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PurpleLover
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I looked up What Burns Never Returns and I was like "Wait...that album cover...." Now I finally know where your avatar is from =P
I wishlisted that; hopefully I'll get to listen to it before too long. Thanks for the recommendation!
I wishlisted that; hopefully I'll get to listen to it before too long. Thanks for the recommendation!
Ttynow .webs.com
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No problem 
Since my brother thought it would be funny to boot me off of the internet yesterday, and make us have to call the internet company because he did it wrong, I wrote a few reviews on notepad, here's #7:
#7: Panda Bear: Person Pitch
Ah, yes. This overhyped thing. I usually hate pitchfork-hyped indie crap, but this is awesome! (same thing goes with most of Animal Collective's stuff. I don't understand the amount of hate that goes around AnCo) This album, made by the ledgendary Pitchfork god Panda Bear, gained lots of attention back in '07, claiming a "love it or hate it" status among the music nerd croud. I personally love this album. I'm a sucker for minimalism and repetition, so I was pretty much in love with the album by the first track. I honestly didn't want to like this album, either, because I hated the Animal Collective fans. After I finally accepted the fact that this album is actually good, it started to clirab my personal top abum charts.
The first track, Comfy In Nautica, is a happy, sunny track that features the repetition I love, with beautiful reverberated vocals, and I swear to god Panda Bear sampled himself on this song. If you've heard his rarer solo album, Young Prayer, you should be able to recognize the clapping from Untitled 5 in the background. I could be mistaken, though. The next song, Take Pills, opens with an unidenifiable sound, that serves as a form of percussion in the background, making way for Panda Bear's hazy, harmonized vocals. once the first part is over, an acoustic guitar sample comes in and ups the tempo a bit. The song is more upbeat at this point. Sure, I have no Idea what on earth the Panda Bro is saying, but I like what I hear. the song takes a stop with that sound that an airplane makes when it tells you to put your seatbelt on. There's some arabient noise and then the song fades into nothing. The most recognized song on the album, Bros, is one of the long songs on the album. It's the most repetitive, and it evolves very slowly, but if you listen close enough, you'll be able to hear lots of subtle noises. From the odd crying and screaming samples to the sound of passing cars, and much more. about halfway through the song, it begins to go somewheres. It features a new guitar sample and the sound of slowed speech. the vocals shift a bit, and don't seem to be saying much, but that's okay. This song is one of the two twelve minute songs, clocking in at exactly 12:30, which seems to go by really fast, and seems like 6.00 rather than 12:30. That's a pretty hard feat, too. The next song, (a personal favourite) I'm Not features creepy gothic voices in the background and a drum pattern you'd expect in a downtempo electronica song. And then you've got Noah Lennox's Gorgeous vocals on top of that. My absolute favourite of the record, Good Girl/Carrots is the best 12:00 song here. it's 12 seconRAB longer than Bros, but is it ever good! it features alien-eque vocals in the first part, in a soup of unidentifiable samples from lord knows where. The second part of the song, is much more happy and upbeat, with ledgible lyrics this time. I love the parts where the vocals on part two are reverberated, which makes the song even more hazy. In the background, there are plenty of echoey zooms and swooshes, which contributes to the atmosphere of the piece. the next part, starts out with a groovy, gothic sounding intro, and takes a music-box-esque turn, with an early Kraftwerk sample. Lennox's vocals are as hazy as ever on the third part, with those signature harmonies he used with his band Animal Collective. the next track Search For Delicious is a droney-arabient song, which extremely stunning, sonically, with little glimpses of Panda Bro's voice, in a stew of repetition and atmosphere. The last song, Ponytail, Is a nice ending to a near-perfect album. It reminRAB me of a videogame I had when I was younger, for some reason. This is a fantastic Minimalist-pop album. Even if you don't like it, at least understand the appeal. (And no, B cuz der on druuugz an teh hiptas think der kewl cuz dere rebelz is not a valid answer. Think musically.)
Ah, yes. This overhyped thing. I usually hate pitchfork-hyped indie crap, but this is awesome! (same thing goes with most of Animal Collective's stuff. I don't understand the amount of hate that goes around AnCo) This album, made by the ledgendary Pitchfork god Panda Bear, gained lots of attention back in '07, claiming a "love it or hate it" status among the music nerd croud. I personally love this album. I'm a sucker for minimalism and repetition, so I was pretty much in love with the album by the first track. I honestly didn't want to like this album, either, because I hated the Animal Collective fans. After I finally accepted the fact that this album is actually good, it started to clirab my personal top abum charts.
The first track, Comfy In Nautica, is a happy, sunny track that features the repetition I love, with beautiful reverberated vocals, and I swear to god Panda Bear sampled himself on this song. If you've heard his rarer solo album, Young Prayer, you should be able to recognize the clapping from Untitled 5 in the background. I could be mistaken, though. The next song, Take Pills, opens with an unidenifiable sound, that serves as a form of percussion in the background, making way for Panda Bear's hazy, harmonized vocals. once the first part is over, an acoustic guitar sample comes in and ups the tempo a bit. The song is more upbeat at this point. Sure, I have no Idea what on earth the Panda Bro is saying, but I like what I hear. the song takes a stop with that sound that an airplane makes when it tells you to put your seatbelt on. There's some arabient noise and then the song fades into nothing. The most recognized song on the album, Bros, is one of the long songs on the album. It's the most repetitive, and it evolves very slowly, but if you listen close enough, you'll be able to hear lots of subtle noises. From the odd crying and screaming samples to the sound of passing cars, and much more. about halfway through the song, it begins to go somewheres. It features a new guitar sample and the sound of slowed speech. the vocals shift a bit, and don't seem to be saying much, but that's okay. This song is one of the two twelve minute songs, clocking in at exactly 12:30, which seems to go by really fast, and seems like 6.00 rather than 12:30. That's a pretty hard feat, too. The next song, (a personal favourite) I'm Not features creepy gothic voices in the background and a drum pattern you'd expect in a downtempo electronica song. And then you've got Noah Lennox's Gorgeous vocals on top of that. My absolute favourite of the record, Good Girl/Carrots is the best 12:00 song here. it's 12 seconRAB longer than Bros, but is it ever good! it features alien-eque vocals in the first part, in a soup of unidentifiable samples from lord knows where. The second part of the song, is much more happy and upbeat, with ledgible lyrics this time. I love the parts where the vocals on part two are reverberated, which makes the song even more hazy. In the background, there are plenty of echoey zooms and swooshes, which contributes to the atmosphere of the piece. the next part, starts out with a groovy, gothic sounding intro, and takes a music-box-esque turn, with an early Kraftwerk sample. Lennox's vocals are as hazy as ever on the third part, with those signature harmonies he used with his band Animal Collective. the next track Search For Delicious is a droney-arabient song, which extremely stunning, sonically, with little glimpses of Panda Bro's voice, in a stew of repetition and atmosphere. The last song, Ponytail, Is a nice ending to a near-perfect album. It reminRAB me of a videogame I had when I was younger, for some reason. This is a fantastic Minimalist-pop album. Even if you don't like it, at least understand the appeal. (And no, B cuz der on druuugz an teh hiptas think der kewl cuz dere rebelz is not a valid answer. Think musically.)
Lavern logel
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#1: BoarRAB Of Canada: Geogaddi
I would write a review in detail about this but because of the 23 tracks, and the fact that it melted my brain and still manages to melt my brain to this very day it won't fit within the character limit.
I would write a review in detail about this but because of the 23 tracks, and the fact that it melted my brain and still manages to melt my brain to this very day it won't fit within the character limit.
purplepassionhll
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I really need to listen to DrukQs now. I love Aphex Twin, but that's an album I just haven't gotten around to hearing yet.
214 Metroline
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Oh, yeah. their first album is amazing but total life forever is just an ordinary indie album. nothing really original.
i recommend you get Antidotes and if you really want to, get Total life.
i recommend you get Antidotes and if you really want to, get Total life.
bonjovifan
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I said "bizarre" not "obscure." I meant too much of the music has a weird sound, like Neu!. And I didn't say ALL the music is like that, I know Sigur Ros isn't. However, the Kona Triangle album is obscure. As of right now it doesn't have a Wikipedia article.
Obviously most people on this thread don't like what I'm saying so I'll butt out.
Obviously most people on this thread don't like what I'm saying so I'll butt out.
monkeylovespeanuts
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This one goes out to Keith!:
#18: Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
If you were on the shoutbox last night, you would be well aware of my crush on panda bear. I mean, how is this not cute? He's not just good looking, he's one of the coolest merabers of animal collective. and damn, this album is good! Chores is one of my one of my favorite songs EVAR! For Reverend Green (vocals courtesy of the legendary Avey Tare) is another favorite, with the screamed lyrics and the unidentifiable backing instrument in the background. There's lots of instrument blurring on Strawberry Jam. You can't tell if it's electronics or if it's the real deal. If that happens, there's a big chance that you make awesome music. (see: Battles)
If you were on the shoutbox last night, you would be well aware of my crush on panda bear. I mean, how is this not cute? He's not just good looking, he's one of the coolest merabers of animal collective. and damn, this album is good! Chores is one of my one of my favorite songs EVAR! For Reverend Green (vocals courtesy of the legendary Avey Tare) is another favorite, with the screamed lyrics and the unidentifiable backing instrument in the background. There's lots of instrument blurring on Strawberry Jam. You can't tell if it's electronics or if it's the real deal. If that happens, there's a big chance that you make awesome music. (see: Battles)
hehe... you've been around BOC fanboys? As a meraber of the BOC forum Twoism, I come around some pretty bad ones. Also, the fanboys on the We Are The Music Makers forums can be pretty bad, but not as bad as the Twoismers.
And I've always seen Amon Tobin as an IDM act (especially on this album) because he wasn't slow enough to be any kind of Trip-Hop, and he isn't jazzy enough to be an electronic jazz artist, so I could only come up with the conclusion that he could belong in the dumping ground of IDM.
Also, I've been meaning to check out the Splinter Cell soundtrack, but for some reason, I have something against soundtracks, and there are a few that I've been meaning to DL, like the Inception Soundtrack (the music in that movie kicked major arse). I might get around to doing it.
And I've always seen Amon Tobin as an IDM act (especially on this album) because he wasn't slow enough to be any kind of Trip-Hop, and he isn't jazzy enough to be an electronic jazz artist, so I could only come up with the conclusion that he could belong in the dumping ground of IDM.
Also, I've been meaning to check out the Splinter Cell soundtrack, but for some reason, I have something against soundtracks, and there are a few that I've been meaning to DL, like the Inception Soundtrack (the music in that movie kicked major arse). I might get around to doing it.