"Fearless" is really special
― Indexed, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
"Fearless" is the track going in my end-of-year mix...
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
i have to go Wildfire for fav track this year
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
yup
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
Yeah I'd be kidding myself if it wasn't the one I'd vote for
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 3 December 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
that's my favourite from black is for sure
― ufo, Thursday, 3 December 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
Rise is the better album but Wildfire is the highlight imho. That said I pretty much love all of the songs mentioned so far so I don’t think I would mind whatever song(s) places in the EOY poll.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 3 December 2020 02:33 (three years ago) link
All about "Son Shine" and "Her Light" here, though I won't insist on it
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Friday, 4 December 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
damn I just realized my post is the only measure of Keiyaa on ILM. This is in a similar vain as the new Sault but better imo: https://keiyaa.bandcamp.com/
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix)
both amused and amazed by the coincidence of you bringing up Keiyaa's record - which is brilliant, it's high on my eoy list, but no better than (black is), imo- and just finishing reading an interview with her, where she makes kind of similar points to that thread of yours from a hundred years ago, about the marginalization of black music and black audiences in the US
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Sunday, 6 December 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah that album’s great!!
― brimstead, Sunday, 6 December 2020 04:23 (three years ago) link
Love the Keiyaa album too, but can’t really compare them to Sault. Would play them for different moods.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 6 December 2020 05:43 (three years ago) link
You guys want to throw Keiyaa into the EOY tracks poll? I’m definitely voting for it in the albums poll... can’t really think of a song to represent it... Rectifiya, maybe?
I have a stupid self-imposed rule of only voting one song per album so, for Sault I’m voting Wildfires from Black Is... still undecided on which one for Rise... Strong, Fearless, Just Want to Dance, Free, Little Boy seem to be the ones mentiones the most in this thread and I can’t pick one out of those, they’re all great. Strong has that batucada shift halfway through which I love so much, Fearless has that dramatic disco vocal + strings, I Just Want to Dance and Free are so fun and Little Boy is different in energy, much simpler but one of their most effective moments.
For Cleo Sol I’m going for When I’m In Your Arms. Groovypanda is right... that’s probably the best one from the album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 6 December 2020 06:20 (three years ago) link
I suggested "Hvnli" in the lobbying thread
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Sunday, 6 December 2020 06:27 (three years ago) link
That’s a good one. I also see sanpaku repping Negus Poem... that’s a good one too
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 6 December 2020 06:50 (three years ago) link
Just got around to this ...project? this week and love it (haven't listened to 5 or 7 yet, only the first two). Glad to read this thread and come up with some idea of who the people are behind it, because as I said on Twitter I'd be really pissed to like it this much and then have it turn out to be, like, Primal Scream under a pseudonym. For me right now (Black Is) > (Rise) but that's because I hate dancing and fun.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
only the first two
Only the latter two, I mean.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
i love dancing and fun. (Black Is) > (Rise) is correct
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
I also much prefer Black Is. I actually think Rise is the least-good of the four. But that seems to be a minority opinion in this thread.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
I really want to love this band but I find the production a bit... thin or something? I'm going to keep persevering.
― chap, Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
Just got around to this ...project? this week and love it (haven't listened to 5 or 7 yet, only the latter two). Glad to read this thread and come up with some idea of who the people are behind it, because as I said on Twitter I'd be really pissed to like it this much and then have it turn out to be, like, Primal Scream under a pseudonym. For me right now (Black Is) > (Rise) but that's because I hate dancing and fun.― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:00 PM
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:00 PM
As much as I love the two 'Untitled' records (especially 'Rise'), '5' and especially '7' are just... magical beyond compare, to me. So I envy you getting to hear them for the first time!
― Soundslike, Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
IMO, Rise starts stronger but from Wildfires on, Black Is goes on a tear
― Indexed, Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
Re: thin production - I think this is a bit of a strength and I hate stuff that has reedy sounds. Helps that their first releases were styled a little too more towards 80s new wave and art pop, and it sounds modeled towards that. Rise has more of a sampledelic 90s vibe, which also makes the mid range sound like it's been taken from other sources
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 11 December 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
I think it's part of the appeal, is that none of it rests on crazy production, or hides behind it. The drum sounds are super dry and attainable if you've done any kind of home recording. But it sounds like people playing instruments in an unadorned and refreshing way (like I'm sure it's all stacked overdubs, but not a lot of loops or programming). It lives & dies on the writing & performances, which are foregrounded by the straightforward production. And it consistently does the deceptively simple trick of making great songs out of the fewest possible number of elements.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 December 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
I love the production on these, sounds to me like they’re trying to sound like a late 70’s band from the post-punk, punk funk, punk dance or whatever it’s called era.
It’s a very conscious decision too, as evidenced by Inflo’s work with other artists.... You can try the Cleo Sol album if you want a lusher, fuller sound by the same people.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 December 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
But yeah I haven’t tried playing one after another but I think you can play SAULT songs in between ESG, Liquid Liquid, A Certain Ratio, et al and it wouldn’t sound out of place.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 December 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
yeah that's what makes them so distinct to me, the way they combine that 70s dance-punk/post-punk sound with neo-soul etc.
― ufo, Friday, 11 December 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
really enjoying this
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
maybe a less hip reference than ESG etc and i'm sure it's probably unintentional and just a coincidence
but sometimes the songs are pretty skeletal, with just a drum loop and those great, dead sounding bass guitar loops remind me a little bit of sleaford mods
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
haha waited too long for payday and the physical versions are sold out again. oops. would love to see someone help them get some better distribution going.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
i love rise so much
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 December 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:29 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
fwiw I like (rise) significantly more than (black is) which I find kind of lacking in songs, with a few notable exceptions
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Monday, 21 December 2020 04:33 (three years ago) link
I tend to find that (black is) has more individual songs that jump out at me but (rise) flows better for me as an album & I tend to listen to it right the way through more often. Having said that, Strong is probably my overall favourite song from the two albums.
This is another thread where I don't have much to add but Sault have definitely been one of my biggest listens over the last few months. I hadn't heard anything by them prior to around October, so hearing all four of the albums plus going through the Sault-associated stuff like Cleo Sol solo, Little Simz & Michael Kiwanuka has been a lot of fun and has probably helped open me up to new music generally after going through a phase of mostly listening to older things.
I would say that so far nothing that I've heard involving Inflo or other Sault people outside of Sault has grabbed me quite as much as what they've done as a group, but there's still plenty that's excellent, and the Inflo arrangement/production style with the bass & drum grooves foregrounded is definitely very recognisable across the different projects (and kind of addictive to me). Thanks to everyone on thread for drawing out the links. Still need to give Kid Sister's solo output a shot at some point.
― Mr Andy M, Monday, 21 December 2020 11:27 (three years ago) link
Enjoying the Keiyaa album a lot btw, thanks for the recommendation.
― Mr Andy M, Monday, 21 December 2020 11:32 (three years ago) link
KEXP 2020 Top 10 - (Rise) #6, (Black Is) #7.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 21:06 (three years ago) link
pfork doubling down with bnm-ing neither really nailing the lid on its tastemaker coffin.
― sombrerodetuned (sombrerodetune), Thursday, 24 December 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
Look forward to spending more time with Sault over my xmas break. When I've played them a bit so far, it just makes me put on the Simz album, which i love. I was curious what pitchfork did with that and it's weirdly right between today's two Sault scores at 8.1, also no BNM. yeesh lol
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 24 December 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
I guess it's hard to put BNM on something that came out 7 months ago... fairly glowing review otherwise
― Indexed, Thursday, 24 December 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
The review is quality. Pitchfork's bizarre lateness/indifference is still dumb.
― Soundslike, Thursday, 24 December 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
Lol why would they even review them at this point? Did they felt left out from all the EOY lists placing these albums at their top 10?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 24 December 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
You guys should take the W
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
We should be glad that they bothered to at least cover it at this point, as opposed to an album that was completely ignored at the time like "Ten Love Songs" was.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Vote in the poll!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 25 December 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
I know I’m a broken record at this point, but baffling to see these folks getting an absolutely massive year end buzz going but it being impossible to buy a single physical copy of either of their albums. I feel bad for them, seems like they are leaving quite a bit of money on the table by having everything out of print already.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 December 2020 23:28 (three years ago) link
“their 2020 albums”, I should say.
yeah it's weirdbandcamp has a thing now where you can do a Kickstarter type pledge for reissues so if you hit X number of pre-orders you will repress, takes the risk out of it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 27 December 2020 23:31 (three years ago) link
I mean, I’m assuming it’s a thing with a tiny label that was not at all prepared for the huge reception, but I’d love to see them get some better distribution.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 December 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
it's also not always easy to get stuff pressed quickly esp if you're independent
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 27 December 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
Oh absolutely, I don’t blame the band or the label, I just feel bad for them because there is clearly a big demand right now. I know I’m not the only one hitting their bandcamp up several times a day hoping they announce some new pressings.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 December 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
I've heard some reviews on discogs pointing out that the pressing isn't great and that it sounds better played from a phone. Anyone who has the vinyls can confirm on the quality of the pressing? I have 5 and 7 and they sound great to me. I don't know if its better to wait to order these pair of 'Untitled' until they have sorted out the high demand.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 27 December 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
Hell, I’d settle for even CDs at this point, but those are sold out as well.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 27 December 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link