Are you telling me this is AE: SIGN? (Autechre LP 14)

these chords could mash up well with I've had the time of my life from Dirty Dancing lol

just absolutely losing my shit to this one ("th red a")

why isn't this out until next friday! i already want to hear it 300 more times

these chords get better the more i hear them. this is gonna be a blissed out headphones album for sure. shame i never get to bliss out with headphones any more!

wow some super abrupt endings to these tracks.

This square wave synth sound is something I haven't heard from them since literally Amber.

oh this is IT. nodding solemnly rn

that's what struck you first and not the kick????? xp

(but i mean, well spotted)

yes, love these sounds so much more than the glassy chimes that dominated oversteps.

I randomly threw on Amber earlier today and it's surprising this doesn't sound worlds away. I've only caught a couple tracks but I'm way more psyched than I thought I would be.

I'm losing my shit over this record

EVERY SINGLE TRACK

what a closer

xp Yeah that's kind of the shock to me. This is easily their most consistent record since.... LP5?

gossamer trails

Like in the past I've often made custom playlists of their releases, or usually there's always 1-3 tracks on a record of theirs I will skip.

Not a single thing here warrants anything short of your complete attention.

agreed. I can't wait to hear this again

whomp

Love that their classic Juno 106 bass sound lives on in this finale.

This is easily the first Ae album fans who departed in 2001 might actually enjoy. Much more so than even Oversteps.

this is actually lush tho

last track is a portal

that might have been the highlight of 2020 for me

*stands up alone in bedroom, applauds*

wow

I have been feeling like shit and that last track pierced through my shields and I felt a wash of calm through me and now I'm crying a bit, so there's that.

should I poll all these reactions or just wait for Whiney to do it

can't believe you actually enjoy this, ha ha ha

fuck what do i even do now

Because I don't understand time zones, I only heard the last track. It was very pretty! Based on the above I'm guessing it resonates more in context.

Waiting on Whiney to post a poll of the best quotes of the live stream

totally. i've just been pacing back and forth

xps

fuck frogbs you beat me to it lol

it's like 80% very straightforwardly pretty. kind of a beach at sunset album imo. definitely not what i was expecting.

I think I heard the last two tracks because I only just got done with work and realized why this thread kept popping up to the top of new answers

I might actually get this though & I've felt this band were taking the piss for, like, decades

can't wait to listen to it in higher res

uhhh apparently you can download the album from the store.

how. do you just check out the pre order download?

yes. oops.

not listening to it again today though. have things to do, need to recover.

oh thanks for the info, i have now purchased it :D

Oh my, the site said "DOWNLOAD: 0 OF 11 TRACKS" but I clicked the link and it's downloading! Good thing, since I assume the vinyl is, like, three months away.

yeah i downloaded it too. and i'm at work! lol. hopefully the download option will still be there when i get home.

ok yeah "m4 lema" is where it's at

It's 9am here in Tasmania, I am blowing off a seminar and firing this up.

"esc desc" is overwhelming

chord progression of "A Forest", mashup potential perhaps

Metaz form8 sounds like a pulsating alien ecosystem

between NTS and this we'll need a new ballot poll for these guys haha

OK what Boards of Canada track am I hearing in "psin AM"?

I dunno but there is a definite BOC vibe to some of these tracks

Right, I've submited my copy, so I can talk about this now. gr4 is definitely my favourite - like a string quartet! I also like the trippy-uppy rhythm of 'si00' - I've no idea how this works musically, it's like the kick is going slightly too quick but keeps falling over - I'm sure I've had dreams a bit like this, like when you're trying to run somewhere but can't seem to get anywhere. Definitely cut from a similar cltoh to Oversteps, but it's not the same. This is exactly the Ae album I wanted. Definitely didn't need 'NTS Sessions 2.0' in 2020