Fuck Buttons: Pretty/Noisy band on ATP Recordings: Dígame Más Por Favor

This is awesome, getting a similar but arguably more consistent kick out of this as the Field's last album earlier in the year.

I could see Kate adoring this.

I have no idea of what people are hearing in this.

Layers and layers and layers of gorgeously beatific fuzz plus some truly uplifting military-esque drum patterns.

first song sounds a little like someone strapped black dice to the front of a freight train made up of power chord synths

i'm hearing people who listen to this respond either rapturously or disgustedly; not much in between.

tbh, i wld prefer a version of black dice that was MORE aggro, not less

I would prefer a version of Black Dice that played shit that sounded like Creature Comforts for about 8 hours straight, but that's neither here nor there.

At its worst, this sounds like a more accessible, dancey version of recent Black Dice. At its best (SURF SOLAR, LISBON MARU), it sounds like a freight train made up of power chord synths exploding angel vaginas.

I've been hammering this album for days to an extent that I now have loops playing permanently in my head. This has gripped me much more immediately than Street Horrrsing, which I enjoyed but never really got into, though I must revisit it with my new-found Fuck Buttons loving perspective.

pretty excited for the london show tomorrow; their biggest headline show to date i think + Clark and Andy Weatherall DJing so will be a great night

contenderizer otm but hav u ever listened to pre-b&c black dice?

i've gone from "hey, this is a lot better than the first one" to "woah this is k-awesome" very quickly

I could see Kate adoring this.

Likewise.

hav u ever listened to pre-b&c black dice?

― plax (I know, right?}

Yeah, I been listening since the Gravity single. But, honestly, I'm kinda glad they dropped the HC noise angle.

i'm only half with u on that since creature comforts is maybe my favourite album ever

Well, it's one of my favorites... Definitely my favorite BD record.

first song sounds a little like someone strapped black dice to the front of a freight train made up of power chord synths

black dice + spiritualized?

m83 + boredoms?

tbh super roots 10 isn't a million miles away

Anyway, this is such an insanely formulaic record (Fancy Orange Buttons thing), and it's such a GREAT formula. Take one vaguely BOC-like bonkety-bonk percussion loop, run the shit out of it, stick a freight train made of power chord synths exploding angel vaginas on top, and go to town. Thing it calls to mind more than anything else is a M83 take on Vangelis. Set Fire to the (Chariots of) Fire.

CU: entire print run

serious -- running strong for the best thing I've heard in 09

u r right it is insanely formulaic tho

should buy it, i just have a 192 leak which is prolly only halfway there

formula means shit when the most thrilling parts about this are the SOUNDS

I actually think its a lot flatter than street horrsing

always love how they bury the guys's vocals in the mix tho

Ai agree about the majesty of SOUNDS tho. Plus it would be good for getting married to. Or like montaging honeymoon photos.

Big mountain! Hotel lobby! Her look pretty!

i found the album very effective when i was warming up for a bicycle race--chariots of fire type inspiration

Yeah, I want to ride around listening to this with my fists up in the air like a giant V-for-victory. For several hours. Except it's cold.

So much better produced than any M83.

didn't like this the first couple listens, then listened to it on headphones and did a 180. pretty awesome. at the same time, not much empty space in there - kind of fatiguing to listen to

turns out u were right btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jBdxOFMuj8

so gonna happen

well-timed yall. i picked this up over the weekend but just got to it today and damn, it's a hell of an album. i always love it when bands turn a solid first record into a really really great second one. and i'd like to register my approval of this description:

a freight train made of power chord synths exploding angel vaginas

also for an album made w/all electronics (i assume anyway) you can just TELL that they had a blast putting it together

much as i love this album (possibly my favourite of the year) i don't think it's any better than the first one (probably my favourite of last (?) year). less shouty vocals, yes, but i don't buy that there's more groove here.

i'm hearing people who listen to this respond either rapturously or disgustedly; not much in between.

I'm pretty ambivalent, tbh. it's OK, but as with street horrsing, I find the noise and drones and wooze enervating; the beats tiresome.

Really love it, but think the first was a little crazier/better. Also, isn't Lisbon Maru a bit of a retread of Sweet Love...? Definitely one of the albums of the year tho.

my fully-automatic record player scratched the shit out of side b, sigh.

How are they live? I'm seeing them weekend after next with Growing, hoping this holds up well live.

I loved 'em (see above). Seen them twice now and if you get them in the right venue they're LOUD.

just what is so thrilling about the part in the lisbon maru when the synths come in? it gives me the chills

especially on big ass cans with tons of sub bass

i think its that their music is not about songwriting, it is about exploiting the frequency range to its fullest

yup yup

very beginning of this album never fails to recall the 'wonder-inducing', repeating melodic theme from Goonies for me. Like, notions of Chester Copperpot, et al. Track 3 is def the "images from wedding montage" track, without a doubt. Heavy Mogwai-y vibe, etc.

dang, track 4 is even more of the "wedding montage," victory-in-nature vibe.

who likes the new album? i'm debating whether i should get it or not

shut the fack up

cold