Battles - Gloss Drop [2011]

is there a more recently updated thread for Battles? this new song with Shabazz Palaces is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd9ulSsQ2-I

Is it just me or does the "Titanium 2 Step" vocal sound like Adrian Belew circa King Crimson's "Discipline" album?

Yes yes, excellent selection of guests, also incl. Xenia Rubinos, Jon Anderson, Sal Principato, tune-yards, swimming this brewful stew, which b chock-full of op art pop cuckoo clock functionality. Don't sleep on the video album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE9riaWiLb4

yeah this new one is a blast, I much prefer it to their earlier work

great album, I threw it some points in the EOY poll

It's sad when bands are doing their best work after no one cares

(jk I'm sure they're doing fine as a hyped '00s legacy band, and it's just an illusion based on perceived critical/media attention)

Can you live off being a hyped '00s legacy (minor) band?

There should be a catch-all Battles thread, I almost missed this because I assumed the revive was just someone posting "still dope" or something about a Gloss Drop track

Excellent question but my guess is yes, as long as you're still touring?

xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNAgOXFv1RE

this video is sickk, esp the 2nd tune

Susumu Hirasawa opened for them in Japan, which seems significant since Hirasawa draws a pretty big crowd on his own. so they're definitely still popular somewhere

here's something fun: the LP of Juice B Crypts is meant to be played at 45 RPM, but if you accidentally play it at 33 1/3 I can pretty much guarantee you will not notice until the vocals come in

Hahahahaha this happened to me the first time I played it too

yeah if you go on discogs all the comments are about this as well

I've heard the "you can play it at 33 and 45" thing on a number of albums (particularly Autechre) but this is the only one I've heard where it legitimately works both ways. you wonder if it was intentional