Owen Pallett -- In Conflict

Yeah, I'm enjoying these. I'm excited. I played Heartland to death.

holy fucken shit 'the riverbed' is extraordinary

'on a path' also very very good but...my word

I actually like "On a Path" a little more so far.

continually topping himself, tbh. didn't think i could be hit in the feelings more than I was by Heartland and...well, yeah.

^^this. I still play Heartland regularly, cannot wait to play In Conflict to death over the next decade or so.

I gave these links a listen on my phone this morning which was a terrible injustice. Just now I've played both on cans without the clips and yes, this is brilliant. I fear YT is squashing the sonic quality, but yeah I love both of these and I love the clips too.

It's very nice of Owen to release this just before my birthday when I have the week off to decorate and bike ride.

And go to gigs.

thanks for the new display name, Alex!

Bwahaha, A+!

Better than continually popping yourself... ;)

Holy shit @ "The Riverbed!"

I think the thing I love most about all your work Owen is how *immediate* the beautiful melodic lines are, they stick in my head right away and stay there happily. It is making me more enthusiastic than ever to keep firing up my own kboards/gear and keep writing music.

Awesome interview:

http://pitchfork.com/features/update/9358-owen-pallett/

New song and new video.

http://youtu.be/vr_SbrFIuKA

This album is sounding so good. Looks like it might have been pushed back to May 26th now.

Def my favourite of the new songs.

Yeah I love this one.

This just came up on Facebook.

The album release date for "In Conflict" has been pushed back to May 27th. This is due to a backup at the pressing plant; Record Store Day was a tall order this year. We will be selling CD and vinyl copies of the album at all May tour dates, prior to the "street date".

Agree that this is the best song of the three. Just another month to go.

all of these songs are great. i think the riverbed is my favorite although i am still a bit irritated that we never learn what happens between uncle jim and the young toughs

I am just kind of in awe of the arpeggios. It's that kind of True Faith era New Order trick, of having this gorgeous, bubbling arpeggio, but then at the top of the filter sweep, it bursts into this flourish of violins. It's like the aural equivalent of a fountain. Very lovely, I fall for it every time.

whole album is good btw lads

argh i want this album sooner

Yeah I've had a chance to hear the whole thing -- it's a beaut.

wow that's fabulosu

it mangled my spelling w/its beauty

cannot wate

Just looking into pre-ordering this. Apparently there will be a double vinyl version with three extra songs that don't appear on the regular vinyl or the CD. Think I'm going to have to go with that.

http://www.dominorecordco.us/usa/albums/05-02-14/in-conflict

it only includes 1 more song than the CD

Will be doing a piece on this, but I'm yet to hear it. Can't wait!

Did we talk about this anywhere?
https://soundcloud.com/caribouband/sets/daphni-owen-pallett

http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/owen-pallett-debuts-new-song-i-am-not-afraid/

The album is quite good.

Indeed.

argh i can't wait.

"infernal fantasy" is a top 2014 pop blast. preach it owen

some tix just released for tonight's Glasslands show if any of yall wanna go

Annnnd it's streaming:

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/18/312523632/first-listen-owen-pallett-in-conflict

I'm only 3 and a half minutes in and holy shit

it's under fifty minutes! fantastic. (most albums shouldn't be too long)

I'm only 3 and a half minutes in and holy shit

― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Monday, 19 May 2014 13:12 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^^this

"Song For Five and Six" and "I Am Not Afraid" are my jams.

I want to listen to this SOOOO BAD but my internet is so not going to handle streaming at the moment. :(

i've had this on promo for a couple of weeks and i reckon it's going to take several more weeks at least to fully figure out. it's a great listen though!

such amazing arrangements, what a pretty album

I'm holding off on listening to this until I can run a CD through big speakers. But so tempted.

yeah this was superb, would probably put it on a par with Heartland but this one was subtler, may transpire to be even more rewarding

THIS FUCKING RULES

SO GOOD YOU GUYS IT'S SO GOOD

Any news of Island?

got a good pair of headphones for really cheap, fanciest pair i've owned and a small desktop DAC/headphone amp....anyway this is such an amazing fucking *recording* just stunning sounding

like it's not square enough to get there but it should totally be one of those records that audiophiles use to test systems

When I taught recording and engineering, I used "The Riverbed" for frequency-recognition ear training practice and tests.