i really like these guys, great cut-up vocals
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
listening to 'dagger paths' now, it walks a line between really great and really awful. just when it starts to seem dirge-y and amateurish, the vocal samples will come in and pull everything together. i'm curious to hear where their sound goes from here.
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Descriptions of Dagger Paths kinda make me want to hear this, but the fact that the name of this project is as dumb as "Forest Swords" seems to warn me to keep my distance.
― International Waters, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yaaaay finally back in stock at No Pain in Pop website-- ordering tonight
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Had this on order for ages--not until Feb, sadly, but have it all downloaded, so know and love it. The mixtape on his site is pretty good, too.
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Thursday, 13 January 2011 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
'rattling cage' is so good. huge step up.
― adult music person (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
new song, tri-angle, etc
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
heard the new album. it is fucking AWESOME.
― Oblique Strategies, Thursday, 6 June 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
any word on a release date?
― Number None, Thursday, 6 June 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
Really like the new track
― Gouty_Ted, Thursday, 6 June 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
same here, looking forward to the LP. i'd love to know if that main flute-ish melody is a sample, or?
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Thursday, 6 June 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Irby Tremor
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Sunday, 4 August 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
New LP streaming:
http://pitchfork.com/advance/185-engravings/
― monster_xero, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link
!
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 19 August 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
Sounds really good on the first couple of listens
― monster_xero, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
so far i love this just as much as i'd hoped i would.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 19 August 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link
i like it
― am0n, Monday, 19 August 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
so good
― flopson, Monday, 19 August 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
come on this is pretty mediocre
― the late great, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
False
― monster_xero, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
it sounds like budget massive attack w/o vocals
― the late great, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 03:06 (ten years ago) link
Reminds me of Burial, in a good way!
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/5/54697/1279212-x_bf1e990d.jpg
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
That is...not the right thread. Not at all.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
I do like this a hell of a lot, though
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 03:46 (ten years ago) link
unexpected boom tube intrusion into forest swords discussion
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 06:02 (ten years ago) link
some people can't see the forest for the swords
― the spectacular cow (Lamp), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
hook/neck dialectic
This is garbage. Lifeless, bloodless, sterile, boring fucking garbage.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 29 August 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
forest sux amirite
― the late great, Thursday, 29 August 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
sick record this, one 2 blaze 2 amirite
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
i'm currently diving into this kind of fact/boomkat music and I enjoy this album very much. any recommendations of where to go next? thank you.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 10:52 (ten years ago) link
I couldn't get into this at all, it was so ponderous and portentious, like late 90s instrumental trip-hop monging music.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 10:55 (ten years ago) link
I listened to it on a long haul flight after 15 mils of valium and it really hit the spot.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 11:05 (ten years ago) link
any recommendations of where to go next? thank you.
Ensemble Economique has got a similar sort of thing going on
― paolo, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 11:17 (ten years ago) link
Hmmm not much FS discussion on ILM. I think Compassion is his best yet, sounds like he finally has the tools and experience to acheive his vision. There are some hooks this time as well.
― chap, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link
I can't decide if I like it or not
― paolo, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
It's a really good Forest Swords album, but so far hasn't stuck with me like his previous work. Definitely sounds lush though.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
kinda hated his earlier work, but listened to this one quite a few times, so i guess... progress :-)
― Ludo, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
I know this is daft but my enjoyment of the new album has been affected by reviews I've read. I've enjoyed the earlier stuff (Dagger Paths more than Engravings) and I read a couple of reviews from sources that I trust that said the new one was awesome. I gave it a few listens and thought it was OK but not that great. I persevered because obviously sometimes it takes a while to appreciate an album
I then read another review that said the album was actually pretty average. Now when I listen to it I'm thinking 'do I want to like this album more than I actually do because of good reviews that I've read, or am I not liking it as much as I would if I hadn't read that other review?' Like I said, I realise this is silly and I should just take the music as it is and not be affected by what I've read about it but I also know it's not really possible to listen to music in isolation (so to speak)
I think the moral of this is that I need to spend less time reading music journalism. Or something
― paolo, Thursday, 13 July 2017 08:30 (six years ago) link
dj kicks!!!!!!
― the late great, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
I found a vocal track for the new cut, "Crow"
http://www.youtubemultiplier.com/5b92d74b2f86e-forest-swords-menomena-crow.php
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
lol
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link