Peaking Lights

fwiw i don't like peaking lights as much as i think i could and the poor (imo) production values are the barrier. even in those podcasts she put out, 6 hours of mixes (i use the word loosely) some amazing track selections but woeful sequencing & jarring segues. that was obviously what she was going for though, for some reason.

The word "dub" was also used in the 1980s for instrumental versions of vocal club tracks. A lot of these "dubs" weren't really all that "dubby".

it's 'he' that does all those mixes iirc

ah ok.

lol dog latin how do you feel about the term 'dub techno'?

confused because it means different things to different people. are we talking, like, Basic Channel or Dreadzone or what?

usually people mean dreadzone, when they talk about dub techno yes.

who are basic channel, btw?

how'd you get to be so smart, ronan?

http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Dub+Techno/

more like dreadfulzone amirite

this is great! i didn't realize it was mastered by sonic boom before, but that makes a lot of sense.

finally checked out Lucifer In Dub. not really any reason to listen to it instead of just putting on Lucifer imo.

new one kinda sux :-(

sounds like tom tom club, sort of, just not good

huh ... I do think Breakdown sounds like Tom Tom Club but in a good way ... haven't heard the whole record

having a hard time getting through this. i feel like if you have a singer who is, let's say, 'not conventionally good', you have to take a lot more care to flatter them. the vocals sound uncomfortably exposed here since the music is so much more stripped down.

musically it sounds like record collector late '70s/early '80s electro funk to me, which is cool i guess, but not nearly as appealing to me as 936-style diy dub.

i read the tom tom club comments and got really excited for a second because i mistakenly thought i had the grouper thread open instead of the peaking lights thread

Breakdown stands heads and shoulders above the rest of this, which is nice enough but not brilliant and the vocals are definitely much more of an issue here.

this record by some labelmates of mine captures a similar feeling to early PL, imo (also happen to be a married duo): https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/secret-angles

Not that we really need anymore proof that the NME are utterly useless but this review shows just how little they even try anymore.

http://www.nme.com/reviews/peaking-lights/15687

That cannot be a review of the same record I've listened to.

The first line made me smile.

I really wanted to like this record :-/

is there something obvious I'm missing about that review that makes it bad enough to be highlighted for scorn? just reads like a completely standard downpager to me

Most obviously, the reviewer is totally unaware that they made an album in between 936 and this one.

Yeah that's basically why I thought it was such a half arsed review. When you're writing a review that is so short surely checking your facts would be a must.

lol gotcha

need to give the new one some proper attention, all I took in from a couple of spins thus far was that it sounds much more polished

It pains me to say things like this, because I really like this band, but this new one isn't for me at all. I'll still buy the next one, but, err, three tries with this and I think I dislike it more each time. That "telephone call from space" song is awful. Why do smart people write lyrics like this??

I feel like the Lucifer in Dub EP might be their best work. Really plays to their strengths (ie not songwriting/vocals although I enjoy them in spots).

New Peaking Lights

https://soundcloud.com/peakinglights/everytime-i-see-the-light

Can we all collectively listen to this new album and not talk and just glance at each other and smile from time to time? Yeah.

is it good?

Very. I didn't like Cosmic Logic very much, and this fr Le like a partial course correction. It retains the technicolor pop feel but i's much spacier. I suppose the best comparison point is their remix of Young Galaxy's "Pretty Boy" - extended dub remixes of pop songs that don't exist in original form.

Pursed lips from me, sorry. Just can't get past those vocals. Shame, as I really loved Cosmic Logic and the "Little Flower / Conga Blue" single from earlier this year was pretty good too.

I quite like this, better than the last one for sure. But it never seems to end.

^^Looking forward to paring it down to 936/Lucifer length.

this album is so so awesome

its length is a boon imo bc if i'm high enough i never want it to end

"que du bon" is the most radical thing i've heard all year

new one is aces

Yeah, love the new one. Since the Chromatics can't be bothered to put out their new album, this one will do.

ya i tend to believe that one won't come out as they're not happy with it, but that's unconfirmed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbDF8k_lOk

one of my fav tracks from 2017

Last album damn

I don’t know their old stuff but I adore the last record. What’s their output like prior?

Worth a listen

new one on dekmantel sounds absolutely bonkers

their attempt at making a house track turns out curiously like a mashup of eric copeland and maurice fulton

http://youtu.be/lWNkfvaQi3A

i prefer the stuff that sounds more like trad peaking lights

http://youtu.be/t52CdfkgyzE

they also get into a lot of italo

and some straight up new age

http://youtu.be/FVVT8EBqK3g

can't wait to get this

fifth state was legit incredible

so it's an ep? probably as long as a full length tho?