Owen Pallett -- In Conflict

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

xp otm

Yup.

his masterpiece? it's fucking solid as hell imo

can't wait to check this out when i get home!

This album is outstanding. Have been looking forward to it for a long time and it certainly delivers. I think The Secret Seven was my immediate favourite but it's just full of highlights.

looking forward to diggin in

diggin the scene
diggin on you
diggin OP
baby baby, oh baby baby

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

Owen Pallett, a legit composer who also possesses the instincts to craft brilliant pop songs.

saw this and pictured him grimmacing

Anyone else going to the London show tomorrow?

Oh wow, thanks for all the kind words, and say hi tomorrow ShariVari I'll be pre-show nervous at the merch table

Also I don't grimace at anything really (but it does feel good when people get it right)

This is wonderful! It'll certainly be my summer album.

real excited to hear this, the last one was a favorite

Oh lord! As I get older it becomes increasingly rare that an album grips me so strongly on first listen. I'm looking forward to playing this one over and over and over and over. So many emotions I feel like I'm 15 again.

i am so sad i cant go tomorrow. this best not be the last op album/european tour.

ooh i didn't know there was a london show tomorrow. v tempting even though i'm v busy.

I can say it's totally worth it just to hear "The Riverbed" live

"the riverbed" is such a jam

Love how unexpectedly synthy the album is.

Really looking forward to tomorrow night...

Only one listen in, so need time to absorb the melodies and the (surprisingly sexual!) lyrics, but I'm blown away by just how fantastic this album sounds!

"The Riverside" is a blast in every sense

Had not been paying attention, if I was in London tomorrow I would totally go, but I don't think I can be there :(

owen, this album is great

I liked what I'd prevously heard of Owen's stuff, but J was playing this in the car and I found myself... "transfixed" is the best word I can come with. Holy moley, this is some serious shit.

(Parenthetically - Does anyone else feel like he tends to tuck his vocals into the mix quite a bit, compared to a lot of singers? I noticed, on both this and Heartland, that the voice is mixed more as one part of the arrangement, rather than being waaaaay out front as is usually the case for a lead vocal. Not complaining - just observatating.)

huh, never put the gt thing together. more you know.

haven't heard the album, but the tracks linked are uniformly gorgeous, especially, well, it's hard to say cuz each sounds like the best while i'm listening to it. and then i listen to another.

ugh, this is so good, one after another

AOTY

yeah this is scaling heights where such pronouncements become plausible

am trying to wangle myself a ticket for tonight, wd be good to see it all performed

yeah, this is wonderful. v. sad i was out of town for the boston show last weekend.

really digging soldiers rock and chorale in addition to those already mentioned.

that quasi-happy hardcore/drum'n'bass song towards the end is out of this world.

I am no longer afraid, the truth doesn't terify u-us...

Like, I didn't even know I liked that song, but then I couldn't stop humming that part, didn't even remember what it was. This is gonna creep up on me. This is very good.

logrolling a pallett

My friend is at the London show right now. So jealous. He just bought the new album there too.

When does it release?

It's out on Monday.

song for five & six is an olallieberry level jam