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They just played in SF and holy shit their set was amazing. If you are nearby when they are playing go see them. Also bring ear plugs.

Saw them in Paris and yeah it was fantastic.

Listening to "Brainfreeze" right now, I am regretting missing them in SF.

I'm seeing them in a couple of days!!

Was always kind of a casual fan of these guys, but the day after an acid experience I listened to 'em and it was just totally OTM and I immediately bought a ticket. My enthusiasm has since waned, but I'm perked up by hearing they're good live. How long's a typical set?

Some of these tracks sound like a mashup of Beyonce and Autechre.

Beyoncæ

lol

Including encore, 80-90 minutes.

When I saw them in 2010, they just played Tarot Sport in its entirety from start to finish with the encore being a track from their debut. But this time around they mixed it up with tracks from the last two records and one track I could not identify - might have been The Whip, but I need to go back and check.

Seeing them here in a week!

Do they ever play their Jonsi remix?

I don't know why I / everyone ignored the new record thinking it was more of the same. Well, it kinda is but deeper. And I loved that same. This band is seriously underused. Red Flag is a belter. Stalker also. Last year's album is GREAST.

They got a fair bit of love on the 77 albums poll. Post here!

There's a gig at the Barbican headlining behind Mount Kimbie and Fennesz in April. Looks amazing.

Oh, my, Lisbon Maru came on now. This is the stuff.

loved slow focus on the first pass, but lost interest after a few spins, then more or less forgot about it. not sounding at all bad atm, though the tracks that initially struck me as filler still do (esp "year of the dog" and "hidden xs").

Only just caught up with the lastest one properly, I think I actually prefer it to Tarot Sport. It's got a bit more edge and darkness. Excellent walking music.

True. Still missing the giant tribal uplifting space pyramids parts mentioned upthread, though the 'filler' tracks are way more interesting on Slow Focus, I gotta admit.

Yeah, Year of the Dog for example is not a track you'd choose to listen to in isolation but as part of the musical narrative of the album it works extremely well.

Also the chord progressions are more interesting and unusual on this one (to my untrained ears, anyway).

just relistened to tarot sport. i think when it came out i listened to it a few times but maybe didn't pay that much attention.

anyway, wow

yeh tarot sport is probably my favourite
love the lisbon maru/olympians middle crux

Anyone else excited for the upcoming Blanck Mass sophomore album?

i feel bad about being a killjoy but i thought the first blanck mass album one of the worst records i've ever heard

i'm excited! The 3 BM tracks released post the album are much more FB-y

New BM album has leaked, is rather excellent--much more FBy than the first one, for what that's worth

Where'd you find your torrent?

idkw anyone means when they say leaked nowadays but the Guardian were streaming it last week, think you can still listen to that

And this morning it appeared on Spotify. And I see Andrew Hung has a new EP too - 'Rave Cave Level 1', which is a sort of FB-y take on 8-bit arcade music

I am drunk and I'm sat here listening to Dumb Flesh and thinking this was the thing the Valentines did after Loveless. It's kinda making sense. I'm very drunk but this is a really good record.

New Blanck Mass very good on first listen.

cosine

yeh i enjoyed it too
very much of the essence of fuck buttons

more frantic, imo, fewer cinematic arpeggios

Yeah but definitely its own thing as well. Sort of bridges the gap between Fuck Buttons and techno.

xpost

It's lovely

'No Lite' reminds me of the Dust Brothers' Fight Club soundtrack

the opener is tops, then it hews too close to Slow Focus territory for my tastes

I'm late to the game on this blanck mass album but WOW awesome. Dust Brothers/Fuck Buttons midpoint is embarrassing but accurate.

It's great, and so's the follow-up EP with Genesis P Orridge

That sounds way more appealing than the first BM album, which I just thought was dull.

Yep, that sounded more like the midpoint between Fuck Buttons and a single unchanging mildly harmonious drone.

I listened to this already some time ago, forgot all about it! It is better than the first MB, not a million miles from the last FB and therefore less bonkers than I was hoping for. Will give it a few more tries.

liked and voted for d7-d5 last year

new track came out a week ago too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8QMSMb-Bs

oh whoops let's try that again

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8QMSMb-Bs

new album preorder : https://blanckmass.bandcamp.com/album/world-eater

World Eater out today.

Feeling this very much on first listen, pretty wild and HEALTH/Tarot Sport-esque. Probably the first time Blanck Mass really clicks with me and does not feel like a lesser FB.

yes, great album

AOTY so far

^^^^^

I opted for CD instead of vinyl