i can't say that i really /like/ ch-ching very much, but it is an earworm, and it's growing on me a little.
in retrospect chairlift's first album really seems like a false start, even if it did generate some buzz and revenue. i wonder if she's embarrassed by it now.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 3 December 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
the new song ("romeo") feels kind of melodically emaciated. the verses seem entirely pro forma, and the shift to the chorus feels really willful. i feel like all the digital manipulation--all the parts of the song feel edited to within an inch of their lives--is just trying to distract from the lack of melodic ideas. but who knows maybe it'll grow on me.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 4 December 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
a better word for it would be "inert"
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 4 December 2015 00:26 (eight years ago) link
this is some of the most joyless music i have heard in a minute
― pre millennial tension (uptown churl), Friday, 4 December 2015 00:54 (eight years ago) link
in retrospect chairlift's first album really seems like a false start, even if it did generate some buzz and revenue. i wonder if she's embarrassed by it now.― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, December 3, 2015 11:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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The first Chairlift LP is definitely patchy, but it has some decent stuff on it. I'm more embarrassed about this new stuff I'm hearing, tbh.
― Turrican, Friday, 4 December 2015 21:22 (eight years ago) link
it just seems to have come from different people entirely (yes, i know they had a third member who is now gone). the whole affect, the sensibility, is profoundly different -- much less arty, less arch (though still arch).
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
I quite like 'Romeo'. Production is a bit annoying, hopefully that's mainly due to shitty laptop speakers. But feels a bit like in early 2000s when everyone was putting like fake 'scratchy dj' sounds in, lots of slightly irritating little tics.
― kinder, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
this album is really, really good btw
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
Just caught up with all the new songs on Spotify yesterday. Very excited for the album now.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
Have never heard them, but this NYT interview/article has me curious
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/arts/music/chairlift-on-the-arias-beats-and-jazz-grooves-that-fed-moth.html?_r=0
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
good to see mishio ogawa's name about. wha-ha-ha & haniwa are two of the best bands ever (chakra's not bad either) & clicking through to the link I see there are three later ogawa solo albums I didn't even know about (and that aren't on discogs)
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
this album is... not good. it is stunningly not good. (this from someone who liked ch-ching)
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
lol what do you dislike about it? idk i love the horns and the post-disco guitar and etc. also "crying in public" is so gorgeous
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
joyless/inert sums it up well, plus "some of these tracks were either very bad ideas or very bad takes, and yet they *are* ideas, which is more than can be said elsewhere
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
haha i don't get that feeling from it at all. oh well
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
like only "ottawa to osaka" and "unfinished business" strike me as shapeless and hermetic maybe, and those are growing on me
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
yeah "ottawa to osaka" was one of the very bad ideas
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
Having heard all of the tracks previewed so far from this record, it's fair to say at this stage that this record isn't going to be for me. Oh well, at least Something still remains a killer record, but as far as I can see, my enthusiasm for this band stops right here.
― Turrican, Thursday, 21 January 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
yeah this album is kind of a mess
― j. winters (josh), Friday, 22 January 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
I really liked "Moth to the Flame," "Crying in Public" and "Ch-Ching," iffy on "Romeo." vv curious to hear the rest.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 22 January 2016 01:23 (eight years ago) link
this is ok on first listen but nowhere near Something really. 'kind of a mess' is accurate though. no idea what they were going for on Ottawa to Osaka. i like the breezy feeling on some of the tracks, wasn't really expecting that from the singles, sort of wish they did more with that.
― ufo, Friday, 22 January 2016 01:58 (eight years ago) link
i obv love messes
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 22 January 2016 04:47 (eight years ago) link
the instrumentation on "polymorphing" and "show u off" <3
I had never heard of this band until 2 days ago and I've listened to Moth about 10 times already and currently spinning it an 11th time
― MrExplorer, Monday, 25 January 2016 08:45 (eight years ago) link
It's so infectious. Show U Off and Moth to the Flame are faves
there are some decent tracks here, I still like Ch-Ching and Romeo a lot, but it is definitely a disappointment compared to Something. The overall vibe is a bit too sappy for me and there just aren't as many huge hooks as I was hoping for.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Monday, 25 January 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
This Is also the first time I listened to them and I'm feeling some Haim vibes. Is it just me?
― Nourry, Monday, 25 January 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
Love the first half but it loses me on the second. The last two songs in particular are such a disappointing end to the album. Can't remember a single thing about them.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 25 January 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
aw i love the last song, it's so spacious and twisting
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
Okay, so I did listen to the album, and yes it is as terrible as I suspected it would be. A shame, as I was eagerly awaiting this record.
― Turrican, Monday, 25 January 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
i'm genuinely surprised by how divisive this record is. huh
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
i mean i sort of get it
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
it doesn't sound like something very much at all and on many of the tracks they kind of go for this kinda petrified electro pop but i am so down with that aesthetic, especially when it is married to massive hooks ("polymorphing," "moth to the flame," "show u off"). hard for me to conceive of these as "terrible" in any sense
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
- "crying in decent" is good but they have a high bar to clear with "i belong in your arms" and this doesn't clear it; similarly "romeo" is aimed square at my musical tastes and yet somehow misses- "ottawa to osaka" is the song equivalent of lost in translation, i.e. japan as backdrop for sluggish love affair and "whoa, we're so foreign here" - I'm sure the last half of "show u off" was very fun to record but christ it never should have been released to the public- there really aren't that many hooks here at all?
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 25 January 2016 23:18 (eight years ago) link
"Ottawa to Osaka" is a half step or two from being R&B but the choice to sing in a rather plummy way makes the thing fussy.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 January 2016 23:26 (eight years ago) link
the spoken stuff at the end of "show u off" is fun idk. everything in that song is a hook
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 23:35 (eight years ago) link
if it's reeeeeaaaaalll
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
Tentative thumbs up for this. "Crying In Public" is great. The drawbacks are that I can't really hear "Show U Off" without thinking "this is good but I'd much prefer to hear a Knowles sister singing", and on a number of the tracks the transition from the chorus back to a verse or the middle 8 has been done quite clumsily.
― art baengels (monotony), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
"this is good but I'd much prefer to hear a Knowles sister singing" was my complaint about "Ch-Ching" too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
I could definitely see some successful covers coming out of this
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 00:27 (eight years ago) link
half of this is quite good though not really on the same level as Something, but the other half ranges from clunky missteps to meandering nothings of songs
― ufo, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 01:40 (eight years ago) link
There are elements of this album I do like, I'll admit. For example, the outro to 'No Such Thing As Illusion' when it settles into the electronics and fretless bass is pure ear candy to me. Thing is, it's not joined to a particularly great song. 'Crying In Public', on the whole, is probably the only track on the record which I would consider to be a well-written song. 'Ottawa To Osaka' sounds like it would have fit in snugly on the first album, and I don't mean that as a compliment. The vocal on the chorus to 'Unfinished Business' makes me want to rip my rare off. 'Polymorphing' is probably the most successful of the "hope you like our new direction" stuff, but as good as 'I Belong In Your Arms', 'Amanaemomesia', 'Wrong Opinion', 'Met Before' etc.? God, no. 'Moth To A Flame' and 'Show U Off' are particularly crapola.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
'Moth To A Flame' and 'Show U Off' are particularly crapola.
ha these are my two favorite songs on the record! good times
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
xpost:
*rare=ears. Fucking autocorrect.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
'Look Up' is a pretty weak opener too. Basically, I just can't believe that, after four years, this was the best that they could come up with. A real mish-mash of confused ideas, ill-advised experiments and pandering bullshit.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:48 (eight years ago) link
there are two great melodic phrases in "no such thing as illusion" and i like that they don't add anything to that, they just sort of inhabit the mood of the song for six minutes. it rules
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
It's no 'Guilty as Charged'
― Turrican, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
yeah it really isn't their previous record
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link
You're right about that. The previous one was actually good!
― Turrican, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
lol
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link