Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting

Think it just leaked.

I'm either going to be elated or crazy disappointed. I'm probably expecting too much from this record anyway, but it's the first thing I've been honestly excited about hearing this year.

got this today-- it's great three tracks in!

okay & that's before track 4 "Shoulda" pretty much took a sledgehammer to everything else in his catalog. AMAZINGGGG

Johnny i can't see you being disappointed, this album rules

Oh yeah, I've listened to it a couple times through since last night and I think it's fantastic.

Think it just leaked.

i can't find any evidence of this

link i found was on uploadbox via filestube (can't believe those are things)

It's in m4a at 128, so hardly idea. But it will do for a few weeks.

idea=ideal

link i found was on uploadbox via filestube (can't believe those are things)

haha i downloaded that and i think it was fake? the album wasn't in it anyway

"uploaded 2011-02-15"

There's a 5-track sampler on Spotify though: http://open.spotify.com/album/5YgMGbzIfjwwHw7R4g3iZz

If that isn't it, I apologize - I don't have Spotify myself, just found that link

ah, good to know, it's still downloading here. over 700 people fooled so far!

lex you should be able to get a promo of this, right? i mean i did sooo

fucking webmail! can never get it to work so i'll just say thanks johnny here

"should"

some PRs are more into sending promos than others

People really download those things? I tend to assume they're boxes full of viruses and if you get an album with it it's a bonus.

they are usually albums matt

filestube is usually pretty solid

It's out there now.

Night Air and Lady Luck are pretty accurate tasters for the album, imho. Immaculately produced, not totally blown away though. Need more listens. Reminded me more of James Blake than I had expected on first listen (i.e. ultimately innocent soul stylings but with somewhat dangerous production).

lol

'somewhat dangerous production'

i just got the Blake album & played Woon a week ago or so, i think the Blake album has both higher highs & lower lows, if that makes sense

Don't get the comparison at all tbh. There's not a single song on the James Blake album that doesn't make me want to punch a baby, whereas the Woon album is close to flawless.

punching babies not cool; you should settle for punching blake's baby face

If I had a baby and it had Blake's face I'd punch it, that wouldn't be natural.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_4AxzvhCPY

There is no way he has got a baby face.

Student Face more like.

I wouldn't compare the two mind, I mean if you throw Woon and Blake together you may as well throw in Katy B. It just doesn't work yeah they all have a bass thing going on beu they all come at it diffrently. Katy B big girl next door pop anthems, Woon electronic indie/soul song writer material, Blake looped-out electronic freakery. Woon and Blake use a simular pallet, Blake sings but doesn't try to make songs, woon has been attempting to make songs for ages as some London free indie mic spot monkey untill he found the bass scene. Nowt wrong with any aproach really but they all have a difference no point comparing them to me at least. They do diffrent things.

Loving this album.

Where are we finding this? Usual sources not turning anything up...

mailed u

me2

do u guys not have google toolbars?

if you google mirorrwriting (with the typo) you shld find it...

oh. i didn't know it was a typo. perhaps that is why. I was searching "mirrorwriting" and "jamie woon"

mirrorwritting too

ha i obv had no idea about the misspell

idgi re: google toolbars

I really like this album and the track that's standing out to me the most is the one that has the line 'you can try on anything for free'. I've been playing it while i clean and unpack so I haven't really followed song titles yet.

Oooh I like this album.

oh this is EXTREMELY impressive!

(so far, track 6)

The leak is only 128k right?

my hangover's giving this the thumbs up so far

'middle' in partic is different gravy

do u guys like ladyluck tho?

I do.

plax, i likr it but it sounds totally amazing as part of the album

likr like

hmm

oh you

jesus the vocal on gravity is just beautiful. i find this genuinely exciting.

Really, until further notice, this is my favorite album of the year.

Mirrorwriting still holds up better than most things from 2011, as I'm discovering tonight.

Mirrorwriting still holds up better than most things from 2011, as I'm discovering tonight.

this is still true in 2022.

great headphone album.

Heard this on Martyn's Dekmantel mix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvp8RWcj3M
https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp16-music

like that a lot

revisiting this performance of "sharpness" & it's still awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J0CjQjjy24

New album is great, especially the lovely ‘The Heart’s Mountains’.

I missed this and had zero idea that there was a new Jamie Woon album until scanning through the ILM tracks poll noms (not even albums!).

I swear the only way to actually know about new releases is just to google your fav artists every 6 - 12 months.

Upon further reflection, I think I had heard of this, checked it out and was not that into it, and wiped it from my memory. :/ And now my decaying brain is going through the same circuit.

found his second album, making time, on cd in a charity shop last year but not really given it much time.
need to sort that out.

I love that one, and was hoping he'd continue the live band thing.

yeah, suspect it was the live band sound that meant i didn't give it much love.