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― no poke balls (rip van wanko), Sunday, 14 August 2016 02:39 (seven years ago) link
lmao at that tracklist, did he just discover Aphex Twin?
― flappy bird, Sunday, 14 August 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
The two tracks I've heard really are v good.
― djh, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
Lucid Vanguard started as a music sharing process between Karl Remus and Warren Thomas Fenzi. Feeding and flowing off each other, they share many aspects of the songwriting process. To bracket them in one genre is to do them a disservice. Thoughtful vocals infused with neo-soul, world music and R&B beats. Borrowing from the method of Bon Iver and the dissolving of the ego that often comes with the singer/songwriter denotations, this band seeks a higher musical consciousness through what they create. What can be said for sure is that what Lucid Vanguard has released so far gives us a taste of the beautiful future for sound they are currently crafting.
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
https://tractsofrevolution.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/ego-3.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
Could sure go for some fried eggs right now.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
hang on to your eggo
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
a bunch of my friends played sax on this.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
good stuff? they are playing in st. paul soon
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
haven't heard it yet (i don't think they have either), nor are they in the touring band. sounds like the recording was a cool experience though.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
I looked at the trackless, and it sounds like there's a bunch of sax on it. The whole project seems weird, but I love it so far, and I did not expect that.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
Ahh so Justin finally listened to that copy of Age of Adz he had lying around
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
eh it's not suprising given who his musician friends are in the twin cities
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Ahh so Justin finally listened to that copy of Age of Adz he had lying around― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:48 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:48 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is so otm loli like these songs a lot. never listened to the 2011 record. haven't really paid attention since for emma, this new shit is wild, didn't really see it coming at all... http://pitchfork.com/news/67876-bon-iver-share-new-song-33-god-listen/
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 August 2016 05:49 (seven years ago) link
33 God is pretty good. the main things different from the last album are the programmed drums & samples floating about. the 80s soft rock at the core of these are basically what the last album was
― ufo, Monday, 29 August 2016 07:11 (seven years ago) link
wow this is stunning
― Evan R, Monday, 29 August 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
Not my thing, these two new tracks. Perhaps in the context of an album I'll enjoy them more. I remember loving the first single off the s/t and then disliking the record a great deal, so heh, who knows.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 30 September 2016 03:29 (seven years ago) link
Second LP left me completely cold; two listens thru the new one and I'm utterly blown away. One of the freshest approaches to music I've heard in some time.
― Davey D, Friday, 30 September 2016 06:21 (seven years ago) link
this is pretty good
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Monday, 3 October 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
i could do without some of the data decay stuff tho
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Monday, 3 October 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
This seemed really impressive on my first few listens. Some of the grotesquely over-Auto-Tuned stuff is hard for me to stomach, though. I feel like he's really driven that aesthetic into the ground.
― Evan R, Monday, 3 October 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
this is like when you download some gimmicky Waves Audio plugin demo and dick around making junk sound all goofy until it runs out
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 October 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Obviously there's a lot more craftsmanship and vision to it than that. But it does sound very gimmicky, at times distractingly so.
― Evan R, Monday, 3 October 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
This is absolutely terrible. And that's coming from someone who has much love for his first and mostly his second record too. But this is just straight up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. It's idealess. Using effects for the sake of it. Coming up with dreadful tracknames for the sake of it.
You can't just transform or further develop by merely using vocoders, autotune and "mysterious" song titles, you know. It takes soul, a sense of direction, and neither is even remotely present on the new record. Shambles. #trenchant
― the tightening is plateauing (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 3 October 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
"8 (Circle)" really reminds me of Marc Cohen the "Walking in Memphis" guy
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 October 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
This is great. Fuck music with soul and direction.
― Frederik B, Monday, 3 October 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Don't know if you are a first time customer to Bon Iver, Frederik, but if that is your stance you will hate his first two records I suppose.
I'm all for auto-tune and vocoders. But a teeny weeny bit of genuinity would be nice. 22, a million, offers none.
― the tightening is plateauing (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 3 October 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
this shit is all about some old fashioned "authenticity" bullshit, he like goes down on bruce hornsby and indigo girls ffs
wow this shit is so crazy zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 October 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
I do hate the first two records, lol. Bon Iver, Bon Iver was my worst album of 2011. Hate is not too strong a word. I'm quite surprised I like the new one as much as I do as well :)
― Frederik B, Monday, 3 October 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
idk this doesn't really seem like the huge departure from the last one that people are claiming. the methods of arriving are different, but ultimately he's always making goopy watercolors of songs based around his voice.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
― Frederik B, Monday, October 3, 2016 4:42 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hello 2016
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
i need to spend more time with this. i don't know if the sounds he is working with here really do the songs a lot of favors but maybe i will change my mind about that.
Bon Iver, Bon Iver was my worst album of 2011. Hate is not too strong a word. I'm quite surprised I like the new one as much as I do as well :)― Frederik B, Monday, October 3, 2016 5:16 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Frederik B, Monday, October 3, 2016 5:16 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is so perverse
― Treeship, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 01:55 (seven years ago) link
Likewise. It'll be interesting to see what sort of stamina this album might possess but wow, I sure am reaching for it a lot this week.
― doug watson, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
this album is dumb
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
But is it performatively dumb?
― niels, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
"33 “GOD”"(When we leave this room it's gone)Is the company stalling?We had what we wanted: your eyes(When we leave this room it's gone)With no word from the formerI'd be happy as hell, if you stayed for tea
(When we leave this room it's gone)Is the company stalling?We had what we wanted: your eyes(When we leave this room it's gone)With no word from the formerI'd be happy as hell, if you stayed for tea
― niels, Thursday, 15 December 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
Tour dates cancelled:
https://twitter.com/boniver/status/816645561126420480/photo/1
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 5 January 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
this album is seven years old now. i think it holds up as a classic.
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:44 (five years ago) link
especially calgary. like, come on.
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 19 October 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
dunno... calgary is indeed beautiful, the album art is gorgeous, sonically it's lovely, but the songs are just a bit too wet in parts. i reckon the last LP holds up better.
― meaulnes, Friday, 19 October 2018 06:03 (five years ago) link
calgary, yes, beth/rest definitely
but overall found it a bit of a slog, overdone
― niels, Friday, 19 October 2018 06:04 (five years ago) link
classic sophomore syndrom, what came so easy on the first one sounds slightly forced/overthougt here
― niels, Friday, 19 October 2018 06:28 (five years ago) link
2 new songs.
I like Hey, Ma.
― triggercut, Thursday, 6 June 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
album i,i out August 30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU-s_Zxv_MQ
i really like "faith" out of the new songs
― ufo, Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
have loved all 4 of the new ones so far. U and Faith maybe above the others.
― gman59, Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
U (Man Like) > Faith > Hey, Ma > Jelmore
― gman59, Friday, 12 July 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
the album is out early and i'm really liking it on first listen - probably my favourite of his? a successful improvement on the samples-and-synths-everywhere sound of the last one which had some cool ideas but it felt too fragmented for it to really work that well overall. goes much further into sublime sophisti- (and i want to say kinda balearic in places) territory than his previous work too - "salem" and "sh'diah" are especially good.
― ufo, Thursday, 8 August 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
Feel like some of the early over-praise for this is music over-correcting for the fact that they didn't call 22, A Million as being his best album by a distance.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
*music critics
Yeah, perhaps. I repped for 22, A Million (even in this thread) but eventually for me, the live reworkings superceded the album versions. The December 2016 show at Pioneer Works seems the definitive listen these days. I'm still underwhelmed by the new record.
― doug watson, Thursday, 15 August 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link