I was basically liking this as background music and then one song came on that made me be like "ugh, what's this, it sounds like the thing that's supposed to be the big emotional number from a musical that closed in previews" and it's "End of the Empire," the same one all you guys hate
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 9 May 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
the first track is really good and it totally gets you amped for an arcade fire record that the rest largely fails to be
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 9 May 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
also “race and religion”…. woof
First two tracks not bad before it gets equal parts dull and pompous.
Interesting how "Unconditional II" becomes the second stadium rock band (after Coldplay's "Talk") to borrow heavily from "Computerlove".
― yesca, Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
Kinda feel like New Order's "Temptation" and "Procession" are a wellspring of inspiration for this band too; I started humming the former's melody over the snares of the Rabbit HOle track.
― yesca, Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link
lol okay, yes, "End of the Empire" is terrible. The first part, the part that was a super transparent Bowie bite, wasn't bad, but it just kept getting worse and worse.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
I'm not sure about this album now, I was impressed when I played it for the 1st time as background music but on closer inspection it's not really hitting me.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
They also have a commercial out that is playing all the time for Dolby System's, which is strange. It hypes the new album and Dolby.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:28 (one year ago) link