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.
Undeniably a memorable and personal soundtrack for thousands of young adults and children.
This issue of the soundtrack is imbued with many small details that aren't present in the game. Swelling strings coalesce in Living Mice and Subwoofer Lullaby, futuristic underpinings flow in Moog City and Cat, and. Thirteen continues to be an eerie and memorable standout, for being one of the only darker tracks. Childlike wonder permeates Haggstrom and Cat, and sentimentality-turned-playfulness appears within songs like Mice on Venus.
There are stumbles, such as the hokey sounds of Death that use actual in-game sound effects. The last two tracks come off as hastily constructed demos, ditching the clean minimal natures for jokes. Many new interludes fail to leave an effect-- but companion tracks such as Dog and Wet Hands are able to deliver much more on the original melodies. Comparisons to Nils Frahm and earlier M83 are easy, with an overindulgence in melancholia and sunny atmospheres, gentle piano solos plus synth touches (most notably Sweden and Danny).
This could be pruned to be a nice compact piece, really. But the important tracks on here have already done their part in introducing the public to home-grown Ambient.
tourney tiebreakers: Accel vs. Tuco this was close but I think I'll have to give it to Tuco. The vocal and piano performance on 'I Won't Complain' was great but I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the built to spill song overall. Mark vs. Darklands Mark wins by a fair margin.
need recs from: Accel Borzoi Benji blapp (may or may not actually be participating, someone might have to take his place) Darklands FlyingIceWizard Jimmy Jazz Letov Nat Nyarlathotep Tuco max of about an hour long
Christopher Ortiz
o shit that's right letov already recccced that live tim buckley
Aiden Ramirez
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017) >west coast hip hop, expreimental hip hop
Outside of "Yonkers", I've always really hated Tyler, so this is a really pleasant surprise. This is by no means perfect, it's incredibly scattershot, and I can't say I'm huge on the almost plastic funk sound that takes up most of this album, but Tyler has improved tremendously on all fronts. His rapping is smoother and less childish, for lack of a better word; his lyrics are infinitely more mature; and his production is immaculate, cementing his status as one of the best producers in the game. The introspective nature of the album is a huge plus as well, it's a side of Tyler that hasn't been shown before and it allows him to present himself as an infinitely more interesting artist than he was just two years ago with the awful Cherry Bomb. Like I said, not really that huge on the sound that takes up most of this album (except when it's done really well, like on "See You Again" and "911 / Mr. Lonely"), but it's an incredibly mature statement from an artist I didn't think would have something like this in him.
