New BM album has leaked, is rather excellent--much more FBy than the first one, for what that's worth
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 05:48 (eight years ago) link
Where'd you find your torrent?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 11:22 (eight years ago) link
idkw anyone means when they say leaked nowadays but the Guardian were streaming it last week, think you can still listen to that
― pull blart, maul cops (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 12:21 (eight years ago) link
And this morning it appeared on Spotify. And I see Andrew Hung has a new EP too - 'Rave Cave Level 1', which is a sort of FB-y take on 8-bit arcade music
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Thursday, 7 May 2015 23:30 (eight years ago) link
I am drunk and I'm sat here listening to Dumb Flesh and thinking this was the thing the Valentines did after Loveless. It's kinda making sense. I'm very drunk but this is a really good record.
― kraudive, Saturday, 23 May 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
New Blanck Mass very good on first listen.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
cosine
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
yeh i enjoyed it toovery much of the essence of fuck buttons
― nxd, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
more frantic, imo, fewer cinematic arpeggios
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah but definitely its own thing as well. Sort of bridges the gap between Fuck Buttons and techno.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
xpost
It's lovely
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:19 (eight years ago) link
'No Lite' reminds me of the Dust Brothers' Fight Club soundtrack
― Upright Mammal (mh), Friday, 12 June 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
the opener is tops, then it hews too close to Slow Focus territory for my tastes
― franklin, Friday, 12 June 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
I'm late to the game on this blanck mass album but WOW awesome. Dust Brothers/Fuck Buttons midpoint is embarrassing but accurate.
― ulysses, Thursday, 21 April 2016 01:03 (eight years ago) link
It's great, and so's the follow-up EP with Genesis P Orridge
― a hairy, howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 April 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
That sounds way more appealing than the first BM album, which I just thought was dull.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 April 2016 12:01 (eight years ago) link
Yep, that sounded more like the midpoint between Fuck Buttons and a single unchanging mildly harmonious drone.
― Just can't get Eno, ugh (ledge), Thursday, 21 April 2016 12:29 (eight years ago) link
I listened to this already some time ago, forgot all about it! It is better than the first MB, not a million miles from the last FB and therefore less bonkers than I was hoping for. Will give it a few more tries.
― Just can't get Eno, ugh (ledge), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
liked and voted for d7-d5 last year
new track came out a week ago toowww.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8QMSMb-Bs
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 14:47 (seven years ago) link
oh whoops let's try that again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8QMSMb-Bs
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
new album preorder : https://blanckmass.bandcamp.com/album/world-eater
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
World Eater out today.
Feeling this very much on first listen, pretty wild and HEALTH/Tarot Sport-esque. Probably the first time Blanck Mass really clicks with me and does not feel like a lesser FB.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Friday, 3 March 2017 17:25 (seven years ago) link
yes, great album
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 3 March 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
AOTY so far
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 3 March 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
^^^^^
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Friday, 3 March 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
I opted for CD instead of vinyl
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 4 March 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
It just sounds like a soundtrack of Bradley Wiggins last wank before he tops himself.
― calzino, Saturday, 4 March 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
I bow down to yr personal experience
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 4 March 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
That's a sick burn but I'm maybe 99% sure that Wiggins default choice in that situation would be 'Wild Wood' by Paul Weller.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:17 (seven years ago) link
It's probably cos they were involved in that Danny Boyle olympic opening ceremony/travesty that I make the Wiggins connection.
― calzino, Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:21 (seven years ago) link
"Involved" not quite the right word for someone else playing a remix of one of your tracks at a public event. O, how i remember Nirvana and their involvement in my high school formal.
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 4 March 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
I thought they had actually played at the opening ceremony. Anyways - semantics aside - "involved" "connected" whatever! Some of this sounds like quite hackneyed goth/industrial and some of it sounds like Amon Tobin pissing about with a music app. It is so mediocre I can't even listen to a full track, and have actually tried.
― calzino, Saturday, 4 March 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
World Eater is excellent. Andrew Hung's solo stuff on the other hand... might be OK if he didn't sing.
― chap, Tuesday, 5 September 2017 11:44 (six years ago) link
dear god that is some worst of 1980s indie voice.
― angelo irishagreementi (ledge), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
Yeah, wanted to like it, but.... Nooo.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
World Eater still aoty I reckon. It's a fucking corker. Has anyone seen this guy do a live set?
― kraudive, Friday, 22 September 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
― calzino, Saturday, March 4, 2017 1:40 AM (six months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hahaha, this is prime Calzino <3
Great album though, for sure.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 22 September 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
Has anyone seen this guy do a live set?
Yes. it was short but 100% worth it.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 22 September 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
Didn't totally expect this, but I guess these two new tracks are the logical followup to Rhesus Negative
― silverfish, Friday, 27 April 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
In Ferneaux, the new 40 minute two track Blanck Mass EP, is pretty amazing.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 6 March 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
Very much so.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 7 March 2021 10:02 (three years ago) link
I'm picking up noise from that fucking truck.
https://www.stereogum.com/2184148/editors-blanck-mass-member-heart-attack/music/
man what, this is a totally baffling combination. how are editors even still around?
― ufo, Thursday, 21 April 2022 09:06 (two years ago) link
They have done an album together before.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 April 2022 23:57 (two years ago) link
Today's necessary opinion: first album still rules; everything else I can take or leave.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Saturday, 25 March 2023 21:45 (one year ago) link
Many good things on Slow Focusfor my money
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
brain freeze, the first track of the third album, is so great too
― StanM, Saturday, 25 March 2023 22:59 (one year ago) link
Love all three albums. A lot.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 26 March 2023 01:00 (one year ago) link