v good song
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 February 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
v good new interview
http://pitchfork.com/features/update/9587-lower-dens/
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Monday, 2 February 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
http://www.vogue.com/9177915/lower-dens-jana-hunter-interview/
― am0n, Monday, 2 February 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/lowerdens/ondinenew song sounds p cool look forward to this album also they will probably tour europe this year i guess?
― niels, Friday, 13 March 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
the record leaked and it's so good
― j. winters (josh), Friday, 13 March 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Cool! I only became aware of them through "To Die in LA", maybe I have a lot of catching up to do or maybe their (apparently?) new more poppy direction is just right up my alley. I'll preorder this one.
― niels, Friday, 13 March 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
God, this album is so fucking brilliant you guys.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
Hmm, that Pitchfork review made it sound like it emphasized the parts of Nootropics I liked least and toned down the krautrock parts I liked best.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 April 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Same. I find the new one horribly bland.
― Position Position, Friday, 3 April 2015 20:05 (nine years ago) link
o_O
okay, nerds.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
I didn't like the new album anywhere near as much as Nootropics on first listen. It took time to grow on me. I still prefer Nootropics, but Escape from Evil is closing the gap.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 3 April 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
Nootropics and Escape From Evil are pretty similar in the grand scheme, so differentiating between the two is really just getting into the weeds. I really like both of them, but there's something a little brighter, more sparkly about Escape From Evil.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
EvE scans as much more direct and "pop" and...yeah, more positibe. NT could drift into some fairly abstract places that were less "song-y." But it hardly matters, both great albums.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 3 April 2015 23:20 (nine years ago) link
just listened to this and will again. it is pretty damn good.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 04:12 (nine years ago) link
http://lowerdens.tumblr.com/post/126535297727/ive-listened-so-much-to-societe-anonyme-that-now
the society we live in is so fundamentally upside-down that without drugs or entertainment to mute one’s sensitivity, all of its wrongness floods in a priori like an atmosphere of needle-points. things that we find gorgeous can make us feel just as acutely the presence of their opposites.in the song, “sublimation” is meant to represent both the idea of making the mundane sublime, and, in its true clinical sense, “the transformation of unwanted impulses into something less harmful.” sublimation, if you want it. an escape from loneliness and misery into acceptable forms of intoxication (entertainment, wealth, opiates, etc.) the trick is that loneliness and misery are also the products of our society. we’re given the emptiness of entertainment and the pursuit of money, and so we are left lonely and miserable, and so we are given entertainment and opportunities to make money, and these are empty, so we remain lonely and miserable. tears are appropriate, no doubt.
in the song, “sublimation” is meant to represent both the idea of making the mundane sublime, and, in its true clinical sense, “the transformation of unwanted impulses into something less harmful.” sublimation, if you want it. an escape from loneliness and misery into acceptable forms of intoxication (entertainment, wealth, opiates, etc.) the trick is that loneliness and misery are also the products of our society. we’re given the emptiness of entertainment and the pursuit of money, and so we are left lonely and miserable, and so we are given entertainment and opportunities to make money, and these are empty, so we remain lonely and miserable. tears are appropriate, no doubt.
cool having jana hunter in the world writing & talking i think
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 23 August 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
Some great songs on this record, production a bit muddy for my taste but very cohesive sound. It's a record abt love?
Saw them live yesterday, was good but I had higher hopes. Jana a very good singer, but seemed a bit shy.
― niels, Friday, 6 November 2015 08:48 (eight years ago) link
This is superb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYiMgiN3xM
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
Young Republicanshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0xIaRaFvV8
― city worker, Thursday, 30 May 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swMCMcud2L4
really enjoying these new songs
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 July 2019 04:35 (four years ago) link
someone who isn't me should write a bunch of words about it
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 July 2019 04:37 (four years ago) link
Completely missed that there was a new album until today. Playing catch-up right now, but I Drive is muy bueno.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
I need to revisit this. I was disappointed on initial listens but might've given up too soon. I came around on Escape from Evil after being put off by the more pop direction at first. Anyone seen them live lately?
― early rejecter, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
It's a little bit cold, the songs never really open up in any deeper way, but I still stand by I Drive being a jam.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 04:21 (four years ago) link
The Competition is so rad, their best one yet, sad it took me so long to hear it.
― last updated a group of five done twelve times ago (geoffreyess), Thursday, 23 April 2020 04:44 (four years ago) link