thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about

seriously! and rym is apeshit over it. made me listen to shellac at least

there's a couple of tracks near the end that are decent to good but sheesh it's just swans worship

record consistently described as wild and all over the place = pretty much just faintly industrial noise rock the whole way through

the whole "droning/punishing yet dynamic" thing they're trying to do on this record reminds me of through silver in blood weirdly enough

i prefer neurosis

That Prime Minister Of Doom album isnt awful but for what it is it is completely overhyped. Some tracks go on far too long with no development and dont even start with interesting Villalobos-style grooves to hold any attention, and the ones that are actually any good implode just as they get going.

i didn't rly get all the love for the dj healer record so wldn't be surprised if i felt the same abt this project

traumprinz is always gonna be controversial i think but i also found the dj healer record too... empty to enjoy

and i smoke a lot of weed

great, now i've relistened to it and i like it (at least i really like "we are going nowhere")

that daughters record is fucking awful imo

ah shit i think i love the traumprinz records

the Daughters album is pretty dull but of course rym would go this hard for this sort of Swans worship yeah. very confused to find out their guitarist was in Fang Island for a while, that's not a connection i would ever have expected

that daughters thing is trash

listening to the robyn album. if this boring bollocks wins the 2018 album poll it might be time to leave this place

generally imago I find your tastes to be a good guide in reverse of what I might like, but in this case I agree with you. I liked some of her past work but this new album is boring.

*puts Robyn album top of ballot paper*

:D

ilx's manifest destiny as middlebrow critic retirement home fulfilled

it flows really well and really seamlessly into its dancier pockets and expands the scope of her songwriting. it's also very easy to listen to. it's not for you dude

ah shit i think i love the traumprinz records

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:21 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this bore out: i do love them, dj healer slightly more than prime minister of doom

ahhh i like imago even when he calls records which are obviously great boring shit

and likewise i am growing to tolerate all y'all's weird predilections ;) but this is the marketplace of ideas and i will not be stayed from expression, unless by the banhammer

Fwiw I think it's boring as well and I'm deeply suspicious of the critical narrative around Robyn at this stage, and there's like four songs off that 2005 album I still like.

It really drifted by me as well, but her previous work benefits from its inescapability. I'm sure I'll be crushed into submission in time

she's had a few great singles but her previous albums were so inconsistent - this one's by far her best. can understand how some could be bored by it but i'm certainly much less confused by all the acclaim than i was in 2010

this thread will live on long after my death

(old Jess quote/paraphrase)

gonna use this safe space to say that the Monae album has a few nice songs but is overrated as hell

yeah

and i still think it’s her best lol

it's her worst but I still like it

just gonna come out and say it, Autechre's latest only has like 6 hours worth of good stuff on it

lol

yeah the janelle monae album is fine, and her strongest, but not really one of the best of the year or anything. some amazing singles though

not to go full unperson - I'm sure plenty of people unreservedly love every note - but there's a case to be made that a convergence of extramusical factors helped juke the stats in its favor

but, yknow, twas ever thus

please note thread title change to reflect our eternal discontent with hyped releases of any year

Monae is definitely one of those artists who's so easy to root for that it makes you overlook the filler

Thanks for pointing it out, felt like I was getting gaslighted there for a sec.

xp

Monae is definitely one of those artists who's so easy to root for that it makes you overlook the filler

yeah I can understand this too

xp bookmarks may keep the old title for a while

I've never enjoyed a note of Janelle Monae's music but will watch her act in anything

Re-Robyn. "Obviously great" is very relative. I wish I could come up with an elaborate and constructive diss (as we're supposed to), but the truth is I gave the album 15-20 minutes and found nothing exciting (title track is alright but sounds like someone else). And I like pop in general and some electro-pop. It's everyone's right to shrug something off and move on.

I gave the album 15-20 minutes

listen to the whole thing, come on

We should also do a thread to dis imago-hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about.

briiiiing it

here's how it's done btw: The Chap - Mega Breakfast

I've never enjoyed a note of Janelle Monae's music but will watch her act in anything

― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:30 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't have anything mean to say... it's just not for me at all!

i can forgive imago for hyping all sorts of things i don't care about just for being a fellow katie dey evangelical

what are the new traumprinz songs.... sorry i can't keep track of all the aliases but "2 the sky" is all time

the most loved traumprinz this year is dj healer - nothing 2 loose, which is great, but i think there was some other stuff too