Daphne and Celeste

try that again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RI30lDutfw

BB haters appear to be ignoring the amazing final minute of the song at the very least. The way the main synth line changes up!

Holy wow, this album is great. And I'm only at BB and reading this thread, and getting really, really excited!

16 Stars! I needed those synths

I was at that gig too Andrew! Scruffy bloke stood to the side, you probably remember me

This doesn't entirely narrow it down, but I understand there was a lot less of that than the average Max Tundra gig. And several ex-ILXors (with mark s)!

I can hear some of the criticisms of the record (though not of BB, whose only fault is that it stops at the point where it was about to really kick off), but it turns out this is the band that pushes me into the tedious "the record is only a crude effort at the songs, the real act is live" camp.

Leland Palmer in the dark!

if I didn't know this was made by Max Tundra I wonder how long it would've taken me to figure out. I'd say about 15 seconds.

linee's post about the two lead singles seems pretty otm to me. the album's way better than I would've guessed given those two tracks. nothing against them, they work quite well in the context of the album, but the wonkybonkers stuff like "ALTO" and "Alarms" is what I signed up for

thank god for this album

otm

"hyperventilating in the factory of sound"

critical indifference to this is predictable and irritating

it's really good; I feel like the critical indifference is mostly because it took so long since "You and I Alone"

surprisingly this actually gets better over time. love how it's a throwback not just in the traditional way but also in a stranger sense where it sounds like it's from an era when pop records were eccentric and strange. think "16 Stars" is my favorite track now. I love that "you could almost pretend to/see I'd always defend you" refrain

I really do love this album.

:)

it's 2018 and daphne and celeste have an album that lj cares about, what a world

it's an amazing record tbh but it's as much max tundra's big pop move as anything

yea I didn't know if it was gonna hold up after a few listens but it actually kinda gets better the more you know the songs

Yeah, I wasn't completely sold on this the first few listens, but I've really come round to. It's making a great summer soundtrack right now. I ended up ordering the vinyl as the prices have gone right down on Amazon/eBay. It was $11 including shipping which is an absolute steal.

BTW, does anyone know anything about CSS stuff for reddit? I have r/daphneandceleste - I made it ages ago, but have never done anything with it. So if you have a clue about that stuff...

this album is like if yasutaka nakata produced an xtc record so i have no idea how i didn't get into it when it came out

Listening party on Twitter tonight!

Tonight, unwind and listen to our maximalist adventure over at Tim’s @LlSTENlNG_PARTY 9PM! We’ll be joined by @MaxTundra
Let’s jump into an alternate reality where we all “Save The World” 🎉💖

— Daphne & Celeste (@Daphne_Celeste) January 28, 2021