odd how the catwalk 'yay recordings' is being billed as the first digital release of the tracks when they have been available from the yay bandcamp for months
― final ritchie (electricsound), Thursday, 28 April 2011 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
teenage panzerkorps are releasing/have released some really incredible music this year as tpk & also sideproject horrid red, think theyre also playing live for the first time i think. one of my favourite bands these days. definitely them & soft moon are the best captured tracks releases, xeno & oaklander is v v pretty too. admittedly something kind of lame & dinky abt this label but i like some of their releases a lot
― flopson, Thursday, 28 April 2011 03:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
admittedly something kind of lame & dinky abt this label
nfi what you mean by this?
― final ritchie (electricsound), Thursday, 28 April 2011 03:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
as i said i like some of it a lot but at its worst the aesthetic woodsist & them do has got a shamelessly murky & noncommital shyguy quality that i dont like. when the songwriting/playing isnt strong it can be pretty limp & awful. ganglians mayfair set veronica falls dum dum girls; iirc all sucked for this reason 2 me. dont want to sound like im rigid & dogmatic abt this, like i love the mantles single & the craft spells youtube i heard & other murky pop of this ilk
― flopson, Thursday, 28 April 2011 03:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
the very early stuff i can see, but i think they've come a long way since then. sure the anonymous indie bloke vocals can be tiresome but i think they're doing less and less of that sort of thing as they go on
― final ritchie (electricsound), Thursday, 28 April 2011 03:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
ya i can believe that. wish i could be more of a h8r but i can't
― flopson, Thursday, 28 April 2011 03:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
hoop dreams single is ace. digging the factory/postcard vibe
― private parts & labia (electricsound), Friday, 3 June 2011 00:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
first track floating around from the soft metals album is adorbs too
― private parts & labia (electricsound), Friday, 3 June 2011 00:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
soft metals album out, total cracker, definitely top five of '11 for me
― me so zoic (electricsound), Thursday, 14 July 2011 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
LE version looks so gorgeous - I mean, their alternate sleeves are usually pretty boss but this one's above and beyond even by their lofty standards:
― And we were wearing a lot of athletic shorts. (jamescobo), Friday, 15 July 2011 03:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think i've ever purchased something so fast
― me so zoic (electricsound), Friday, 15 July 2011 03:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol i was in the basement with keegan screening those sleeves a few days ago.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 15 July 2011 03:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
by which i mean, he was screening them, and i was with him. hanging out. </suzy>
aw i want an ian screened LP
― me so zoic (electricsound), Friday, 15 July 2011 03:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really like the AIAS LE sleeve too
― And we were wearing a lot of athletic shorts. (jamescobo), Friday, 15 July 2011 04:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
the Widowspeak album isn't as good as the Soft Metals one, but it's still quite lovely. feels like it occupies the precise midpoint between the Feelies' second album and Mazzy Star.
― punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i loved loved loved the two widowspeak 7"s that came out this year and 'harsh realm' in particular deserves a lot of prais but i can see a full length maybe running dry
also good to see the soft metals album getting praised here its a total keeper imo
― Lamp, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 05:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i can't get enough of the soft metals lp
widowspeak lp arrived today, liked the singles so far so am going in with fairly high expectations, please nobody else ever cover 'wicked game' though please, that was unpleasant
― vinyl cut bro (electricsound), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 06:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
the new blouse and soft moon tracks sound so fucking good i am beyond excited
between those and the cosmetics album i think they've got the rest of the year sealed up
― blapping in the freeze (electricsound), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
thieves like us repress (?) is really really good, pulses and gleams and all that
― RR (Lamp), Thursday, 3 November 2011 06:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
is the cosmetics album ever coming out? it was announced for release in spring or early summer, and then . . . .
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 3 November 2011 06:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
was wondering about that. the band seem to have gone very quiet...
― love of gorillagrams (electricsound), Thursday, 3 November 2011 07:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
months after it's announced release date, captured-tracks tweeted some cryptic line like, "coming soon, promise. . ." with a link to a cosmetics video. but after that, they've "gone very quiet" again.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 3 November 2011 07:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
"...we can't hear a single"
― love of gorillagrams (electricsound), Thursday, 3 November 2011 08:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
that can't be it. for one thing, this is captured-tracks; i'm sure they aren't expecting any song here to break big, even in the indie-ish markets. for another thing, the cosmetics songs are really catchy.
i'd guess the issue is the band, not the label.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 3 November 2011 08:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha I was joking, yeah they're probably in some mix and remix rabbit hole...
― love of gorillagrams (electricsound), Thursday, 3 November 2011 09:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
the grabbel & the final cut single is so good
― back in gloom (electricsound), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 23:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
man i always forget the cosmetics trax are esp the ones that sound like the persian chick from idib
― sulks (Lamp), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
so mac demarco pretty much sucks right?
― 12plsrU (electricsound), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 01:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
^growing on me
― garrett still a cunt (electricsound), Friday, 25 May 2012 02:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
DIIV album is now available for preorder FYI(I)
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
it's also leaked
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
per the Book of Faces:
This Summer: DIIV LP, Holograms LP, Heavenly Beat LP, Dignan Porch LP, Wild Nothing LP.This Fall: COSMETICS LP, The Soft Moon LP, WIDOWSPEAK EP, Mac DeMarco LP, Hoop Dreams EP and more?
my wallet goes fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Friday, 15 June 2012 16:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
^^^
But, man, thats a great lineup stuff.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 June 2012 16:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
the DIIV LP is really excellent but the one I'm most pumped for is the Holograms LP; that ABC City single was fukkin RAD
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Saturday, 16 June 2012 00:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
still think Mac DeMarco sux tho
haha
― relatively joan rivers (electricsound), Saturday, 16 June 2012 00:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
DIIV album is pretty killer. Sometimes I feel like it gets a little too, I don't know...amorphous or something...like all those chiming guitars just begin to sort of run together and float off and get lost, and thus I kind of forget it's even playing. But that may just be more about me being distracted or something. I certainly dig the overall vibe...
― alpine static, Saturday, 16 June 2012 07:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
Did you write that review on pitchfork?
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 05:11 (10 months ago) Permalink
diiv and heavenly beat are both ok but neither are a patch on beach fossils imo, even despite almost every BF song sounding essentially the same
― DO NOT PUT ON KNOB AND BOLLOCKS (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 05:13 (10 months ago) Permalink
excited about holograms lp for sure though
I should learn how to quote at some point, I guess, but anyway: No, Evan, I didn't. Haven't even read it yet. Will do so now.
I noticed the Impose review said some similar things, so I guess maybe there's something to whatever I said that P4k also said...
― alpine static, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 06:25 (10 months ago) Permalink
Only asked because of the use of "amorphous" here and there. I know I latch onto words I use to describe something, so I was seeing if it was a coincidence in this case.
― Evan, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 05:31 (10 months ago) Permalink
After reading it, I figured as much. Not me, though. Wish it was!
― alpine static, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 07:37 (10 months ago) Permalink
Really like the DIIV album, this label is probably the best thing going in indie rock right now.
Also, happened to notice that Best Buy had like 6 copies of DIIV, which seems pretty cool for a Captured Tracks release, good for them.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 July 2012 15:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
yeah the diiv is quite a bit better than i was expecting based on the 45s so far. pretty strong record.
the holograms is a bit the opposite - abc city is a cool record but i find the record as a whole a bit restrained and anonymous
― bad wife decisions (electricsound), Saturday, 21 July 2012 01:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
I really dig the Holograms album. it's like Iceage with a goth infusion. Memories of Sweat is a good song title.
― I don't even know wtf this band sounds like I'm just trollin (fffv), Saturday, 21 July 2012 01:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
This fuckin' label. Picked up the Holograms today and its slaying me too. I'm kinda starting to feel about this label the way I did about like Matador back '94-'96.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 July 2012 02:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
i keep forgetting there are cosmetics and hoop dreams albums on the way. yay
― condorito breath (electricsound), Thursday, 26 July 2012 02:46 (9 months ago) Permalink
^^^^^
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:07 (9 months ago) Permalink
i like the chris cohen album, at first i was like "huh this just sounds exactly like microphones" then i was listening to it every day
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 12 October 2012 21:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
it reminds me a lot of Emitt Rhodes' first couple of albums - less Beatles-y but same level of homespun songcraft. there's seriously not a bad moment on it. legit one of my very favorite albums of 2012.
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Friday, 12 October 2012 23:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
Judging by the DIIV performances on Pitchfork right now they're awful live and I'll avoid that and just stick with the record.
― Evan, Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
CT embarking on a flying nun reissue program i see
― pointillist not pointless (electricsound), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:21 (4 months ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/news/49042-captured-tracks-and-flying-nun-partner-for-expansive-reissue-series/
― pointillist not pointless (electricsound), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:23 (4 months ago) Permalink
awesome, i will buy a lot of that
― flopson, Friday, 4 January 2013 22:24 (4 months ago) Permalink
Gonna buy the SHIT outta that stuff!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 5 January 2013 02:04 (4 months ago) Permalink
About fnunning time!
BTW the Blissed Out Fatalists record on the new CT sublabel Body Double? Great. Like early J&MC and the Fall and some American noise rock style.
― Yo Leon, what's this all about? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 5 January 2013 04:12 (4 months ago) Permalink
Looking forward for this as well. Look Blue Go Purple better be on the reissue list.
― van smack, Saturday, 5 January 2013 04:38 (4 months ago) Permalink
Isn't Flying Nun already reissuing much of their older titles already? Either way I am excited to see the results of this.
― Evan, Saturday, 5 January 2013 06:38 (4 months ago) Permalink
FN are shit at reissuing their own stuff as far as i'm concerned
― pointillist not pointless (electricsound), Saturday, 5 January 2013 08:34 (4 months ago) Permalink
that bird-dog was out of print for so long is testament to that
― pointillist not pointless (electricsound), Saturday, 5 January 2013 08:35 (4 months ago) Permalink
Widowspeak's 2013 album Almanac hasn't been discussed on ILM yet. My first impressions are that its a big jump in production clarity, and a lesser step in songcraft, up from the debut.
Worth checking out for fans of Beach House, Speck Mountain, Trespassers William etc.
― Sanpaku, Sunday, 17 February 2013 22:12 (3 months ago) Permalink
Kind of surprised there hasn't been more talk about that one, actually. Listening to it again right now and it's definitely one of the year's early stand-outs for me. They manage to take a pretty simple formula but vary it up enough to keep things really interesting. The real star, for me, is Robert Earl Thomas and his guitar lines. Just love the way they slink into so many of these songs and steal them away. My only, relatively minor, complaint is the way they stick a little too close to the Almanac theme with the lyrics, sometimes this turns into a game of "spot the folk adage!".
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 March 2013 18:07 (2 months ago) Permalink
bona drag reissue is kinda fun, reminds me of a trashier dolly mixture in parts
― vco shi (electricsound), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
bona dish obv
― vco shi (electricsound), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
lol bona drag
― flopson, Thursday, 18 April 2013 14:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
yeah i like this a lot. p snappy lookin too
― flopson, Thursday, 18 April 2013 14:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
the singles from the upcoming lps (minks, holograms, medicine) are encouragingly good. the soft metals single is a major disappointment though, it's like they've gone backwards. also they *really* need to be paired with a sympathetic producer
― failures on the moon (electricsound), Friday, 17 May 2013 00:30 (2 days ago) Permalink
I really thought that was Brian Peppers up there for a second.
I need to hear that release.
― svend, Friday, 17 May 2013 02:14 (2 days ago) Permalink
This label has to have the worst distribution of any label going.
― benedict crumbsnatcher (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 17 May 2013 06:00 (2 days ago) Permalink
how so
― glycemic index joe (electricsound), Friday, 17 May 2013 06:02 (2 days ago) Permalink
We can't order their stuff for our store and the other store across town can't, either. They seemed to briefly run through one of the main one-stops but now that seems to be done.
― benedict crumbsnatcher (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 17 May 2013 06:08 (2 days ago) Permalink
is it as bad for the other secretly canadian distro stuff?
― glycemic index joe (electricsound), Friday, 17 May 2013 06:11 (2 days ago) Permalink
According to their website in the US they go through ADA, which just makes it odder as most of the ADA stuff is easy to get. Oh well.
― benedict crumbsnatcher (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 17 May 2013 06:23 (2 days ago) Permalink
oic
― glycemic index joe (electricsound), Friday, 17 May 2013 06:25 (2 days ago) Permalink
You can't get it through AEC?
― Evan, Friday, 17 May 2013 12:15 (2 days ago) Permalink
Nah, we use a different one-stop and a few random smaller distros (mostly punk or garage oriented).
― benedict crumbsnatcher (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 17 May 2013 12:58 (2 days ago) Permalink
AEC kind of sucks but I think at least a few titles from CT are order-able through them.
― Evan, Friday, 17 May 2013 13:36 (2 days ago) Permalink