -- holy shit.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
a big f u to the u k
― conrad, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md37rr3AzN1rw2gyh.gif
― Dominique, Thursday, 8 November 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
OK, listened to this album. First thing that came to mind was Robert Wyatt recording a heavy metal album. Lots of weird guitar riffage throughout, plus the usual nutty percussion (sharpening knives, etc.). Walker's voice seems a little ... higher? More histrionic? Def. a predictably intense listen, made more severe by all the repetition.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 November 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ih7KzKLLWA
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 8 November 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
That was an exhausting and fast-moving 10 minutes. Whoosh.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 8 November 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
AWESOME
― jed_, Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Love it. Great video too. Though sitting in the dark and letting the music paint its nightmare-scape in yr brain is still the only way to listen to latter-day Scott IMO.
― circa1916, Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
i think "epizootics" is my single of the year.
― lunar madness (get bent), Thursday, 8 November 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link