hahaha goddamnit that is the due date for my kid, looks like im delivering a baby in the grandstand
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 11 March 2013 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
That would be a pretty great birth story.
― go to party leather (ENBB), Monday, 11 March 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty sure there is a birthing station over by the Leinie's Lodge
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 11 March 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
miracle of birth barn imo
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 11 March 2013 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
this must happen
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, 11 March 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
promises me I'm safe as housesas long as I remember to PUSH
If I recall correctly people born at the Fair get a lifetime pass, so from that stand point it doesn't make sense to have the baby anywhere but at the Fair
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 11 March 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
"But DAD these dudes are like 100 years old, why do we always have to go see them everytime we're in town?"
"BACK IN MY DAY YOU COULD WEAR A RAT-TAIL AND NOT GET LAUGHED AT."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
strictly speaking, this wasn't true
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, 11 March 2013 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
My apologies. Three rat-tails.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
Gonna be a mad scramble to get DC tix for the wife
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 11 March 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
Brooklyn, NY? Where?
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
Brooklyn Bowl oh wait
That Barclays place, I'd imagine.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah - I forgot about the big places there ; 0
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
So the performance for Letterman is happening now, full miniconcert and they're playing other new songs
http://www.cbs.com/shows/liveonletterman/artist/209798/depeche-mode/
But right now it's "Walking In My Shoes" I think...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
*piano chord*
Uh, yeah, definitely that.
Letterman show on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/ultra_depeche/sets
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Wednesday, 13 March 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
hmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Y1lv9PNtA
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 March 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
oh phew, I was terrified from the title that this was going to be another dreary dirge
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 15 March 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like this is a song they've recorded with slight variations at least 5 or 6 other times.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 March 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
hmm haven't clicked on this yet but the title does not inspire...
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 15 March 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
this describes 80% of the catalog of every band
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 15 March 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, it's called "having a style."
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 15 March 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
That said, I like the track but not the vocals.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 15 March 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah same here - same feeling I got from the B side of the 1st single. Weird.
On this one here I do hear echoes of past attempts at bluesy stomps, so I guess I see the SOFD influence, but still struggling to see the Violator one.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 15 March 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Weak retread of Personal Jesus beat?
― Another turning point, a stork fuck in the road (ledge), Friday, 15 March 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
While we wait, BTW
http://www.dmremixes.com/acoustic.htm
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
Annnnd up at iTunes
http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/03/stream-depeche-modes-new-album-delta-machine/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 March 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
He's doing a pretty good Nick Cave impression on the second song.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 18 March 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm, on first impressions I'm not really feeling this. There's some good songs near the beginning but I just lost interest halfway through. It's a shame as I thought the last album was their best since Violator. Maybe it just needs more time?
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 18 March 2013 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
Actually liking this a lot myself five songs in -- I was joking elsewhere based on people's reactions that we might be getting an Exciter II and that's kinda the feeling at points, only instead of hyperfocused-LFO precision it's definitely the Ben Hillier-produced version of the band, forced into strange shapes. "My Little Universe" is my sleeper winner so far.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
In conclusion -- would drop a song or two, feels like the hour-long thing it is as it stands, but overall a treat and a half.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
might wait for the physical release - for once i have rather low expectations, since the last album got me thinking that even DM could lose it - the idea Exciter II does not excite me much (hawr-hawr) but then again it's probably better than Sounds of the Universe pt 2
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
it sounds like timbaland produced this
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
on my first real listen-through; love the first two tracks, which sit in some weird pocket between "I Feel You" and "Corrupt"
"Heaven" may make more sense in context but I'm not holding my breath; really wish they'd gone with "Angel" instead as the lead single
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
haha okay "Heaven" does make more sense in context, color me surprised
still a terrible pick for lead single
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
okay "Secret to the End" is fucking incredible
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
I am reasonably certain that Dave will never be able to sing "Should Be Higher" live
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
man this is way better than "heaven" had me expecting.
― adam, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
still think i will prefer the late night doom grooves of dave + soulsavers to this ...
― mark e, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
DL does an interview:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/28/depeche-mode-interview-delta-machine-dysfunctional
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
Judging by that Letterman performance there are a few songs he can't sing live.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 28 March 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
I more or less always like Depeche Mode's work (save for "Songs Of Faith And Devotion" not as much), but this is still one of the better albums I have heard from them post "Violator".
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Friday, 29 March 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't heard the album yet, but I thought they sounded good on the Letterman recording. The gigs are going to be ... mellow in between the hits though (a lot like the "Exciter" tour). "Soothe My Soul" could be an exception to that though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 29 March 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
so far I am especially digging:
Welcome To My WorldAngelSecret to the EndShould Be HigherAlone
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Monday, 1 April 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
This album is fine, but my god it feels feels long. I like the comfort of hearing Depeche Mode, but I wish it was a little less mood and more payoff. The Pitchfork review, I think, made some really good points about the group's particular sort of sleepwalking. If anything DM seems more potentially adventurous than even, yet oddly conservative in its execution. I wonder who would make a better producer than the current guy? I was going to say a return to Flood, but then I saw that he mixed this one.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
I think I've played the bonus tracks twice? It's just a little too much of a good thing to sit through in one session.
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Monday, 1 April 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
I do like the idea of turning to another auteur collaborator like Bell or Simenon. Someone to liven things up a bit.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
I wish it was a little less mood and more payoff
My favourites, "My Little Universe" and "Soft Touch/Raw Nerve", both feel cut short right before the payoff. I expect/want these payoffs to be executed in their live renditions on the tour!
― willem, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
so big shocker here but right now I am really, really loving this album
the only missteps IMO are "Heaven" and "Slow", everything else ranges from good-if-not-necessarily-immediately-compelling to holy-shit-must-play-on-repeat
current fave song is "Secret to the End"
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 02:50 (eleven years ago) link