Were you wearing a dark grey shirt, by any chance?
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Very dark green, short sleeves, black flower pattern, could have been mistaken for grey. Far too much hair. I was looking out for you too!
― verhzleyavbtreleambreb (imago), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
Next time!
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
wait you wore a hair shirt
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
to compensate for being treated to such awesome music, probably should have
also, I think this album might just bring all of ILX together - I can't think of a single taste that would exclude it
― verhzleyavbtreleambreb (imago), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:44 (ten years ago) link
Only disappointing thing about tonight was buying the vinyl and not being able to download the MP3s until Monday :(
Otherwise it was great!
― Jill, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link
― verhzleyavbtreleambreb (imago)
Lex?
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
don't be foolish, lex will eat this shit up whole
― verhzleyavbtreleambreb (imago), Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:09 (ten years ago) link
I was going to say.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
so mad i couldn't make it. i'll have to finish off everything i ever have to do before the next time he comes around.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:18 (ten years ago) link
Goon when when when are you coming back to Aus, gah! :)
― the Bronski Review (Trayce), Thursday, 22 May 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
almost thru my NPR-sanctioned first listen... I wasn't paying attention, did he just rhyme "Percocet" with "turtleneck"?
― endzone selfie (bernard snowy), Thursday, 22 May 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
"The Riverbed" is way good, none of the other songs stuck with me except the one with the "compassion" refrain, but I'm sure that will change... in the meantime, I'm loving the complexity of the synth textures. should be plenty of fun headphone-fodder to keep me from getting bored once I know all the melodies by heart :)
― endzone selfie (bernard snowy), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Lex could go either way on this, depending on whether he finds it too precious/indie/art-school.
From memory he dislikes Patrick Wolf, who obv isn't a perfect fit but you could imagine similar objections being made to both.
― Tim F, Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
when we reviewed owen over at TSJ back c. Heartland, Lex was... Lex-ian. "all ornamentation and no substance" etc.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link
but whatever who cares because you all get to hear this album now and i can stop holding back from raving about how beautiful it is.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:15 (ten years ago) link
hell I'm still not crazy about Heartland.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
I relistened for the sake of a long review I filed a couple days ago, and it confirmed what I suspected after I heard "On a Path" for the first time: he's recording his best music now.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:18 (ten years ago) link
my standouts are probably 'Soldier's Rock', 'The Sky Behind the Flag', 'Song for Five & Six' and 'I Am Not Afraid'
but all "standouts" really means in this context is "things that have emerged as distinct musical things in my mind rather than part of the larger album" not a statement of quality? like, in a 'this would work as a single' way. and every track has perfect details and turns of phrase and melody and synth patches that get caught in my brain at unexpected moments.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
i still love Heartland a whole lot but this has the potential to overtake it in my affections.
the live band arrangements are a wholly different beast at times and filled with violence and life and destruction. (soldier's rock, especially.)
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
OMG I forgot Eno sings on this as well. This is really really good on a first listen (well exept the already released tracks ive already hammered)
― the Bronski Review (Trayce), Thursday, 22 May 2014 06:00 (ten years ago) link
London show last night was lotsa fun. Hyped to get the new LP early too :-)
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 22 May 2014 09:42 (ten years ago) link
yeah, fantastic gig last night. Could have done with Owen's vocals a tad higher in the mix imo.
― online hardman, Thursday, 22 May 2014 09:56 (ten years ago) link
So many ILXors last night :D thanks guys for coming!
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 22 May 2014 10:54 (ten years ago) link
S/O to the pilled up Spanish brothers in front of me who fist pumped for the entire duration of the gig.
― online hardman, Thursday, 22 May 2014 11:17 (ten years ago) link
also to the middle aged ladies doing interpretative fan dances near the back, was loving their work :-)
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 22 May 2014 11:48 (ten years ago) link
listened with headphones a few times (highly recommended), and currently going through my first blasting through loudspeakers listening.
the title cut is such a jam. the verses are catchier than almost all choruses, and the minimal bass lines are killer throughout
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Friday, 23 May 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
Finally got round to listening to the vinyl version of this (treated myself to the 2xLP last week). It sounds so great. I don't normally pay too much attention to that sort of thing, but I want to play this loud (but don't think my neighbours would appreciate that at this time of night...)
― Jill, Monday, 26 May 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
So I had some quick thoughts and all:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/in-conflict-20140527
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
as do I! http://www.spin.com/reviews/owen-pallett-in-conflict/
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
you can tell there was a lot of work done on making this look and sound amazing on the vinyl version - it's truly excellent
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
"The Passions" is real nice
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
THIS FUCKING ALBUM
― On-the-spot Dicespin (DJP), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
i would like to echo dan's enthusiasm as i finally listened to the record while reading the lyric sheet this afternoon
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
essentially this album is more devastating than i even initially thought
I can't remember the last time I was so excited to hear an album with the lyric sheet in hand.
― Funk autocorrect (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
not since I heard Discreet Music.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
this is greatthe only recent album that it kind of reminds me of is these new puritansjust in terms of balancing indie rock songwriting and odd modern classical arrangements and compositionwhich i mean as a compliment! i love TNP and this is greatbut if you guys don't agree i will retract my statement instead of argue
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
this isn't really chilly though, it's more emotionalTNP is kind of chilly like Talk Talk (in feel)
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
Just got my vinyl through the post. Domino did well getting it here on the day of release. It looks beautiful and is sounding fantastic. Have only listened to the NPR stream once, wanted to wait until I got my actual copy to hear it again.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
the albums i associate most with it so far don't resemble it musically but maybe formally? so i get the tnp comparison. for instance, maybe because owen's been talking about tori a lot, i've been thinking of this record in conjunction with under the pink, this really expansive vision fit into these skewed pop songs. or shiina ringo's karuki samen no kuri hana which is a similar kind of interior pop with gorgeous diversions
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
shiina ringo comparison is crazily apt, great pick-up
― English cunt read Guardian (imago), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
solid nyt review todayi feel like this is the one that dude rides to HIPSTER STATUS and yay
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
And here's his fancy new site:
http://www.owenpalletteternal.com/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
Apparently In Conflict is 50 minutes and 90 seconds long, lol
― English cunt read Guardian (imago), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
As I said elsewhere in strict resemblance terms the album I'm reminded of most is Coloma's Finery.
But I really feel Brad's Under The Pink comparison. "Pretty Good Year" totally fits the narrative except it's in second/third person rather than first. Also "The Riverbed" = "Cornflake Girl" / "The Passions" = "Icicle".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 01:48 (ten years ago) link
I'm only fairly familiar with Amos's work but for me I'm hearing a fair bit of Hounds of Love in here - especially in the way the string and orchestral arrangements meet with the synth-led stuff.
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 08:16 (ten years ago) link
btw not that i necessarily need to compare owen's great, individual record to even more things but imo this year's analogue for this record is meshell ndegeocello's
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 13:07 (ten years ago) link
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Tuesday, May 27, 2014 12:05 PM (11 hours ago)
it's such a sad song, isn't it? I was at his Boston show, and he announced it as "a friendly reminder that death is hanging over us" or something to that effect. the lyrics aren't particularly depressing (bittersweet nostalgia + Smiths) but his delivery is so mournful that it's hard not to want to parse it for darker subtexts. it's chilling the way it glides so seamlessly from synth to string section and back again.
― tao lin wolf (unregistered), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 13:29 (ten years ago) link
I wish one person would step into this thread and trash this album to dispel the appearance of sycophantism. this lovefest is really getting out of hand!
(but I think this album is great so idk)
― tao lin wolf (unregistered), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 14:03 (ten years ago) link