The real tragedy is that Glass Candy's Body Work still hasn't come out.
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
^otm
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
Black walls still strikes me as a weird choice of a comeback single. Which may make a good thread - low key comeback singles from popular or cult hit bands. Even by chromatics standards it is fairly muted and dreary - guitars reminiscent of that one instrumental on treasure by Cocteau twins. Remixes on the EP provide more ambient versions and a harder hitting beat but this is one for the faithful really
― Abomination Street (Ross), Sunday, 12 August 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
X-post yeah what happened to Glass Candy? Warm In the Winter was a great song even though Air France commercial sorta ruined it. I hope they all got paid from that and the main guy didn’t take it all
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 12 August 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
What is the consensus here on their best record? My fave is night drive. So perfect for the winding down of the sun into night, perfectly named. Some suspiria vibes on this record as well - plus tick of the clock is a massive banger
― Abomination Street (Ross), Monday, 13 August 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
All their records are 80+ minutes. Functioning as mini movies. Not surprised lynch picked them up, “candy” on kill for love seems relevant to that. On “there’s a light out on the horizon” they sample a voicemail password sequence. These segments add filmic layers to their music; narratives within the dream pop. I would be interested in a thread repping similar records to Kill For Love - the first 6 tracks are their most pop-centric material (aside from Cherry later on) - polished production, new order cribbing riffs, then the record dovetails into ambient movie score territory - the first six tracks are a ruse. This is a score not a pop record, but it does pick up a bit in the latter half (92 mins)
― Abomination Street (Ross), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 10:00 (five years ago) link
the whole aesthetic for a while now has been soundtracks/film, with the typography mimicking movie posters etc. Love it.
The double album of Jonny Jewel music written for but not all used for Twin Peaks is amazing and creepy.
― akm, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
^ is that available to purchase?
Yeah a lot if their records recycle motifs as well, like riffs from other songs or Alt versions. They’re definitely a band for obsessive nerds
― Ross, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 14:01 (five years ago) link
yes, it's called "Themes for Television". Should still be available, it came out just a few months ago.
― akm, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
oh thank you for that heads up akm!! so stoked
― Ross, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
The presale code for their tour is "DEARTOMMY" so I guess it's coming out soon-ish?
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
hahahahahaha ok
― J. Sam, Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
a thread for Italians Do It Better
― omar little, Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
we'll see it in 2023
Hey, at least they're touring again.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
https://music.apple.com/nz/album/closer-to-grey/1481815287
looks like a new album is out today, but it's not Dear Tommy lol
― ufo, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
weird, not available in the US (at least for me); that link works but when I try to open it in itunes it's not there.
― akm, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
it's out tomorrow
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
I hope that's not _that_ "Sound of Silence" though it probably is
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
i've never been let down by any of their covers
― akm, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
Otm. 'Wishing Well' could be Terence Trent d'Arby's and they'd still pull it off!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
I mean same, I just really don't need another version of that song in my life, and I feel like I can generate their version in my head pretty accurately without having to actually hear it
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
i hope they cover the disturbed cover
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
anyway I'm just glad we're getting an all new record and not just a cobbled together thing of already released tracks
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
it is.
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
their running up that hill cover is very good so I trust their cover of this
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
that's a weird take.
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
for a start, The Chromatics are evidently fully capable of making bad and boring music as well as good music.
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
and you can actually hear about 30 seconds of said cover by clicking the link.
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
Being optimistic for a reason is not a weird take
― Evan, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
I can't listen to it at the moment so a weird take is all I have unfortunately
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
what's a weird take? that's a weird comment.
― akm, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 21:25 (four years ago) link
It’s hilarious to me that Dear Tommy is so delayed that even a subsequent album has lapped it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
given how many tracks from it were issued separately I kinda just assume it's not happening at all
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
I mean looking at the album cover this is labelled VII and Tommy is VI confirmed via instagram. Is it coming out or is it considered lost is anyone’s guess.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
I remember a couple of years ago I was looking at the Chromatics Spotify profile and Johnny Jewel mistakenly made public about 4 private playlists. I think I was at the right time, right moment when the accident happened because the playlists were made private later that day and every playlist 3 followers at most.
One of them was a wedding playlist with some 70s/80s soul and disco, another was a party playlist with other 70s/80s songs.... nothing particularly interesting in those playlists tbh, but there was also an Italians Do It Better playlist and a Chromatics one, all of the songs in there were greyed out and several had generic file names like say 'YY2J1' or with names, like say "Glass Candy - IHHSJ2", I assume this was a trove of unreleased tracks and demos. Anyhow, doing a cleanup of my own a couple of months later I stopped following them and I now regret it, should have at least made a screenshot of the playlists before unfollowing or at least kept following the Chromatics one to leak the filenames and changes in there, assuming he kept updating it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
https://italiansdoitbetter.com/product/chromatics-closer-to-grey/
dollar dl
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
o shiii
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
Finally
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
Wonderful fuzzy solo on "Touch Red."
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
pleasantly surprised by how muscular "you're no good" is
― ufo, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:50 (four years ago) link
If nothing else this has to be their most cohesive, well-sequenced album
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
Dear Tommy is still happening:
https://i.ibb.co/6DCNL8q/B6-E3314-B-9-CDC-4-FF0-8-F28-F5016-A5-A2-E44.jpg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
oh "on the wall" is a jesus and mary chain cover
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:22 (four years ago) link
on first listen this is absolutely their best album by quite a way (though i don't really rate any of their previous albums much)
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:38 (four years ago) link
Seems like Ruth is more central than on any previous record here.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 04:05 (four years ago) link
can confirm the Sound of Silence cover is excellent
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:18 (four years ago) link
"On the Wall" cover is great too. Whole thing is. "Light as a Feather", "Touch Red" and "Through the Looking Glass" are my jams so far.
― gman59, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:23 (four years ago) link
First impressions:
I love every Chromatics cover they have ever released and Sound of Silence is not an exception, even better is the On the Wall cover, it might be one of the best songs in here.
You’re No Good has that classic Italians Do It Better vibe and it’s probably the most friendly song in here, it might be the only song in here that I’d consider releasing as a single.
It’s subtle but they have definitely evolved their style and I think Light as a Feather and Touch Red are specially interesting and different to everything they have done before. I’m getting a trip hop/shoegaze vibe in them which I didn’t expect to hear in a Chromatics album but I’m liking it on first listen.
Also: That album cover might be one of my favorite ones of the year.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:43 (four years ago) link
I‘m bummed Dear Tommy was shelved - hopefully not for life - but I agree this might be their best album so far. It’s the most consistent for sure.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:45 (four years ago) link
the "sound of silence" cover is executed well enough but that song's been so overexposed the last few years i never want to hear it again
it sounds like dear tommy is still planned but who knows when it'll ever arrive lol. apparently "touch red" is "touch blue" from the original dear tommy tracklist but no other tracks from it show up on this
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:49 (four years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, October 1, 2019 9:05 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
Feels more apparent than ever that Ruth is the starlet to Johnny's director
― winters (josh), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:51 (four years ago) link
i think the slight broadening of their sonic palette has really helped them to come into their own and feel less pastiche-y than before here. it's also much more tightly constructed as an album which really helps, and just sounds a lot better production-wise than before too.
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 05:51 (four years ago) link
love "Touch Red", but "On the Wall", while sounding great, adds nothing to the JAMC
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 06:03 (four years ago) link
The production has definitely been polished since the last album but the last singles/EPs from 2018/2019 already hinted it (specially liked Camera and Time Rider and had hopes they would make it to an album but alas they wont)
The guitars are specially good in here compared to the ones in Kill For Love which imho were very screechy sounding.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 06:07 (four years ago) link
my guess is "time rider" and "camera" will eventually show up on dear tommy as they were originally intended for it
completely agree about how the production has come a long way on the material post-kill for love - all the singles intended for dear tommy were a step up and it's improved even more since then
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 06:43 (four years ago) link
Is there an ilm thread for this phenomenon? Only other example I can think of atm is Abbey Road/Let It Be
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 06:49 (four years ago) link
off the top of my head there's prefab sprout's from langley park to memphis/protest songs
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 06:50 (four years ago) link
There's a second classic rock cover in there: 'On the Wall' is 'Baba O'Riley' in all but name.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:22 (four years ago) link
I'm exaggerating, but the echoes are hard to shake off.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:24 (four years ago) link
it's a jesus & mary chain cover, so while i hear what you're getting at it's probably just as applicable to the original
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:36 (four years ago) link
Ah, I had no idea. I guess I should listen to Darklands.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 09:38 (four years ago) link
wow, the On the Wall cover is breathtaking
album's pretty good, but also feels uncharacteristically low-stakes? which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but if they wind up releasing Dear Tommy soon I'm guessing it'll be another 90 minute opus or something
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 3 October 2019 05:27 (four years ago) link
That's how it feels to me too.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 4 October 2019 03:22 (four years ago) link
I really want a Chromatic’s cover of a Leonard Cohen song, with their Montreal connections.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 5 October 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
Slowly beginning to agree with the "this is their best album" take. Love the "Light as a Feather"->"Touch Red" trio especially
― Simon H., Saturday, 5 October 2019 23:07 (four years ago) link
PS it looks like 'I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around' is quietly back on Spotify? <3
― KevRus, Sunday, 6 October 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
another new album of sorts has been released - Faded Now. it seems to be a mix of alternate versions of Closer to Grey tracks and new tracks. it's also been added to the Closer to Grey deluxe edition, so i guess these new tracks are essentially Closer to Grey b-sides/outtakes?
― ufo, Friday, 3 April 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
!?
ICYMI, part 2: https://t.co/TopQOYgxSf— Vehlinggo (@vehlinggo) April 20, 2020
― Jeff W, Monday, 20 April 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link