This album is better than LJ's faint praise indicates, I think, and the closing number "Sea Within a Sea" is pretty amazing. Interesting textures production-wise throughout, for which I suppose we can thank Geoff Barrow's input.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 7 May 2009 10:13 (fifteen years ago) link
The final track *is* amazing, yes. Not disputing that, not at all.
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 7 May 2009 10:48 (fifteen years ago) link
*REALLY* quite different from Strange House.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 7 May 2009 11:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Love the first track. It's very 'Chameleons playing Isn't Anything on acid' isn't it.
Love it so much it's taken me 2 minutes to realise that Spotify has played it a second time.
― new drone spider (j.o.n.a), Thursday, 7 May 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Really, really digging "New Ice Age", which seems to be a track not so beloved of the reviewers. It and the two long ones are the album's pinnacle imo
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 9 May 2009 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to a few tracks from Primary Colours and they're not really grabbing me at the moment. I hear the easy reference points (JD, JAMC, MBV and anything generally post-punk/goth) but it's not set fire to my ears or anything. I suppose it's nice.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 15 June 2009 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, forgot to mention Faith/Porno-era Cure. Not a bad reference point.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 15 June 2009 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm still enjoying "New Ice Age," but I can see this dropping off my "must-hear" list very swiftly.
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link