KING

haven't followed the tracklist but whatever guitar solo happens at 45 mins is very *throws devil horns*

jesus the last song

i've spent a lot of time with these singles and they honestly feel brand new on the album

that is nuts, that never happens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC9bdKAKst4

hmm this wasn't what i was looking for ... lol

i mean kudos to them that they have built such a rich and seamless and iridescent ecosystem in which i hope to live forever

this album is an hour long? this is literally the only album on earth where i will not mind that it is an hour long

"the story" as the penultimate track feels like some kind of full circle thing idk. feeling something like completed symmetry just hearing that synth line

well cool i have been woven gently into the fabric of the universe. goodnight everyone

haven't followed the tracklist but whatever guitar solo happens at 45 mins is very *throws devil horns*

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, January 27, 2016 10:12 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes, this is an amazing moment

lol awesome thread so far, off to actually listen to the album now

oh wow it's out there but i have a hectic day today. yknow what i'm not going to do king like that, i'm going to approach their album with a bit more ceremony than others (rihanna). i've waited five years i can wait one more day.

Ah, this is frustrating, I pre-ordered the album on Bandcamp, but it doesn't come out until next week, and I have no idea how I'd be able to play the stream on my stereo... Is it worth listening on your computer with headphones?

holy cow this is good

xp can't you just hook up your computer to your stereo?

They're in different rooms, so no, sadly.

stream it on your phone?

This is the best thing I have ever heard.

halfway through and there's literally nothing i can say to contradict any of you

this is exceptional

this is it, the singularity

feels so weird to finish the 2015 albums poll countdown today after listening to the 2016 winner

thankyou Novak Djokovic for winning so quickly and permitting me time to hear this blessed masterpiece

i read that as based masterpiece, still made sense.

This has that diaphanous hologramic quality of Swain-Jolley produced stuff like Imagination and early Bananarama.

OH MY GOD, the climax of "oh please"

overwhelming tbh

great record

the most beautiful music ever made

I knew that hearing so many of their songs together at the same time would be overwhelming but maybe not this overwhelming?

My housemate arrived home as I was doing the dishes to "Supernatural" and without even saying hello to me exclaimed "what is THIS?"

Love Song becomes this unbelievable thing without you noticing

im waiting on two things itt, once all the flowers have been laid at their feet: 1) notorious contrarian crank al shipley, and 2) whether or not ppl think they surpassed their last release

their last release?

derp their debut

i'm not the expert here pal but doesn't their debut show up here in its entirety, in lush extended-mix form, segueing into the other songs? if that isn't surpassed idk what is

^^^^ yeah this is why i was confused

no im saying 'derp their debut' as in, derp this is their debut, i was thinking the old singles had been compiled somewhere but apparently not

ahhhh

i assumed there was more to the catalog i wasnt familiar w/ but apparently i knew their shit better than i thought :(

you're taking home the gold

This notional clusterfuck that doesn't even exist is a waste of good pedantry, guys.

Kind of annoyed I can't listen to this until tomorrow at the earliest.

i still want to know what al thinks lol

I succumbed and right now I'm listening this on the phone despite the crappy sound, and so far it sounds like Jones Girls' "Nights Over Egypt" stretched through a wormhole, which is pretty much the best thing I can think of.

This album is incredible. Everything about it is perfect without anything ever feeling forced. Like others have already said, that climax/solo in Oh, Please is everything, very Prince like.

Hey is still my highlight. It feels so cruel that it's only six minutes long, I want to be in that moment forever.

okay, queuing up; you guys losing your shit here has me worried/hopeful/terrified/excited

not to set the bar too high, but its awesome

omg at "Native Land" this is amazing

this is really great so far

puts me in the zone of "Right Here" by SWV but way more layered and complex

i get kind of a 80s jam & lewis' jagged edges sanded smooth via 'i want you'

R&B not my thing at all but this is amazingly beautiful music

wasnt there another thread w/ King discussion at one point? Maybe rev's alt-R&B thread?