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i think nocturne is great and this recent ep is doing v little for me tbqh, i would almost venture that it's his weakest set of songs

Yeah, I mean I can understand people's feelings regarding the new EP vs. Nocturne, and why fans of one may not take well to the other... I mean, Nocturne is very much a one-sound kind of record (although it's a great sound), and the new EP is more all over the place... I'm finding myself liking both releases a lot for different reasons. I kinda hope he experiments further on his next full-length, actually, which I think would be great if he could come up with songs that were up to snuff!

I'd say that 'Ride' and 'Data World' were my highlights of this new EP... really love those two.

New album is sort of meh, but the opening track has some great xylophone-sounding synths and this track is absolutely stunning:

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

Haven't heard this
but

This is the kind of thread I like to see

They are real marimbas, not xylophone sounding synths. Get yer mallet instruments straight if you're going to talk shit.

i like the songs i've heard from the new record

I stand corrected.

Get yer mallet instruments straight if you're going to talk shit.

if i had a dollar for everytime someone said this to me....

I haven't got around to hearing this yet, but thanks for sharing that McBoing-Boing, it sounds great and on first listen sounds like one of the best things he's done to date. I take it that the rest of the album doesn't quite match up to this?

Right. The rest of the album isn't bad at all, but it's not as grab-you-by-the-collar as "To Know You".

I'll definitely still be checking it out, loved Nocturne and the EP that came after.

You could tell from the first four or five notes of Nocturne that this was an artist transitioning from cassette indie to full-on Record Collection Rock. This is a good thing, and both Nocturne and the EP-that-nobody-can-remember-the-name-of were really excellent for their depth of texture and references.

The problem, for me at least, is that the thing Tatum appears to have spent the least amount of time synthesizing is the very thing he needed more than all those Berlin-era Bowie references: how to be an engaging singer with good lyrics and varied, compelling vocal delivery.

Massive Carole King influence on this one. Also, he's managed to produce a cover tune of My Bloody Valentine covering Wire's "41ºN 91ºW" and also cover Foxygen's "How Can You Really?" one right after the other. More to follow.

also It's My Life

something about Japanese Alice that reminds of Clientele in the best possible way

Hrm I hear "for love" by lush in Japanese Alice.

lol @ "Reichpop" as a title, but it sounds amazing

anything as good as this on the new album?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b20SV7v0fzE

Nope. That was a real high point for me.

Album has a nice Supertramp vibe to it.

Yeah, so having listened to the whole album twice now, I find it pleasant but mostly forgettable. :/

It's better than Gemini but not Nocturne.

agreed

this has grown on me in the past couple days, solid record. still much prefer nocturne though

Also, as much as I like it (listened to it probably a dozen times it is not what I expected the record to sound like after Empty Estate?

probably a dozen times over the weekend... that should have read.

enjoying this new "shallow water" song

this guy is still my favorite Unremarkable Indie Pop act going

I still have a lot of time for Nocturne and the Empty Estate EP. The last album had some great moments too, although was a bit uneven on the whole. I can't get into Gemini much.

Nocturne is great

I adore the golden haze ep

Life of Pause ended up being my favorite of his, and the new tracks are super promising.

yeah "letting go" is real good too and "partners in motion" has a nice groove

When the mid 80s were over, I really missed the guitar sound in "Partners in Motion" (and in places on the Tornado Wallace album from last year) and I'm overjoyed it's finally okay to make a guitar sound like that again—because it wasn't for a very long time, unless you were recording elevator music.

its just chorus and reverb i think

There's something really crystalline and compressed about it beyond chorus.

sounds like they've been having a good listen to Songs from the Big Chair

there's still a few songs left in that chair

I'd assumed these were all leading up to an album, but cool! It comes out on the 31st!

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3221996752_16.jpg

i like that cover art, though i'll always enjoy the life of pause one for looking to me like he's sitting inside a set from a Myst game

Yeah, I like that cover art too... would have made a great vinyl sleeve circa 1983-1984.

jorge elbrecht produced this new one

xp according to photo on the Bandcamp page, the shape on the front is a transparent window.

Every time I listen to the Empty Estate EP, I find myself wishing he'd expanded that to a full length.

It is a full length what the hell are you talking about

When the mid 80s were over, I really missed the guitar sound in "Partners in Motion" (and in places on the Tornado Wallace album from last year) and I'm overjoyed it's finally okay to make a guitar sound like that again

This is probably why I am really feeling this new album

It is a full length what the hell are you talking about

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It's an EP, not an LP - I would have thought that was apparent.

Sounds like the new one is going to be right up my street!

really enjoying this so far. it feels like he took lessons from Life Of Pause (which i wasn't super into and he, from interviews, doesn't sound like he quite was either) and just applies those sophistipop tendencies to his usual soundscapey popcraft.

yeah this is good