The point of these threads is to encourage people to look for new and interesting music. We do this by listening to and ideally discussing albums we've never heard before. Many of us already listen to new music daily, these people are in it to venture "out of their comfort zone" by listening to albums they otherwise wouldn't have, or just to have a good time.
Expected some Classical vs. bleeps fuckery here... and I kinda got that? This is like a one-up of the two Moog synth albums I've heard, and is essentially a soundtrack for a non-existent short film.
After a very space-age like opener, the orchestra slowly plods through a(n asteroid) field, soars through a nebula, watches the birth of a star, and seems to find extraterrestrial life-- all within the first 10 minutes of music. Sounds a lot like a Pixar movie... which is where is why it doesn't sit perfectly with me, since it does feel a bit TOO much like stock music at times.
Still worth a listen, especially if you like music that tells a story. Or contemporary classical work in general.
7/10
>Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why >Shoegaze, Dream Pop
So where exactly do Sweet Trip go after their previous hit? Traditional dream pop, mostly. Cooper's vocals are still airy and youthful, while Burgos carries the melodies often, which are notably more catchy in this album. Acting, Air Supply, Milk, and Misfortunes are Cruel were what popped out at me the most. The appearance of synthetic beeps is toned down to accompany the dueling vocals, swirling comfortably within the band. It even serves to close the album as jubilant techno.
Perfectly understandable for them to take this path after how dense V:C:D was. As consistent as they are with their tracks, the dream pop albums side by side do grow weary, but enough to make me hate it. Makes for only an OK record, though.
6/10
Jonathan Hall
Need reccs from:
Eric Jangle Trans
tfw it ends up as Eric vs Trans
Samuel Smith
if i listen to the past 2 weeks listenalongs now do i keep my 100% record, this is very important to me
Starts off with crowd noise and the appearance of Junko's off the hook vocals out of nowhere is probably the best thing about the record.
Still, the expression and the power of her voice is admirable, the record is pretty short. Wish it had more variety. When is she going to play around with effects and her voice a bit more than she already did?
6-/10
Ethan Ward
good night /meme/!
I'll do the listenalong tomorrow :)
Daniel Williams
not the most recent version
Sebastian Bell
thanks
Jonathan Stewart
requesting a /daily/-themed edit of this supreme image
Jason Lewis
take this low budget one
Ethan Nelson
i appreciate it
Joshua Hernandez
hey, glad u liked gary wilson dude :) maybe try flowers of romance - pil?
Jace Ortiz
i aint got all day
Lincoln Roberts
>Fishmans - Orange
This is a clear step in the right direction. Their songs have become more layered and fleshed out, consistently hitting the five minute mark. Their songs are original and seem to have their own unique identity instead of sounding like an awkward appropriation of genre conventions with occasional dub flavoring. I don’t think I’ve heard an album exactly like it. This fusion of dub, funk, and rock simply sounds cheesy coming from other bands. This was the first record of theirs -- of the ones on this chart -- that I enjoyed quite thoroughly. There were few real weak points. They drift into some corny over-emotional pop territory on My Life for example, but it’s reigned in quick and basically it’s just Shinji’s overdoing the vocal performance that hurt it. They play very much to their strengths on this record, with their ability to craft really upbeat, catchy, and happy songs. I feel like this record is really hard to dislike on that quality alone, unless you just have it out for pop music. Also, the mixing and mastering took a huge step up on this record. It sounds incredibly lush and those digital organ tones on the keyboard fucking kill it. Rhythmically too, every song has a distinct, infectious beat, as opposed to cut and paste dub rhythm. I would recommend that people start with this album as an entry point into their discog if they already listened to Long Season or don’t want to start out with something so heavy.
Cameron Nelson
>Fishmans - Kuchu Camp
I don’t think this consistently hits the same highs as Orange, but it’s a solid record nonetheless. It meanders at times, especially the first half, though occasionally it does pay off. Fishmans is a band that excels at crafting initially unassuming songs that hit hard emotionally out of nowhere. The best example of this and the standout track on this album is Night Cruising. It’s a layered and surprisingly experimental track centered on a simple, melancholy guitar riff. It’s joined by a simple downtempo drum and bass beat. Then they keep on adding layers and layers of rhythm and some really touching piano flourishes. As the song progresses they add streams of guitar noise and what sounds like radio interference. It all flows and fits together so well and feels like the title implies, a melancholy drive at night. The combination of the background guitar noise squalls, the piano melody, and the surface noise of a record playing just hits me so hard. You can really hear the seeds of Long Season here. I predict that this song will destroy me on the live album. Other than me gushing about Night Cruising, there are some other great cuts on this album, like the closer, again hitting that emotional core with the voice sample, the whistling, and the melodica.
Ayden Clark
yamir and Jangle triggered as fuck
Night Cruising is their third best song, the guitar riff is stupid good.
Gavin Campbell
> Orange > Kuchu Camp Slightly edgy but I think I'd actually agree. Orange is really underrated.
btw if you have a positive opinion on 98.12.28 maybe don't post it unless you want yamir and jangle to throw a tantrum. Or do because it'd be funny.
>I predict that this song will destroy me on the live album. Believe me it will. I think it's my most listened to fishmans song by far.
I think Baby Blue is a bit unsung for Fishmans, but I totally agree that the latter half of Kuchuu is the better half. Nice Choice and 新しい人 are both fantastic pop songs.
Jacob Perry
I'm not sure where I'd rank it, but probably top 3 for me. The most memorable riff to me is the one on MELODY. As basic as it is, it's so infectious.
Honestly, I could see Orange going up in the future. It's the album I've been revisiting the most. I think I just really like super well done pop music. I honestly don't know why Kuchu Camp is more popular. And though I didn't mention Baby Blue it's actually my second favorite track on the album. Not sure why I didn't mention it, but I guess I was focusing on the second half of the album.
haha of all the songs they could've chose to play on national TV from Strawberry Jam why did they chose #1?
Kuchu Camp has two of their better known singles on it, Night Cruising and Baby Blue. Those two, いかれたBaby, and Season are their only singles that ever commercially did very well in Japan.
Brody Morales
no drums, no guitar only need electronics and microphone
ez performance
Jayden Richardson
>woman vocalizing backwards
Grayson Sanchez
>DJ Respect All Races Fox - 15 Barras Mediocre ans unassuming, but I'm guessing that's the way a lot of you like your house. 5
Jonathan Myers
shidd heck
Isaiah Reyes
Anyone have folk punk essentials? Or just general recommended folk punk albums?
Hey can someone give me a quick rundown on the listenalong list?
Xavier Sullivan
>is Getz/Gilberto a special case. Yes. I'm a fan of Nara Leão's work. (Dez Anos Depois is a favorite)
Getz/Gilberto is an unholy fusion of boredom. It's elevator music for elevators that don't work. Etc. Etc. I think Getz' solos are some of his weakest and bossa nova is, yeah, actually among my least fav genres and I only like Nara because she stands out from what I've listened to.
Luke Smith
Duster the most essential cozy band in existence otherwise Horace Andy - Dance Hall Style pretty much anything Nara Leão Mickey Newbury - Looks Like Rain လက်ရေးစဉ် ဝေားများ (Le Ywei Sin Tei Mya) too in a weird way
Julian Diaz
>Ian William Craig My niBBa
Hunter Howard
try suicide s/t
Adrian Evans
Thanks for all the good luck you fucking faggots
Juan Stewart
actually try johnny hobo and the freight trains Love Songs for the Apocalypse just don't bother with the ManTits side of the record
otherwise folk punk is pretty much all shit from personal experience, this record is really fun and does p much everything one would want a folk punk record to do.
Blake Walker
clearly you are so talented that you didn't need luck but also
:^) You're welcome!
Jonathan Hall
>exams start day after tomorrow >once again almost completely unprepared, unmotivated just wishing for another set of miracles haha oh wow
how did it go pigger
Hunter Parker
i hope you fail
Benjamin Murphy
Oh shit I was afk mybadmybad
Good luck! I hope you pass.
Alexander Price
good luck and give me your recc for tournament already gddmit
Transgod too
Daniel Sanders
if you had picked the correct winner, you would have had a rec immediately
Jonathan Davis
I can post it tomorrow Next up stick and zane, don't know more right now
Aaron Rogers
This is giving me really cool first impressions after a listen.
Jazz with violin, accordion, trumpet and bass. Often somber but varied with some happier quirkier moments, just avant enough without being difficult listening and all throughout with a very strong european atmosphere at times sounding more like gypsy jazz. Great melodies all around too.
Really enjoying it strongly recc'd to anyone who thinks the description sounds cool.
Hudson Phillips
fugg I thought i already recc'd you open wide: Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (or if you've heard that do Persian Surgery Dervishes)
grrrrrrr angrey
>how did it go pigger Went great actually, pretty easy stuff!
:^)
Joseph Thomas
>buscabulla - ep II the first track is pleasant and catchy enough that the whole EP doesn't sink into "bad" territory. remarkably inoffensive.
Noah Collins
Autechre a shit
Ryan Peterson
...
Jaxon Sanders
I'm also working on a *very* good minimalism guide list for RYM, but I probably won't make it public for a few months or so. Might actually read some books on the topic. Will definitely be the best minimalism guide on the website, possibly on the whole flippin internet. Get hype.
Liam Ross
>Björk - Post
Major imporvement from Debut, however there were a few traces of the issues I had with Debut in here. However, this whole thing sounds a lot more mature, better production, vocals, and lyrics. Highlights are "Hyperballed" and "It's Oh So Quiet" (didn't think i'd ever use sexy as an adjective to describe a song). Still though, this album was just alright.
3/5
Tyler Miller
i like this i've always needed to get into minimalism
god there's so much M U S I C i have like 2 active charts right now and a tourney and i still have like 132894 chart ideas i will never attempt
Christian Butler
>when Bjork growls or screams
Isaiah Cox
are you guys thinking of s?
hey kid whats some good terry riley and or other minimalism artists for me to check out
Brody Bell
Looking forward to it
Evan Sanchez
are you going to have minimal techno and other minimalism offshoots on it or just the canon genre
>hey kid whats some good terry riley and or other minimalism artists for me to check out Idk find a guide or something idiet
(lol) What kind of minimalism? Electronic, drone, classical, etc. Or are you up for anything? Check out Riley's Reed Streams if you haven't, it often gets overlooked. Other than that I've only heard In C, Rainbow in Curved Air and Persian Surgery Dervishes. I recommend them all. I'm going to have to do a lot of extra listening in the coming months.
:8)
I haven't really decided for sure how I'm going to structure it, but it's going to be mostly focused on pre-80's development. I'll definitely have some post-minimalism and minimalism inspired 21st century picks, but I don't want to end up with a 1600 album long chart full of shit because I added everything that was slightly minimalist. I can already forsee the "you didn't add my favourite obscure ambientprogressive lowercase techno minimalist composer?!?!??!?!?" comments.
Grayson Carter
electronic and or drone but i am open to other stuff i really liked persian surgery dervishes so i'll try reed streams
Anthony Butler
Yeah Persian Surgery is fucking great. I haven't heard it yet but Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band is on my short list to listen to next, it's a live album from '68 and it looks dope.
whole wheat tortilla, brown rice, chickun corn and tomatas my mane just dont have anything else in my house so eating that shit for every meal
Logan Murphy
>electronic and or drone Been almost exclusively focused on piano/classical minimalism lately so I should have more recs when I start shifting more to that stuff. Tangerine Dream - Zeit Troum & All Sides - Shutun Tom Johnson - Nine Bells La Monte Young - Second Dream
Gavin Wood
Listen to my New EP "Thoughts" on Youtube when you get a chance
things actually happen on this one the techno in ambient techno finally decides to show up here
thanks for your recs pig keep hating fishmans :)
yeah i heard that one was p ok
Jose Jones
anyone else dig zappa?
Landon Roberts
you should ask this "im fish" guy he listened to every zappa album ever
Matthew Hill
You'll probably like the new Gas the best btw
Cameron Long
yeah but did you see the pun i made
Austin Myers
hey what's up
heck yes I do
Dominic Hall
ohhhhh im bout to get some (you)s for this >Woolite vs Trip Up My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realize It took me a long time for Loveless to click. When I first heard it, I was honestly really bored and didn't get the appeal. Listening to this EP was the exact opposite. From the moment I turned it on, I fell in love with the sound. I loved the noisier, raw, and lo-fi sound to this EP, and I think I like it more than I like Loveless itself. I loved every single song on here, and I was surprised about it too. I totally thought it would just be more songs like the ones that were on Loveless, which I would have obviously been ok with. Looks like I have to check out Isn't Anything ASAP now. 4.0
Jim O'Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway hehe.. its a collection of B-sides from Eureka. No way in hell I wouldn't enjoy this. Jim does his things on all of these tracks, and I don't deny he did them well. I still loved this EP as much as I expected to, and I'll definitely be listening to it lots. But I don't think this was as good as Eureka. It was just a few more songs that didn't make the final cut. Nevertheless, I still very much enjoyed. 3.5
So, Woolite moves to round two! Sorry trip. I guess this makes us even for your tournament ;)
