Gang Gang Dance LP

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.

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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

spoiled by riches with music this year but this may be the best record i've heard this year. perfect length, delivers in every way sonically...so good

Would anyone happen to have a spare DL code for this :)

I've been loving the tracks on YouTube, need to hear the whole thing properly.

I know a way you can do that without ripping anyone off

ysi?

Lol Noel. Could probably help you despite paying for the record - share the love iirc

I'm dithering over buying the FLAC on Bleep because it doesn't cost much less than the CD, and I'm put off buying the CD because it doesn't come with a download, unlike most CDs they stock, which feels a bit mean in this day and age.

So I'd just like to hear it and get enthused enough to go for one or the other.

Ross, thanks. Hit me up with an email if you feel so inclined.

hey Noel, just saw your post (sorry)

i could likely help you if this is still needed, let me know (no computer at home but can do this at a friends this weekend)

i still think these are valid points

kazuashita title track sounds like enya/loreena mckennitt mashed with drum and bass, or something like delerium would do but more gnarly

sounds like a logical extension from beeDEEGEE and eye contact

especially the beat programming which is a lot like beeDEEGEE

-- im interested in how their sound evolved when their equipment was stolen years back, and possibly a thread about that at some point. Saint Dymphna seems like an outlier in their career now, but there are definitely sounds on that which seem to pop up on the new one

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

Ross, did you see this? https://www.stereogum.com/1994986/gang-gang-dance-2018-interview/franchises/interview/

no, thanks :)

this is a really great record

I wrote off Kazuashita when it was first released; it seemed so slight compared with the absolute mindfuck of Eye Contact. That was a big mistake. I've relistened several times in the last couple of days, and Kazuashita really is quite a beautiful album. Lotus has such an enveloping atmosphere.

Anyone know what GGD have been up to in the ensuing four years? I hope they have some new music coming. I need this in my life right now.

They're on a track with Meditations On Crime and Harper Sound called 'Crime Seed' released a few months ago. It's OK - A+ yalping from Lizzi tho

(Harper Simon)

they played in nyc during the omicron wave and i chose cowering at home to going out and checking it

seems pretty obvious in retrospect that they were light years ahead of their former contemporaries. All their stuff holds up really well, in general for 10+ year old records, and specifically compared against some other records from that timeframe …