Yeah, there was something kind of cringeworthy about them. I liked the album, though.
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 31 January 2005 03:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― owen reading, Monday, 31 January 2005 03:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
*distant cries in the night*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― haitch, man? (haitch), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:45 (nineteen years ago) link
An interesting comparison. Cities etc. struck me as well-meaning but ultimately dull on record, this in contrast actually feels *alive* for lack of a better term.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 31 January 2005 05:57 (nineteen years ago) link
I think that's the only thing that bugs me about them really - a lot of this and the last album seems very, well... "by numbers"(?). Boards of Canada, and even bands like Autechre manage to make their music sound like it was composed by human beans but this seems very sequenced and automatic.
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 31 January 2005 09:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 31 January 2005 10:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 6 February 2005 19:49 (nineteen years ago) link
still. i fucking love this. and firstworldman, no, that makes absolutely perfect sense.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 6 February 2005 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
It's lovely, though the original may be even better.
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 6 February 2005 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 6 February 2005 20:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Don't Save Us From The Flames and the Superpitcher remix of same are still ace though.
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Very much agreed. This is a massive step up and I'm glad -- they had potential but I don't think it was reached fully until now.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt Chesnut, Monday, 7 February 2005 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 7 February 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 11:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Still a great song though.
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― t0dd swiss, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― jellybean (jellybean), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 25 April 2005 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
It'll be fun,It'll be fun,It'll be fun when we run into flowers.
(repeat)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 25 April 2005 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link
as for what the gigs were like ... well, i can die fulfilled and happy now.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― On a Strict El Cholo Diet (Bent Over at the Arclight), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
as for the singles: the remixes of "flames" are astonishing, particularly superpitcher's.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 21:42 (nineteen years ago) link