ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

The Chromatics album was the most puzzling (to me) regular feature of EOTY lists - I feel like I've been hearing this kind of stuff for years now, and done better. Love the Dawn and Aluna songs though.

The vocal on Pretty Wicked Things sound so *weary*, like Dawn's really slogging her way through the track, whereas I like the insouciance of the AlunaGeorge vocal, it's way better than Your Drums, Your Love.

dawn conveys effort and struggle without sounding effortful

alunageorge convey nothing, really, apart from something it's easy to ignore

Nu-Chromatics is all about atmosphere, rather than actual songs (although to some extent they always were). If it catches you in the right mood, it works well.

As someone who should by all accounts love the idea of J&MC produced by New Order, I pretty underwhelmed by the Chromatics.

fifth best song on Psychocandy

pshhhh they wish

when i listened to the chromatics song i was like, oh, here's a hitherto unnoticed strand of lana del rey's dna (otherwise they sound as they did last time i paid attention to them; it's not an objectionable song though)

Yeah, songs are pretty weak. When they get a decent song such as 'Hey Hey My My' then it works really well otherwise it's just a drag.

FWIW if that's what nu-Chromatics are like in general they are better than old Chromatics but I can't say I'm in a rush to check out the album.

xp Hmm, I hear so much effort in Dawn's stuff - it's why, PWT aside, I find it hard to love. AG are playful and slinky. But they're gunning for such different things that comparison's not very helpful.

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74. ANDRES "New For U" [190 points, 6 votes]

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i liked cold hazy robo-punk chromatics better

effort is turned into drama by DR which is why her central conceits are so effective, Alunageorge vocals sound way too wan to support the adventurousness of the production; i'm with Lex here xp

hey lex, OT but did u check out that artist i bumped your C/D thread w/?

The intro's the best part of the Chromatics song.

never got into the years-long chromatics record but i really like "kill for love," that pinging, oscillating synth that opens and closes the track, the thudding simplicity of the drum programming, both of which leap out at me and sort of transform the otherwise unremarkable haze.

"New for U" was #1 in the FACT and Resident Advisor EOY lists btw. Not really a standout for me, iirc people say it works well in a club?

hey lex, OT but did u check out that artist i bumped your C/D thread w/?

got round to d/lding but not listening yet

"Nu" Chromatics isn't drastically different from anything they've made in the last 7 years or so. I guess you're either into what they do or you're not.

I feel like I would like this Andres track better in the context of a really good mix

BEST TRACK OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO FACTMAG AND RESIDENT ADVISOR Andres - "New For U" is only #74 in our poll??!? That sounds about right.

i need to stop making the mistake of reading youtube comments (in this case ppl arguing over whether this is "really" the best dance track of the year)

Don't get the appeal of 'New For U' at all.

could only previously get with alunageorge via a particularly insistent remix of "your drums, your love" but i'm enjoying "you know you like it," mostly for the springing bass that helps shape the rest of the track (mostly clouds imo)

i remain pretty thoroughly unmoved by "new for u" but it's cool that other people like it a lot

New For U isn't even the best dance track of the year but come on those strings are so gorgeous. I've never actually heard it on a dancefloor but I can well imagine the rooms full of loved-up grinning it would provoke.

This Andrés track isn't so bad.

Chromatics is the sort of aesthetic wash that I find pleasant on the ears, but it's not got enough about it to make it stand out in any way.

I didn't vote for it (didn't fully come around to it til very recently) but I really hope "Au Seve" beats this. "New For U" is alright tho.

"au seve" will surely place? so much better

New for U is fun, I'm boppin

Chromatics is really really nice aesthetic wash imo. Like, you could give it as a Christmas present.

it's a gorgeous sample, but they just hammer you with it. there is little else to the song. no structure, very little variance in the drums. I like repetitious music, but I found it hard to make it through the whole five minutes of it.

'New For U' probably is about context, I imagine. I've never heard it out.

The Alunageorge track just makes me wish it was by Jessie Ware.

got round to d/lding but not listening yet

let me know when u do! i'm curious to hear what u think. esp the track "life happens"

If 'Au Seve' doesn't place then there'll have been a really poor showing for dance music this year.

hadnt heard new for u before but i like it. could listen to that string sample all day

More of a DJ tool than a fully realized track.

is anyone updating a spotify playlist for this thread?

The Alunageorge track just makes me wish it was by Jessie Ware.

oh, otm

yeah, andres lacks subtle variation needed for a near 6 min track. many xps

A couple weeks ago I was listening to a mix in my truck on the way to a party that had "Au Seve" in it, then was singing it walking down the street, then when I walked into the party "Au Seve" was playing. It was a very synchronistic moment in my life.

i am intrigued about where the first really good song will place.

xp http://open.spotify.com/user/awesomewells/playlist/0MVP8scsWPfbXQ4ji7RoUI

i don't think i've heard 'new for u' out either but it captures a certain dance floor moment and def. makes me feel like i have. quite charming really.

probably at #77 becuase all songs are really good

The Alunageorge track just makes me wish it was by Jessie Ware.

jesus christ yeah it'd be a great track with a stronger voice carrying it, thank you for bringing me this revelation rev

yeah, andres lacks subtle variation needed for a near 6 min track. many xps

― xyzzzz__, Monday, January 21, 2013 1:52 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark

i feel this

cmon hot cheetos and takis

the new alunageorge single "diver" is dope tho