I like how unchillwave the cover is for the new Washed Out. Really looking forward to hearing it!
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
This is great BTW. It also reminds me of Slowdive and Moby's "Porcelain" only much, much better.
Ha. I opened the thread to say "so Porcelain, hm?"
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
this shit just sounds like some 90s ish & its mad generic.
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
just download some thievery corp imo
oh wow this song is fantastic!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/washedout_1.jpg
good photo.. but then..
http://pitchfork.com/news/42404-yup-washed-outs-album-cover-was-in-icosmoi/
― piscesx, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
what if it IS the most satisfying sex album?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
this is odd. it's a pleasant song, but much more deserving of "pretty but inconsequential" criticism than fleet foxes or whoever. reminds me in a strange, watered-down way of U2.
rototom-style drum fills are cool, and yeah, reminscent of "burning down the house", but like daavid says, they're also a prog thing, maybe a post-prog thing. like a less boomy version of that famous bit in phil collins' "in the air tonight".
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i dont get 'watered down u2.' this shit is straight up 90s trip hop ish, sounds like a thievery corp album track imho
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:02 (thirteen years ago) link
oops already made the TC jab. pretend i said 'sneaker pimps
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:03 (thirteen years ago) link
you ppl just never stop having opinions
― -( ☃)*( ☃)- (Lamp), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:04 (thirteen years ago) link
well, it only half sounds like something U2 would do melodically, in terms of the soaring vocal line vs. the whooshy synth parts. but if it were U2, the singer would be good, the beat would be a boring rhythm section, and the synth clouds would be the edge massaging sustain (or whatever).
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― -( ☃)*( ☃)- (Lamp), Wednesday, May 4, 2011 6:04 AM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this shit is wack u will get over it
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I hear the U2 thing, kinda like one of the Unforgettable Fire b-sides. But those are like the best U2 songs ever, so cool.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
new song really reminds me of 'feel it all around' by washed out
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
really? it reminds me of chillwave from 2011 or music that I heard that comes out of speakers.
― Call on me (Spinspin Sugah), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
this is great, makes me want to listen to moby
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:08 (thirteen years ago) link
that lushlife rmx is pretty ill too
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Thursday, May 5, 2011 1:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
o_O
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
im actually way into 90s-sounding ish this just feels blander to me ... still dont understand why no one is doing a revive of the chem bros
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Give it a few years. The decade is still young.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
"feel it all around" made me want to listen to "days go by"
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the thing abt this new washed out is its the pt where he goes from creating something that, while steeped in retro, is ostensibly 'new' to just being a 90s revivalist
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty cool track, i guess i hear the U2 thing a little bit.
― omar little, Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
the weird thing about all this new zeitgeisty millenial neo-hipster stuff - toro y moi, the weeknd, washed out, jj - is that it's all undeniably aesthetically pleasing (they KNOW who to steal their hooks from), but i can't say i like it. i can't be totally into it. i think it's because it remains on this yearning psuedo-sincerity tip and never confronts reality like Real Men.
the only nice moment on this new washed out tune is the drums indeed, but that's just because they're stolen from real dance tracks (which he's obviously influenced by), and in that indie juxtaposition it works cos it's still new. see also tan lines' drums.
so what does this track do? the vocals are annoying, it's musically uninspiring, and there's no song in here too. above all, it proves how ignorant ernest and his crowd are. this has all been done before, and in much better ways. take any balearic artist - max essa, coyote, studio, tiedye, etc - and they've already conquered these territories again and again. so why are we paying attention to this? pretense, i guess, is what we're left with. and washed out's pretense isn't that interesting.
oh and by the way, does anyone still listen to toro y moi's new album? doesn't it seem awfully boring now?
and yeah, moby rocks.
― cuteforce, Saturday, 7 May 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
After listening to 'Eyes Be Closed' a few times, I can't find anything to like about it. After falling in love with 'Belong' I was really hoping for something more inspiring, even if Belong was the only song I loved off that ep. Maybe the album will have a few saving graces on it.
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 7 May 2011 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost
Underneath the Pine came out only a few months ago. How is it that you're already bored of an album that gets basically zero radio play or mainstream attention?
What's the point of listening to anything new if it's considered old as soon as it stops playing?
― Call on me (Spinspin Sugah), Saturday, 7 May 2011 07:36 (thirteen years ago) link
New track "Echoes" here (min 36).
― daavid, Friday, 10 June 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
Somebody's been listening to "The Beach" a lot lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuhkrdfHq9g
― daavid, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
^I meant "The Beach" soundtrack
Not a bad thing BTW!
― daavid, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
No, but I prefer 'Pure Shores' tbh
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
streaming:
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137340922/first-listen-washed-out-within-and-without
first track is a dead ringer for the cars "who's gonna drive you home"
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
'Before' is wonderful, sounds like ulrich schnauss almost
― ciderpress, Friday, 1 July 2011 06:18 (twelve years ago) link
what's the verdict on the new record ?
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15614-within-and-without/
― oscar, Monday, 11 July 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
Here are some sentences I don't like:
"Despite the inevitable and rather unjust critical backlash, theFreudian gender policing inherent in the critical opprobrium that soonrained down upon these (mostly male) starry-eyed and hopelessromantics, there was not a small amount of work produced at this timewhich was deeply affective/effective. The cream of this lush crop wasErnest Greene (a.k.a. Washed Out)'s Life of Leisure EP, which came asclose to actually managing the transcendence mentioned above as musiccan. So the longing thus inspired was particularly sharp or, moreaccurately, double-edged, in relation to the release of Greene's debutLP."
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/washed-out-within-and-without
― polyphonic, Monday, 11 July 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
Is there a good name for whatever style this is? It seems to be very now in a way that I'm young enough to notice but too fully understand -- that californiaish, burnout, vans-with-no-socks and ray-bans endless summer sound that seems to be one of the prevailing ones (yeah, partly because it's summer).
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
this shit is called chillwave, bruh
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― max, Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
where have you been doggie
oh right
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
Sometimes these guys remind me a little of UB40 or PMDawn
i like to chill http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― "oh shit, i'm gonna spotify you so hard!!" (dave cool), Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
me too dave cool let's chill right here in this thread http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUGisre9xNU
― "oh shit, i'm gonna spotify you so hard!!" (dave cool), Saturday, 16 July 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
so as far as this sort of thing goes, it's not bad but nothing special. yet it seems to be getting huge. makes me wonder if it's the sub pop effect, like the similarly not bad but unremarkable beach house
― Who? Well, I've never heard of Mogwai. (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
do people really think this is the best "chillwave" thing there is?
the best chillwave thing there is definitely "going to the beach"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 July 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
at least for me
just today i was talking to someone at work about this, theyve never had any 'chillwave' before but theyre p into it, they like beach house too so
its not a particularly good album but i still like it ok, in some ways i wish there was more to this so that good or bad it was worth talking abt but maybe its that unassuming bland quality that ppl are latching on to??
― Lamp, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link