It does a bit, but still not enough to keep from skipping it.
The rest of the album is much, much better than that track. Check this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfDnd5LdHBo
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
yeah thats much better - in fact this has been getting airplay on 6music .. he was also on the mark radcliffe show this afternoon, but i missed most of the interview..
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
album arrived yesterday - after an initial listen I can say that it's got a really great sound to it, and you can tell that he labored over everything on it. reminds me a lot of The Flat Earth (its a bit longer, but still), there's really no compromise on here at all, and besides that track posted above there's really nothing electronic on it.
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 October 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
This album is terrific, apart from lol@dumbMerkins track 'Froglickers'. The production as you'd expect is top notch, makes me wonder why he hasn't produced more artists.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 27 October 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
i'm going to succumb aren't i ! now i just have to decide if i want the 2 cd edition with instrumental versions ..
― mark e, Thursday, 27 October 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
The production as you'd expect is top notch, makes me wonder why he hasn't produced more artists.
no kidding - definitely the best sounding album I've heard this year. I remember reading his blog where he has a big entry on how to give certain elements power without messing with the peaks too much and how to avoid sounding like everything else modern, its all pretty evident here
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 October 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone go for the 2cd version? There's a few unique tracks after the (pointless) instrumentals.
I'm really enjoying it overall. Sometimes I feel like an old bastard always stumping for aging favorites but when they deliver it makes up for all the mediocre indie rock I'm exposed to.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 4 November 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
i held back due to it being £20.normally early doors ltd editions are a couple of quid more than the std edition, not double.also, i used my weekly allowance on elvis instead.
― mark e, Friday, 4 November 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
on a bus from Merida to Cancun I listened to "Map of the Floating City" on repeat. it's surprisingly good, especially after the first few tracks. hope it's not the last we hear from him.
― frogbs, Monday, 9 September 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
well, he's touring new material over the next few weeks ..
see rundown/interview @ tQ ..
― mark e, Monday, 9 September 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if everyone else is already familiar with this, but I heard it for the first time today and it's my new favourite thing, something about the combination between the jittery, anxious feel of the music, even with the lyrics removed, and then the authoritative, equanimous but still robust character of Angela Rippon's voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYw5_UoQd74
― soref, Monday, 14 May 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that was one of two tracks (along with "Liepzig") that were originally on the American version. The 2009 CD/DVD reissue collects everything and then some. Still love this album and find it incredibly evocative.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 14 May 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
yea that 2009 version is incredible. but I don't think this is the original "Urges". this is so strange. great find!
― frogbs, Monday, 14 May 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
My first instinct was someone made a goofy mash-up but it's legit!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 14 May 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
listening to the flat earth for the first time…. this has to be the best album ever
― ivy., Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:29 (seven months ago) link
Side A definitely brings it. Who knew he could write songs like that?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:39 (seven months ago) link
But "Flying North" is king.
Metal bird dip wing of fireWhose airlanes comb dark EarthThe poles are tethers we were born inOn the brink of a whole new dealOn the floor of a Pan Am barI'm staring right into the lightAnd I'm drawn in like a mothAnd I'm flying North again...
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:40 (seven months ago) link