Disappointed, least avant-garde so far (while never being avant-garde enough before)
Very low tempo performance, never have I thought Satie could sound like this - kinda brooding, maybe
Thank You @sprainposting for suggesting this to me, but I don't understand how Chrome's half hour long "Half Machine Lips Move" was boring to you and this 90+ minutes drag isn't - but to each their own, de gustibus non disputandum. I knew that I was not gonna enjoy this even since Fantano praised it.
Thanks to @SparkinOne for recommending me this (the original version, actually, but this longer one is on YT)!
A very pleasant sounding record, recommend it to people who like music that's easy on the ears and doesn't necessary require for fully focused active listing; beautiful use of field recordings and spoken word to make for a dynamic experience
Generally too infantile even for my often immature taste and all around joyful/happy-go-lucky and/or angst-y, but I like "Bring the Ruckus", "Death by the Bassline", and "Corrupted" - this last one sounding like a Dope D.O.D. track. However, there are then numbers like "Paradise" or that horrible Shining feature on "Rave Until the Apocalypse" that remind me why I hate the record in the first place. And what the hell is with this cover of New ... read more
I like Watson with the nature sounds, I don't like Watson when he's recording urban environments
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"Creatures of the Dark (Night)" ends with the first verse of "Horst-Wessel-Lied"! This is probably the first instance of which I know, where a Third Reich march is used outside of martial industrial and power electronics.
It seems that the vocalist on the main tracks is different from the one on the bonus ones, and unfortunately I like only the latter.
For fans of This Heat
Haven't heard anything else by her, but this is like the equivalent of Sufjan Steven's "Enjoy Your Rabbit" - with its great stylistic shift on the sophomore longer project (avoided to say this, too, is an album!)
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