thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about

me, reacting to Ulver on shuffle - "what is this 80s shit?"

why wold a band like this WANT to ape Depeche Mode - just to sell more records, I guess?

Ha, is aping Depeche Mode a surefire way to sell records in 2017? (Not that I was excited by their going in this direction either.)

Aren't most (ex-)BMers barely closeted Depeche Mode fans? Varg Vikernes admitted to it.

come on, it seems to be a natural progression in their evolution from a black metal band to...well, something else. seems a little silly to categorize it as a cash grab

that's why it was a question! "natural progression" is fair too, I just don't see the point (more like regression imo)

will this be the first albums poll to be made up solely of sad computer music?

― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, January 31, 2018 8:15 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there's definitely a monotony to the list so far, though I'm not sure "sad computer music" is quite right (lots of super familiar indie for one thing). I thought the Tracks list had the same problem but most everyone else was praising it for its diversity. Both lists basically confirm that 2017 was a shitty year for me.

this james holden album is surprisingly boring, lots of neat signifiers & pleasantly busy but all the elements don't add up to much, feels too basic & familiar & forgettable despite being nicely adorned

that Ulver album sounds exactly like the kind of thing European neo-goth bands like Wolfsheim have been pumping out for decades

Guyyyyys put the bitching in the album thread.

It's more fun that way!

OK, we can always send LJ over here when the KAS album comes up ;)

LCD Soundsystem will probably receive a more violent response tbf

I'm always a bit late to the party with the bitching and I end up saying bitchy things about 10 albums too late by which point it's too late

I didn't vote so I don't feel qualified to shit up that thread tbh

Maybe next year I'll actually participate and be able to cropdust wrong opinions all over the place!

you didn't vote? ffs there goes the dawson top ten

Guyyyyys put the bitching in the album thread.

― emil.y, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:38 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's more fun that way!

― emil.y, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:38 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

sorry everyone I started this thread on a whim but I agree with emil.y here at least while the rollout is happening

aye, not enough vehemence against LCD Soundsystem in the results thread

LCD Soundsystem aren't that bad, there's so much music out there that is much much worse

i don't like the holden album, i find it very unpleasant and not in a fun or exciting or weird way

Want to start a club for people who hate the new Palm album

it's SO BAD my god. just inane chattering nonsense with no songwriting, it's all just bland posi-vibes bullshit. no wonder everyone's making animal collective comparisons. really just the worst sort of 'experimental pop'

i mean it's basically tune-yards, except without the possibility of a decent song breaking out

and i suppose it irritates me in the same needling arch tuneless way that KAS does so if you like her you should probably take this as a recommendation

way ahead of ya

I liked some of their previous stuff well enough, don't know if this new ones's much different.

it's fine. i'll forgive you if you like it, but you can't be in my haters club

Should we start a 2018 equivalent?

maybe, not right now though

ah hell maybe though

goddamn it 'me and michael' is nothing special at all, at this point there simply must be a moratorium on 80s synthpop pastiche

it was the same with that tornado wallace song - competent pastiche + gr8 video = ilxors' minds blown

Yeah not really. I hadn't seen the video til the tracks roll out. Just really loved listening to the song all year

yeah that's not pastiche, man, that's a well-woven tribute

^ or something and Ross otm

can we not talk about how awesome parquet courts are

Sorry no, board rules.

seriously though

feels like damned by faint praise at best

what I really like about this album is how the boring lyrics match the boring music

Beach House? Haven't heard it yet, just blindly guessing.

srsly, with every cocteau twins comparison I think of fotzepolitic or pearly dewdrops' drops or whatever and I seethe

Gotta hand it to Beach House: saw them on tour supporting their first album, maybe 30 people in the audience. Thought "no one will like this boring and terrible band, and even if they do, this sound will get old really fast." Here they still are all these years later, exactly as boring and terrible as that first time, having made a great career out of being boring and terrible. Guess they showed me.

ilm is particularly full of tepid indie bollocks atm imo. nb this is a safe space

ilm is particularly full of tepid indie bollocks atm imo. nb this is a safe space

― imago

Didn't you nominate a song from the Paul Draper album in the end of year tracks list a few months ago?

sometimes tepid indie bollocks has its day. also i didn't come close to voting for it

can we not talk about how not awesome parquet courts are

I don't really keep up with tepid indie bollocks these days but I quite like Beach House

this is the first time beach house have made an album that's not just tepid indie bollocks

mb i should have posted in here

lol no i thought it was a fun post

This hasn't been the best year for new albums afaic. Yes yes Autechre, blah blah but it's not the only thing I want to hear. New Ought is tepid indie bollocks but I really like it - a mitigating factor.