haha fair, here are the good bits:
“I hadn’t felt that solid about putting together an album in a while,” Booth said.“We started building up the rig in the summer of 2018, right after the Australian tour,” Booth said.“The MIDI keyboard only handles a very limited set of information,” Booth says. “And it’s based on the piano, a very specific instrument from a very specific time. We’re just using MAX to be more compositional in what we do.”The duo worked on tracks for over a year, finishing in February of 2020, before lockdown.“We’d get in touch and it would turn out we were doing the same kind of thing, without even talking,” Brown said. “I’m not sure we could do it in the same room now. But we’re often thinking the exact same thing.” Like what?“Ah . . . that’s lush—fuck.”
“We started building up the rig in the summer of 2018, right after the Australian tour,” Booth said.
“The MIDI keyboard only handles a very limited set of information,” Booth says. “And it’s based on the piano, a very specific instrument from a very specific time. We’re just using MAX to be more compositional in what we do.”
The duo worked on tracks for over a year, finishing in February of 2020, before lockdown.
“We’d get in touch and it would turn out we were doing the same kind of thing, without even talking,” Brown said. “I’m not sure we could do it in the same room now. But we’re often thinking the exact same thing.”
Like what?
“Ah . . . that’s lush—fuck.”
― lukas, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:19 (five years ago)
gently burbling programmatic music w mean ole bass
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:19 (five years ago)
There's some really interesting, subtle delay FX on those marimbas that have been building over the whole track in the background there
― octobeard, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:20 (five years ago)
and that dry muffled kick I always love
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:20 (five years ago)
there are a couple more quotes in the article ... for those who DARE
― lukas, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:20 (five years ago)
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, October 8, 2020 1:19 PM (fifty-two seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
the core, the heart music
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:21 (five years ago)
omg jerk my tears why dont u
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:21 (five years ago)
Oh HELL yeah. Oversteps 2 is exactly what I wanted
― J. Sam, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:22 (five years ago)
this is incredible so far
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:22 (five years ago)
woot
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:23 (five years ago)
This is easily the first Ae album fans who departed in 2001 might actually enjoy. Much more so than even Oversteps.
― octobeard, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:24 (five years ago)
it's very complex in a melodic way. 2-4 have been basically ambient.
beat back tho
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:26 (five years ago)
the funk
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:26 (five years ago)
snappin
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:27 (five years ago)
8-bit chirpin
― J. Sam, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:29 (five years ago)
into it
― lukas, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:31 (five years ago)
Sakamoto vibes
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:31 (five years ago)
the expanding universe
― J. Sam, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:32 (five years ago)
this reminds me of fennesz a little bit!
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:32 (five years ago)
oh man it's so pretty
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:33 (five years ago)
most flat out beautiful track they've done in a decade
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:34 (five years ago)
feeling like i'm trapped in a slow-motion horror film and klaus schulze did the soundtrack
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:35 (five years ago)
yeah I already like the beatless tracks here better than all the beatless tracks on NTS (and I'm a freak for NTS)
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:35 (five years ago)
very emotional
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:36 (five years ago)
ok we're gonkin
― J. Sam, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:37 (five years ago)
The comment above about "How are they always new?" is ringing hard with this.
― octobeard, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:38 (five years ago)
― J. Sam, Thursday, October 8, 2020 1:37 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:39 (five years ago)
like a streamlined nts jam, really sick
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:40 (five years ago)
I already preordered the LP and the stream keeps cutting out so I'm gonna bail on this but I loved everything I heard
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:42 (five years ago)
this one
― lukas, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:43 (five years ago)
feel like the beat tracks are interludes between the ambient tracks, which are the highlight! another gorgeous one
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:43 (five years ago)
oh man this is soooo good
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:44 (five years ago)
"gr4" more like gr8
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:44 (five years ago)
feel like the beat tracks are interludes between the ambient tracks, which are the highlight!
otm
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:45 (five years ago)
gah don't stop
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:45 (five years ago)
gr4, of all the songs so far, deserves the 20 minute NTS treatment haha
― octobeard, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:46 (five years ago)
i gotta lie down
― lukas, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:46 (five years ago)
aoty
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:47 (five years ago)
yes
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:48 (five years ago)
for real
― J. Sam, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:48 (five years ago)
properness
And Brad came in late! The opener was probably their best opener since Cipater
― octobeard, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:49 (five years ago)
yes and it's probably not even in the top 5 tracks so far
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:50 (five years ago)
ooo let's have a fight about an album that we haven't finished listening to yet cuz i stan the opener
― lukas, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:51 (five years ago)
these chords could mash up well with I've had the time of my life from Dirty Dancing lol
― J. Sam, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:51 (five years ago)
just absolutely losing my shit to this one ("th red a")
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:51 (five years ago)
why isn't this out until next friday! i already want to hear it 300 more times
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:52 (five years ago)
these chords get better the more i hear them. this is gonna be a blissed out headphones album for sure. shame i never get to bliss out with headphones any more!
wow some super abrupt endings to these tracks.
― neith moon (ledge), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:52 (five years ago)
This square wave synth sound is something I haven't heard from them since literally Amber.
― octobeard, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:53 (five years ago)
oh this is IT. nodding solemnly rn
― J. Sam, Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:53 (five years ago)