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Post by jp on Oct 18, 2017 10:44:13 GMT
just had my first listen of the beck album.
i liked the wow single and was looking forward to beck returning to a more upbeat sound. i must admit i thought mahoney must have been overeacting but having listened to this it really is fucking horrible.
i'd go as far to say it's the worst album i've listened to all year.
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Post by krburg on Oct 18, 2017 12:19:03 GMT
Yeah, just had my first full listen through yesterday and although it isn't as atrocious as I was expecting, given that all the singles were total bobbins, it's a completely forgettable album. There are no dynamics or genuine hooks at all, it almost sounds like one long song. He's definitely made a conscious play for the mainstream with this one. You can't get on mainstream radio these days without your record being strained of all its life through the oppressive application of compression, which is exactly what this feels like.
Keep seeing people defending it by saying 'he's just having fun' or 'it's just a fun pop record' or anything along similar lines, well that's not a good enough excuse for me. In contrast this is clearly not him 'having fun' because it took him fucking years to get right and now he's being forced out on tour with U2 or pandering to critics by playing tiny 'guerrilla' gigs in TCOTU and filling them with press. I don't like it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 13:13:31 GMT
Yeah the "It's a pop record" thing really pisses me off. It's not like he's made Let's Dance, he's made something on the level of Never Let Me Down or Tonight, a soulless waste of space.
& JP, how dare you doubt me!
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Post by jp on Oct 18, 2017 13:26:59 GMT
i'll easily doubt you after your silly over the top reaction to the new war on drugs lp!
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Post by forever on Oct 20, 2017 8:12:26 GMT
Catholic Action's debut is decent but massively overproduced in places. I'm used to their rawer live sound for most of the songs so it'll probably take me a few listens to get used to it.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Oct 20, 2017 17:54:41 GMT
Another superb hip young guitar band that Old Man Mahoney will dismiss.
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Post by barny on Oct 20, 2017 18:15:22 GMT
Old Manma
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Oct 20, 2017 18:32:30 GMT
Check out 'Breakfast' by Catholic Action, barn! I'm sure you'll find it mediocre at best but it is really rather good.
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Post by barny on Oct 21, 2017 14:26:23 GMT
I like it, yeah. Where can I find the record?
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Post by Rollinice on Oct 21, 2017 18:00:03 GMT
just had my first listen of the beck album. i liked the wow single and was looking forward to beck returning to a more upbeat sound. i must admit i thought mahoney must have been overeacting but having listened to this it really is fucking horrible. i'd go as far to say it's the worst album i've listened to all year. I can't stop playing the album. |
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Post by Rollinice on Oct 21, 2017 18:02:29 GMT
No love for King Krule?
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Post by titchjuicy on Oct 22, 2017 9:07:12 GMT
Gonna have a listen now while I have a poo, clean the kitchen and cook lunch. |
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Post by monkeytennis on Oct 23, 2017 10:53:43 GMT
lots of love, i think only the perfume genius or tyler the creator albums are on a level with it this year. special record. |
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Post by krburg on Oct 23, 2017 11:59:54 GMT
Yeah, I'm enjoying the King Krule record as well, perhaps it's a little too long as I think it loses some traction in a couple of places, there's some 'noodling' in a few places that I think it could do without, but apart from that, I like it.
Been loving a record Karl recommended to me recently, band are called Duds and the record is called 'Of a Nature or Degree'. They're a post punk band from Manchester but have released this record under Jonathan Dwyer's (The Oh Sees) Castle Face label. It's very spindly and spikey post punk sound, the album is 23 minutes long, remind me a bit of Josef K. Worth a little listen.
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Post by krburg on Oct 23, 2017 12:16:23 GMT
Catholic Action's debut is decent but massively overproduced in places. I'm used to their rawer live sound for most of the songs so it'll probably take me a few listens to get used to it. I've been keeping an eye on these since you and Chrissie have been going on about them. I think they have some decent songs but as you say, the production lets it down. It's very MTV2 2005. They'd be massive back then. But for now, I just can't get past it more than a few cursory listens to the decent songs. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 12:33:15 GMT
I was going to listen to them until Chrissie called me old and hurt my feelings.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 12:34:36 GMT
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Post by Stocky 2: Cruise Control on Oct 24, 2017 13:07:54 GMT
just had my first listen of the beck album. i liked the wow single and was looking forward to beck returning to a more upbeat sound. i must admit i thought mahoney must have been overeacting but having listened to this it really is fucking horrible. i'd go as far to say it's the worst album i've listened to all year. Agreed I'm a huge Beck fan but I don't think i've even got the patience to give it another listen. |
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Post by titchjuicy on Oct 24, 2017 17:29:15 GMT
Struggled to warm to the King Krule record on first listen. Will give it another go.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Oct 25, 2017 8:54:42 GMT
I was going to listen to them until Chrissie called me old and hurt my feelings. Take a listen to Breakfast by Catholic Action, Karl! I know you'll love it* *tell me it sounds like something off the third Arctic Monkeys album |
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