Underworld - Barking (Sept 13 2010)

that said the first three tracks are super classic

Between Stars is a superior euphoric house banger to Always Loved imo - the latter is a little ploddy, if I can go against the tide.

oh yeah between stars was aite too

tracks 1-8 are all still spectacular to me. even the instrumental ones. the last song is like karl hyde doing his best mark hollis, and i ain't mad at him but i can see why you guys are whining.

you guys = deej and chap

yeah diamond jigsaw is cheesy, sounds like walking on broken glass to me, but it's great. this whole album is, though it's more of a grower than i had expected. not a bad thing

this is indeed great

Holy shit.

This is clearly the brightest thing they've done, though it is not a whole album of "Two Months Off"s. Even when they retreat into the murk ("Grace," "Hamburg Hotel") it feels clear.

So much better than Oblivion with Bells.

bird 1 is so amazing.
― cutty, Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Can't wait to get this in a couple weeks.

rly like moon on water. as described it would seem like a track from any number of ~electronica~ albums that got 3* in the observer between 1998 and 2002 but the vaguely neu!-like synths give lie to that.

This is great! Best Underworld album since Beaucoup Fish easily, really glad they've steered clear of the murk this time round.

Diamond Jigsaw is totally naff and preposterous but a lot of fun all the same.

They're finally playing DC for the first time... ever? Got my ticket, hoping this album lives up to "Scribble". From what you all are saying, it sounds like it does.

I wonder if the Dubfire connection got them to play DC?

rly like moon on water. as described it would seem like a track from any number of ~electronica~ albums that got 3* in the observer between 1998 and 2002 but the vaguely neu!-like synths give lie to that.

The way the speech starts to draa-aa-ag slightly with the beats really gets me. I don't know why. Love the album, except for Diamond Jigsaw, which is silly fun but out of place.

still dont get the total acclaim?? these songs starting w/ track 4 are super boring -- nothing on this is nearly as joyous as 'scribble'

i would of course see them live in like less than 2 seconds but not bcuz of 'hamburg hotel'

Fabulous record. Underworld & The Chemical Bros have really stepped up this year.

Loving this.

deej we're sorry that you don't understand why we like this entire album.

-nothing on this is nearly as joyous as 'scribble'

there are few things in recorded music as joyous as scribble. you really think the album should be filled with over the top joyous songs? one is more than enough for me but even ALAF gets really close to being too happy, hands in the air. i don't think anybody is getting excited about Hamburg Hotel. it's the consensus 'shoulda been a b-side' track from what i've been reading in reviews and on the forums. still, if you don't like it, there are other things you can listen to and a whole heap of threads you can post on!

it certainly doesn't ruin the album and it's a good break from the 3 track onslaught of bird 1, scribbs and ALAF

there are few things in recorded music as joyous as scribble

hyperbole aside, i kind of agree with this.

always loved a fim is the best workout song ever. soon to be licensed to gyms across the nation.

really enjoying this, diamond jigsaw's the only track I don't like so much

I'd just assumed Diamond Jigsaw was the big trancey one, that's actually Between Stars, which I love. Never would have expected Van Dyk to have produced the one indie pop track here. That's pretty great as well, though...

and a whole heap of threads you can post on!

― brotherlovesdub, Friday, September 10, 2010 10:09 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

sorry didnt realize this thread was only for LP buttkissing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa2YkFUQgqk

man is it me or is this a TOTAL BITE of 'downpipe,' the song he already did w/ underworld 2 years ago? is this a conceptual thing, or like, is he just lazy?

This?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmpisSFlCc

The new track's most distinctive bit is probably the big riff that starts around 3:30. It's only vaguely similar to the riff that starts around 4:15 in Downpipe. Far from "a total bite." Otherwise, Downpipe is a lot moodier, and down-tempo, and vocal-driven. Maybe you could be more specific about the similarities you're hearing. (Or do you have a much different mix of Downpipe in mind?)

yeah it adds the riff @ 3:30 but its the same basic "doom doom. doom. doom doom. doom" backgrounds w/ the bleepy part added as it goes on -- just didnt have the big epic wooshy part in the middle w/ the snare roll breakdown

'total bite' is overstatement but its clearly the same formula

i guess an alternate post on teh similarities wd be "i guess we know what knight contributed to the underworld track"

Okay, I'll buy that. I guess I think of those loops as being pretty commonplace in lots of techno tracks, but it's likely enough that he contributed that element.

GEEK ALERT
Technically the two background loops are different, although they both alternate single and double stabs:

https://sites.google.com/site/pnauert/riffs.png

The Downpipe pattern is the backbone of "Groove La Chord," among other tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM2It3WbXGk

Fancy 10" box set, I see.

apparently the Newbury Comics on Newbury St is selling a whole bunch of autographed copies of this for $10

I can see why deej only digs the first three tracks but this whole album is basically coming across to me like an iteration of Second Toughest... that actually works for me.

underworld / tomato covers breakdown

http://madebyhk.com/19/08/2010/underworld-by-tomato/

those Beaucoup Fish single covers are effing gorgeous

The videos that attend the deluxe edition of this thing are all pretty great, particularly "Moon in Water," because dance stops my breath.

"Between Stars" = the indie version of "Sexy Bitch"

"Always Loved A Film" is my favorite song of the year, I think

I heard it a week ago and it's instantly hit my top ten. Incredible track.

i love that one altho i like 'scribble' a lil more

Anthemic as it is, Scribble is all about the little sonic details for me, the tiny glints of melody threading through everything.

Pretty much love the whole thing now, such a joyous album.

if hamburg hotel and lousiana arent the names of pubs in barking i will be dissapointed.

Would I like this?

If you like hearing the year's best albums, yes, you would very much. This coming from someone who also counts Caribou and Four Tet among the best things he's heard this year: Barking is fantastic.

Hamburg Hotel was written in a hotel room in Hamburg on Feb. 1, 2008, debuted live the next night in Berlin.

"Between Stars" is so bad-ass

I woke my housemate up by drunkenly, and apparently very loudly and flatly, singing along to Between Stars at 2 AM the other day.

finally going through the ALAF remixes; the Michael Woods one is A++++

http://open.spotify.com/album/6TK42CmMHuLZ0WyDWIP5Jm

I have become obsessed with the "Bird 1" remix EP

just gonna repeat myself here: "Bird 1" is fucking amazing

also I don't play "Between Stars" enough

looking forward to "World In Motion II"

but yeah Bird 1 is the pure stuff

Definitely a tie between Bird 1 and Between Stars for best track.