Let's anticipate the monument of 2007, Battles "Mirrored"

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It might not be out for a couple of months but since the whole thing is finished (for what I understand) it should probably leak soon and this is where we will revel in it.

The EP's collection blew me away completely and it's interesting that there's to be singing on the album, and I wonder if that means there will be lyrics as well.

― strom (strom), Sunday, 4 February 2007 21:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

I haven't like any of their recorded material particularly though the two times I've seen them live they have blown me away.

― jimn (jimnaseum), Sunday, 4 February 2007 21:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'm definitely up for a large slice of this. Those EPs were great.

― NickB (NickB), Sunday, 4 February 2007 21:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

One of those releases where I look forward to the art design as well.

― Jordan Lypkie (loopy de loop), Sunday, 4 February 2007 23:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

On record they are good, live they absolutely shocked me at how kinetic and almost childishly exciting they managed to make looped-up instrumental rock. Very interested to hear what they produce for the first proper album--- there's going to be singing??? When's the release date?

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Monday, 5 February 2007 02:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

they did an amazing new fucked up song at the astoria supporting animal collective. did anyone else see it? IT was almost neubauten math rock

― FACEBRACE (FACEBRACE), Monday, 5 February 2007 14:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Neubauten math rock"... I can't wait!

I don't get how you can be blown away live and then not like them on record, as I have never seen them live, what's THAT much better about them?

― strom (strom), Saturday, 10 February 2007 22:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

my practice space is next to theirs and they drive me bonkers

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 11 February 2007 00:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

the thing that makes their live show is the cymbal that's at least three feet above the rest of the kit.

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 11 February 2007 00:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

Is there any actual reason as to why that is so? Maybe to give the (absolute beast of a ) drummer some kind of challenge?

― gekopel, Thursday, 22 February 2007 18:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

it gives the guitarist something to hold on to when he's standing on top of the kick drum

srsly

― lfam, Thursday, 22 February 2007 19:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

i loved them live and most of the songs on their EPs were solid so i'm pretty excited for this. and yes, their album art is pretty great, too.

― lfam, Thursday, 22 February 2007 19:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

― StanM, Sunday, 4 March 2007 16:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

a bit late for st. david's day, stan.

(tell more!)

― unfished business, Sunday, 4 March 2007 17:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

is this one of those silly slsk-only leaks?

― toby, Sunday, 4 March 2007 17:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

Been watching the Atlas video lately and not quite deciding whether it's pretty neat or if those annoying-as-hell vocals ruin it and it doesn't change things up enough. But still, the last instrumental bit! BTTLS SCHFFL, awesome.

― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 4 March 2007 17:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

ah ok, i have it. all is well!

― toby, Sunday, 4 March 2007 17:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

Holy moley, they've found the SECRET DANCE ELIXIR, no more pogoing around to 'Ruby' or 'Monster', this is the new rhythm and it's twice as infectious as before! Some magnificent atonal guitar/keyboard work complementing teh krauty beatz! Can't wait for the album.

― unfished business, Sunday, 4 March 2007 17:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

ME WANT

― strongohulkington, Sunday, 4 March 2007 17:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

I watched that video three times in a row.

― jim, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

SECRET DANCE ELIXIR, no more pogoing around to ~~'Ruby' or 'Monster'~~ Klaxons surely?

Those vocals!! Exactly where Animal Collective meets the last few years post-punk/Franz/rigid stompy indie-dance? I guess there's a fair bit of space to explore... I'm not sure I like this all that much :/

― fandango, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

holy crap that's so good, even with the irritating vox

― strongohulkington, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

Dj Koze remix on the flip of the single makes so much sense.

― jim, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

actually the vocals (and fidelity in general) sound a hell of a lot better played off their myspace... which is saying something! I could get used to the vocals definitely. They're not that acrid. Just a bit distractingly art-rock.

― fandango, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

~~distractingly~~ self-conciously i think I mean.

― fandango, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

seriously i will pay you and then the band 50 bucks if someone hooks me up with even a clean mp3 of "atlas"

― strongohulkington, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

i may be lying about that

― strongohulkington, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

dj koze remix?!@?#!@

― flavio.pessoa, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

really like "Atlas" (strongo, have 192 rip of it, tho I'm sure it will turn up everywhere soon). this music seems a bit like a quantized Animal Collective circa Sung Tongs to me, everything's cleaned up, but the vibe is still there, very joyous, definitely "danceable" but only because it's so fun to listen to

― Dominique, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'm down with this too

― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

dom if u wouldnt mind throwing it on leonardo i'd appreciate it

― strongohulkington, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

I hope this gets played on MTV2!

Record delivers from beginning to end. There's a track in the middle that sounds like OOIOO that's called (wait for it) "Rainbow" that's pretty incredible too. And some skittery d'n'b from John. Will probably be the big-shit art-rock record this year since Animal Collective seems to be splitting their energies.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

I was all excited about this, but that atlas tune...ugh. no. far too glitterband.

― m the g, Sunday, 4 March 2007 19:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

APOSTASY!

― jim, Sunday, 4 March 2007 19:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

it just seems like a misstep towards a more consciously 'accessible' sound, and not in a good way. personally I was hoping theyd go the other way and ramp up the mathiness. I've heard this tune a few times now and just find it...boring. sorry.

although the ending's quite good, and raise my hopes for the album.

― m the g, Sunday, 4 March 2007 19:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

missing apostrophe! and missing 's'! I need a lie down.

― m the g, Sunday, 4 March 2007 19:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

not loving the vocals on first listen, really. it may grow on me, though.

― toby, Sunday, 4 March 2007 20:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

that's not a good idea, toby.

― StanM, Sunday, 4 March 2007 20:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

err, sorry. off to mod requests i go!

― toby, Sunday, 4 March 2007 20:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

yeah, i hadn't noticed how eg this thread is right next to that one on google. sorry all.

― toby, Sunday, 4 March 2007 20:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

Album of the year! [No Lex].

― jim, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

touring the East coast of the US now I think

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 05:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

I like this.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 05:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

23 May 2007 20:00 ABC 2 Glasgow

Be there. They've been great the two times I've seen them so far.

― jim, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 16:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

will they survive the hype???

― lfam, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 16:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

ILM hype.

― jim, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 16:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

The clips I've heard from the EPs were kinda boring, but I'll give this a shot.

― Jordan, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 16:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

touring the East coast of the US now I think

Later this month. I might hit up their RI show.

Mar 12 2007 9:00P Ether Festival London, England
Mar 20 2007 8:00P Ottobar Baltimore, MD
Mar 22 2007 8:00P First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PN
Mar 23 2007 8:00P Black Cat Washington DC
Mar 24 2007 8:00P Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
Mar 25 2007 8:00P Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA
Mar 27 2007 8:00P Bottletree Birmingham, AL
Mar 28 2007 8:00P The Dame Lexington, KY
Mar 29 2007 8:00P Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
Mar 30 2007 8:00P Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
Mar 31 2007 8:00P Gooski's Pittsburgh, PN
Apr 1 2007 8:00P Lee's Palace Toronto, Ontario
Apr 2 2007 8:00P Soundlab Buffalo, New York
Apr 3 2007 8:00P Bowery Ballroom NYC, NY
Apr 4 2007 8:00P La Sala Rossa Montreal, Quebec
Apr 5 2007 8:00P Great Scott Boston, MA
Apr 6 2007 8:00P AS220 Providence, RI
May 9 2007 8:00P Halfenclan Exil Hamburg, Germany
May 10 2007 8:00P Maria Berlin, Germany
May 11 2007 8:00P JZ Kamp Bielefeld, Germany
May 12 2007 8:00P Studio 672 Koln, Germany
May 14 2007 8:00P Paradiso (room 2) Amsterdam
May 15 2007 8:00P AB Brussels
May 16 2007 8:00P Scala (+ Clark) London
May 17 2007 8:00P The Corporation (+ Clark) Sheffield
May 18 2007 8:00P The Cooler Bristol
May 19 2007 8:00P ATP Festival minehead
May 20 2007 8:00P Stylus Uni (+ Clark & Beans) Leeds
May 22 2007 8:00P Academy 2 Manchester
May 23 2007 8:00P ABC 2 Glasgrow
May 24 2007 8:00P The Barfly Birmingham
May 25 2007 8:00P Birmingham Dublin
May 26 2007 8:00P Maroquinerie Paris
May 27 2007 8:00P Le Grand Mix Roubaix, Lille
May 30 2007 8:00P MJC Oullins Oullins
Jun 1 2007 8:00P Dissonanze Festival Rome

― Edward III, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 17:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

PN?

― Edward III, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 17:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'm liking this.

― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 20:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

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I have acquired four LL demos LJ. :)

― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

SEND THEM

wait what happened to that Spratley's Japs album :P

― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

i'm not sure i ever got beyond the monster single from the last disc. that's one hell of a herky-jerky anthem.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

what an unremarkable song

― don cab for cutie (Future_Perfect), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:47 (2 years ago) Permalink

XP - Oops, yes I shall, promise.

― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:47 (2 years ago) Permalink

btw I have determined that The Sea Nymphs is possibly Cardiacs' 2nd or 3rd best album, and that Unwreckaged is the standout track on the Knifeworld album

end progress report

― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

wow, don't like this one bit.

― The world’s most violent pizza delivery man (Alan N), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 19:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 21:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

hmm, think it's alright once it gets going and speeds up but start is pretty uninteresting rhythmically, boring melodically, was going to say the production is lacking but lol i am listening to a youtube stfu me.

― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

god bless john stanier

― chocolatepiekid, Thursday, 3 June 2010 02:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

was hoping they'd cover ABBA for their new single.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 3 June 2010 02:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

Motherfuck. My wife loved the last soundtrack (even though she thankfully has nothing to do with the books or movies) so she asked me to pick up this one mostly because she wanted the Vampire Weekend song. And of fucking course it doesn't have the Battles song. Apparently only the super special deluxe edition does.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 14 June 2010 21:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

Download it.

― jaymc, Monday, 14 June 2010 21:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

Done. It was just the fact that there was supposedly a Battles track on the album that made me feel okay with carrying the damn thing up to the register and actually parting with cash for it.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 14 June 2010 21:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

I listened to Mirrored a few weeks ago and was surprised at how cheesy and canned it was. I remember it being cool, even kind of edgy. Then again I used to love that Sufjan Stevens album.

― skip, Monday, 14 June 2010 21:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

News from the future from ATP:

Monday August 9, 2010

We are sad to announce Battles will no longer be able to perform at Release the Bats in October this year. Please see the below statement from the band for a full explanation;

"Battles and Tyondai would like to let their fans know they have chosen to follow their own musical paths.

Due to Battles' ambitions of finishing their second studio album followed by commitments to a full touring schedule in 2011, and Tyondai's own commitments as a solo artist and his desire not to tour, both Battles and Tyondai have decided to move on without each other. It is a sad but amicable split.

Battles wishes Tyondai all the best"

― useless chamber, Friday, 6 August 2010 13:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 6 August 2010 13:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

he was kinda the most interesting part

― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Friday, 6 August 2010 13:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

bummer

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 6 August 2010 14:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

May as well put Battles out of its misery without Tyondai...

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 6 August 2010 15:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

damn

― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 August 2010 15:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

o shit. I like his solo stuff but not nearly as much as I like Battles, yet I can't imagine being too excited about anything they do without them. Oh well.

― Merdeyeux, Friday, 6 August 2010 16:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah we really needed more chipmunk vocals on this new album

― QUEEN LATFH (LOLK), Friday, 6 August 2010 16:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

and plunky fake rhodes arpeggios

― QUEEN LATFH (LOLK), Friday, 6 August 2010 16:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah ppl are making a big assumption about what each member brings to the table

― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 August 2010 16:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

So I guess they're intending to tour as a three piece? I'm game I guess.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 6 August 2010 19:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'm still willing to give them a chance, but his contributions were probably the most distinctive element on the first album.

― Moodles, Friday, 6 August 2010 19:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

Bummed. Even though I still think they are capable of interesting stuff without him, he did bring a much needed charismatic presence when I saw them live.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 August 2010 20:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

New album details released. Very interested in the guests.

GLOSS DROP
6th / 7th June 2011

1. Africastle
2. Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo)
3. Futura
4. Inchworm
5. Wall Street
6. My Machines (Featuring Gary Numan)
7. Dominican Fade
8. Sweetie & Shag (Featuring Kazu Makino)
9. Toddler
10. Rolls Bayce
11. White Electric
12. Sundome (Featuring Yamantaka Eye)

― mh, Thursday, 24 February 2011 19:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

yay for kazu!

― he do the waka lyfe (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 February 2011 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

in retrospect, it's kinda funny how "mirrored" got as much hype as it did

― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Thursday, 24 February 2011 19:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

I think I first saw them when they just had the EPs out. Those get criminally underrated.

― mh, Thursday, 24 February 2011 19:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

still one of the best shows i've ever seen

― pop the s1ock (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 24 February 2011 19:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

eYe!!!!!!

― jan špankwajer.com (diamonddave85), Thursday, 24 February 2011 19:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

guest lineup looks spectacular

― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

website by carles http://bttls.com/gloss-drop/

― jan špankwajer.com (diamonddave85), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

haha.

so, no tyondai on this, right? even so, great guest lineup, yeah. (gary numan!)

and the EPs are still my fave battles material.

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

ep c/b that is. didn't like the tonto one much.

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah the EPs ruled, but I loved Mirrored too. Slightly disappointed about no Tyondai but those guests certainly look promising enough to make up for it.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

I dont care less about the guests (I dont even know who they are Numan aside) but I've always been a Battles fan (shit I'm wearing a Battles tshirt as I type) and Mirrored was a great album.

And I have to stress I was SO not into all the Atlas hype at the time, that all completely escaped me. Took me a long time to get into em but I did.

― berk psychosis (Trayce), Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:12 (2 years ago) Permalink

eYe and Aguayo very interesting to me

― mh, Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

Hope they tour Australia again. They were tight as fuck when I saw them in 2007.

― berk psychosis (Trayce), Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, I mean, "Atlas" is probably the sixth or seventh best track on Mirrored and I still love it to death. But Mirrored was also my number one album of 2007, so I can't really undersell how much I love it.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

eYe and Aguayo very interesting to me

AguaeYeo!!!

― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

Trayce, Yamantaka Eye is the guy from the Boredoms, Aguayo was one of the two dudes in Closer Musik and Kazu is in Blonde Redhead <- all legends imo

― ka£ka (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2011 22:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ah ok, I should have known about the BR bit at least guh.

― berk psychosis (Trayce), Thursday, 24 February 2011 23:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

BTW fellow new yorkers, Tyondai leading a 30-piece ensemble on March 7th in his own composition "Central Market" plus pieces by Andriessen, Adams and Burhans.

http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/ts-2011-tyondai-braxton-a-wordless-music-orchestra

― Ban Hammerskjold (Jon Lewis), Friday, 25 February 2011 17:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

So the track with Matias Aguayo is a horrible mess

― Number None, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 23:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

bummer. Not actually that into the idea of their new record, but am psyched about seeing them live.

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 10 March 2011 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

http://sickmouthy.com/2013/02/15/battles-mirrored-2007/

― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 15 February 2013 20:18 (3 months ago) Permalink

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