I've only heard a couple of tracks so far, but these guys sound interesting, if anything.
This one is very promising - kind of Pere Ubu meets Hot Chip or something?
And this is the big video
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 15:41 (9 months ago) Permalink
Uploaded an mp3 of them a couple of days ago:
http://www.moteldemoka.com/2012/07/30/premiers-symptomes/
Don't know how popular they'll get here but they've been getting some serious love in the blogosphere in the past months. I've seen their tracks in the popular section of hypem a few times and all of their tracks in there have like 4k and 3k 'likes'.
― Moka, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 16:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
Said the Gramophone says it's like Eagle Eye Cherry + Dj Shadow. That sounds awful tbh.
― Moka, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 16:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
raves from UK DJs though i don't really get it. BBC Music review here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mvm5
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 16:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
I haven't listened to it yet but all these descriptions make it sound terrible!
Breezeblocks is early Mystery Jets with Orange Juice choruses while Dissolve Me is post-Skins generation Foals cuddling up to Fleet Foxes by the campfire.
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
*vomits on own shoes*
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
haha o man what a description
― just sayin, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
fuck that video
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:18 (9 months ago) Permalink
hear hot chip in here, but no trace of pere ubu. okay i guess, but neither of these tracks is doing much for me.
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
when I first heard of them they were being described as shoegaze and hadn't yet added the alt-J bit. I was like, good luck.
― owenf, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
ok I watched the breezeblock video. having a violent reaction against this dude's voice. hideous.
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
Something Good is well, good. The rest of the tracks I'm having trouble with.
― Moka, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:37 (9 months ago) Permalink
This band's abject shittiness makes me SO ANGRY.
― maura, Thursday, 2 August 2012 13:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
Alt-F4 amirite
― van smack, Thursday, 2 August 2012 13:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
They're opening for Chairlift here on Sunday ... guess I shouldn't bother showing up early?
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Thursday, 2 August 2012 13:22 (9 months ago) Permalink
fuck that video― contenderizer, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:18 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Why?! That's a great video, regardless of the song! I didn't see it coming, anyway.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 2 August 2012 14:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
I like Fitzpleasure better than anything else I've heard from this band so far. I do actually quite like the guy's voice, but then I'm a big fan of unusual voices - sounds kidn of tonal, like he's speaking drunk Chinese or something.
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Thursday, 2 August 2012 14:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
― maura, Thursday, August 2, 2012 1:00 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
cosign
― lex pretend, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
Saw these supporting Wild Beasts a few months ago, they were pretty awful.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:34 (9 months ago) Permalink
― Walter Galt, Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:40 AM (2 hours ago)
didn't enjoy seeing a woman get murdered in slo-mo for four minutes
― contenderizer, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:47 (9 months ago) Permalink
you're crazy. everything looks cooler in slo mo
― Moka, Friday, 3 August 2012 05:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
And having won the Mercury Prize their quality has been agreed on by millions no wait hang on agreed on by almost nobody.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 November 2012 12:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
Sorry girls, they're spoken for
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Friday, 2 November 2012 12:13 (6 months ago) Permalink
There aren't enough pits of creosote for them!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 November 2012 12:14 (6 months ago) Permalink
Evidence for the prosecution under human rights crimes:
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s3618488.htm
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 November 2012 14:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
I listened to half this record and this is basically the 10's indie Dave Matthews Band, right? Instead of a an electric violin player we get a guy dicking around with keyboards?
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:33 (5 months ago) Permalink
In fairness, I have my "Not in a mood to listen to new music" toggle turned on right now, but I never heard an 'indie' band before Alt-J that sounded safer than they are catchy. Alt-J make the two oil and water respectively.
Dave Matthews Band comparison OTM.
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Monday, 31 December 2012 01:12 (4 months ago) Permalink
This is a nice find. First time the nytimes has turned me on to a band.
― calstars, Friday, 18 January 2013 22:27 (4 months ago) Permalink
Full disclosure: I also love the Darkness
― calstars, Friday, 18 January 2013 22:30 (4 months ago) Permalink
God, imagine waking up one morning and discovering you had this dude's voice.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:33 (1 week ago) Permalink