Gang Gang Dance LP

oh god i typed 'Gang Gang Dance' into my favourite dupecheck to see if it had leaked and the results were o_O

Wow, didn't realise it was out so soon. Really excited about this. Does it merit its own thread?

i haven't heard it but, yes, yes it does.

so excited

someone start a thread!

this is on my 'most anticipated 2011' shortlist easy

yeah it merits it's own thread... before it's even leaked. wtf? NO!

it's more interesting/informative to keep threads rolling imho and as someone who's also anticipating this, but feels like ilx has gone to sh!t pretty badly in the last few years I can't condone the retardness (despite being guilty of it myself here now & then...!)

Yeah heaven help we start a thread anticipating a record by a band whose last album was one of ILM's top 5 of that year. Of all the things to get weirdly meta about.

it's funny how arbitrary the new-thread-for-new-album process is - both of the new amerykah albums have been anticipated and adored on an old general badu thread dating back to 03, i believe, w/no problems!

have people on this thread heard the new album Eye Contact yet? that's all I want to know...

Yeah, as an ilx user since when it was just ILM, I can't see why anyone would have a problem with a thread for an anticipated album.

Only just caught on to this band though, so great stuff on the last album especially Vacuum, but then I've always been an MBV stan.

have people on this thread heard the new album Eye Contact yet? that's all I want to know...

yes. it's really excellent.

Really looking forward to new Gang Gang, one of my fave bands for sure.

Xpost how has this been allowed to happen? How have you heard this?

the usual, sent a promo #thelastremainingperkofmusicjournalism

Argh!

lex i envy u so bad

aw man i gotta wait until may for this

damn professionals!

yah maybe you wont have to wait until may why because things leak why because of various reasons

i don't do leaks!

oh man but then how do u keep up w/ new music. release dates are for albums when they are old now.

http://pitchfork.com/news/41730-hear-an-11-minute-new-gang-gang-dance-song/

cover art is OMG-level awesome

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/GGDCoverArt.jpg

fuck I was almost feeling like apologising for griping but... Lex makes the point fine.

Threads are random enough (entertainingly so) round here without bisecting a perfectly good one with history because "Top 5 on ILX in..."??

That's not a "process" (wait, there's a process?) it's just a weak sauce justification for mindless forking.

but if you're a real lover of requiring the search function to go back in time and aping what 99% of every other forumblog does then... hurrah?

2nd half of this song is OMG-level awesome

yes, i am digging this new track v much

love the prog drums on glass jar

not really feeling this on its own but then again it's an 11-min intro, not a single.

and cover is a super-rad photo but too high-res for an album cover. sorry i'm not trying to shit on this :( still love these guys and can't wait for them to bring their awesomeness back to sf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7k1_kOqvk

2011, the year everyone tries to sound like The Knife in some way.

This has leaked and it's amazing. "Romance Layers" is the Gang Gang slow jam i didn't know i needed

Listening now. It seems incredibly ponderous for the sake of being so.

Okay, "Romance Layers" is reasonably good.

Love this band

yeah so this like the most cutting edge shit released since like 2008 or something

I love it. It's so...dense. Who's singing on "Romance Layers?" Anyone know?

Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip

Ah. I don't know that band but it's a good fit for that song.

"Mindkilla" still my favorite though

mindkilla sounds like die antwoord

not heard this yet but was listening to the ill blu mistajam mix the other day &wondered if the new gang gang might end up occupying a slightly more boho end of the same territory, confirm/deny? or maybe it sounds like a posh version of mr bungle who knows.

this new stuff sounds promising!

I've not heard any of the new stuff yet and while it wouldn't surprise me at all if Gang Gang Dance turned out to be influenced by Ill Blu or UK funky in general, I think calling them different ends of the same territory would be stretching it given that scenes barely overlap at all.

Only on my second time through this, but initial impression is PRETTY AWESOME.

Not really a major new direction or anything, seems more like expected evolution from St. Dymphna. I recognize "Adult Goth" from when I saw them last year, not sure if they were doing any of the rest of this then. But anyway, this feels like a total summer jam album.

MindKilla is excellent

"fear is the mind killer" dune reference? is liz bougatsos a bene gesserit?

ugh. Liz is overpoweringly bad, both live and on this. Seeing them live and her fkng awful drumming ruined this band for me. This sucks and her screeching is awful.

oh please

Sounds like spurned ex-boyfriend talk. Liz is one of the more distinctively awesome things about this band.

Blinded by hype.

Btch, leave the drumming to the drummer.