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i *will* say, tho, that 2 hours is a hell of a lot of one on one time with johnny jewel

i'm a real human being http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

hmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSycSBYHitc&

Not sure what to make of that. It's certainly no Running Up That Hill.

Cool video, non-exciting cover.

Still think "Kill for Love" is a cool track, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbx8qRg6tPE&feature=youtu.be

Now I'm excited about their comeback again.

yeah this is awesome

You mean because of 'lady'? It's an old track, no? I've had a demo of it since 2008 or so. Had no idea it hadn't been released since then.
The version on this video doesn't sound vert different from what I have... the vocals are mixed higher and the rhythm halfways was definitely improved but the basics are still there. If this is from their new album I wouldn't get too excited yet until I heard the rest, Lady has been around for years now.

I thought this Chromatics record was supposed to be out Valentine's Day, but it obviously didn't come out. What's the hold up?

think it's a mastering issue or something? It's been delayed anyway

Eh, it's probably a "we don't have the funds to press a bunch of copies, but when we do..." issue.

check out Nite Jewel's album if you've got a hankering for some smooth synth-pop JF

hella frustrating to see this thread bumped with still no further mention of the symmetry album. would you guys listen to it if i told you that the vocalist from chromatics is on the final track? you know that johnny jewel is symmetry, right? are you not responding b/c whiney was making fun of a track from the actual drive stdk that had nothing to do with idib?

no, it's not another springsteen cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdV5fnwTwZM

pretty accomplished morning after/comedown vibes

not saying that the album is mindblowing or anything but it's a pretty good listen if you like the more ambient side of chromatics or if you dig the instrumental glass candy trax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlTmedBBG4&feature=related

it's a pretty good listen if you like the more ambient side of chromatics or if you dig the instrumental glass candy trax

Not as much as the more pop side of Chromatics or the vocal Glass Candy trax, so I really don't have much to say about it. It's cool for chillin out.

i like the symmetry album but i haven't got anything interesting to say about it sorry

whatever happened to Twisted Wires? saw them open for Glass Candy and thought they were pretty good, and liked that one single they released ... then they disappeared off the face of the earth, apparently.

Yeah, Symmetry is nice stuff. New Chromatics vid but still no release date for ''Kill for Love".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbuEDkPOq9I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Good track. (But I wonder though whether I'll be able to shake 'Drive' from this aesthetic now).

I think this may be my favourite Chromatics track.

These have all been in high rotation for me, especially Lady. I have a feeling this is going to be one of the few albums I'm in the record store for on release day.

...and yet another new single (it's really beautiful):

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

that is great

Yeah, quite looking forward to this record now.

Chromatics album supposedly on iTunes now, but I don't see it.

https://twitter.com/#!/MikeSimonetti/status/184434832275808257

about to listen to this.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kill-for-love/id514145032

There it is!

Damn that's a long album.

vocals on "Kill for Love' have been...processed (don't know the technical term) versus the single version. I prefer it!

"Lady," holy crap. And yeah, how many of these count as "bonus tracks"? 93 mins is a bit much.

listening to it now. Up to track 10 and so far I'm iffy on the longer tracks but the shorter ones have been pretty bloody great. Don't know why they felt the need for the excessive double-album thing.

Yeah, Johnny Jewel has now released three and a half hours of music this year. An hour of which would be a shoe in for end of year lists.

I'm loving the new Chromatics but I hope the physical release is a little more judiciously edited and broadly appealing. They might get away with it though, as the first six tracks are all killer.

i love the tunes where it just fades off into oblivion (tick of the clock, broken mirrors, no escape)

I listened to this last night while I was going to sleep and thought it was really clumsily sequenced. Just now realized I had my Winamp on shuffle. Listening to it in the intended order now, it makes a lot more sense.

hmmm, $12 postpaid for the 16-track cd or nearly $17 for the 17 track itunes version.. probably neither for this sort of bullshit

$12 pp is a pretty good deal for a cd, no?

it's not bad, but it seems like a stooge to be missing out on the bonus track, but a bigger stooge to pay $5 more for a download just to get it.

is it worthwhile getting the bonus track?

i;m seeing $9.99 on itunes for the 17 track version..

Yah, I paid 9.99 last night.

congratulations on not being australian i guess

if someone wants to buy it for me and zip it up i'll paypal you $11

I'm excited to hear this, will there be a vinyl release?

According to their fb-page, yes, there will be a vinyl release soon. Just hope shipping overseas won't be too much...

£7.99 on itunes uk iirc

it is looong

Italians Do It Better said...

THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE VINYL. DOUBLE LP FORMAT WITH A SILVER FOIL STAMPED BACK COVER...LYRIC INSERT...ON ICY IVORY VINYL..AND YES...THERE WILL BE MP3 CODES INSIDE. WE WON'T SPECULATE ABOUT THE ARRIVAL DATE BECAUSE THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY FACTORS OUT OF OUR CONTROL...BUT IT'S COMING. IN THE MEANTIME...WE REPRESSED OUR OUT OF PRINT CDS AND "KILL FOR LOVE" CDS WILL BE IN THE STORE AT SOME POINT LATER TODAY. ALL VINYL LPS ARE ON REPRESS FOR COLORED VINYL TOO. WE LET THE ENTIRE STORE GO OUT OF PRINT TO COORDINATE OUR MOVE TO LOS ANGELES. XO

I know its lame but I really want some IDIB t-shirts

i have two, so i am double lame

I'm kind of blown away by this... what are others' thoughts?