They are very humorous! It's like math rock but with silliness.
exactly why I can tolerate these guys a lot more than most anything else under the "math rock" umbrella. they've got a bit of the Magma/Ruins thing going on and really have some amazing grooves underneath everything. plus the Numan track is awesome all around (I'm a Numan fanboy though so maybe I'm biased)
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
excited for DROSS GLOP
from today's pfork review: Everyone knows by now that Tyondai Braxton left on bad terms in the middle of making what became Battles' second album, Gloss Drop
i didn't know this! someone tell me about it.
― the late great, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea there were bad terms, either! Is this some inside loop thing or just a reading of tea leaves by a pitchfork writer?
― mh, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i didn't realize there was bad blood there either!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
saw a target ad w/ a battles song in it during the golden globes
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 14 January 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
lovelovelove this album. hope they do another.
― I had such a fontasy (stevie), Monday, 14 January 2013 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't play this nearly as much as Mirrored. I liked alot of the material but I thoughth the production job was quite muddy. The sound overall seemed kind of flattened out.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 14 January 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
is there a more recently updated thread for Battles? this new song with Shabazz Palaces is greathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd9ulSsQ2-I
― mizzell, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
Is it just me or does the "Titanium 2 Step" vocal sound like Adrian Belew circa King Crimson's "Discipline" album?
― Wally P. Doyle, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
Yes yes, excellent selection of guests, also incl. Xenia Rubinos, Jon Anderson, Sal Principato, tune-yards, swimming this brewful stew, which b chock-full of op art pop cuckoo clock functionality. Don't sleep on the video album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE9riaWiLb4
― dow, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
yeah this new one is a blast, I much prefer it to their earlier work
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
great album, I threw it some points in the EOY poll
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
It's sad when bands are doing their best work after no one cares
(jk I'm sure they're doing fine as a hyped '00s legacy band, and it's just an illusion based on perceived critical/media attention)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
Can you live off being a hyped '00s legacy (minor) band?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 16 January 2020 10:23 (four years ago) link
There should be a catch-all Battles thread, I almost missed this because I assumed the revive was just someone posting "still dope" or something about a Gloss Drop track
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 16 January 2020 13:26 (four years ago) link
Excellent question but my guess is yes, as long as you're still touring?
xp
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 January 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNAgOXFv1RE
this video is sickk, esp the 2nd tune
― adam, Thursday, 16 January 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
Susumu Hirasawa opened for them in Japan, which seems significant since Hirasawa draws a pretty big crowd on his own. so they're definitely still popular somewhere
― frogbs, Thursday, 16 January 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
here's something fun: the LP of Juice B Crypts is meant to be played at 45 RPM, but if you accidentally play it at 33 1/3 I can pretty much guarantee you will not notice until the vocals come in
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 04:29 (three years ago) link
Hahahahaha this happened to me the first time I played it too
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 07:55 (three years ago) link
yeah if you go on discogs all the comments are about this as well
I've heard the "you can play it at 33 and 45" thing on a number of albums (particularly Autechre) but this is the only one I've heard where it legitimately works both ways. you wonder if it was intentional
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link