pulling off an 11-minute closer called "Donnie Darko" takes some serious chutzpah
― Simon H., Friday, 29 June 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
All of the shifts feel so natural, the album flows really nicely. They ARE all ears, it sounds great.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 June 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
"i will be waiting" >>>>>
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 29 June 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
also i'm completely in awe of "donnie darko"
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 29 June 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Yeah as I muttered above, that rather surprised me, that one.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 June 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
It is an amazing track. Best psych epic of the decade?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 30 June 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
This is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR8J3Jo_hOY
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 30 June 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
They did the same thing in primaverasound but the crowd was better imho;
https://youtu.be/-qyjym_bQjA
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 June 2018 06:00 (five years ago) link
Yeah, Donnie Darko is amazing.
just reminds meof AULD LANG SYNE
― triggercut, Saturday, 30 June 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link
I love this shit
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
Terrible band name tho
― Rhubarb (Ross), Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
Terrible vocals too.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 1 July 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
Excellent vocals
― Tim F, Sunday, 1 July 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Like, one of these girls has the most fucking annoying accent. It's a shame, because otherwise I like this record - although it's not great.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 1 July 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
Wow, this album is fantastic. I really didn't expect to love it this much after how I little I thought of the debut. Everybody is OTM about Donnie Darko, it's one of the best things I've heard all year.
This is really shaping up to be an incredible year for albums and we still have Mitski and The 1975 to come!
― kitchen person, Monday, 2 July 2018 00:21 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I agree that this is turning out to be a great year for albums - the best since 2013, probably. As for this album - it's okay. I had another listen to it, but got about three tracks in and put the latest Chvrches on instead. 'Donnie Darko' is decent, but doesn't deliver to the level everyone is saying it does - I suspect it'll be a different story once they've lived with the album for a while.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
Okay, fourth listen and singing aside, this rules. 'Cool & Collected' the clear highlight, IMO.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
I don't know how you could only be annoyed by one of them, I can't tell them apart at all (they're not annoying at all though)
― ufo, Monday, 2 July 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
The thing about Donnie Darko is that it's basically its own Jacques Lu Cont remix. The whole thing is pretty great, they have a lucrative future in soundtracking action-packed kids movies when the band reaches the end of its shelf life.
I thought the name was annoying until I realised a) they're actually teenagers and b) they fit into a kind of cartoonishly macabre British tradition that doesn't make its way into pop very often (thinking Roald Dahl, Angela Carter in particular here).
― Matt DC, Monday, 2 July 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
'Cool & Collected' the clear highlight, IMO.
I like too many songs to have a clear highlight, but I do love C&C. Among other things it feels like the long-awaited sequel to Sinead's "Jackie."
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 2 July 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
My LP and Zine have arrived. The Zine looks very nice but it's mostly photos, not much text. The main concept: the duo ask various other ppl they've worked with (photographers and artists as well as musicians) four set questions about creativity and print their responses. Conversely, Faris Badwan talks about L.E.G.'s creative processes; interesting fact: "Hot Pink" was originally "Slime Green"!
― Jeff W, Monday, 2 July 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
The thing about Donnie Darko is that it's basically its own Jacques Lu Cont remix.
I was also put in mind of Ewan Pearson remixing Cortney Tidwell and Michael Mayer remixing Baxendale - though I like it as a song better than either of those.
― Tim F, Monday, 2 July 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
Like, one of these girls has the most fucking annoying accent.
This is a weird criticism.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
No it isn't.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
Yes it is.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
I mean you'd think some people never even bothered to listen to CocoRosie.
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
Some people don't enjoy the sound of the saxophone. Others don't enjoy the sound of slap bass. I don't enjoy the sound of her voice - I mean, it's not a difficult thing to comprehend.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
Accent.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
Which is part of the sound of the voice. Good lad.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
What is it about it?
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
Anyway, I'm about to have another listen of this, prompted by the fact that I can't get 'Falling Into Me' out of my head.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
I'm interested because it's such a specific thing to single out as "fucking annoying".
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
I don't think it's necessary to go into specifics. It's really as simple as not finding a sound pleasant to listen to.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
But that's okay, Billy Corgan's voice is unpleasant but it doesn't prevent me from listening to The Smashing Pumpkins.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 2 July 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
love that the Quietus feature is called "Let's Eat Grandma's Favorite Albums"
― frogbs, Friday, 13 July 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
the subtext here is people almost never care about "fucking annoying" voices unless they're women's voices
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 13 July 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
tbf anthony kiedis uber alles
― imago, Friday, 13 July 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
Katherine, no it isn't and please stop looking for ways of reading that into every post you can. Your intentions are good, and I share your views on gender equality, but you approach the subject in a way that is utterly tiresome and harms what you're setting out to achieve.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 13 July 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
Just as an aside, I'm delighted that my political views were set in stone long before I joined ILX. If were some kind of young floater trying to figure out on which part of the political spectrum I sat, then this place would make leaning to the left politically and social justice look so unappealing just simply by association.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 13 July 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
*If I
sorry
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 13 July 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
I really I wish I knew the right words to use to get my points across without everyone yelling at me
If were some kind of young floater trying to figure out on which part of the political spectrum I sat, then this place would make leaning to the left politically and social justice look so unappealing just simply by association.
man gtfo with this
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 13 July 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
you can't get through two sentences without being a condescending dick or making insultingly reductive generalizations about everyone who posts here
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 13 July 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
As I've said, my political leanings are to the left and I'm very proud of that, but the truth of the matter is that if you really want to counteract a general drift into right-wing thinking and promote social justice, then you have to make it appealing to those finding their feet politically and those that are able to be swayed. ILX seems to me to be quite lousy at this.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 13 July 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
Anyway, this album has become one of my favourites this year.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 13 July 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
The average age of ILX posters is like 35 at this stage. The idea that this place represents some kind of front against impressionable kids drifting towards the alt-right is self-evidently ludicrous.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 July 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
i had great parents. exposed to every culture in the world. friends who were straight, gay, bi, trans, and questioning. a loving support system. a great career in a liberal city.
then i joined ILX.
― omar little, Friday, 13 July 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
I'm not trying to counteract anything, I just wish women's voices weren't described as "annoying" so disproportionately
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 13 July 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link