alright fine i'm gonna listen to a song by these jokers
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
no I didn't see the capsule - I'm basing this on how Pitchfork have treated all but the most tasteful British indie from the year whatever
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
lj, i listened to track one, and it was kind of ok, and then woah, hey, here is a pointless change in direction -- and now another one
there is something british about it
― history mayne, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't even like this band THAT much! It's more a matter of principle than anything - they're getting dismissed out of hand because they have a bit of ambition, which sometimes works better than at others
tracks 4-10 are where it's at fyi
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
the song 'final form' alone shd guarantee the album 6.5 at least
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
my kz, ur bf or whatever:
i hear some really bad transitions and some wtf synth sounds. the guy's voice is ok, the chorus is identifiable and decent. basically everything this song does was done better by wild beasts last year.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
they love uk electronic music (mount kimbie/actress/ramadanman/james blake/joker/everyone else)
― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
great thread derail guys
― markers, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
jeez don't listen to that one first. this album is badly-sequenced - that one should be buried somewhere in its midst
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
ok which one should i listen to and is it on youtube
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
great thread derail guys― markers, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:28 PM (41 seconds ago) Bookmark
― markers, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:28 PM (41 seconds ago) Bookmark
hopefully pitchforkreviewsreviewsbro will weigh in, making it retrospectively relevant
― history mayne, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
at their best they're pretty much up there with Wild Beasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vIoeaXOJFc
can only find a live version on Youtube
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― markers, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:28 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
lol because people are actually talking about music?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
this is the thread for PRR dipshit
― markers, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe we need a "Pitchfork Reviews Reviews Reviews" thread for reviews of Pitchfork Reviews Reviews.
― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
smh
― markers, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm this one kinda sounds like mid-period radiohead.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but does it remotely scan with that review
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought the review fair, and unlike most p4k reviews, an 'actually readable and intelligent piece of writing'
― history mayne, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
final gambits: photoshop handsome which is a rly pretty pop song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5h2LRvBQ5Q
and 'nasa is on your side' which is like a coldplay song gone right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d5PKHhRhkg
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i mean i don't want to say "pfork guy offtm" based on two songs (one being a live youtube) but they are less annoying than i imagined so
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
re: last two tracks, you'll notice they're both very catchy and contain no baffling time-sig changes, confusing melodies or electro wankery
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i.e. they're much more about songcraft than about all the extraneous shit that Mr Cohen seems to think EE are about
wish the guy's voice wasn't completely unlistenable
― history mayne, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the first of those two isn't great--it's still choppy and i honestly don't understand why they're choosing some of those keyb sounds. the ballad is kinda pretty but his voice does suffer there.
i could give these guys a review in the high 5s.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
and w/that i will turn this thread back over to people who want to discuss an inane personal blog site.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
That guy is a terrible, terrible singer, about as bad as any I've heard.
― mc banhammer (Pashmina), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i was gonna say that this wasn't apocalyptically bad or anything but the singing in the chorus is just absurd
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Can you guys take this shit to another thread ffs?
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
a few minutes later i accidentally bump into kelly osbourne as we are going up the stairs to the roof and instinctively say “hi my name is david and i write a music blog, could i ask you two questions please?” and she says “okay hurry” and i think really hard for a half a second about what i want to ask her and say “okay what is your favorite black sabbath record?” because ozzy osbourne is her father and was the lead singer of black sabbath, and she looks puzzled and says “i guess all of them? no! no! sabbath bloody sabbath!” and i say “okay and when do you listen to black sabbath? like at what occasion, for example at the gym or when you are relaxing or like any other occasion like that?” and she says “like every day!! i hear it on the answering machine whenever i call the house, or whenever they put me on hold!”and she looks like she is considering something for a second and says “it’s weird cuz he’s my dad right?”
and she looks like she is considering something for a second and says “it’s weird cuz he’s my dad right?”
Thought this was an amusing anecdote in this week's biggest PRR post.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
there are so many things i want to say but i'm basically a nice guy
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I'M NOT
― Eejit Piaf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
go on
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
GIS for "strained laughter" didn't work out tbh
― Eejit Piaf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
so the Pitchfork threads don't become PRR threads― markers, Friday, July 23, 2010 4:22 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― markers, Friday, July 23, 2010 4:22 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
Can you guys take this shit to another thread ffs?― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:54 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:54 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
― the mid- '80s vein of hellmusic we love to hate (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
<2 months for PRR thread to turn into just another pitchfork thread ;_;
― the mid- '80s vein of hellmusic we love to hate (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
2 posts
― Eejit Piaf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
the profound comedy of messageboards
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― history mayne, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
he doesn't mention that there are two very pretty ambient electro workouts, but then he wouldn't - he hasn't heard the album
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:14 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
dying @ this
― max, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
T/S: that dog or the Kelly Osbourne anecdote
― Eejit Piaf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"if ONLY he knew there were TWO ambient electro workouts--he would NEVER HAVE WRITTEN what he did"
― max, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe they should've put a sticker on the case
― Eejit Piaf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
good thread!
― goole, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
“okay what is your favorite black sabbath record?” because ozzy osbourne is her father and was the lead singer of black sabbath
can't understand why people think this guy could maybe do with reigning it in a tad
― being a ringmaster's crul (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Is "reigning it in a tad" slang for cutting his own hands off?
― Eejit Piaf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
that was Tony Iommi iirc
― being a ringmaster's crul (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
to ask the finest writer of my generation to self-edit is perverse~
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I would endorse this site if every article ended with a paragraph about how badly the interviewee beat him up
― SO YOU HAVE A BLOG, I HAVE A FIST (HI DERE), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
PRR weighs in on the Everything Everything review:
Cohen also writes, “…the self-absorbed musical equivalent of having 12 browsers open at the same time…” and having 12 browsers open at the same time would be like having Firefox and Chrome and Safari and Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator and Opera and 6 other browser programs open simultaneously, and i don’t even know if there are 6 other browsers so i think what he means is either 12 browser tabs or 12 browser windows open, because probably not even the most dedicated tech writer would ever have 12 browsers open simultaneously because what would even be the point of that? they have tabs now
― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link