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― they reminisce over dayo (D-40), Sunday, 27 March 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Oooh I like this album.
― We make bouquets that fade immediately. (Turangalila), Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
oh this is EXTREMELY impressive!
― jed_, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
(so far, track 6)
The leak is only 128k right?
― Number None, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
my hangover's giving this the thumbs up so far
'middle' in partic is different gravy
― r|t|c, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
do u guys like ladyluck tho?
― plax (ico), Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I do.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
plax, i likr it but it sounds totally amazing as part of the album
― jed_, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
likr like
hmm
― plax (ico), Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
oh you
― jed_, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus the vocal on gravity is just beautiful. i find this genuinely exciting.
― jed_, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Really, until further notice, this is my favorite album of the year.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
― Number None, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
not a dud on it. really accomplished song writing. great vocals & production. wow!
― jed_, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Like, I get as excited listening to this as I did by Portishead's Third and that remained my favorite album for all of 2008.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i really enjoyed this when i listened to it. hangovers help, yes
― lex pretend, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm intrigued and all but the one thing nobody's said much on the thread is...exactly who is this guy? Meaning did "Night Air" come out of nowhere or had he already been building a rep?
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
he was a guardian reader folk singer i think, his version of wayfaring stranger got a big hyped burial remix around the time of the first burial album and then this collab
― plax (ico), Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
From what I gather, he'd been toiling in obscurity for a couple years before Burial agreed to work with him on "Night Air" and then he went FULL AWESOME and now can't be stopped.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd heard of him a while before that, just as a random soul singer about town doing vox on uk urban underground tunes (like fatima, ahu etc) - this actually remains one of his finest tracks imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dw1PTtu2dE
― lex pretend, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
idk if i'd call it toiling in obscurity, as with katy b i think he always meant to build up to this - what both of them did for a few years prior to their breakthrough was more like build up a portfolio
― lex pretend, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Your ear is closer to the ground in that sector than a lot of us, though. I had no idea who he was until about six months ago.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i actually had read about him in the guardian but w/e
― plax (ico), Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
dude just has an awesome, distinct voice & some solid songwriting chops
sometimes i get kind of worried the song is gonna veer into barely-there territory but he'll save it w/ a little melodic flourish
― they reminisce over dayo (D-40), Sunday, 27 March 2011 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i've been aware of him since 'wayfaring stranger' a few years ago (although i assumed it was part of an album, not just a single). at the time i figured he was the next jamie cullum or whatever, who was lucky or had enough $ to get a burial remix.
― adult music person (Jordan), Sunday, 27 March 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
immaculate album but i must reiterate i strongly feel 'middle' is the track that resolves the whole
gonna give it a day and hope no one else dares in the meantime in case i clown myself with the proclamation i was just about to make
― r|t|c, Sunday, 27 March 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
is Middle the last track? I sort my library by date added so i generally listen to albums 'backwards' since the last track is the most recently imported. I always hear Middle first. Don't love it but it don't mind it either.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 28 March 2011 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
No, middle is the fifth track - scroll up in this thread about two weeks for the tracklist (just above tge cover artwork)
― StanM, Monday, 28 March 2011 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
tge -> the
when's the official release date for this?
― who is john nult? (dayo), Monday, 28 March 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
April 11th I think.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 March 2011 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
dude was supposed to play toronto w/ mt. kimbie on friday but dropped out at the last minute. i'm not sure about why he couldn't make it, but it's a shame because i was really looking forward to hearing what he's like live.
― borntohula, Monday, 28 March 2011 04:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, Montreal was supposed to be last night but he bailed. Between that and the cancelled Kingdom/Girl Unit/Bok Bok gig Friday I am less than pleased.
― Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill The Radio Star (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 28 March 2011 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
ok so this is much better than I expected it to be - still not convinced by "lady luck" but anyone who's heard the early acoustic versions of "spiral" and "gravity" knows that these versions are so much improved with the electronic flourishes. amazing sound.
(srsly, "Gravity" = sexxx)
― Roz, Monday, 28 March 2011 06:59 (thirteen years ago) link
It's growing on me and I apologise to James Blake and Jamie Woon for comparing them with each other (even though I still get the same feeling from their albums).
― StanM, Monday, 28 March 2011 07:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i've still never knowingly heard any james blake (i'm sure lex understands this - my reluctance basically stems from the fact that blake shares the same name as one of our least favourite american tennis players).
― Roz, Monday, 28 March 2011 07:57 (thirteen years ago) link
it opened the door for the "as overrated as his tennis namesake" line for me! and the observation that james blake (producer)'s rise to prominence coincided exactly with james blake (tennis player) falling out of the top 100...
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 March 2011 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not sure if I like this... the beats and textures I love but something about it sounding like Phil Collins at his most new-agey is off-putting for me.
― Moka, Monday, 28 March 2011 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
^^It's all about the beats/texture for me - one of the reasons i wasn't so looking forward to this initially was due to hearing his earlier stuff, some of which which were sub-Buckley at best. The production totally redeems the corniness imo.
― Roz, Monday, 28 March 2011 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
the cancelled Kingdom/Girl Unit/Bok Bok gig Friday
coulda told you this was coming due to Austin cancellations a couple weeks ago :/
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Monday, 28 March 2011 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, I mean. I knew it got cancelled a couple of weeks ago. I just meant that once Night Slugs got visa-issue cancelled, Woon was my backup plan for the weekend.
― Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill The Radio Star (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 28 March 2011 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
ahhh gotcha
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Monday, 28 March 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
"Middle" is fantastic.
― We make bouquets that fade immediately. (Turangalila), Monday, 28 March 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
"lady luck" is much better in album context
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 March 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes
― We make bouquets that fade immediately. (Turangalila), Monday, 28 March 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfDbEQAfOY
Old version of 'Spirits', which is kind of awesome. Curious if the live show leans more towards this kind of thing or if the backing tracks just get played over the soundsystem.
― Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill The Radio Star (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 28 March 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
he has a full live band, if that helps?
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Monday, 28 March 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link