Gang Gang Dance LP

haha i can't believe there were people this into their shit show they called a live show. They were the worst band I've ever seen live other than the chromatics, and I saw them at their 2009 peak. Awful hot mess.

You could replace Lizzi with a 10 year old who had no drumming experience on those tom drums and they could keep the same rhythm she has. Maybe the bad-ness of it is the appeal but it's lost on me.

Owch

lotta negativity on ilx today

The one time I saw them live was at a festival and their sound problems were so bad that they managed to finish I think 3 songs in a total of an hour.

Haven’t seen them live but I love their records.

Can’t stand for this dissing

The two new songs sound to me like the best thing they’ve done since saint dymphna

Then again they were pretty much inactive for 7 years, I thought they had disbanded already.

saw them around a year after saint dymphna came out?

cool show i really enjoyed it

The first time I saw Lizzi play was with her drum-duo side project, and I liked her energy but musically it was a lot of undistinguished thumping. So I was surprised the first time I saw GGD how well her drumming worked in the confines a more structured band. Like I said upthread, both times I saw them they were totally in sync and on point, their sets were seamless.

Yeah saw em 2010 and they slayed, it’s almost as if there are variances of quality across performances depending on context

I think this band has the best futurism

Don’t sleep on the beedeegee album which is a continuation of the strange pop distortions of saint dymphna. Features the gang gang singer as well on “rain man”

I like st the most cuz it flows as one song so brilliantly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9xfTw5WkfE

this one just sounds like 'more Eye Contact' but that's not really a bad thing

Went in one ear and out the other tbh

So this album totally rips!

J tree album version is different. Which was unexpected

different how?

Actually they’re not different. Just find it weird iTunes downloaded J tree twice. Gotta delete that

Damn this is good. Smoothest ggd yet

Gorgeous record. Shame there seems to be so little hype for it.

Sure I made the exact same post in the Melody's Echo Chamber thread.

You’re my main man kitchen

New album is totally magical.

Haven't sat down with it to give it a proper listen yet but after sampling it by having it on in the background while doing stuff, I'm already liking it quite a bit (though I fear the two advance singles may be the clear highlights)

this isn't as mind-blowing as Eye Contact but it's a nice progression on their sound, love the balearic vibes. J-Tree, the title track, and Salve on the Sorrow are probably the highlights for me so far

Title track rules - the moment when the 90s breakbeat comes in is just so shameless.

The entire thing feels like it's singlehandedly trying to rehabilitate billowing gap year hippy Buddha Bar music via depth and phenomenal textual detail.

Yep, i’m also reminded of the swooshy first discs of Northern Exposure 1 and 2.

JE’s involvement means I’ll give this a second and third listen

Tim F otm

I think it’s their smoothest record yet

can't tell if that is a compliment or not

Totally is

It sounds really lush to me

Digging this a lot. Not as arresting as Eye Contact or St. Dymphna, but gorgeous and groovy and totally welcome.

ama today at 4pm est

Wicked

some thoughts:

kazuashita sounds like enya/loreena mckennitt mashed with drum and bass

love the use of guitar on this, from spindly to serene

sounds like a logical extension from beeDEEGEE and eye contact

this sounds like Grimes

I think you have that backward

Grimes like sounds this

no, there's definitely a Grimesian note in Lizzi's vocals that wasn't there before

lotus definitely has a grimes esque chorus

ama was really cool. also their user name was a riff on beedeegee. don't sleep on that record

"other people definitely like to say that but i have no idea where those artists get their inspiration from. i'd like to think that we have contributed to the general landscape in some way over the years though yeah. I do remember Grimes once saying Lizzi was an important vocalist."

these Beatles, they sound just like Oasis

boy i really like this record

Yep, i’m also reminded of the swooshy first discs of Northern Exposure 1 and 2.

― Tim F, Saturday, June 23, 2018 4:12 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh my god otm

One of the best records this year easily.
Lush and gentle but with the trademark weird interludes this band is good for. When the record started I was like “oh shit, gang gang!”

lol also this album reminds me a bit of Bel Canto circa Magic Box.

never heard of that band or album but now I want to

this is the hazy sound of my summer