>2012-2017 is a grab bag of dead-simple bangers mixed in with typical Jaar weirdness.
>Jaar's samples might not seem obvious, but 2012-2017 can feel generic. Most tracks are just looped soul samples fastened to heavy kicks. They might be uplifting if they didn't feel so utilitarian. Take "Some Kind Of Game." It sounds like something that might've been released for free on Bandcamp at the height of the vaporwave craze. "Know You" has a commanding beat, but not much else going for it. From a promising start, "City Fade" repeats itself into a rut. The ingredients are soulful and rapturous, but the songs are rarely transcendent.
>There's little that you wouldn't hear done better on a record by Tiger & Woods or Soundstream
Austin Clark
based they did the same thing to Jamie xx
Dominic Foster
Now they also need to pan the upcoming Jon Hopkins for RA to finally redeem itself in my eyes.
Caleb Brown
If this wasn't made by Nicolas Jaar P4K/Fantano readers wouldn't give a flying fuck about it
Noah Ortiz
based
Ethan Peterson
>if they didn't feel so utilitarian
This is possibly the dumbest use of the word "utilitarian" I've ever seen.
Bentley Rivera
I agree
Wyatt Morales
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Justin Lewis
>Sup Forums: "friendship ended with pitchfork, now andrew ryce is my best friend"
Dylan Brown
They’re right though
Tyler Thompson
>bangers stopped reading there
Ayden Roberts
when brainlets try to review house records oof
Christian Gutierrez
jaar to house is what pale waves is to goth rock
Isaiah Roberts
in colour was really quite awful 1.5/5 at best
2012-2017 is ok - not great. 2.8 is still a good score - i'd have given it at least a 3 though - not much more.
Adam Miller
I found the record fun to listen to but if you seriously believe it's anything but some simple quirky sample-based tunes then you are kidding yourself
Sebastian Morales
Fucking based
Blake James
>3.89 score RYM is such a fucking joke
not even Discogs rates it above 4.30 and Discogs is prone to overrating new memehouse releases
Zachary Morales
>ITT: "I worship contrarian critics who validate my contrarian opinions"
simplicity =/= bad
Levi Sullivan
>some random blog shits on The Jarr WOW ITS FUCKING NOTHING
Nathan Cox
>some random blog
Justin Taylor
That was my first impression of it, maybe not as critical but I skipped a few tracks just because they got stale quickly. It's not a terrible album, it's just very straightforward. This would be fine if no one knew Jaar had made it. I seriously don't get the Pitchfork score, it's not THAT good, Sirens is waaaaay better
Owen Green
>the link to the review on their official twitter has two comments and less than five likes/shares
this "resident advisor" guy is a literal nobody
I'd trust Fantano over him any day
Parker Stewart
using that logic. your trust in fantano doesn't say much considering you're nobody also :)
Jace Smith
Jesus fuck how bad of taste do you have to have to not enjoy 2012-2017 and realize that Cityscape is the electronic track of the decade?
This album is just as good as any Tim Hecker material from this decade
Wyatt Cruz
>This album is just as good as any Tim Hecker material from this decade
Nicholas Rogers
>Soundstream
opinion discarded, Soundstream is boring as shit and they don't even have any full albums so they're not comparable to Jaar.
>inb4 le house is an EP genre meme
if you can't make a good full-length LP, you are not a worthwhile artist, no matter what genre you are working in
Luke Ortiz
>if you can't make a good full-length LP, you are not a worthwhile artist, no matter what genre you are working in you poor, sad little being.
