I don't know why I / everyone ignored the new record thinking it was more of the same. Well, it kinda is but deeper. And I loved that same. This band is seriously underused. Red Flag is a belter. Stalker also. Last year's album is GREAST.
They got a fair bit of love on the 77 albums poll. Post here!
― kraudive, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
There's a gig at the Barbican headlining behind Mount Kimbie and Fennesz in April. Looks amazing.
Oh, my, Lisbon Maru came on now. This is the stuff.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
loved slow focus on the first pass, but lost interest after a few spins, then more or less forgot about it. not sounding at all bad atm, though the tracks that initially struck me as filler still do (esp "year of the dog" and "hidden xs").
― thuggish ruggish brony (contenderizer), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:18 (ten years ago) link
Only just caught up with the lastest one properly, I think I actually prefer it to Tarot Sport. It's got a bit more edge and darkness. Excellent walking music.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 5 September 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
True. Still missing the giant tribal uplifting space pyramids parts mentioned upthread, though the 'filler' tracks are way more interesting on Slow Focus, I gotta admit.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Friday, 5 September 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, Year of the Dog for example is not a track you'd choose to listen to in isolation but as part of the musical narrative of the album it works extremely well.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 5 September 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
Also the chord progressions are more interesting and unusual on this one (to my untrained ears, anyway).
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 5 September 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
just relistened to tarot sport. i think when it came out i listened to it a few times but maybe didn't pay that much attention.
anyway, wow
― Treeship, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 13:57 (nine years ago) link
yeh tarot sport is probably my favouritelove the lisbon maru/olympians middle crux
― nxd, Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
Anyone else excited for the upcoming Blanck Mass sophomore album?
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Thursday, 26 February 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
i feel bad about being a killjoy but i thought the first blanck mass album one of the worst records i've ever heard
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
i'm excited! The 3 BM tracks released post the album are much more FB-y
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Friday, 27 February 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
New BM album has leaked, is rather excellent--much more FBy than the first one, for what that's worth
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 05:48 (nine years ago) link
Where'd you find your torrent?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 11:22 (nine years ago) link
idkw anyone means when they say leaked nowadays but the Guardian were streaming it last week, think you can still listen to that
― pull blart, maul cops (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 12:21 (nine years ago) link
And this morning it appeared on Spotify. And I see Andrew Hung has a new EP too - 'Rave Cave Level 1', which is a sort of FB-y take on 8-bit arcade music
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Thursday, 7 May 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
I am drunk and I'm sat here listening to Dumb Flesh and thinking this was the thing the Valentines did after Loveless. It's kinda making sense. I'm very drunk but this is a really good record.
― kraudive, Saturday, 23 May 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
New Blanck Mass very good on first listen.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
cosine
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:13 (nine years ago) link
yeh i enjoyed it toovery much of the essence of fuck buttons
― nxd, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:15 (nine years ago) link
more frantic, imo, fewer cinematic arpeggios
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
Yeah but definitely its own thing as well. Sort of bridges the gap between Fuck Buttons and techno.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:17 (nine years ago) link
xpost
It's lovely
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:19 (nine years ago) link
'No Lite' reminds me of the Dust Brothers' Fight Club soundtrack
― Upright Mammal (mh), Friday, 12 June 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
the opener is tops, then it hews too close to Slow Focus territory for my tastes
― franklin, Friday, 12 June 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
I'm late to the game on this blanck mass album but WOW awesome. Dust Brothers/Fuck Buttons midpoint is embarrassing but accurate.
― ulysses, Thursday, 21 April 2016 01:03 (eight years ago) link
It's great, and so's the follow-up EP with Genesis P Orridge
― a hairy, howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 April 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
That sounds way more appealing than the first BM album, which I just thought was dull.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 April 2016 12:01 (eight years ago) link
Yep, that sounded more like the midpoint between Fuck Buttons and a single unchanging mildly harmonious drone.
― Just can't get Eno, ugh (ledge), Thursday, 21 April 2016 12:29 (eight years ago) link
I listened to this already some time ago, forgot all about it! It is better than the first MB, not a million miles from the last FB and therefore less bonkers than I was hoping for. Will give it a few more tries.
― Just can't get Eno, ugh (ledge), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
liked and voted for d7-d5 last year
new track came out a week ago toowww.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8QMSMb-Bs
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 14:47 (seven years ago) link
oh whoops let's try that again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8QMSMb-Bs
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
new album preorder : https://blanckmass.bandcamp.com/album/world-eater
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
World Eater out today.
Feeling this very much on first listen, pretty wild and HEALTH/Tarot Sport-esque. Probably the first time Blanck Mass really clicks with me and does not feel like a lesser FB.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Friday, 3 March 2017 17:25 (seven years ago) link
yes, great album
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 3 March 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
AOTY so far
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 3 March 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
^^^^^
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Friday, 3 March 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
I opted for CD instead of vinyl
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 4 March 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
It just sounds like a soundtrack of Bradley Wiggins last wank before he tops himself.
― calzino, Saturday, 4 March 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
I bow down to yr personal experience
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 4 March 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
That's a sick burn but I'm maybe 99% sure that Wiggins default choice in that situation would be 'Wild Wood' by Paul Weller.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:17 (seven years ago) link
It's probably cos they were involved in that Danny Boyle olympic opening ceremony/travesty that I make the Wiggins connection.
― calzino, Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:21 (seven years ago) link
"Involved" not quite the right word for someone else playing a remix of one of your tracks at a public event. O, how i remember Nirvana and their involvement in my high school formal.
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 4 March 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
I thought they had actually played at the opening ceremony. Anyways - semantics aside - "involved" "connected" whatever! Some of this sounds like quite hackneyed goth/industrial and some of it sounds like Amon Tobin pissing about with a music app. It is so mediocre I can't even listen to a full track, and have actually tried.
― calzino, Saturday, 4 March 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
World Eater is excellent. Andrew Hung's solo stuff on the other hand... might be OK if he didn't sing.
― chap, Tuesday, 5 September 2017 11:44 (six years ago) link
dear god that is some worst of 1980s indie voice.
― angelo irishagreementi (ledge), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
Yeah, wanted to like it, but.... Nooo.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
World Eater still aoty I reckon. It's a fucking corker. Has anyone seen this guy do a live set?
― kraudive, Friday, 22 September 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
― calzino, Saturday, March 4, 2017 1:40 AM (six months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hahaha, this is prime Calzino <3
Great album though, for sure.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 22 September 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link