this album
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Sunday, 11 October 2009 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Out today. Amazing reviews across the board including album of the week from the times, the observer and a bunch of others. Great stuff.
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 12 October 2009 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Disney Hair
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Monday, 12 October 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I wasn't too impressed by their debut but I'm really liking what I'm hearing on the new album. Space Mountain is fucking beautiful.
― Moka, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't get past the mammoth first track yet, but it's good enough to be top ten single of 09 no doubt
― "Keep Tweeting", Raged Roger The Kindly Hippopotamus. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
These guys really know how to start an album, don't they?
― mh, Thursday, 22 October 2009 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
This album is fucking massive. Been playing it all week since its release.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 23 October 2009 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
this on headphones btw
― plax (I know, right?), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
yup yup
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Not sure i like it as much as street horrsing but its prolly a lot more consistent.
― plax (I know, right?), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
bits of SH with all the sparkly bells were kinda shit but then i think mebbe i was missing the point
― plax (I know, right?), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG @ Rough Steez tho
― plax (I know, right?), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
This Reminds me of the last Growing alb and Broken Ear Record mainly
― plax (I know, right?), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Rough Steez reminds me of a noisier, more expansive version of Ratatat.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 October 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know who that is
― plax (I know, right?), Friday, 23 October 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
a pokemon, i think
― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
makes sense, Olympians reminds me of that Chris Brown song abt michael phelps a bit
― plax (I know, right?), Friday, 23 October 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
an awesome pokeman
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 October 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Some of this still sounds like Merriweather Post Pavillion to me, but I still love it
― kshighway1, Friday, 23 October 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
this is excellent.. current standout 'the lisbon maru'kinda samey more ravey less screamy― LEGOS by Atlas Sound (coming eventually, 2009 or 2010) (Future_Perfect), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 16:55 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
kinda samey more ravey less screamy
― LEGOS by Atlas Sound (coming eventually, 2009 or 2010) (Future_Perfect), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 16:55 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Spot on. I can't stop listening to this.
The Lisbon Maru (for those who didn't know) was a Japanese transport ship sunk in 1942 by a US ship - it turned out to have been carrying 1800 allied POWs, most of whom died. A tragic but very interesting story. I don't know what that means about ravey noise bands but it's an interesting story. ( http://www.lisbonmaru.com/ )
― Suggest Gandhi (onimo), Saturday, 24 October 2009 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
what Ben said about "The Lisbon Maru" when i interviewed him for emusic:"My granddad was a survivor and he escaped. He was shipwrecked for days, but he managed to survive."
― beta blog, Saturday, 24 October 2009 08:48 (fourteen years ago) link
yes, this could be album of the year for me.
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 25 October 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
blown away by this. am listening to it every chance i get.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Sunday, 25 October 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
You guys have any idea what that instrument is making the higher-pitched sounds in the middle of Olympians?
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Glass organ? Flute? (both, sampled and thrown together?)
― StanM, Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
It really is pretty much uniformly fantastic, isn't it? At the moment I'm all about the bubbling noises in Phantom Limb.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Olympians is peak for me bcos its so fucking funny, reminds me of some of the shitty new age music i was dling from blogs for like a week of this summer.
― plax (I know, right?), Sunday, 25 October 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
uh actually come to think of it, it reminds me off of Dan Deacon's last album.
― plax (I know, right?), Sunday, 25 October 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks StanM, either of those would make sense.
― kshighway1, Monday, 26 October 2009 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm still not feeling this as much as Street Horrrsing, but it seems to be revealing more of itself with every listen, so ...
― What do you want? This ain't an egg shop (grimly fiendish), Monday, 26 October 2009 12:40 (fourteen years ago) link
This is awesome, getting a similar but arguably more consistent kick out of this as the Field's last album earlier in the year.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 26 October 2009 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I could see Kate adoring this.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I have no idea of what people are hearing in this.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 26 October 2009 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Layers and layers and layers of gorgeously beatific fuzz plus some truly uplifting military-esque drum patterns.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link
first song sounds a little like someone strapped black dice to the front of a freight train made up of power chord synths
― mh, Monday, 26 October 2009 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm hearing people who listen to this respond either rapturously or disgustedly; not much in between.
― I AM NOT ONE TO PURSUE GAME, MY FRIEND - NO, INDEED. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh, i wld prefer a version of black dice that was MORE aggro, not less
― plax (I know, right?), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I would prefer a version of Black Dice that played shit that sounded like Creature Comforts for about 8 hours straight, but that's neither here nor there.
At its worst, this sounds like a more accessible, dancey version of recent Black Dice. At its best (SURF SOLAR, LISBON MARU), it sounds like a freight train made up of power chord synths exploding angel vaginas.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been hammering this album for days to an extent that I now have loops playing permanently in my head. This has gripped me much more immediately than Street Horrrsing, which I enjoyed but never really got into, though I must revisit it with my new-found Fuck Buttons loving perspective.
― Suggest Gandhi (onimo), Monday, 26 October 2009 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty excited for the london show tomorrow; their biggest headline show to date i think + Clark and Andy Weatherall DJing so will be a great night
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 26 October 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
contenderizer otm but hav u ever listened to pre-b&c black dice?
― plax (I know, right?), Monday, 26 October 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i've gone from "hey, this is a lot better than the first one" to "woah this is k-awesome" very quickly
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 26 October 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Likewise.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 26 October 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
hav u ever listened to pre-b&c black dice?― plax (I know, right?}
― plax (I know, right?}
Yeah, I been listening since the Gravity single. But, honestly, I'm kinda glad they dropped the HC noise angle.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Monday, 26 October 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm only half with u on that since creature comforts is maybe my favourite album ever
― plax (I know, right?), Monday, 26 October 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, it's one of my favorites... Definitely my favorite BD record.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Monday, 26 October 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
black dice + spiritualized?
m83 + boredoms?
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 26 October 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh super roots 10 isn't a million miles away
― plax (I know, right?), Monday, 26 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyway, this is such an insanely formulaic record (Fancy Orange Buttons thing), and it's such a GREAT formula. Take one vaguely BOC-like bonkety-bonk percussion loop, run the shit out of it, stick a freight train made of power chord synths exploding angel vaginas on top, and go to town. Thing it calls to mind more than anything else is a M83 take on Vangelis. Set Fire to the (Chariots of) Fire.
CU: entire print run
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Monday, 26 October 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
serious -- running strong for the best thing I've heard in 09
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Monday, 26 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link