The Air France thread

We are recording commentary tracks for the songs, where we take the listener through our emotions and little anectodes about the recording process.

i love this idea

Do not want.

sounds almost as bad as when hardcore bands include explanations along with their lyrics.

yeah how bout we skip that and go straight to an album plz

If we just went ahead and made 4-track CDs standard, with track faders instead of an EQ on your stereo, then interesting people could hear it if they wanted and the rest of you pissy killjoys wouldn't have to.

yeah sod commentaries tho, give us individual tracks from the music to mess around with for personal pleasure

Well - either way!

how about a few bonus comedy sketches

did ya hear the one about childhood?

its innocence can only ever be approximated, as through a sepia-tinged, melancholic facsimile!

*armpit fart*

sounds lame to me, like director's commentary on DVDs

just give me more MUSIC

kind of like a dream, no WORSE - am i right guys?

1) directors commentaries are often rad 2) this is a fun and hilarious idea 3) f u

lolll slocks

Just reading through this thread for the first time, and although I like Air France, Boat Club are even better. Thanks for the tip.

dear max,

i think it's cool that you have the time to watch a movie and then watch it a whole second time without any audio just to hear the director comment on his own film so that the DVD companies can have a special features tab on the menu.

love your biggest admirer

also this vvvv

i want remixes

― gr8080

i actually have no problem with this but i do wish they'd do an album and not, you know, an EPK

this thread made me remember some tracks of "color filter" on "i often think in music" , i refreshed my memory with a listen online at
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=113829&highlight=113841
what do y'all think?
back then i had so many favorites, jumping from "give this a whirl" to "fearless" to etc really
maybe it's a bit too eager or crisp or naive (or what?) for being of now tho

I'm at work so can't listen but it's always good to see you here, Sébastien

yeah how bout we skip that and go straight to an album plz

i actually have no problem with this but i do wish they'd do an album and not, you know, an EPK

when i met joel, he didn't know if they would do an album. they like the EP format, i guess.. i should really transcribe that thing one day..

Yeah I don't know if I could handle a whole album of Air France. They're almost too pretty and gorgeous to that much of at once.

to TAKE that much of

yeah i said it, pretty AND gorgeous

take pretty much gorgeous EP

you don't have to listen to the album from start to end tho :)

also this vvvv

i want remixes

they have remixed 'skeleton boy' by friendly fires. it's pretty.

has anyone heard this? http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0103.php

Yes I have - very promising.

New Air France song - with someone called Roos. Available as part of this rather sweet site they've put out to celebrate Midsommer in Gothenburg...

http://www.gbgbelongstous.se/

It is now officially summer !
Thanks for the link, Treblekicker.

Thanks Treblekicker!

topical monicker

tropical monicker

nice song, but srsly can't be bothered to read that site (unless it's really great...?)

Pretty sure the beat on this new one is sampled or at least influenced by Saint Etienne - "Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix in Two Halves)"

i wouldnt be so cagey spencer, it sounds like a st etienne song thru and thru, and im not gonna complain

Does Air France demographic consists mostly of gay men? I ask because I love them and I think it's one of the best pop acts this decade but the only people in my city that knows of them, besides me, are my gay friends. I always think twice before dropping Air France at my house if any of my slightly homophobic acquaintances are at sight.

Same thing happened to me with Hercules & Love Affair but with them I know they're gay subculture icons, I've never known for sure with Air France. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Btw the new song is brilliant and it definitely sounds like some sort of update on that Saint Etienne track.

I certainly don't break the trend but they've always struck me as more frail-fey-indie than gay.

Somewhere I said that if early Saint Etienne combined Pet Shop Boys with A. R. Kane, The Tough Alliance and Air France start to divide that combination into separate pieces

(not to say that TTA = PSB and etc, rather that TTA sound like the Saint Etienne that reminds me of PSB, whereas Air France sound like the Saint Etienne that reminds me of A. R. Kane)

They just seem like an intensification of the dreamier end of early Saint Etienne to me.. and Saint Etienne in their early days were, well, PSB meets A.R. Kane in a way..

I should give em another chance, though; their music just kinda seemed to be rubbing my favorite album in my face all the time, which seemed kind of cruel

"They just seem like an intensification of the dreamier end of early Saint Etienne to me.. and Saint Etienne in their early days were, well, PSB meets A.R. Kane in a way.."

I think this is precisely what i'm getting at, minus the shrug factor.

has anyone seen air france live? i feel like it must be the greatest thing ever.

The song posted is great but i completely disagree that it sounds anything like Weatherall's mix of Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Not even close. For one, it's about 15-20bpms faster and much more cluttered with percussion.

I'm pretty sure they sampled the beat, sped it up, eq'd and then started layering; just using it as a starting point.

don't know where else to post this but new jj track:
http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0113.php

wow! such a nice one!

so there's a jj album out now

Would I like this?

Well, I better download the song and find out.

Um, yeah, it's starting out very St. Etienne. Like this.

Whoops... I just started a jj thread: jj no. 2: A mix of Scandinavian balearic (I know)/outer space R&B/folk-y gloriousness...

There's a tiny clip of Air France's remix of Saint Etienne up on youtube now.