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Not sure to make of Iceage yet. The description of "acclaimed Danish art punks" predictably reeled me in, but the first song sounded (to me) like something from the Britpop era, the second was a bit more punky but then broke into Will the Circle Be Unbroken.
 
Crayola-Kid said:
Not sure to make of Iceage yet. The description of "acclaimed Danish art punks" predictably reeled me in, but the first song sounded (to me) like something from the Britpop era, the second was a bit more punky but then broke into Will the Circle Be Unbroken.
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I must admit I never love them. They’re not worthy of the hype. Every single record I try and it’s just a bit meh
 
About to stick on the Squid record. Got tickets for them the other day but sometimes the vocals remind me of Enter Shikari and I can’t get it out my head. Starting to irritate me :lol:
 
I'm finding that listening to the Sonic Boom remix album is a very similar experience to listening to the original album, despite the two "new" songs. It does look very nice though.
 
Listened to squid first thing yesterday. Was a bit too intense for that time of day! Will try again later. As said, loving the Gojira album. Weezers very weezer. Much preferred the ok human album (which I thought I’d hate). I’ll get round to Teenage fan club today.
 
My summary of the weekend's listening (although three of the albums were listened to on catch up and two of them were amongst @chunkylover53's albums of the week last week. Quite a big week for singer songwriters, as it goes:

Beachy Head: they're kind of a supergroup, as they include members of both Slowdive and The Flaming Lips. Very much of the dream pop genre given that much of it consists of shimmering shards of sepulchral sheep shearers. Sounds like you imagine Ride sound like, only they don't. I like it.
Carter Tanton: singer songwriter. He's been around for a good while, making good almost, but not quite, great albums. This is another. Quite low key and always interesting.
Will Stratton: I like this a lot. Quite early Sufjanesque at times and quietly angry. Very good!
Squid: they're good. Punk/funk/jazz/krautrock hybrid with Byrnesque vocals.
Dorothea Paas: singer songwriter number 3. She has a very pure voice and is a little bit Joanie Mitchell. Highly promising
Indigo Sparke: this came out about 3 months back. Another singer songwriter. Mixes up slightly rockier songs (think Jesus and Marychain in their quieter moments) with some that are more introspective. Pretty good.
Tony Allen: final (posthumous) album from the legendary percussionist. Lots of guests, bit of an Afrobeat-hiphop mash up. Enjoyable.
New Order: or Noo Oider, as Max from Hart to Hart would call them. Live album. Very good. You could pick holes and wonder why there's only one song from Technique on there but that's not the point. The soundtrack of a Blu-Ray/DVD they have out.
Daniel Bachman: ambient guitar pieces alongside drones and found sound. Therapeutic.
Natalie Bergman: an uplifting exploration of grief from one half of Wild Belle. It's very gospel tinged at times and extremely, extremely good.
Tony Joe White: posthumous release, put together from songs TJW was recording when he died. Produced by his son and Dan Auerbach. His voice sounds exceptional and the songs are great. Top stuff!
Iceage: intense stuff as always. A bit Bad Seeds, a bit more danceable. All in all very good.
Rosali: singer songwriter number 834. She's more along the lines of Angel Olsen or Sharon Van Etten than the rest. High quality indie rock basically.
Iron & WIne: unreleased archival material. Very good. Not as lo-fi as I thought it might be but not full band material either.
Veik: French three piece. Analogue synths, a little post-punk, a little krautrock. This starts exceptionally but, for me, fades a little as it goes on.
Sophia Kennedy: well, this is interesting in a good way. A weird mix of showtune style songs with synths and odd instrumentation. Kind of deadpan vocals. Really very interesting and very good.

Album of the week: there's a lot that's good this week but it comes down to Natalie Bergman and Sophia Kennedy. Probably just about edged by Natalie Bergman.
 
Arkle said:
My summary of the weekend's listening (although three of the albums were listened to on catch up and two of them were amongst @chunkylover53's albums of the week last week. Quite a big week for singer songwriters, as it goes:

Beachy Head: they're kind of a supergroup, as they include members of both Slowdive and The Flaming Lips. Very much of the dream pop genre given that much of it consists of shimmering shards of sepulchral sheep shearers. Sounds like you imagine Ride sound like, only they don't. I like it.
Carter Tanton: singer songwriter. He's been around for a good while, making good almost, but not quite, great albums. This is another. Quite low key and always interesting.
Will Stratton: I like this a lot. Quite early Sufjanesque at times and quietly angry. Very good!
Squid: they're good. Punk/funk/jazz/krautrock hybrid with Byrnesque vocals.
Dorothea Paas: singer songwriter number 3. She has a very pure voice and is a little bit Joanie Mitchell. Highly promising
Indigo Sparke: this came out about 3 months back. Another singer songwriter. Mixes up slightly rockier songs (think Jesus and Marychain in their quieter moments) with some that are more introspective. Pretty good.
Tony Allen: final (posthumous) album from the legendary percussionist. Lots of guests, bit of an Afrobeat-hiphop mash up. Enjoyable.
New Order: or Noo Oider, as Max from Hart to Hart would call them. Live album. Very good. You could pick holes and wonder why there's only one song from Technique on there but that's not the point. The soundtrack of a Blu-Ray/DVD they have out.
Daniel Bachman: ambient guitar pieces alongside drones and found sound. Therapeutic.
Natalie Bergman: an uplifting exploration of grief from one half of Wild Belle. It's very gospel tinged at times and extremely, extremely good.
Tony Joe White: posthumous release, put together from songs TJW was recording when he died. Produced by his son and Dan Auerbach. His voice sounds exceptional and the songs are great. Top stuff!
Iceage: intense stuff as always. A bit Bad Seeds, a bit more danceable. All in all very good.
Rosali: singer songwriter number 834. She's more along the lines of Angel Olsen or Sharon Van Etten than the rest. High quality indie rock basically.
Iron & WIne: unreleased archival material. Very good. Not as lo-fi as I thought it might be but not full band material either.
Veik: French three piece. Analogue synths, a little post-punk, a little krautrock. This starts exceptionally but, for me, fades a little as it goes on.
Sophia Kennedy: well, this is interesting in a good way. A weird mix of showtune style songs with synths and odd instrumentation. Kind of deadpan vocals. Really very interesting and very good.

Album of the week: there's a lot that's good this week but it comes down to Natalie Bergman and Sophia Kennedy. Probably just about edged by Natalie Bergman.
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Would you like another of my albums of the week? Albeit this week, and not last week?

you would? Excellent

Buffet Lunch
 
Arkle said:
There are new albums this week from Cake Pop, Damien Jurado, Ethan Gold, Fatima Al Qadiri, J. Cole, Johnny Flynn & Robert MacFarlane, Jorja Smith, Juliana Hatfield, Myles Kennedy, Paul Weller, Sarah Neufeld, Sons of Kemet, St Vincent, The Black Keys, The Chills, Old Sea Brigade, Holly Macve, Riley Downing and Matt Berry.
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Another relatively quiet week.

Juliana Hatfield is the stand out there for me, I’ll probably check out The Black Keys and Myles Kennedy as well.
 

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