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

Though the upgraded version (which I am more likely to fall back on myself) is “you listen to this thing rather than that thing because you have dubious aesthetic predilections and/or you are part of hype circles and gatekeeper discourses which structurally advantage the reputation of this thing over that thing even though that thing is better.”

Which is related but not quite the same thing. It’s more of a “forgive them father, for they know what they do” brand of condescension.

― Tim F

usually in my case it's some version of "you only think W is good because you haven't really heard X Y Z"

sounds like some third-rate mego producer trying to be king krule or something

maybe i've heard too little king krule but the yves record doesn't sound like that at all to me

for one thing "honesty" is just excellent techno basically

it's got a lot of sides imo

I have no idea whats hyped unless the discogs price is suddenly very high but thats almost everything even the lads at Scope in Rhyl are in on it

and I dont really hear any of the really bad records until the end of the year when the lad Claus turns up with 77 of them but I never remember the names. The problem is I also dont remember the names of the ones I do like and my colour coding for records is in disarray and remembering the names of your records is for bureaucrats and local businessmen

hey now

Not sure how I feel about Yves Tumor yet, but it definitely doesn't sound like King Krule

usually in my case it's some version of "you only think W is good because you haven't really heard X Y Z"

― the late great

"W" is a great van der graaf generator b-side and is miles beyond anything page, squire, and white managed to fart out

i dont think the yves tumor/king krule comparison is totally off base, obviously they aren't very similar sonically but there's a similar enough atmosphere they both create that listening to the new yves tumor did make me think 'oh this is sort of like what king krule was going for except way way better'

yves record reminds me of chino amobi
had a first listen to it this morning, i like it

The atmosphere on the King Krule record is very laid back though, isn't it? A bit distant but content and slightly warm. On Yves Tumor, I find it full of emotional tension and slightly anxious. Very different IMO.

I have no idea what any of that is but you've just described a day out in the asda

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daughters record is real boring

seriously! and rym is apeshit over it. made me listen to shellac at least

there's a couple of tracks near the end that are decent to good but sheesh it's just swans worship

record consistently described as wild and all over the place = pretty much just faintly industrial noise rock the whole way through

the whole "droning/punishing yet dynamic" thing they're trying to do on this record reminds me of through silver in blood weirdly enough

i prefer neurosis

That Prime Minister Of Doom album isnt awful but for what it is it is completely overhyped. Some tracks go on far too long with no development and dont even start with interesting Villalobos-style grooves to hold any attention, and the ones that are actually any good implode just as they get going.

i didn't rly get all the love for the dj healer record so wldn't be surprised if i felt the same abt this project

traumprinz is always gonna be controversial i think but i also found the dj healer record too... empty to enjoy

and i smoke a lot of weed

great, now i've relistened to it and i like it (at least i really like "we are going nowhere")

that daughters record is fucking awful imo

ah shit i think i love the traumprinz records

the Daughters album is pretty dull but of course rym would go this hard for this sort of Swans worship yeah. very confused to find out their guitarist was in Fang Island for a while, that's not a connection i would ever have expected

that daughters thing is trash

listening to the robyn album. if this boring bollocks wins the 2018 album poll it might be time to leave this place

generally imago I find your tastes to be a good guide in reverse of what I might like, but in this case I agree with you. I liked some of her past work but this new album is boring.

*puts Robyn album top of ballot paper*

:D

ilx's manifest destiny as middlebrow critic retirement home fulfilled

it flows really well and really seamlessly into its dancier pockets and expands the scope of her songwriting. it's also very easy to listen to. it's not for you dude

ah shit i think i love the traumprinz records

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:21 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this bore out: i do love them, dj healer slightly more than prime minister of doom

ahhh i like imago even when he calls records which are obviously great boring shit

and likewise i am growing to tolerate all y'all's weird predilections ;) but this is the marketplace of ideas and i will not be stayed from expression, unless by the banhammer

Fwiw I think it's boring as well and I'm deeply suspicious of the critical narrative around Robyn at this stage, and there's like four songs off that 2005 album I still like.

It really drifted by me as well, but her previous work benefits from its inescapability. I'm sure I'll be crushed into submission in time

she's had a few great singles but her previous albums were so inconsistent - this one's by far her best. can understand how some could be bored by it but i'm certainly much less confused by all the acclaim than i was in 2010

this thread will live on long after my death

(old Jess quote/paraphrase)

gonna use this safe space to say that the Monae album has a few nice songs but is overrated as hell

yeah

and i still think it’s her best lol

it's her worst but I still like it

just gonna come out and say it, Autechre's latest only has like 6 hours worth of good stuff on it

lol

yeah the janelle monae album is fine, and her strongest, but not really one of the best of the year or anything. some amazing singles though

not to go full unperson - I'm sure plenty of people unreservedly love every note - but there's a case to be made that a convergence of extramusical factors helped juke the stats in its favor

but, yknow, twas ever thus

please note thread title change to reflect our eternal discontent with hyped releases of any year