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so stoked

https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-100-gecs-video-for-new-song-mememe/

on first listen this is... disappointing?

lol this doubles down on everything that was bad about them

this just sucks but not even in an interesting way. rip!

Idk, I'm willing to hear more before adding my knife to Hyperpop Caesar's chest

stfu olds

their biggest strength was their hooks were & the hook on this one is absolutely dreadful

my friend (an old indie rock hand) is out on tour with them as a tech/sound engineer right now. says it's been fun, really crazy crowds.

fewer gecs pls

surely gecs are central enough to the pop narrative that they deserve yknow some fraction of the fawning in-depth analysis queen taytay is receiving

this all feels dismissive & like you all wanted it to be bad so you could dismiss it

as for me, I am undecided

This is like all their other songs. Super fun for 1-5 listens.

i genuinely like this? weird

great video imo

this all feels dismissive & like you all wanted it to be bad so you could dismiss it

i would have much preferred it to be good or at the very least interesting. i didn't love the debut but there was definitely the possibility of the group that made that making something really really good & this is clearly the complete opposite

maybe. i am gonna wait for the album before deciding whether they've taken a bad path. the same wait i am also granting charli and mitski obv lol

watching video while listening to song is trippy

ufo otm that the hook is weak. but idk, i still kinda like the song

agree that video is great

this all feels dismissive & like you all wanted it to be bad so you could dismiss it

― imago, Friday, November 19, 2021 12:10 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

the thought of 100 gecs releasing a sophomore slump is a terrible thought. that first record is so goddamn good, and after two years of a pandemic we need the best gecs we can get

i'd also like to add that "sympathy 4 the grinch" is a banger

hm maybe i have something to contribute to ye old overhyped releases thread

even imago isn't really willing to bat for this single so i don't think it's overhyped yet

it's just dire, surely they can do better than this bottom of the barrel pop punk

there’s something about the production i like but can’t describe. gummy? sounds like a flat tire driving down a bumpy road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaBFLNWnQ0E

the skrillex collab is decent but the other two new tracks are kinda boring reheated sleigh bells

that's about right. hard to get too excited when the transgression has become the mean.

i mostly like the 30 seconds in the middle of the hand crushed by a mallet remix that sounds like nguzunguzu sped up

https://go.seated.com/tour-events/f44863e0-2a91-484f-9eb0-92405252f998

Annoying crap

10,000 gecs got bnm-ed by pitchfork, take that piss babies

really just feels like they're making up for not really caring about the debut because this is really really bad lol

everyone go listen to the pas tasta ep instead of this

"mememe" is one of the better tracks here somehow

i was not much of a fan of the debut (basically came down to not liking pop-punk vocals and the production being too flimsy - i want my hyperpop to sound huge!) but they could at least write a hook

Ok yeah I can’t deny on first listen this is a massive drop in quality from the debut. It’s good but the pop-punk/Sleigh Bells style they’re going for here doesn’t work as well as I would’ve hoped. It all just feels like general zany randomness in a way the debut didn’t? And it’s so much less fun

I Got My Tooth Removed bangs tho

Thought the last album and the December EP were mostly awful - but Doritos & Fritos was a worthwhile attempt to update White Music. So I have no idea what to expect from an album which is apparently more like the latter but which most people aren't keen on.

idk, I think the new album is pretty good, but then again, I loved the first one and thought the Snake Eyes EP was a decent stopgap so ymmv. I did find it a bit disappointing on first listen, but I've warmed up to it more with a couple more go thrus.

It definitely helps to have a strong tolerance for late 90s/early aughts pop-punk though and I agree with the pfork review that Ween is a pretty good reference point for the wackiness and erratic tonal shifts.

Kinda wish that the looming specters of Disney lawyers didn't prevent this one from getting included though . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgBfhn3c6e8

I generally really liked the album! Wasn't too interested in the more digicore/screamy aspects that return from the earlier releases but I was taken by the stuff that's more in the vein of D&F (latter of which sounds better than ever) or at least more tuneful. The frog song for instance, with its croaks a nice Stump homage. Or the Sleng Teng underlay of The Most Wanted Person. Or the two songs that try awfully hard not to turn into Sweet Dreams or Hunting for Witches (this is a struggle I faced several times when I used to make music).

I hate this

he's been chilling in the basement for a minute

757 and frog on the floor are so good, mememe also pretty great, rare moments that match the charm of the debut. i feel like 21 pilots and KLF are under-discussed touchpoints for this project ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NWHnWbpxmc