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i dont know about how i feel about that guitar riff.
it seems.... boring.

and dissapointing i am sad to say.

BUT.
i wasnt impressed with any of their songs on the 1st listen.
so we will see.
i still owe them for geogaddi even though i bought it.

― ben, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 03:27 (eighteen years ago) link

As a longtime Boards obsessive, I must say that I really dig "Oscar". It may sound like Boards, but .... I ... like Boards. So I find that to be a good thing.

In the context of the album, I'm sure it'll sound better to those of you who are underwhelmed (which seems to be all of you). But I actually prefer "Oscar" to the other leaked track.

Ah well, each to his own

― Erock LAzron, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 04:45 (eighteen years ago) link

'Oscar See Through Red Eye' is ok, imo. I don't like the chord progression. It doesn't really go anywhere at all.

― Salvador (Salvador), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 05:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Erock, I for one cannot get enough of OSTRE. I've listened to it over and over and over and over...

Yes, it doesn't 'really go anywhere' because its already there! The subtleties and movements of sound are fantastic, with pieces being added and subtracted with extreme precision. The fact that there is no melodic hook makes it all the more intriguing to me. I get a sense of floating through space and passing through a swirling vortex of motions and glimpses.

I'm so glad that I didn't bring the expectations of specific structure, instrumentations and tambres that many of you seem to have. I'd challenge you to put on a pair of headphones and listen to this track on repeat, perhaps while doing someting else. I've never heard a piece of music quite like it.

― Bryan G, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 07:26 (eighteen years ago) link

"perhaps while doing something else", heh

― jermaine (jnoble), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 08:24 (eighteen years ago) link

I think the new Oscar track is better than just "ok". I think it's pretty great actually. However, I also think it doesn't quite match up to some of Boards' greatest tracks.

― dkcmusic, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link

all the legit tracks are amazing,but i am not so keen on the guitar in the chromakey one that was played on the radio. Oscar is stunning after repeated listenings. the arrangment is so odd...the reprisal hook motify thing...bassline only once every few minutes..a strange tune but stunning as i said.

but ENOUGH already. wheres the GODDAMN LEAK??

i seriously had dreams last night that it got leaked. rude awakening.

― fuckin' bubo, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link

should be leaked in a few days/ maybe a week..........

― stupidash, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

but how does music reak?

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 00:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Its been leaked (not by me). I'll post link once I've downloaded. (Dramatic wait)

― curious yellow, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 06:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Well, I've decided to upload myself cause I dont want to kill the other link, wait an hour and it should be up. It 192kbps and its real.

― curious yellow, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 06:47 (eighteen years ago) link

...

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 06:55 (eighteen years ago) link

ah ok i found it too, 18 mins to go...

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 07:12 (eighteen years ago) link

well, this sounds pretty genuine to me.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 08:10 (eighteen years ago) link

http://s53.yousendit.com/d.php?id=Z0QWM6CBS5CW2LUANZ22T20W8

― curious yellow, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 08:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Fuck, well thats down and I'm still waiting for mine to upload.

― curious yellow, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 08:33 (eighteen years ago) link

http://s53.yousendit.com/d.php?id=36SJILN3C9WK03NIAN4SE4UW4C

Works, freshly uploaded.

― curious yellow, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 08:46 (eighteen years ago) link

ha, clearly people are reading this thread, then!

i dunno, on first listen it sounded a bit dull. but that was probably true of geogaddi, too. i should give it a go on headphones later, i guess.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 08:56 (eighteen years ago) link

lol, I agree it sounds a little dull but like you said on repeated listens I'm sure it will make sense. Man, my upload is down allready!

― curious yellow, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey can you post it again? The three authentic tracks so far are great!

― VLCI, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not going to post it again because it took so long to upload (2 hours) I'm on Soulseek, tell me your username and I'll add you to my friends list then you can leech it off me without and queues.

― curious yellow, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:12 (eighteen years ago) link

My user name is "peter_upstairs"

― VLCI, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Send me a message on slsk yeah?

― VLCI, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:14 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll probably come to terms with this new sound. Now that I've shed all expectations I'm free to enjoy it for what it is.

― bill neil (inabillity), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 10:09 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm starting to think BIBIO was one of the boards of canada guys.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link

This is a perfect album for walking, as I discovered on a two-hour trek around the neighborhood (and a lake, no less).

― bill neil (inabillity), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

OH WOW I WAS SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT "WALKING" ALBUM

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

I thought that said Wanking.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:29 (eighteen years ago) link

The fake 'Chromakey Dreamcoat' is so much better than the rather dull 'by numbers' real version.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link

also, when will you people stop bothering with YSI and use the better free uploaders?

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link

it's just a harmless observation, wtf.

― bill neil (inabillity), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link

it's just harmless joke, wtf!

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link

am i wrong in finding this thinner and more transparent than the boc i'm accustomed to? so far nothing as thick n delirious as "julie and candy", or as infinitely loopable as "amo bishop", or as genuinely serene as "corsair" ("tears from the compound eye" is trying too hard). the lone gimmick = the guitar samples (plus fake fingering on "peacock tail")(quiet dan perry).

― jermaine (jnoble), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link

ok....so i'm new to this here...but it's september 7th,7:18 pm....florida time.are you guys meaning to tell me that it's actually leaked?if so,somebody help me out with a soulseek tag so i can get it off ya.how can you be sure it's the real thing?

― jimmy berger, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 22:16 (eighteen years ago) link

what does the time have anything to do with it? are you trying to check if we are posting from the future?

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Son, this record is fine. Is it more of the same? Yes. Does it take fewer chances than Geogaddi? Yes. Does it sound like monkeys ripping off MHTRTC and not quite understanding what made that LP so special but still trying really hard to re-create it? Yes, which is why it's REALLY GOOD and I REALLY LIKES.

― Petroski (petroski), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Um...they ARE monkeys, aren't they?

― Ptah Dasein, Thursday, 8 September 2005 01:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Son, this record is fine.

dad?

― amon (eman), Thursday, 8 September 2005 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link

is it on soulseek....can someone help me?any usernames?mine is bill234.there are so many fakes.......how can i tell?someone help please.

― cockledoodledoo, Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:04 (eighteen years ago) link

where i can download kazza lite????

― amon (eman), Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:10 (eighteen years ago) link

please...........amon,help.anyone help.

― cockledoodledoo, Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:11 (eighteen years ago) link

i will ;_) ok ;););)alright i will help ;);))))):)

― amon (eman), Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:15 (eighteen years ago) link

ok...guess you're being sarcastic.sorry to bother you.i'm just a devoted nerd-ass boc fan lookin' for a way in.sorry.

― cockledoodledoo, Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:32 (eighteen years ago) link

what u need is a little *magic*

― boc lobster, Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link

the real one is 192kb and the first track is 44 seconds long...no go search

― venimdenim, Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:40 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.uvic.ca/archive/homepages/assets/featurephotos/zonk.jpg

― puffy sleeves, Thursday, 8 September 2005 02:43 (eighteen years ago) link

So, as everyone should do, I got very stoned and listened to this album with friends.

Of course, this meant that I was in and out of the album whilst talking to others, but I really liked what I heard. Obviously I need to hear it on headphones, out walking, etc. But there are some real gems on it.

Incidently, one of my friends has only liked single B.O.C. songs (1969, etc) in the past, but not complete albums. This one though he did really like. I'm not sure if that means they've made a much more "accessable" record, but it seems like that might be the case.

It does sound a lot less menacing than their other stuff, but instead it sounds much warmer and almost serene.

I dunno, I still don't know what song is what and which is called which. On the plus side though, by the time the album comes out I'll be madly in love with it.

Also, the guitars sound cool. Lighten up and enjoy the record.

― Erock Lazron, Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:36 (eighteen years ago) link

but maybe this time, instead of actually liking the complete album, your friend just liked a whole bunch of single B.O.C. songs in a row

stoner

― venimdenim, Thursday, 8 September 2005 05:34 (eighteen years ago) link

If what I've got is real, and I am reliably informed that it is, then I've enjoyed it more off first listen than anything else I've heard by them.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 8 September 2005 08:04 (eighteen years ago) link

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