Sault - What's the story?

pretty sure Simon was being sarcastic there

Where can it be bought? Not seeing on bandcamp, Amazon etc

global page linked from bandcamp is not responsive to my clicks---o please sir!

it can probably be bought in 9 days when it's released i guess

That makes sense (too cool for my pre-order)

The little fleck on the cover of each album--it's a grain of sea salt?

99 problems but a stream ain’t one

new album is cool but kinda slight compared to the two from last year?

wow had no idea this was coming. tomorrow is kind of a huge release day, isn't it?

where are you hearing it??

i'm posting from the future (i'm from australia where it's already friday)

we need more globally-timed releases to take the ozzies down a peg

this is still a really solid album, just doesn't feel like a grand statement where they really stepped up their game like each of last year's were or anything, & it's short at only 8 songs.

i'm posting from the future (i'm from australia where it's already friday)

ah, yes of course. (almost) covid free and early Sault releases - Oztopia!

i guess i can hear it in about 90 minutes. i am big fan of short albums so psyched to get to know it.

"100 days left of nine"

the math checks out!

we need more globally-timed releases to take the ozzies down a peg

Jellia Jamb and H.M. Woggle-Bug have had it too good for too long

Welp I'm not seeing a link to buy on their or any other site, same for streaming.

Screw it, I'll ne here when and if they get here.

You can hear the whole thing right here

https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/nine

And buy it of course.

Just got to the sample on “You from London”. IRL LOL.

Thanks Ned! I checked bandcamp again before my lastest whine, didn't see it---10 songs, not xpost 8.

"my converse look like they've had a hard life"

it's 10 tracks but two are just interludes

Grabbed the free download from sault.global. Listening now while I meet my nightly 1500-word quota. (I'm writing another book.)

i'd be surprised if i'll hear a better bassline this year than the one in "london gangs".

what's the "you from london" sample

I fucking love Sault so much. Almost certainly the best thing about the years 2019/2020/2021 is them doing what they do.

ufo - I meant the ‘you from London????’ bit, initially sampled, but then they labour/ruin the joke by revealing it’s part of something much longer - I think it’s the same woman who did “you know you ain’t”?

ah

i think it might just be kid sister on both of those but i'm far from certain

Really enjoying the strings on "Bitter Streets".

guess there's nowhere online to buy the LP without incurring exorbitant international shipping charges, so this one may be dl only for me

Unless I love it as much as three of their previous four, in which case I'll likely cave

It's a bit less expensive (if you're in the western hemisphere anyway) on Bandcamp than directly on Sault's website--think it was like £12 shipping versus £18 to me in New England...

Thanks! Yeah, Bandcamp is where I was looking. Can't justify spending almost $50 for a single LP right now unless this turns out to be The Greatest Album Ever

Really like the second half of this. Is it Nine or 9 ?
I may be completely crazy but now I'm trying to hear the Cardigans in Bitter Streets, which is lovely btw.

it's NINE

London Gangs is an instant classic. What an opener. What a bassline. Other standouts after my two back to back listens this morning are Fear and the title track, but I don’t think anything that follows London Gangs quite measures up to that track, which is, again, just explosive.

Bitter Streets is beautiful. I hear the Cardigans, too. But I find the lyrics on this one and Alcohol pretty inane, and I’ve never felt that way about Sault’s lyrics before. Little Simz track completely unnecessary and that sample is obnoxious as hell

Overall, though, a good album I’ll probably end up buying in a moment of weakness I may later regret

Just got to the sample on “You from London”. IRL LOL.

Ok maybe it should be obvious, but what's the sample?

As uneven as the rest of their albums. When it's hot ("London Gangs"), it's untouchable.

After one listen last night, yeah, "London Gangs" is fantastic, "Alcohol" is not great, "You From London" is actively annoying, and none of the rest really stuck except for the second interlude monologue.

i just bought the entire discography on cd from bandcamp. haven't listened to the new one yet.

had a dream a few nights back that they covered the family stand's "ghetto heaven" and it was a worldwide smash hit.

this album leans more into just having a bunch of cool sounds they're playing around with rather than having great songs too like the last one

quick listen to this and it did disappoint on first listen, expectations were/are high, retro chemical brothers / big beat vibes from a few productions, agree that the songwriting didn't feel as special as previous work, fully hope this grows on me more

Loving everything on this so far apart from Fear and especially You From London

I'd love to hear them cover Ghetto Heaven

i'm not the exact opposite of the consensus here, but i don't think i'm hearing this as the slight that most of you are. it's much shorter than the last two, sure, but the material is just as strong as anything else they've done. i think in "light's in your hands" and especially "bitter streets" it would rank as maybe the prettiest material they've done. super solid, but what's new.

after just a couple listens to nine, i'd rank their catalogue so far as:

1. rise
2. black is
3. 7
4. nine
5. 5

5. 5

Absolutely nuts.

Their albums are uneven, and this one's no different.

the title track is completely gorgeous

5. 5

Absolutely nuts.

― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, June 27, 2021 3:09 PM

it should also be said that i wouldn't rate any of their albums thus far lower than four stars. consistency is the name of the game.

'Bitter Streets' is really nice too (those strings!)