mike skinner remix of "m.o.n.e.y." is p terrible unfortunately/expectedly (?) (idk i've barely listened to the streets)
lissvik remix of "settle down" is a blast tho
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 05:28 (ten years ago) link
holy shit this is so good
― tpp, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 06:17 (ten years ago) link
2nd serve of "way out" 4 life
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 06:22 (ten years ago) link
wait, i meant "heart out"
"she way out" is the only one that isn't blowing me away rn
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 06:23 (ten years ago) link
Adding to the laundry list of comparisons in this thread, it's as if the Jacques Lu Cont remix of the Killers "Mr Brightside" had spawned a bunch've NME bands rather than frankendance/bloghouse hybrids (or, IDK, these songs are the 7" originals of JLCs extended 80s 12" expansions rather than the sow's ears they more often than not were).
Would like some explication of the accent. Anything off this likely to chart in the UK?
― etc, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 06:39 (ten years ago) link
oh i guess via setlist.fm that cute jam/lewis/blue nile song is called "heart out"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:52 PM (2 months ago)
"Robbers" has got a bit of a "Downtown Lights" vibe to it, tbh.
― etc, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 07:13 (ten years ago) link
I think "Chocolate" already charted pretty high?
IMO "She Way Out" is the first and only tune that feels a bit too generically in line with a lot of other stuff on the album, or at least it's in the dead center of whatever constellation is traced by "Chocolate", "Talk!", "Heart Out", "Settle Down" and "Girls" without having any of the distinctive features that each of those tunes has.
Funny thing is that "Chocolate" aside they'd not really done anything remotely in that vein before the album itself.
I'll be interested to see what people who get into them via the album think when they go back to tunes like "Undo", "You", "Me", "Fallingforyou", "Haunt // Bed"... none of which really sound like anything here.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 07:13 (ten years ago) link
hah the synth washes on the first track gave me a killers vibe xxp
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:24 (ten years ago) link
wait i guess that's the second track
They just remind me of Phoenix really but without Phoenix's essential shitiness.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:38 (ten years ago) link
i get a Bloc Party first album vibe off this too but all dreamy and inward instead of spiky and panicked
― imagine Brigadoons (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:42 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that too.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
that might hit the closest as to why i love this
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:05 (ten years ago) link
fuck i was gonna mention bloc party
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:05 (ten years ago) link
i'm gonna throw this out instead: hot hot heat
gareth from los camp tweeted at me that this band's lead singer's mom is on the UK version of "the view" ??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Welch
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:06 (ten years ago) link
flagging that post, dayo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhsIgnOi7hQ
fyi btw bloc party dude is probably going #1 with this soon
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:08 (ten years ago) link
jesus fucking christ the lack of shame itt
the comparison points you guys are throwing out, the actual worst music ever
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:10 (ten years ago) link
i was hoping the bloc party thing would break lex's silence
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:11 (ten years ago) link
i stan for bloc party's first two albums but i can't for the life of me understand why dance producers use him as a vocalist
the big instrumental moments on this sub focus track are pretty effective though
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:13 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Wtm1Cfn.jpg
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:13 (ten years ago) link
Original video for 'Robbers' seems really 90s indie alternative vibe. I think they recorded it as The Big Sleep, or Talk House?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlSgRz53bIM
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
i stan for bloc party's first two albums
as i said, the lack of shame is astounding
no one should stan for anything about bloc party
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:30 (ten years ago) link
anyway this 1975 guy's voice is the fucking worst, actually unlistenable. would rather hear his mother singing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:33 (ten years ago) link
acts referenced so far itt:
("prime-time") 3rd Eye BlindJames Blake ("expiring")("next gen") Matchbox TwentyMy VitriolKitchens of DistinctionPooleRobbie WilliamsA Mountain of One ("if they'd gone more pop and less pachouli")The House of LovePlaceboParamore("a slightly funkier") Blue Nile("gauzy fake") U2GlasvegasWham!("bience")Snow PatrolWang ChungFun Boy ThreeGeneral Public John MayerVampire WeekendMy Chemical RomanceThe StreetsSavage GardenThe OutfieldM83Phoenix ("but without Phoenix's essential shitiness")Bloc Party ("but all dreamy and inward instead of spiky and panicked")Hot Hot Heat
― max, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
in case no-one was aware, the limited edition includes all the eps on the second disc.
― mark e, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:50 (ten years ago) link
i agree with most of that and would add Jimmy Eat World
― max, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
that list somehow looks even worse all in one place. the actual worst music ever
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:53 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, not really the hippest set of influences there.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:53 (ten years ago) link
The cover of Chris Malinchak is also a weird move.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
Someone also mentioned John Waite and Prefab Sprout.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
max's list is making me wish i unleashed the sizable amount of r&b this record recalls for me but maybe that's more obvious/actually embedded in their pr
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:23 (ten years ago) link
(or, IDK, these songs are the 7" originals of JLCs extended 80s 12" expansions rather than the sow's ears they more often than not were)
for instance i'd say this is otm but to jlc i'd add basically any new romantic 12" and any jam/lewis 12"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:25 (ten years ago) link
the expansiveness of a 12" mix drawn back into four minutes
There's Postcard in Girls, too.
― Wantaway Striker (ithappens), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Like if Scritti Politti and U2 had been on the same side.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
oh fuck EXACTLY
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link
yeah that or this mountain dew kid cudi commericial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJGKnlIWVc
― My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link
approachin the hill (approachin the hill (approachin the hill))
― markers, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
^^ 'robbers' kinda leaves scritti politti out of the equation.
― rusty_allen, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:38 (ten years ago) link
Add The Big Pink to that list imo
― monotony, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:06 (ten years ago) link
Foals and Snow Patrol also
Oh wait, somebody beat me to the snow patrol ref.
anyway looking at that list this seems like it would be the grossest album ever but it's really not? hooks piled on to infinity. these guys were not on my radar at all, so thanks ilx!
― monotony, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link
One band that also came to my mind was the earlier stuff by The Devlins. Particularly songs like Alone in the Dark and Someone to Talk To.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
genuinely no idea if adding foals and snow patrol is 4 real or designed to make me even more allergic to them
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 09:26 (ten years ago) link
HOW you can all put up with his voice i have no idea
reminds me of the Artful Dodger in Oliver!
― iMacaroon dragoons (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 09:43 (ten years ago) link
His voice is fairly anonymous and not actively offensive but I really don't get his intonation at all, there's a bit where he sings "throw ipp on yr shizz" and I genuinely have no idea what accent he's going for.
The first Bloc Party album is a good call actually because the 80s Big Music aspect of that record is often overlooked in favour of the post-punk revivalism.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:23 (ten years ago) link
I suspect if this had come out in 2006 it would have elicited a monumental mass eyeroll.
Not sure about the production and mixing on this though, I wish there was a bit more space - what's the point of having massive 80s drums if there's no space for them to echo round?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:25 (ten years ago) link