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I hope it sounds like Surrender to the Night!
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― Magic City (ano ano), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i hope this isn't like devin dazzle where i hate on it and then later hate on it even more

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

It is very lonely being the only person on ILM who doesn't think Daft Punk are dance messiahs.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

(AKA "Dan is very predicatably unmoved by Daft Punk the further they get from 'Revolution 909'" redux.)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think they're dance messiahs, m'friend, but I have to say so far it all sounds really great. Then again I'm only a couple of songs in.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

they're indie messiahs!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, Stereolab did release a song or two by Darlin' back in 1993, so there ya go.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

The last track is making me euphoric.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Then again I'm only a couple of songs in.

ha, exactly what i thought. incidentally, as much as i love the idea of 'Discovery' being the best album in years on paper (apart from Kid A and Loveless obviously), it never was for me. i will probably love Human After All as much as Discovery seeing as how my reaction to Discovery the first time is pretty similar to how i'm feeling about HAA now.

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

steam machine reminds me of NIN!

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

haha!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

she's right

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Woah, okay maybe I will reconsider my reaction to the single if there's a NIN pastiche on the album.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost: yep

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

It also reminded me of Junior Boys "Under the Sun" for some reason.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Steam Machine is not as good as The Tosser's Song by Lacquer which does the same 'repetetive riff that will sound brain elasticating when fucked in a club thing', but not as good, and without the vocals.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahah, good call Teeny! I just finished listening to that.

Five songs now and frankly this is a really good Depeche Mode-style album. No problems with it at all! Dan I suspect you will like this very much. Think of it this way -- if "Da Funk" is actually a rewrite of "Never Let Me Down Again" not scaled for arenas...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

My reaction right now is confined solely to "Robot Rock"; I may change my mind once I hear the rest of it (especially if there's a NIN song on it, wow!).

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Not as good as being not as good as something? What am I talking about?

Make Love is gorgeous but why are the beats so weedy? With a proper chunky 4/4 kick behind it that track could've been a proper summer Glasto-style let it all wash over you think like Love Story.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

remix it!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Now what we were talking about on the New Beat thread and elsewhere about industrial? IT'S ALL COMING BACK, SCOFFERS!

Holy hell! Actually "The Brainwasher" is even MORE industrial! Like if Front Line Assembly didn't keep rewriting the same song over again.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned, be fair; FLA wrote a different song for every album.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

The Brainwasher = fucking hell this rules. This deserves to be on the 2005 electrohouse thread. And it has a great demonic voice half way through. It also veers closer to techno than anything on Discovery.

(Dan you will definitely like this one)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned, be fair; FLA wrote a different song for every album.

I stand abashed.

Matt DC is right. "Television," meanwhile, mixes a bit of the industrial atmosphere with other things...fuck, this IS the album that answers Donut Christ's lament on this very subject. A good thing too, now I get to see everyone finally admit you were all rivetheads to start with. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I am liking Television Rules The Nation as well. Reminds me of the Karl Bartos album from last year.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"the brainwasher" is my favorite, i think.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Television Rules The Nation sounds like a Gary Numan/Kraftwerk mash-up...

― stephen morris, Monday, 24 January 2005 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

And what on earth is wrong with that?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

NOT ONE THING

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Nothing is wrong with that!

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― stephen morris, Monday, 24 January 2005 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Technologic uses exactly the same sound as Television only with a better bassline and incessant chipmunk vocals! This is grebt.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

On first listen I think Technologic might eat me.

― stephen morris, Monday, 24 January 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I keep expecting it to go "I wanna sit on your face" any minute now.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I was wondering how long before the tide would turn on initial "this is underwhelming" interpretations.

So yes - this is great.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG GUYS STOP GETTING ME EXCITED ABOUT DAFT PUNK IT ALWAYS ENDS IN TEARS (where by "tears" I mean "irritating 'mehs' exaggerated for self-comedic effect")

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

would it be overly precious for me to compare brainwasher to neubauten's 'headcleaner'?

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Compared to the 'big' atmosphere of Discovery this is a simpler album in general -- less immediately reminiscent of an anime cartoon soundtrack, let's put it that way! But really it's quite enjoyable and I will have a fine time listening to this sucker again (and again!).

It would not be precious at all, Teeny. It would merely show correct judgment.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I still am completely blah about "Robot Rock", djdee!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the disappointment hinges on the fact that there is no One More Time/Digital Love classic pop song on here, but fuck, the moment when the bass appears on Emotion doing EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO is marvellous. Steve was OTM about the Feels Like Home Comparison.

It also has exactly the same chords as the middle section of Guilty In Love by Mylo, only with nice filtered pads instead of plinky Super NES noises.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

It is more electro than industrial I think, they've jumped on the electrohouse bandwagon a little I think (which is fair because they kind of helped kickstart it anyway) but with their own twist to them. Its certainly a more consistent listen than Discovery, I think. Not the same peaks but fewer tracks I want to skip.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

It is more electro than industrial I think

Yay another genre war! ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM Daft Punk love-ins rule!

You're all OTM. :)

― Omar (Omar), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck, the moment when the bass appears on Emotion doing EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO is marvellous.

YES! Euphoric.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I would say that the title track is Discovery single quality.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

10 tracks is such a great amount for an album

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I am just trying to stop building up Dan's expectations and lowering Ronan's, Ned.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I think what I love most is how radically different this is from Discovery in many ways. Obviously its similar too, but I came into this expecting Discovery II at best or Discovery b-sides at worst and instead got an entirely new perspective, really.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

There is nothing remotely like Robot Rock elsewhere on here. Prime Time Of Your Life is kinda schaffel, isn't it?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i want someone to address my monotony/progression point. long ago i tried to describe Music Sounds Better With You as like an Escher staircase within a rising elevator. Emotion is similar, but why is so much removed and could it not be better with more lyrics/changes/density, as you would expect Basement Jaxx to do (and they do, on Feels Like Home. is it because DP just aren't as interested in that, they feel like BJ and others cover that well enough or this album only took 6 weeks and they just didn't have the patience? ;)

'schaffel bandwagon' accusation liable with 'The Primetime Of Your life' but who would care? it could well be the best shuffley track of all time!

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I really love when Prime Time of Your Life begins spinning hopelessly out of control and then that robo-Keith Moon drum fill comes in to save you from your own madness. Brilliant!

― stephen morris, Monday, 24 January 2005 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)

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