cut copy

doesn't sound like it plays to the band's strengths, but i do like tango in the night, so . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

have they ditched that horrible faux-beatles sound?

really not trying to be snide, but that last teaser single was awkward, uncharacteristic and terrible.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, November 22, 2010 2:48 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

Well, "Take Me Over" sounds nothing like that other shitty song, so I hope so.

I like this much more than that song, too.

I have no recollection of what that "teaser" single sounded like. I think I only listened to it half the way through once.

I . . . listened to it half the way through once

you poor soul.

run to church.

Come anticipate Cut Copy's 2011 album

Here's the thread about that terrible song.

I've listened to this three times in a row. I approve.

There's clips of their new stuff on this making of video and it all sounds like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heyd4HJ2tpU

Shows them listening to Talking Heads and, err, Was Not Was.

Shows them listening to Talking Heads and, err, Was Not Was.

not a good sign imo

CUT COPY: STOP LISTENING TO TALKING HEADS AND WAS NOT WAS

CUT COPY: LISTEN TO MORE OF YOUR LAST ALBUM

lol

hell yeah

When people go around reviving the 1980s, they always forget 'Spy in the House of Love' for some reason.

f that if Cut Copy come out with a rip of Born Under Punches or Wheel Me Out and sort out the dreary vocals then thumbs up

This song is great, way better than the dodgy Beach Boys pastiche from earlier this year. What incredibly famous song does that bassline remind me of again?

Fleetwood Mac - "Everywhere"

It does, but that's not the one I was thinking of, something naffer.

wow this REALLY sounds like tango in the night

it really sounds like 'everywhere' specifically! in a good way

He even says "I can hear it callin'."

I don't mind the similarities, btw. I wish more people would write songs based on "Everywhere," or at least cover it like Vampire Weekend and A Sunny Day in Glasgow have done.

it becomes apparent after a minute or so that there's not really any song there

so someone just pointed out to me that the vocal sample on 'hearts on fire' is from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_66jPJVS4JE

:O

it becomes apparent after a minute or so that there's not really any song there

― xanaxdu (electricsound), Monday, November 22, 2010 9:12 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

???

i guess what i mean is when you strip away the 'hey aren't we so proud of ourselves for biting FM' vibe the song underneath has no real depth to it

the chorus is ridiculously weak

Oh yeah, I wouldn't argue that. It's a sound song, not a hook song.

chorus is fine, not a standout one but dont rlly think thats what the song is 'about' the way it was for lights & music or hearts on fire

Need more of this Tango in the Night moment imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4PpWWun53o

i like the new song!

are you sure about the "waiting for tonight" thing... i mean i can KIND OF hear it but only if i squint my ears

ohh-oh-oh

yeah i knew that's the part but stillllll... ok fine i believe you

What part and what about `Waiting for Tonight`?

new album coming, single here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr67qC1IusQ

"Cold Water" is a song originally conceived in winter in Copenhagen, during a record cold fortnight of weather where I barely left my apartment (a time that feels strangely paralleled to now). Channeling the inhospitable conditions outside and using a few small pieces of instruments I had lying around, an idea for a song emerged. Then last year we managed to complete that idea in the studio together with the band. "Cold Water" is a song that felt significantly different from what we’d done in the past, and got us so excited that we wanted to build a group of songs around it in this new direction. And that’s what we did, also enlisting the help of Christoffer Berg (Fever Ray, The Knife, Depeche Mode) on mixing duties.

The end result was our forthcoming album titled Freeze, Melt which will be released later in the year.

Hah, just noticing I never even heard their 2017 record. This one sounds promising based on that track.

New album out today.

My copy arrived today, I really like it. A bit more downbeat than the last couple of records.

Running in the Grass is so super good. I have had it on repeat for the last hour. Overall this is a very solid album. Doesn't have the pop hits, but it's a cohesive listen. Enjoying it all, but Running In The Grass is the one i'll be playing the most.

So far this whole album sounds like the great underappreciated second side of an album that everybody gravitates to for the crowd pleasing first three tracks.

After 5 days of playing this on a loop, I’m ready to say this is my favorite album of 2020 so far.

I've only listened to it once and it kind of passed me by. I'll definitely be sticking with it though as they're one of the most reliable bands going. The last album was really underrated.

This is the first album of theirs I've mostly enjoyed since In Ghost Colours

It's an album you need to play a few times. Not many tracks leap out as the 'hits', but it's so solid and coherent. I have to start at song 1 and let it play the whole way through.

Ok yeah, you're right. I just put it on for a third listen on a walk in the sun and it sounded glorious. It felt too slight at first, but it's already starting to grip me with how it maintains that beautifully chilled out mood.

I love "Zonoscope," but this is definitely the one that's drawn me back the most to listen to again and again since that one.

Zonoscope is so great (if you take off Where I'm Going). I know a lot of people didn't rate it, but I thought Free Your Mind was great too. It's probably helped by seeing them on that tour and it being one of most fun shows I've ever been to.

I guess I should give this a listen, but this is something that has definitely changed in my listening life. Like, I don't have the time / patience / bandwidth to sit with and listen to an album 3 or 4 times that doesn't immediately grab me, to allow it to sink in any more, unless I have some real motivation to do so? (And I'm not sure what that motivation would be.)

Casual listening of bands I like, but don't really *love*, has kind of fallen by the wayside again. Which I feel is kind of a personal flaw, but also maybe that filtering process is necessary?

If you have to listen to an album by a band like Cut Copy three or four times for it to sink in then it's not doing the job properly. If they're not about the instant rush then what on earth is the point of them?

Love this. The verses of "Like Breaking Glass" kinda sound like Eno/Cale's "Spinning Away" to me

I guess it depends on how one sees the band - like, are Cut Copy just a happy, funtimes pop band for dancing to, or have they become something more introspective and deeper which requires and rewards more attention? (I guess I'm thinking of the comparison of Perfume Genius, where I *do* feel that there is something deeper to them, that I should persist in trying to reach, even if the hit is not immediate.)

If a band has changed, but one's own perception of them has not shifted, maybe more listening it required to bridge the gap. But if they've changed to something that just doesn't appeal, or one's own desires have shifted (do I already have enough introspective bands in my life, and I just want happy fun party music now?) then it's not worth it. I'm trying to work out what the difference is, but I guess it's not important.

I'm listening to Like Breaking Glass right now, and there are lots of the interesting synth sounds and wurbles that I used to really love about their earlier pop singles? (But the tempo is quite slow and the melodies aren't as sugary, so.)

I think if on first listen you don't like it, you won't like it. But if on first listen you do like it, on listen 3 you might light it a lot more. I don't know if there is anything newly deep about the group, but there is an air of melancholy to this one in particular that sounds different and perhaps demands a bit more commitment. Relatively speaking, of course. I was listening last night and for some reason kept thinking of Portishead's Third. This is not that, but it does present new facets of a group that had a pretty definable sound.