thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about

i didn't rly get all the love for the dj healer record so wldn't be surprised if i felt the same abt this project

traumprinz is always gonna be controversial i think but i also found the dj healer record too... empty to enjoy

and i smoke a lot of weed

great, now i've relistened to it and i like it (at least i really like "we are going nowhere")

that daughters record is fucking awful imo

ah shit i think i love the traumprinz records

the Daughters album is pretty dull but of course rym would go this hard for this sort of Swans worship yeah. very confused to find out their guitarist was in Fang Island for a while, that's not a connection i would ever have expected

that daughters thing is trash

listening to the robyn album. if this boring bollocks wins the 2018 album poll it might be time to leave this place

generally imago I find your tastes to be a good guide in reverse of what I might like, but in this case I agree with you. I liked some of her past work but this new album is boring.

*puts Robyn album top of ballot paper*

:D

ilx's manifest destiny as middlebrow critic retirement home fulfilled

it flows really well and really seamlessly into its dancier pockets and expands the scope of her songwriting. it's also very easy to listen to. it's not for you dude

ah shit i think i love the traumprinz records

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:21 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this bore out: i do love them, dj healer slightly more than prime minister of doom

ahhh i like imago even when he calls records which are obviously great boring shit

and likewise i am growing to tolerate all y'all's weird predilections ;) but this is the marketplace of ideas and i will not be stayed from expression, unless by the banhammer

Fwiw I think it's boring as well and I'm deeply suspicious of the critical narrative around Robyn at this stage, and there's like four songs off that 2005 album I still like.

It really drifted by me as well, but her previous work benefits from its inescapability. I'm sure I'll be crushed into submission in time

she's had a few great singles but her previous albums were so inconsistent - this one's by far her best. can understand how some could be bored by it but i'm certainly much less confused by all the acclaim than i was in 2010

this thread will live on long after my death

(old Jess quote/paraphrase)

gonna use this safe space to say that the Monae album has a few nice songs but is overrated as hell

yeah

and i still think it’s her best lol

it's her worst but I still like it

just gonna come out and say it, Autechre's latest only has like 6 hours worth of good stuff on it

lol

yeah the janelle monae album is fine, and her strongest, but not really one of the best of the year or anything. some amazing singles though

not to go full unperson - I'm sure plenty of people unreservedly love every note - but there's a case to be made that a convergence of extramusical factors helped juke the stats in its favor

but, yknow, twas ever thus

please note thread title change to reflect our eternal discontent with hyped releases of any year

Monae is definitely one of those artists who's so easy to root for that it makes you overlook the filler

Thanks for pointing it out, felt like I was getting gaslighted there for a sec.

xp

Monae is definitely one of those artists who's so easy to root for that it makes you overlook the filler

yeah I can understand this too

xp bookmarks may keep the old title for a while

I've never enjoyed a note of Janelle Monae's music but will watch her act in anything

Re-Robyn. "Obviously great" is very relative. I wish I could come up with an elaborate and constructive diss (as we're supposed to), but the truth is I gave the album 15-20 minutes and found nothing exciting (title track is alright but sounds like someone else). And I like pop in general and some electro-pop. It's everyone's right to shrug something off and move on.

I gave the album 15-20 minutes

listen to the whole thing, come on

We should also do a thread to dis imago-hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about.

briiiiing it

here's how it's done btw: The Chap - Mega Breakfast

I've never enjoyed a note of Janelle Monae's music but will watch her act in anything

― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:30 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't have anything mean to say... it's just not for me at all!

i can forgive imago for hyping all sorts of things i don't care about just for being a fellow katie dey evangelical

what are the new traumprinz songs.... sorry i can't keep track of all the aliases but "2 the sky" is all time

the most loved traumprinz this year is dj healer - nothing 2 loose, which is great, but i think there was some other stuff too

imago is big Swirlies fan right? This would be my reason to forgive if I needed one

agreed on Monae and Robyn. The upside is nothing highly acclaimed this year really rankles me. I'm not sure if that says anything about 2018 or if I'm just aging out of caring so much

there's just nothing this year to care *deeply* about either way. and i'm *not* saying this was a bad year for music or there was no good music this year, it's just pretty clear (to me, at least) that there are no lightning rods out there

tried to start a julia holter war, to mass apathy

cmon we need more hate

listen to the whole thing, come on
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:36 PM (forty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

During my university years, when I was downloading albums all day, I would be very scrupulous about listening to albums from A to Z. I also used to be very respectful anytime three people agreed that an album was a great work of art, even when it left me politely clueless. I'm still lending my curious year to things that leave me clueless, but I'm way more anarchic and tyrannical: if 4 songs can't convince me, and I underline convince me, the opinion of the entire virtual planet won't make me lose my time. But apparently this forum frowns immediately if someone is not aligned (see imago, unperson etc), which is quite fun mind you, you can criticize but don't dare not like it, actually it's not just here that you get accused of lèse-majesté for not honoring the official 2018 playlist.