i mean kudos to them that they have built such a rich and seamless and iridescent ecosystem in which i hope to live forever
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 06:21 (eight years ago) link
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
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 06:27 (eight years ago) link
"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
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 06:35 (eight years ago) link
well cool i have been woven gently into the fabric of the universe. goodnight everyone
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 06:38 (eight years ago) link
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
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 January 2016 07:05 (eight years ago) link
lol awesome thread so far, off to actually listen to the album now
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 January 2016 07:41 (eight years ago) link
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.
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2016 08:29 (eight years ago) link
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?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 28 January 2016 08:33 (eight years ago) link
holy cow this is good
― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 28 January 2016 09:33 (eight years ago) link
xp can't you just hook up your computer to your stereo?
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Thursday, 28 January 2016 09:37 (eight years ago) link
They're in different rooms, so no, sadly.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 28 January 2016 09:53 (eight years ago) link
stream it on your phone?
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 28 January 2016 09:55 (eight years ago) link
This is the best thing I have ever heard.
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2016 10:26 (eight years ago) link
halfway through and there's literally nothing i can say to contradict any of you
this is exceptional
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:38 (eight years ago) link
this is it, the singularity
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:39 (eight years ago) link
feels so weird to finish the 2015 albums poll countdown today after listening to the 2016 winner
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:42 (eight years ago) link
thankyou Novak Djokovic for winning so quickly and permitting me time to hear this blessed masterpiece
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:45 (eight years ago) link
i read that as based masterpiece, still made sense.
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:47 (eight years ago) link
This has that diaphanous hologramic quality of Swain-Jolley produced stuff like Imagination and early Bananarama.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:49 (eight years ago) link
OH MY GOD, the climax of "oh please"
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:54 (eight years ago) link
overwhelming tbh
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:55 (eight years ago) link
great record
― nxd, Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:59 (eight years ago) link
the most beautiful music ever made
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 January 2016 12:12 (eight years ago) link
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?"
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 28 January 2016 12:19 (eight years ago) link
Love Song becomes this unbelievable thing without you noticing
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 14:19 (eight years ago) link
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
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
their last release?
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
derp their debut
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
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
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
^^^^ yeah this is why i was confused
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
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
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
ahhhh
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:11 (eight years ago) link
i assumed there was more to the catalog i wasnt familiar w/ but apparently i knew their shit better than i thought :(
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:11 (eight years ago) link
you're taking home the gold
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
This notional clusterfuck that doesn't even exist is a waste of good pedantry, guys.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
Kind of annoyed I can't listen to this until tomorrow at the earliest.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
i still want to know what al thinks lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:55 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link
okay, queuing up; you guys losing your shit here has me worried/hopeful/terrified/excited
― ulysses, Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
not to set the bar too high, but its awesome
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
omg at "Native Land" this is amazing
― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
this is really great so far
puts me in the zone of "Right Here" by SWV but way more layered and complex
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
i get kind of a 80s jam & lewis' jagged edges sanded smooth via 'i want you'
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:13 (eight years ago) link
R&B not my thing at all but this is amazingly beautiful music
― the late great, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
wasnt there another thread w/ King discussion at one point? Maybe rev's alt-R&B thread?
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I think that's where I first posted about them.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link
rev, what's the link there? Not sure i have that bookmarked.
― ulysses, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link
wow, this really can't be background music on the first listen huh.
should i go to a free KING show tonight and get a copy of the album a week early?
― nomar, Thursday, 28 January 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link