Low: Classic or classic?

(burton also produced the upcoming kacey musgraves record)

whoa

I'm having a hard time emotionally right now deliberating over whether to just listen to the leak already or not. Just tell me it's okay because I plan on buying the record when it's out, okay?

relistening to double negative to whet my appetite since i'm still undecided on the leak. "always up" might be one of the most beautiful songs of all time

any of y'all feeling guilty and weird about the leak spotify users by any chance? lmao

just listen to it and then buy it when it comes out!

i mean, i already bought the album. for me it's more about wanting to blast my ears out on the hifi with FLACs rather than the dodgy mp3 leak

I wouldn't worry about that, this album sometimes sounds like your stereo has been pre-busted.

paradoxically it's my experience that noize and productions that are made to 'sound like shit' are the ones to suffer most from mp3 encoding. out of curiosity, i took a look at the spectrograms from double negative to see what kind of imperceptible musical info it was throwing away. here's a comparison of flac vs 320 cbr mp3 for tempest.

i don't want to derail the thread into a lossless vs lossy argument, just an interesting observation i wanted to share.

OMFG at "Hey".

“Hey” >>> “Days Like These” 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Mind blown!!!

wow i had no idea burton was working on the kacey musgraves album, that's super exciting

i found an interview where burton said he did some stuff with dj quik in 2019, which he described as his dream collaboration, really hope that sees the light of day

i noticed something kinda weird. everytime i listen to the stuttering outro to white horses, it sounds like its at a different pitch..??? anyone else experiencing this? super fascinating illusion

The notes slowly increase in pitch if that's what you mean. But as a whole the outro sounds the same each time I listen

that outro sounds like a Lindstrom mix gearing up or something

i just felt like every time i've had the record on they've resolved differently, maybe something to do with the harmonic interval, or maybe just my busted old ears.

is that what variable bitrate means? :-D

SOMEWHERE OUT ON THE OCEAN...

20.07.21
7:00 PT | 9:00 CT | 15:00 BST pic.twitter.com/BAQSpG05oP

— Sub Pop Records (@subpop) July 19, 2021

ok ok - it's maybe not them but they retweeted it and they were going to release some more songs from the album during the Summer

so, the new bass player is Liz?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZk5cqDxSF/

Right. Disappearing is coming out tomorrow and that tweet screenshot IS from the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9JyjipKBJk

amazing video

i'm so excited for this album

"Disappearing" was not a song that caught me much so far but it works great with those visuals

Did anyone ever buy that Japanese Double Negative for the bonus track? I heard it on a radio show, that bonus track, but I'd love to have a CD rip of it without paying 50 bucks for the one song.

you should be able to find it, "it's all been done", on soulseek

Damn, you weren't messing around. I haven't used Soulseek for 15 years, but right there it was. Appreciate your help, ufo.

Today is the 25th anniversary of 'The Curtain Hits the Cast.'

How they made More (single coming out next week)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CShwo23FMDs/

it's for certain / i never thought i'd last / i never thought the sea would try

That pedal chain is awesome but, phew, probably $1300 of boutique box effects.

still can't get over how good the guitar on "white horses" is

have been going through rarities i'd never heard before and wow "half light" sure is unique in their catalogue. kinda reminds me of songs of faith and devotion?

oh yeah, that Mothman Prophecies OST thing, right - hadn't heard that in a long time. you're not wrong!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfQQvHvIPHI

that's an interesting video -- all fake, plastic, manufactured tools and items, but with real human force to drive them to use them, all for nothing

I had to go look up The Knife's Handyman video to see how similar I remember it being (not very)

Exploring Peter Rehberg's catalog since I had only heard a few things over the years, this song reminds me too much of Double Negative (specifically the noisy part of "Tempest") not to share here:

https://pitaemego.bandcamp.com/track/get-out-3

classic

https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/low-band-alan-sparhawk-hey-what/

nice interview, alan thinks 100 gecs are great

nice boots

Only one more week. I've put off listening to anything form this so far, after Double Negative I want to wait and savor the whole thing.

didnt realize theyd lost their bass player? i liked steve!

I want to see technology break as much as it has broken me.

damn

yeah that line hit me like a ton of bricks too

The same thing as ever ; great early on and got worse as they progressed.

*AIR HORN*

hhhYYOOOOOoooooooonk

you make a good point i guess i'd never thought of it that way.

welp, you've convinced me - I'm no longer a fan. Thanks!

they did start out really well

but an attack is followed by a decay. that's the physics of sound. the decay may be sustained, but in will eventually be released. i think we know what stage of low we're at now