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38 FOUR TET "New Energy" (295 points, 10 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link
That one didn't do anything for me.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
Not really a big Four Tet fan but I liked this one a lot - it was the last cut from my ballot but would definitely make it if I was voting today.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
here's the title track of the gaussian curve record: The Distance
very soft, languid music, it sounds like they're just gently caressing the air molecules in the room
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:00 (six years ago) link
sounds right up my street ;)
am listening anyway
four tet is unalloyed dullsville
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
Is the Four Tet a collab with Tove Lo?
― how's life, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
iirc the last track on the four tet is great and the rest is....whatever
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
Gaussian Curve’s debut from a few years back is even better
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/h3G4G7K.jpg
37 THE CLIENTELE "Music From The Age Of Miracles" (298 points, 11 votes)spotify
best band since the smiths
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
this might not be so bad in fact, am deciding
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link
I'm not gonna listen to the Gaussian Curve record because in my head it is an ambient electronic 1-hr cover of that Cake song.
(Note that I like this idea that is in my head and fear the reality would only be a disappointment.)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
re world eatervoted rhesus negative in the songs poll but cool to see the album place
― nxd, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link
fun fact- gaussian curve is a principal in physics that solves for optimal pizza slice eating https://youtu.be/gi-TBlh44gY
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
fey, reactionary dullardry with the occasional decent melody, i'm deciding
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
i just had a panicked vision of a 2023 albums rollout thread where it was only me and imago
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
:D
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
Initially, the Four Tet wasn't what I wanted from him - too gentle and pretty - but I came around to it in time. I liked most of his 00s stuff without loving it, but the last three or four years have seen a pronounced upswing.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
had completely forgotten to listen to the Gaussian Curve album until now but it's as gorgeous as i'd expect
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
the Clientele record takes some small chances I wasn't expecting while also being gorgeous and cohesive and right up there with their best work
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
i underestimated the four tet record, some of his prettiest stuff since Rounds
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
Blanck Mass! Gaussian Curve! Good start today.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VxivoC4.jpg
36 JAMES HOLDEN & THE ANIMAL SPIRITS "The Animal Spirits" (302 points, 10 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
I always found rounds much too busy, liked his newer stuff lots more. I should give the latest one another chance. Or I will when I finally get through all the trax noms, God there are a lot of these.
― davey, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
Oh what James Holden had a new record and I missed it? Love that guy.
― davey, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
This is absolutely amazing, my #8. The melodies are wonderful, the sense of dynamics really brilliantly executed and it sounds like nothing else. Set the controls for the psychedelic electro-forest!
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
New Clientele is my least favorite record by them but it's also great
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
the inheritors was peak Holden imo but still love this one
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
The dynamics really brilliantly executed, I mean to say - got lost in my own verbiage there soz
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
fwiw I am 9 tracks into the Clientele album without turning it off so it's obviously done something right, although I'm not sure what
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
this is a neat little stretch of poll
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
yeah this was an excellent record, would make awesome bonfire music
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
Too low!
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
that clientele album was pretty decent
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
track 10 is like their attempt to write a Half Man Half Biscuit song and it's probably the best thing so far, lovely
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
this seems to be the ciderpress stretch
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
really loved this one, very immediate for how dense it is. the dynamics remind me of Can at their best in a way that most krautrock-influenced stuff doesn't usually
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
yes! it's not linear
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
imago that song is the sequel to a previous, even better track called "Losing Haringey." you should check it out.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
Sonically it felt more Cluster/Harmonia to me but there's something in the synths. A lot of krautrock influenced stuff is just motorik beat + modern synths and guitar production and this is very different, it's got that warmth to it.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
finally something I've heard, albeit only a couple of times. It's fun
― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
closing track is nice too. someone on RYM made a Zombies comparison which is very unfair as it really isn't at that level, but there's something nice going on here and viewing it as London pastoralism will certainly endear it to me - I will have a look at Strange Geometry
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:14 (six years ago) link
Shit yea this is good stuff
― davey, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
Took a couple of listens but I ended up liking this more than The Inheritors. Had it somewhere in my top 10
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:17 (six years ago) link
yeah you're all getting your heads exploded by Spinning Forest rn eh? well, the rest of the album somehow keeps the level up, dunno how
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:18 (six years ago) link
The Clientele is a great band. I loved this album and forgot to vote for it perhaps because I apparently WASTED a vote on U2!
GR80!
― omar little, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
daft comparison time! the james holden album is kind of where caribou should have gone after 'andorra' instead of the yawnsome bollocks they've been serving up since
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
"this sounds exactly like 00s Dan Snaith" is all I've been thinking through the first track
― rob, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
Think The Clientele album as my #2 or #3. Excellent album.
Really enjoying the James Holden one.
Full album is on youtube here for those who don't spotify.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
holden album rules, narrowly missed my ballot
― nxd, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link