big SE fan on the whole but just didn't rate much this 'nice enough' EP
― nashwan, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
I like “Pond House” but found the album a bit snoozy. Not bad! But didn’t go back to it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
This was the first St. Et album I've liked in quite a while.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
I'm a fan of their last two albums -- Words and Music ranks among their best -- but I had trouble sitting still through this one.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VDtyoRl.jpg59. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - NOW156 points / 5 votesVideo from the album: “Forever Momentary Space”International Anthem: S/D
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:43 (two years ago) link
I don't quite have the vocabulary to describe why I like this so much, something about the way the vocals kind of float above all the rest of the sound
Vocals are super dry while the woozy Rhodes is low-passed and even the bass has reverb? I really like it.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
good albumxpost
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
I was really really enjoying that Mach-Hommy track linked up, but I wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics and all of a sudden I get "rock with Coldplay, it was all yellow" hitting me. Kind of burst me out of the magic.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
rappers love coldplay
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link
no one knows why
I think he mentions Barry Manilow in the next few lines as well!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link
Love that Damon Locks album. My second vote to place.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
voted for it too, really invigorating
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
SE album was good but didn't find myself returning to it
― nxd, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HrZv93O.jpg58. Natural Information Society & Evan Parker - descension (Out of Our Constrictions)158 points / 4 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “descension 1”Rolling Jazz Thread 2021
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
Fuck yes, despite Parker's idiocy, this was certainly a highlight of the year for me. Amazing set.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
I was the #1
― west elm girls (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
Still have not listened to this, I need to.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
It is an incredible set!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
Ironic that an “information society” would be paired with him.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oIUbdiK.jpg57. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark159 points / 4 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “The Turning of Our Bones”https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
Oops thread id missing
https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid141
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
Arab Strap: Classic Or Dud?
There we go
Haven't felt like I need to listen to Arab Strap since the '90s but I heard one track of that somewhere (maybe DJP's radio appearance?) and it was good!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:31 (two years ago) link
Surprised to see Saint Etienne make it today. Even though I know we're very good to them usually, I thought this one divided people too much. Based on the singles I was expecting this to be the first album that really disappointed me. Ended up growing on me like most of their more mellow albums do. They're probably the only band who've been going for a long time who haven't let me down. They haven't had their Elysium moment yet.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
i had no idea there was a new arab strap album!!!!
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
maybe SE NEED their Elysium moment so that, duly stung, they can have their Electric moment next
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
listening to this Howie Lee again and it actually reminds me of Eyvind Kang!
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
I did listen to the Arab Strap album. Very much sounded like an Arab Strap album.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
sounds great
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
NOW is such an awesome record. Those cicadas should get some kind of special grammy or something
― rob, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4BcBf0v.jpg56. Loraine James - Reflection160 points / 7 votesVideo from the album: “Running Like That”hmm, upon reflection... nothing like a Loraine James thread for you and i
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
Wow wtg Evan Parker
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
I think this might have to do with when it was released— June of last year— but despite being a fan of James, I totally missed this record. I kept myself from buying records from mid-June to September because of budget stuff.
purchasing now.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:04 (two years ago) link
I had spent lots of time ignoring Arab Strap until this album; a couple of songs popped up on my Release Radar playlist and I was like "who is this band that sounds like an extremely Scottish Ulver"
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:10 (two years ago) link
lol! honestly sort of otm
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
The song I got obsessed with was "Fable of the Urban Fox": https://arabstrapband.bandcamp.com/track/fable-of-the-urban-fox
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:12 (two years ago) link
Yay, Loraine James! First one of my votes to appear.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:13 (two years ago) link
I really need to listen to the Saint Etienne album again. Some of their stuff is some of my favourite ever music but I really didn't feel this.
Voted Natural Information Society and Parker very high.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I think the Parker and NIS record was in my top five or ten...
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:18 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/RScD6Tq.jpg55. Mogwai - As The Love Continues163 points / 5 votesVideo from the album: “Ritchie Sacramento”MOGWAI - Classic or Dud?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:22 (two years ago) link
Hey Loraine James cool
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:23 (two years ago) link
GYBE, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Low...this poll has become an interesting way of learning which late 90s indie bands have been canonized
― rob, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:27 (two years ago) link
Mogwai with their number one album.
Last year was weird.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
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― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:30 (two years ago) link
xpI actually meant this annual poll in general; there were a bunch last year too iirc. This isn't a criticism btw, and I remember wondering back then who was going to end up in this echelon, so it's not at all a dismaying sign of my aging that it's happening, I like it
Not sure what I think of the James, but I enjoyed this youtube comment:
S James8 months agoWhat an absolute beautiful melody and such mesmerising vocals from Eden Samara. My daughter has done it again. Mum is so proud of you ❤️
― rob, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:32 (two years ago) link
Mogwai have never been on an ILM EOY have they? It's a really good record and everything Mogwai related last year was very heartwarming.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
Aw, that's so sweet. Not all of the album is as dreamy as that track, there are a bunch that hit harder and some nice sketches and bleeps in the mix as well.
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― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
Mogwai have absolutely been on ILM EOYs in the past! Pretty sure I pulled teeth to get Music For A Forgotten Future into the 2011 tracks poll (actually I forget if it made it...) but nothing they've done since then (the Hardcore Will Never Die cycle) has gripped me...at all, really
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 17:36 (two years ago) link