CHROMEO

I liked 'em with a real drummer

they were super fun when i saw them on fancy footwork tour - 21+ crowd. Birdman was there and the evening all around was super sexy

ok, maybe birdman wasn't there

I liked 'em on Fancy Footwork tour too, three out of the four times I saw 'em. Birdman wasn't there either.

(Fourth time was a festival mainstage in the afternoon, just way too big for 'em. Watched six minutes and went to see lol Wale instead.)

but it was all around super sexy tho, right?

so the video came out today

http://www.somekindofawesome.com/journal/2010/7/29/watch-chromeo-dont-turn-the-lights-on.html

i like the song (had it for a few weeks), and i appreciate the comedy video vibe but like.. something about it is a bit lame

song is dope imo

"Don't Turn the Lights On"....is that a Can reference? Always suspected them of making subtle references to others' work. In any case, new album is due soon, no??

it's out already

out today in .au

dear god I'd never heard the beginning of fancy footwork before. Thriller much?

Beat it obvs

Them playing with John Oates as mentioned upthread is kind of awesome. fun, nerdy production talk here at and then at 3:50 they start jammin on No Can Do (can't go for that)

http://www.youtube.com/user/LiveFromDarylsHouse?v=GXXvUa5Tzco&feature=pyv&ad=4413041629&kw=chromeo&gclid=CJfOrJvGvaQCFSFbiAodW2jB0g

more synth and funk record talk
here. These bros are just likable, I like when they speak French to each other.

i thought i would be over them by now but this made me lol

"We’re not openly talking about any of these subjects in our music. Rather than talk about them explicitly we prefer to offer hints for people to make their own minds. When we named the album White Women we thought we’d provoke debates on issues of sex, race and gender. We’re in the midst of a conservative moment in America. The backlash to “Blurred Lines” was so puritanical. White Women is the title of Helmut Newton’s first book.

The other thing that’s super important to us is the question of race. Pat and I are very ambiguous: he’s a Christian Lebanese and I’m an Arab Jew. These things are confusing to most people in America. If people are going to listen to our music, why not make them think too? We made an album that’s racially blurred, an homage to black music titled White Women. You can appreciate it first degree or you can see an intellectual discourse on the war of sexes and race. In that way, it’s neither traditional funk nor traditional electronic music."

their fallon perfomance with death from above is pretty slick.

yeah that Fallon performance was so so so good.
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/chromeo-ft-death-from-above-1979-sexy-socialite/n42450/

all about the vamping at around the 4.45 min mark

really liking this album tbf tbh

this album is dope

this thing is like legit 80% great.

the back half of Somethingood! the teen pop opener. Tory Y Moi is probably someone i am supposed to hate but that song is so good. that hook and the solange hook are pure maple syrup. lots of hooks really. Ezras intld i was ready to HATE but its actually incredible. the sax on Fall Back 2u.

Very, very into this.

Yeah it's fun, liked it better than I thought I would.

I've heard half of this - I like the opener a lot; some of the lyrics are a little clunky.

The lede in your pitchfork review was a little bit weird though j0rd - is it really a thing now that all decent albums must have significant written and oral retrospectives on their tenth birthday before officially joining the canon?

is it really a thing now that all decent albums must have significant written and oral retrospectives on their tenth birthday before officially joining the canon?

sadly yes?

i admit that it was a bit awkward though. i felt like it was the easiest route to get to my thesis, which is that this album in particular feels like something that really benefits from not being weighed down by expectations and the way people discuss music online writ large (a contrasting album would be like... the EMA record or something)

This is a lot better than it needed to be! Little things like the outro on "Play The Fool" & the bridge on "Sexy Socialite" are gorgeous.

(& since nobody's posted it to the thread & the existence thereof cheers me up, here's "Fancy Footwork" getting used in Step Up 3D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nkv4z6-aE
)

Oliver co-production is the secret weapon here. Likewise for that new Camron/A-Trak joint. Watch out for those guys. Big pop things in their future I think.

I love the new album, and especially the extended tracks. They feel like updated 70s/80s funk 12"s that are still fun and listenable despite somewhat weak hooks because of good instrumentation and flow. Jealous is the clear standout and the only one that really works as a sub 4 minute pop track.

Really didn't expect Chromeo to be the first people to be given a shot at the Lorde single, but I'm quite taken with this:

https://soundcloud.com/lordemusic/green-light-chromeo-remix

"Jealous" got a lot of mainstream and background music play... good for them. The album went to #11.

this is so pleasant, and works great next to the Calvin Harris songs on my summer playlist (which is still funny to me—never would have believed a year ago would be a statement that made any sense)

hmm maybe calvin harris and chromeo will start the Premature Bloghouse Revival That Was Foretold

I'd really love for Chromeo to become bigger stars now that even Bruno Mars has stole their thunder.

New video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-ED6tL85o

<3

it seems amazing that in the post-Uptown Funk world Chromeo are still a second-tier act but then you see a video like that and it all makes sense

Haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7w-Dp16hH0

New single with Morgan Geist production!

The relationship dynamics as depicted in the new video are...intriguing.

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