AlunaGeorge

This got a particularly glowing review in the Graun today but it was impossible to read without getting the sense that Petridis was using it as a vehicle to impress his enthusiasm for the current UK pop landscape rather than the record itself.

I'm not sure I can be arsed to even listen to this frankly. That they finished their Glastonbury set with 'White Noise' speaks volumes.

xp kinda like giving sneaker pimps five stars cos u wanna get on board with speed garage

there's at least one interview where aluna or george (I forget which one) admits the montell jordan cover was a joke, fwiw

found it! http://blog.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/?p=9680

i like the new version of "diver" a lot

i don't really get "hysterically bad" or anything from this. it sounds, uh, like a bunch of alunageorge songs lined up in a row, which predictably kinda dulls the entire enterprise

"Diver" is great, but hearing it in the context of the album, after six lesser variations of the same idea, tempers its impact a lot

one alunageorge song in a row is enough to dull the entire enterprise

i REALLY don't know why americans care about them

it depends on what your definition of americans is

wow http://gawker.com/the-best-r-b-album-of-2013-is-here-977204236

I don't know what the best r&b of the year will be, but if it's this then lock the doors and hop the bus r&b...you're done.

had to watch this again to cleanse my palate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9_Gvbn2pFs

adios richjuz, it was nice knowing you

I love reading a full-blown fanboy love letter to a new album.

It's a beaut.

a shiny coin of no currency

I like pretty much all of the singles but the rest of the album is zzzzz-grade filler. The one new track I enjoyed on first listen was "Bad Idea".

This isn't the car crash I expected from reading this thread. It's not great by any stretch, but it's amazing how you get more used to - accepting, even - of her voice the more boring his production becomes. She has interesting voice, but she doesn't know how to use it properly, what with her inconsistent garbles and stutters and his failed experiments in vocal science. It doesn't help that there at a lot of real lyrical clunkers and a whiff of Songwriting For Dummies about it.

Remember Hudson Mohawke's production for Nadsroic? What this album seems to be aiming for could be done really well and I'd love to hear it.

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

not listened to the album but 'lost and found' is sounding great on the latest DJ Q mix

yes i thought so too

I take it that its a standout on the album then? Folks here are sayin the production is boring but this sparkles.

their collab with zhu? i know i like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dya3o2HjAY

I've gotten to like the album a lot, mostly via remixes. (I generally do still like some of the remixes more.) These songs are packed with hooks and it's almost like I needed to hear some of those hooks in isolation before appreciating them as much in their original settings.

"I'm In Control" is great, a really good fake "Lean On"

this new album is a huge improvement on the debut. Her voice isn't nearly as grating and he seems to have learned a lot more tricks.