I love how this album sounds, makes up for the disappointment of the Grimes one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
more into this than the last one
i always thought the consensus was that andorra and swim were the best in whichever order
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
"magpie" is lovely, one of his best sounding tracks
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
Yeah, really into the minimalism and sound palette of this album. The two singles are probably my least favorite tracks tbh.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
yeah "never come back" feels like an Obligatory Single here and not a standout
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 March 2020 04:45 (four years ago) link
Thanks Moka - we're generally all pretty good at the moment but we've been through the mill for sure.
I have reservations about his voice, although it's normally not obstrusive enough to have any detrimental effect, and I wasn't expecting to be so into this from radio play of the singles (Never Come Back sounded exactly like a continuation of Our Love, and Home seemed too reliant on the sample, but they both work much better in context of the album for me) and early reports of how much he's singing on it, but it's actually working for me way more than his singing has before.
There are a few points where I kind of want it to go wild and tip into that collapse/chaos he's done before - the end of Magpie, for instance, teases me that it's going to explode and then it pulls back and finishes - and initially I was a bit gutted that he hadn't pushed it right out there, but I'm also impressed by the restraint.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 March 2020 09:52 (four years ago) link
Great seeing you write about music again, Scik Mouthy. I remember following your blog years ago and getting some amazing recommendations. And I'm glad the family's doing better!
“Our Love” didn't grab me much either, maybe apart from the singles, and Daphni was never really my thing, but I'm looking forward to picking up a copy of the new one today after work. I actually like his singing on his older tracks so the focus on vocals shouldn't be a problem.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 6 March 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
this album is beautiful
― treeship., Saturday, 9 May 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
i enjoy it a lot, as i do with all manitoba/caribou lps
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 9 May 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
our love lost me, used to love his mid aughts stuff. worth a revisit?
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 9 May 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
40000%
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 10 May 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
like i skip a couple of tracks on our love, but there are some stunners on it
this new one is more dance-oriented. "home" feels like something he coulda done mid-aughts, tho.
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 10 May 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
I think this one is good but nothing on it sizzles for me
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 May 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link