thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about

well it’s sort of fun to not say, part of the charm of this thread, but … it’s guts. there’s something extremely instagram about that record in its protools cyborg try-hard optimized vocal tic thing. I only wish I caught 90s vibes. defiantly non slacker energy

that was obvious lol, now front up and say it on the thread, I'm lonely

oh this ariana grande got some teeth, don't it.

(beats aren't even good?!)

Please join the two (2) of us in the main thread, we could use the company!!

i... (big sigh)... don't wanna be the asshole in there. i'm sorry. i don't have any real thoughts anyway; it's sza-lite. no thanks.

(but ty for the invite!)

SZA-lite is an interesting take, IMO!

not heard it yet but why is vampire weekend still such ilmcore, why must everyone agonise and theorise and give it so much energy, there is so much other music

it's like they're the rory gilmore of music or something. a+ comparison lj well done

it's an interesting album because it is full of great ideas but ends up being pretty bad in spite of that, they forgot to write actual songs

your consistent defence of interesting songwriting is always cheering, but by the same token, how great is a great idea if the execution is lame

ffs i'm going to have to listen myself and become part of the problem lol

Everyone I know is over the moon aboit the Cindy Lee album, and I am just like “huh? we went through this in the mid 2000s!”

that was 20 years ago tho

I saw someone on twitter call this album a "non-problematic Ariel Pink," and while I acknowledge that this is a reductive criticism, it is now all I can hear

to engage w/the discourse i got about three hours into the new Taylor Swift album and tapped out, i think i was only on track nine.

BNM for an album I find almost impressively irritating:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/still-house-plants-if-i-dont-make-it-i-love-u/

(I do find myself wondering what ILM poster imago thinks of it; which may be a sign I need a long sabbatical…)

I'll check it out right away!!

Initially quite liked it, wearing off now

yeah it's a sort of slow-burn annoyance, creeps up on you and rewires you to its idiosyncrasies lol

my unhealthy provincials aversion to london accents makes its a bit of a struggle

fantastic band imo. new one is like tirzah fronting this heat. incredible expressive voice, band kind of reminds me of the dead c's improvised approach to rock, but without the distortion pedals.

lacks the focused intensity of tirzah or the swelling momentum of this heat imo - the brew is compelling but ultimately a bit too static

if anything the best moments are when it seems to fall apart, lose momentum and submit to entropy - i guess that's a vibe that works for a few tracks but over a whole album it gets a little stale

Well that's all part of improvisation, I think they just write the intros and then take it from there. I personally love the sound they have so it's all good to me.

btw imago while you're here, plz go listen to the clarissa connelly album ok? :)

haha okay okay

i am catching up with some recent folk atm in fact! that OXN is pretty good eh

(now onto harry gorski-brown, which is v promising at first contact)

band kind of reminds me of the dead c's improvised approach to rock, but without the distortion pedals.

oh I'd semi-forgotten about that whole era of bands but that is a good shout

"whole era of splattery noise bands" i meant to type

many xps This Harry Gorski-Brown is great! If our job is to reduce everything, this is like Richard Dawson lobbing a molotov into a Wednesday-night folk club.

well this exchange has managed to make me want to listen to Still House Plants so well done everyone

I've not listened to a minute of Still House Plants but the conversation has made me think they sound like Life Without Buildings. I'll make like Colonel Poo and go see.

really do not get the hype around the cindy lee album because it's never any better than ok? who possibly needed 2 hours of this?

entirely vibes no actual songs

The 2020 album is good

Vibes are doing well with Big Listener atm, you know this

the vibes are nothing special either though

I mean, I've put that one off indefinitely due to the length (and dark talk of 'no songs')

it's just two hours of very alright 'hypnagogic pop'. i guess pleasant enough background music but nothing more

'it's just vibes' critique seems crazy to me, it's a record full of well written pop songs with catchy hooks!

I do feel the complaint that the Cindy Lee album is “just vibes” but uhhh isn’t that all feted hypnogogic stuff

Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy And The Voiced Concern begs to differ!

RYM also informs me that Blanche Blanche Blanche are 'Hypnagogic Pop' which I'm not completely sure about but they could write a song too yeah

also that one Surface To Air Missive side-project Dream Love. okay we're out of the realm of 'feted' at this stage

i mean ariel pink as much as i loathe to talk about him did write some very solid tunes back in his cassette days

that does remind me that the cindy lee album falls into a kinda uncanny valley with its retro reverb sound, there's this cold digital sound to it too

if Cindy Lee is not your thing, that's fine, but to say there's no actual songs there is actually insane

the “problem” with the cindy lee album is that the second half is miles better than the first, and it takes an hour to get there!