Chemical Brothers - Further (June 2010)

iTunes? Sorry, last.fm - brain fart. Point remains though.

Chemical Brothers are nowhere near my favourite band, not even top 50, but it's just the perfect summery anthemness of this that's got me caning it.

And please don't dis Mr Twin, you will make me cry. He is at the apex of my confluence of loving of weirdy Radiophonic synth wub and loving of pointy nosed gingers.

okay "Horse Power"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You knew if anyone was gonna invent the genre of Acid Horse, it was gonna be them.

I think Cabaret Voltaire, Paul Barker and Al Jourgenson would have something to say about that.

No, that's Experimental Horse Music, not the same thing at all. Where's Mark S when you need him?

Just picked this up for $11.99 on my lunch break. Thoughts forthcoming.

more than jackie wilson it reminds me of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRVOAz6BC1w

i like the vocals on the first track a lot -- imo the rave-y referentialism kinda saves it somehow

"Horse" is the only one I even remotely like on this new one; the whinnying is satisfyingly wtf.

It's placement in the track is very reminiscent of the cow moo in Chicken Lips' "Sweet Cow".

"Swoon" OMGGGGGGGGGGGG

Swoon has a nice riff, just wish there was more there compositionally

has a nice riff, just wish there was more there compositionally

^ could describe 90% of shoegaze tbh.

has a nice riff, just wish there was more there compositionally
^ could describe 90% of shoegaze rock music tbh.

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, June 25, 2010 11:36 PM (13 minutes ago)

fixed

actually, I totally rescind that as it makes little to no sense. I'm going to go not think about music for the rest of the night now, holler!

Swoon is just PERFECT just the way it is.

It's the absolute confluence of the two styles of music (shoegaze and dance) that don't need there to be any more there compositionally. It's all about texture and build, about taking that one perfect riff and ringing everything from it, over and over as a hypnotic until transcendence is achieved.

ulrich schnauss >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the song 'swoon'

You're so wrong it's not even funny.

Ulrich Schnauss (bless his little socks) manages to combine the most boring aspects of dance music with the most snooze-some aspects of shoegaze into an utterly soporific blend of snoozesome blandness.

He's a decent DJ, though, mind you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcO-bpkVs9A

YAWN

yes his beats are not exactly cutting-edge IDM, but then he isn't really about the beats. he's about the overwhelming, transportive sonic cocoon.

his subtlety, attention to detail and ear for multi-layered harmony + dissonance are incredible

but fine if you think he's bland then I ain't gonna be convincing you otherwise am I

although MOST boring? MOST snooze-some? dear christ

Louis, I've seen him live at least a dozen times. (For some reason he managed to get himself as the support act for every single shoegaze gig I was at for a two-year period.) One more airing of the single isn't going to convince me.

No dynamics, no change in the texture, just this endless churning out of this sticky goo clogging up my earholes. Endless chugging drivel. The only good thing was the woman who used to occasionally come out and sing, but then he swapped her for the dullard from Longview (sub-Coldplay college rock of the most turgid variety) and destroyed his only musical point of interest.

Boring. Even more boring than Slowdive on Klonopin. Snooozzzzzzzzzzzze.

But why the fuck are we talking about shit like that on a thread for an album as fun as this one?

level of discourse itt is gross, last time i talk about anything remotely british & shoegazy

lol @ the idea of deriving one's opinions of schnauss from his liveshow (which I don't imagine to be remotely as interesting as his records)

anyway peace, y'all can go back to your ivory towers of intolerance

"imagine" ? maybe you should actually experience the things you imagine before you dis other people for living in ivory towers.

The records are even *more* boring than his life show, if that's even remotely possible.

his music's all about small sonic details - stuff which is gonna get completely engulfed in a live setting - it's not about performance

but w/e, ASIP is a work of towering genius IMO and we're gonna have to ATD there

lol @ the idea of ridiculing people for having an earned reaction to something you've never experienced in any way and have made up in your own head

xpots

grrr @ yall

You are being pretty ridiculous even by your standards here, Louis.

Even more boring than Slowdive

Okay Kate I agree with everything you've said above but let's not talk about Slowdive like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCsqd435R-g

Um... Thomas and Hans-Peter...? I love you and all, but that's not a remix, that's pretty much a *cover*.

I am about to say something I have never ever ever said before in my life, and will probably never say again.

I think I prefer the Boys Noize remix to the Lindstrom & Prins Thomas one.

::stabs self with rusty fork and dies of shame::

Only 4 songs in but this is tooootally on its way to becoming one of my favorite albums of the year.

It feels like a less-angry XTRMNTR kinda

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/WidowOfDestiny/Jiggle_Panda.gif

I'd forgotten I had this. It's almost perfect work music.

It is. For a second I thought that read "It's almost a perfect work of music" and I was going to be all, "well, it is good, but come now".

haha not even I, master of unwarranted hyperbole, am going to go that far

ha I was just about to post "OMG 'Horse Power'"... but I see I did that months ago

seriously though, best song on the album by miles to my ears

K+D+M is my favorite on the album. It has this incredible anthemic feel and a great motorik groove to it. This album and Barking have been welcome surprises this year and I think sort of work as companions to each other. I didn't like We Are the Night either (outside of the instrumentals) so I was surprised to find out they could still bring it like this. "Escape Velocity" is such a banger. Or should I say smanger.

going to see them week after next - should I bother to listen to this first or just go ~experience~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybhp-d7fBAY

wow-e

ha I was just about to post "OMG 'Horse Power'"... but I see I did that months ago

lol I am predictable