First impression is that it lacks the poppy punch of Neon Golden, less hooks, more atmosphere.
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Friday, 29 January 2021 09:12 (three years ago) link
Barely listened to them since the '00s, but will give this a whirl. Just saw 'Neon Golden' is not streaming on Apple Music - huh?!
― cooldix, Friday, 29 January 2021 09:27 (three years ago) link
It's sounding good, to me.
― djh, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
This is very nice, feels like a good update on their post-Neon Golden sound with the tasteful collabs and transitions. Some of it feels really familiar - actually, thanks to 'Where You Find Me' I was ambushed with unexpected emotion on the back of my motorcycle taxi home from work. Suddenly it was 2002 again.
The album made me dig up a few songs I loved from previous records, and the comments above re. stilted English hit me in ways I hadn't thought about before. Take the use of 'hell' from 'Boneless' and 'Men of Station':
BonelessThis town is all in hell
We are men of stationWe are troubled men just the sameBut we're not as hell as you
― cooldix, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link
'sans soleil' is their prettiest song since neon golden. this is all i want from them
― ciderpress, Saturday, 28 August 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
I've gone back to that Pop Kultur show posted above and am enjoying immensely with a bottle of red. It's awesome.
― djh, Friday, 8 October 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Just booked tickets for London shows and a bit giddy.
― djh, Friday, 2 February 2024 20:38 (three months ago) link
Mailing list swap years ago turned me onto this song's existence, and stunningly, found the album in a Seattle record store on Broadway that same week. Love Markus' voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZsH6n_Pt4
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 2 February 2024 22:18 (three months ago) link
London gig a week today! Genuinely excited!
― djh, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:05 (two weeks ago) link