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.
― ufo, Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
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.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
"100 days left of nine"
the math checks out!
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
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
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
Welp I'm not seeing a link to buy on their or any other site, same for streaming.
― dow, Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
Screw it, I'll ne here when and if they get here.
― dow, Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
You can hear the whole thing right here
https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/nine
And buy it of course.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 June 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
Just got to the sample on “You from London”. IRL LOL.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 24 June 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
Thanks Ned! I checked bandcamp again before my lastest whine, didn't see it---10 songs, not xpost 8.
― dow, Thursday, 24 June 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
"my converse look like they've had a hard life"
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 24 June 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
it's 10 tracks but two are just interludes
― ufo, Friday, 25 June 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link
Grabbed the free download from sault.global. Listening now while I meet my nightly 1500-word quota. (I'm writing another book.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 25 June 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
i'd be surprised if i'll hear a better bassline this year than the one in "london gangs".
― stirmonster, Friday, 25 June 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
what's the "you from london" sample
― ufo, Friday, 25 June 2021 00:21 (three years ago) link
I fucking love Sault so much. Almost certainly the best thing about the years 2019/2020/2021 is them doing what they do.
― Soundslike, Friday, 25 June 2021 00:22 (three years ago) link
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”?
― Jeff W, Friday, 25 June 2021 08:02 (three years ago) link
ah
i think it might just be kid sister on both of those but i'm far from certain
― ufo, Friday, 25 June 2021 08:07 (three years ago) link
Really enjoying the strings on "Bitter Streets".
― hamicle, Friday, 25 June 2021 08:54 (three years ago) link
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
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 25 June 2021 10:46 (three years ago) link
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...
― Soundslike, Friday, 25 June 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
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
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 25 June 2021 11:20 (three years ago) link
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.
― Nabozo, Friday, 25 June 2021 11:57 (three years ago) link
it's NINE
― ufo, Friday, 25 June 2021 12:05 (three years ago) link
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
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 25 June 2021 12:18 (three years ago) link
Ok maybe it should be obvious, but what's the sample?
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 25 June 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
As uneven as the rest of their albums. When it's hot ("London Gangs"), it's untouchable.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 June 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link
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.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 25 June 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
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.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Friday, 25 June 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
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
― ufo, Friday, 25 June 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
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
― Swanswans, Saturday, 26 June 2021 12:14 (three years ago) link
Loving everything on this so far apart from Fear and especially You From London
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 26 June 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
I'd love to hear them cover Ghetto Heaven
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 26 June 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
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. rise2. black is3. 74. nine5. 5
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 27 June 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
5. 5
Absolutely nuts.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 27 June 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
Their albums are uneven, and this one's no different.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 June 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
the title track is completely gorgeous
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 28 June 2021 00:46 (three years ago) link
5. 5Absolutely nuts.― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, June 27, 2021 3:09 PM
― 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.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Monday, 28 June 2021 03:54 (three years ago) link
'Bitter Streets' is really nice too (those strings!)
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 28 June 2021 04:09 (three years ago) link
If we're doing this
1. 72. 53. Rise4. Black Is5. Nine
#4 and #5 could switch as I get to know the new one a little better
7 and 5 get the most plays and are to me the most consistent
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 28 June 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link
If we're doing this1. 72. 53. Rise4. Black Is5. Nine
I'd probably go the same--though agree, 'Nine' could switch with 'Black Is'. That said, I love them all. I feel like I don't need every record they do to be as great as '7' or '5,' I'm just happy to see where they go, so glad they're going there.
― Soundslike, Monday, 28 June 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
am i the only one who thinks that (rise) is head and shoulders above their other, still very good albums?
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 28 June 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
I think at the moment mine is
1. 52. Rise3. 74. Black Is5. Nine
I need to give Nine some more time, I don't hate it, but it seems a bit slight compared to the rest.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 28 June 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
1. 52. 73. Rise4 TIE: Black Is / Nine
5 was my introduction to them and as evidenced in this thread, they blew my mind pretty early. It’s also the most consistently great imho. 7 and Rise continue the streak of what we could call their “celebratory” albums. Black Is has some great moments - including “Wildfires” which might be their best song yet - but I think both that one and NINE have a more politically aggressive, protest atmosphere which I also love but I see myself listening to the “celebratory” side of them more often.
That said I agree with Austin that I wouldn’t rate any album of them lower than 4 stars.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
At least that’s how they register to me in intention. But we have no idea what’s the artist intent. We still don’t know what does the S.A.U.L.T. acronym even stands for. Is NINE also an acronym? What’s the meaning behind the numeration in the albums?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
moka, i've also wondered quite a bit about that myself. i find it interesting that all of the number albums thus far have been odds* and the others, despite having parenthetical titles, are officially "untitled." does it have something to do with how/where they were recorded maybe? the two untitled albums definitely have a "bigger", more fleshed-out sound (generally speaking) than the number albums. idk. music jams, whatever the case may be, so i'm happy.
*(initially i thought maybe they were going for prime numbers only, but that's obviously not the case now that NINE exists.)
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
i don't really have an order of favourites but would probably be very similar to ✖✖✖ (Moka).
so far really love 50% of Nine, the other 50% not so much. may change my mind over time.
― stirmonster, Monday, 28 June 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
I suspected it was a sort of numeration for Inflo’s Forever Living Originals label. Maybe Little Simz, Kid Sister and Cleo Sol’s albums and eps were 01, 02, 03, 04 then Sault 5 is 05, Cleo Sol is 06, Sault 7 is 07, the Untitled Sault counts as a single 08 release and Nine is 09 but it’s a stretch and doesn’t quite square up…
I need to account for the first 4 releases: Little Simz - grey, Kid Sister - long way back, Cleo sol - winter songs EP were all released before 5 iirc and could be 1, 2 and 3 but I’m missing another one. There’s an Inflo single from 2018 that could be the one…
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
So maybe the meaning behind the numbers is really just a catalogue #
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
But we would need to count both untitled as a single project and it doesn’t work since they weren’t released as a double album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:34 (three years ago) link
Maybe it’s the numeration for recording sessions, if both Untitled were recorded in the same sessions then that’s it. But again this is just a theory.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link