Plaid - C/D S/D

Maru reminds me of LP5-era Autechre in a nice way

Loving this discussion and it's been a while since I've been on a Plaid kick so I went back and listened to a couple anthologies, Parts in the Post and Trainer. The former, the remix collection, is a goddamn classic. So many bangers and memorable bits and a ton of variety. For those stumbling into this band fresh, it's a fantastic starting point. Trainer was great too, and has a nice rawness to it that's missing from anything newer. Forgot how good these guys were for the better part of a damn decade. Nit picking the last 10 years feels like playing with house money. These dudes have been around

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0007582

60 minute mix for freak zone

I need to spend more time with it but Polymer may well be my favourite Plaid album, period.

…when I'm listening to it, at least.

Resident Advisor on Dancers and Nurula: "the melodies are unconvincing, the arrangements toothless"

Nurula is only good, but Dancers?????

well, i came round to this album in the end and that's the opinion i had at first. it's far from toothless - I prefer Nurula to Dancers I think. The best song is Crown Shy

I think it's a great album, but I've realized my taste is far from fashionable. I don't keep up with electronic trends. Thought it'd resonate a bit more than it did.

resonate with the wider public/critical sphere you mean? I guess they're a band who've large been seen to have been spinning their wheels for te best part of 15 years, spinning out variations on a sound that was perfected c2001 and not doing much outside of it. Polymers is far from daring, but they've really nailed it on this album. It's not going to win many new fans but it definitely helped me appreciate them again. By far their best since Double Figure

The Orbital remix of Maru is so damn good, I've been playing it every day

The Skee Mask remix of Maru is sick as well

has anybody been to recent shows? seeing them in seattle and wonder what to expect.

a new release, a collection of 28 recent remixes by Plaid: https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/stem-sell
limited vinyl/2CD with proceeds going to cancer charity

seems more uniform Plaid sound compared to Parts In the Post,
sounds almost like Plaid album proper (and better than Polymer at that)

(the seattle show was amazing, to answer my own question, and a great last show to see before the pandemic)

this comp is awesome and anyone who likes post-BD Plaid should jump on it

listening to "After The Movie" and feeling high as anything

double figure turns 20 today

Gross

what exactly?

God I loved that album so much.

I was 14 when that one came out and I loved it. No real interest to revisit it, I tried a couple years ago and the nostalgia factor was what kept me listening... it didn’t age too well.

Looking at the tracklist I think this could’ve been more of a classic if you trim it to 10 tracks. It’s also frontoaded, the opening two tracks might be the best ones.

I have an old mp3 which is certainly Plaid, entitled "Knives Drawer", maybe got it off gabba/amp. The internet seems to know nothing about it, anyone have an idea?

new album is pretty nice. they have a weird thing going for me, most of their best tracks are on their 1995-2001 albums, but the ones from Scintilli on are the ones I always reach for. they just feel like better listens back to front. They Might be Giants are another band like this. no real surprises on this one, though "Wondergan" and "Nightcrawler" were both neat curveballs. last two tracks probably the best.

Yeah I agree. I preferred Polymer to this one on the whole. No surprises on this one other than maybe Wondergan, but it's not an unpleasant listen. They must have made 'Return to Return' at least three times by now.

I also find it amusing how every Plaid album that comes out these days has some sort of concept draped around it, even though they all just sound like Plaid albums

wasn’t much into the track but the video for “wondergan” is pretty cool