Holy wow, this album is great. And I'm only at BB and reading this thread, and getting really, really excited!
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 10:20 (six years ago) link
16 Stars! I needed those synths
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 10:29 (six years ago) link
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.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
Leland Palmer in the dark!
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 21 April 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
thank god for this album
― maura, Saturday, 5 May 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
otm
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 May 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
"hyperventilating in the factory of sound"
― linee, Monday, 7 May 2018 10:25 (six years ago) link
critical indifference to this is predictable and irritating
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 10:30 (six years ago) link
it's really good; I feel like the critical indifference is mostly because it took so long since "You and I Alone"
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Monday, 7 May 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 June 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
I really do love this album.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
:)
― imago, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
it's 2018 and daphne and celeste have an album that lj cares about, what a world
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
it's an amazing record tbh but it's as much max tundra's big pop move as anything
― imago, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 21:24 (five years ago) link
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.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 23 August 2018 02:42 (five years ago) link
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...
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 22 September 2018 08:06 (five years ago) link
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
― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
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
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link