where can one find the vinyl?
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Sunday, 8 July 2007 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
here
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 8 July 2007 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link
oh.
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Sunday, 8 July 2007 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i find track 3 on the "people ep" to be weirdly melancholy, even if it does sound like a chorus of deaf horses.
― the next grozart, Sunday, 8 July 2007 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
album of the year?
― Moka, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 05:22 (sixteen years ago) link
If you wish it, it is no dream.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 09:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree with everything Ned says on this thread.
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 09:15 (sixteen years ago) link
thrilling revive.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 09:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree with Ned aussi.
― W4LTER, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
but I can't shake the notion that in the end, it's little more than the musical equivalent of a magic-eye picture
Fandango otm here.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 09:41 (sixteen years ago) link
No. 1? Hm.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:14 (sixteen years ago) link
This is an ambient record. Or, that's how I treat it.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Mainly because of the sonics.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
^i try to do this but then he sings. this is why "i'm not" kills every other song on the record.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:25 (sixteen years ago) link
this is why i'm not
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:26 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG NUBMER ONE PITCHFORK MOKA U RA RITE BCAUSE PITCKROFK IS NEVER RONG
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link
moka = scottpl
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Aha!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm surprised that this would be PF's number one. I really like it but always saw it as a low-profile distraction, whereas these lists seem to usually go for the big statements.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 11:14 (sixteen years ago) link
told you.
― Moka, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
on other things... Fact Magazine's Top 100 songs of 2007 is way better than pitchfork's:
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/66290
― Moka, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Mordechai Shinefield, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 09:41 (12 hours ago) Link
is this a criticism? cuz anything that can manage to be the musical equivalent of a magic-eye picture is, putting aside whether it is enjoyable or good or whatever, at least interesting.
― artdamages, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
think this is more interesting than a stereogram but agree that it's an ambient album and that 'i'm not' is probably the highlight but could do with some strings
― blueski, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost I don't think magic eye pictures deserve acclaim. I think they are shticky and just because you can cross your eyes to see the picture doesn't mean that that picture is a work of art. Goodie, you can decipher the Panda Bear album. But that doesn't make it any good.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't know, i think this album is fucking great. i hardly think it relies on any "shticky" gimmicks, rather, it's a pretty sonically adventurous album that has a ton of layers that reveal themselves pretty generously with each play. as a lot of its positive reviews have already stated (better than i can), it does a fucking excellent job of synthesizing some really great pop melodies with a lot of sonic experimentation (more than you'll find in most of this year's acclaimed indie records) and pretty brilliantly juxtaposes a ton of interesting influences - dub, psychedelia, 60s pop, ambient music, electronic music, etc. i don't want to sound like press release here and i also don't want to just say "good influences = good music", but this album is pretty fucking cool and i'm very happy it's getting all the acclaim it is.
― Mark Clemente, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
magic eye posters look all squiggly and nondescript at first glance. it is only through concentration and crossing your eyes that something emerges.
― artdamages, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Besides, what's so cryptic about this album? The melodies are obvious, most of the lyrics are easy to understand. It's fun to listen to.
― filthy dylan, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
ya i dont get what the secret picture is here. most of the songs are pretty hooky.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link
It's more like putting shit in your ears, waiting for it to harden, then forcefully extracting the hardened shit from your ears.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
― Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought I loved this record, but now that Pitchfork loves it I'm not so sure...
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61NZPNFHCFL._SS500_.jpg
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
http://cache.idolator.com/assets/resources/2007/03/ryan.jpg
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
How many people who like this have heard "Here Comes the Indian"?
― abanana, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
That album is good and this album less so but when you say it like that it sounds all indie dick comparing.
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
If you want a shit gimmick/musical magic eye/whatever, Pullhair Rubeye is your man. Eeurgh.
― Telephone thing, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Panda Bear is the auditory equivalent to the physical experience of putting your hand in a blender. It hurts immediately, cause it's hard to shove the top of the blender on when your hand is still attached to your arm. Then around the third track, it becomes more painful when you turn the blender on and your fingers get sliced to ribbons. By the fifth track, the gutted finger smoothie becomes pretentious.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont like this album much either but this guy mordechai seriously loves my chemical romance and hanna montana so like dont listen to him.
― chaki, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I guess if you liked those you probably wouldn't like this.
― filthy dylan, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link
OTM - that record was fucking ridiculous, in a bad way. Panda Bear also fucking ridiculous, but in a good way. Also, since it hasn't been said - the smoothie analogy above is terrible.
― stephen, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^yes. reverend's forceful extraction of hardened shit >>>>>>>>>>> mordechai's finger smoothie
― Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
this album is like a ham sandwich
― artdamages, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 02:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Ham sandwiches are delicious. This album is not. So no, this album is not like a ham sandwich.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link
"search for delicious"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 December 2007 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I also seriously like Bob Dylan and Iron + Wine. Wtf is with the assumption that if you like one kind of music you can't like another? I hate Panda Bear on its own terms, not on some aesthetic principle that only MCR can be good.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link
1. everyone likes bob dylan. 2. iron and wine fans probably wouldnt enjoy person pitch. 3. everything you write on ilm would expect me to believe that this kind of record wouldnt be up your ally.
― chaki, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
expect = lead
― chaki, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
iron and wine fans probably wouldnt enjoy person pitch.. maybe. my girlfriend loves both though.
― Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.desktoprating.com/wallpapers/animal-wallpapers-pictures/panda-bear-wallpaper.jpg
― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:10 (sixteen years ago) link
aww
― Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link