rolling twenty-something RYM/internet stuff like hyperpop, hypnagogic pop, hexD, vaporwave, dungeon synth, cloud rap, nightcore, black midi, future funk, dariacore, seapunk, blown out anime voices, br

the whole 4s4ki album (killer in neverland) is great, i think it's her best yet

oooh, this opening track is supremely promising

gr8 album

new fievel is glaque ("go down softly" is new, i'm pretty sure i've heard "the river" already). more like fievel is yacht, amirite?

https://laloi.bandcamp.com/album/go-down-softly-the-river

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPNcSUqM9Cw

Math rock/YouTube shred guys collab w Asian-American pop/R&B singer - bizarro-world Autotuned English-Japanese shred-pop. Over 2M views in 12 days. Imago not a fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtd24QIBJ5Y

dds album is pretty good but definitely longer than it needs to be & not every track really works

counterpoint: this is an overwhelming but fantastic first listen, suspect it will only deepen with more. clearly a major achievement

it's almost there but "fade persona" is a dud for one

noooooooo

i will have my kitsch glitch-goth

RYM going gaga over this at the moment. glad to hear it's living up to expectations but I'm gonna be a doofus and wait until the record arrives

counterpoint: this is an overwhelming but fantastic first listen, suspect it will only deepen with more. clearly a major achievement

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My thoughts as well. Though most of it is ultra-maximalist and hyperactive, after one listen the more ballad-like songs made the deepest impression on me ("Missing Person", "Before I Cool Off", "Where Does It Come From?"). Tech and James are both fantastic singers

a bit shorter and aoty contender for me

love this

https://xquisitereleasess.bandcamp.com/album/the-fertile-crescent-strategy-of-two-heavens-xqu022

did imago start a black dresses thread or does this go here? anyway they got a new tune. i still don't like their music but the video is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR7XG15XIzg

this is great

and there is OUT OF FLUX WITH THE UNIVERSE: the canada trans electropop scene

that's the one i was thinking of, well i'm not gonna repost it here anwyay

Darklife is fantastic. Thank you all for talking up Neon Memories, without which I never would have checked out the album. AOTY contender for me. I even like Fade Persona!

honestly "Neon Memories" is the first thing I've heard that sounds like what I imagined pop in 2022 would have sounded like back in 1997

So otm.

Yes. Messe de E-102 is the one for me though, it is just the most spectacular thing

Messe is a real highlight.

I've been stimming on Light Left the Garden a lot today too. The second verse where it drops down to pretty much just the synth slap bass and vocals is soooo good.

weekend highlight was this reissue

https://foamonawave.bandcamp.com/album/trance-balance

Will have a listen! New Fire-Toolz is occupying me for the moment. It's sounding absolutely wonderful 3 tracks in. Soda Lake With Game Genie especially really quite something

https://fire-toolz.bandcamp.com/album/i-will-not-use-the-bodys-eyes-today

yep this has been my morning too, delightful stuff

I really love the dds record, and while it's obviously doing different things than the Fire-Toolz record, one of the things that appeals about dds and some Orange Milk associated products is that the vocals are heavily processed but pleasant to listen to. Once the black metal vocals come in with Fire-Toolz, I nope out— totally ruins it for me.

p sure Fire-Toolz knows her vocals are an aesthetic choice that will alienate a lot of otherwise receptive listeners, but I can only commend her boldness in not compromising the vision. glad to have you on one of the shipboards at least!

oh i know, and at first with FT i sort of liked it, but there's a reason i don't listen to a lot of black metal— i just don't like the scratchy incomprehensible vocals. if FT utilized the low, cookie-monter demon growl, I might be more receptive.

the new EP from ---__--___ is quite good https://sethgraham.bandcamp.com/album/divine-berth

Mindspring Memories > Fire Toolz

*Nonlocal Forecast > Mindspring Memories > Fire Toolz

All good though. She's a true visionary

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Darklife really seems like the kind of album that ought to have its own thread on here but it would just be like the 4 of us

That’s because it’s not very good

i think i did an orange milk one but dds as an individual thread sounds good

interesting what the next step is

what didn't u enjoy about darklife calstars?

Just not a dds fan is all. Except for the last song on Try Living Like This. But generally find their stuff too kinetic for my taste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvaAM-8vlc

ooh this album is great fun

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

don't know what thread this belongs in but I discovered it yesterday and it's one of the few times in recent years I've been able to say "holy shit, I've never heard anything that sounds like this". maybe like if No Now by Clarence Clarity was remixed by Max Tundra and produced by James Ferraro. dunno if it's "good" exactly but it seems to be popular in certain corners of the internet and there's a lot of mystery behind it. I mean whoever these people are it doesn't seem like they did anything else yet

absolutely the right thread for that

big fan of the new umlauts ep, especially "the commuter"
https://theumlauts.bandcamp.com/

fun fact: my friend's sister is dating one of them. enjoyed their prior output, will check...

another fact: typed that even before seeing the EP's name lol

It's fine. A bit dry for my tastes

(dare I suggest that last year's Audiobooks album was this sort of thing but better?) (also dare I suggest that The Chap are working on a new one)

hadn't heard audiobooks before, great stuff cheers

Aero by very productive Danish artist Tettix Hexer is pretty good. Very OPN hypnagogic to me.
https://tettixhexer.bandcamp.com/album/aero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLM7xB3UDKc

new track from jane remover (fka dltzk)

whoa, quite the change of pace! but it works. RYM gaga over it I see ofc haha

there were two earlier singles from this year that were also more in this vein. it's quite a good wall of sound but not as exciting as frailty was

well no, there's far less there even if the atmosphere is the focus, but bring back frailty's writing with these sonics...

how are you choosing to begin Imago Day at Australian midnight btw lol