Belong - Realistic IX

New Belong album coming August 9th, 2024. Their first since 2011's 'Common Era'. You can hear 'Image of Love' at the following link:

Tracklisting:

1. Realistic (I'm Still Waiting)

2. Difficult Boy

3. Crucial Years

4. Souvenir

5. Image Of Love

6. Bleach

7. Jealousy

8. AM / PM

Will be available digitally, CD, & vinyl. Preorder here: https://belong.bandcamp.com/album/realistic-ix

I will be all over this.

I’m pumped. I loved October language (especially tracks 1+5) and totally slept on Common era + Color loss. I just thought it sounded too kraut rock or new wavey at the time. I think I had a bad mp3 rip playing over a poor car bluetooth link, not ideal. I was wrong and have a whole new appreciation for the band and Common Era. 
 

These preview tracks sound tight, fuzzy  spacey, good dissonance. I can’t wait 

Another track is now streaming, the closing track:

https://belong.bandcamp.com/track/am-pm?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0PfPX6fGOSwpmk_Jtj0nhFaH9HdszGsamAjH7gzjmxuUFsUxhUUA7-4sI_aem_b5G1AxixJfRebDbmKRGu9A

edit: suddenly forgot how to embed the bandcamp player in here, whoops.

  On 6/28/2024 at 10:12 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

Another track is now streaming, the closing track:

https://belong.bandcamp.com/track/am-pm?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0PfPX6fGOSwpmk_Jtj0nhFaH9HdszGsamAjH7gzjmxuUFsUxhUUA7-4sI_aem_b5G1AxixJfRebDbmKRGu9A

 

edit: suddenly forgot how to embed the bandcamp player in here, whoops.

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Diff but very nice. 

Sounds like this album is going to be worth the wait. I was pretty stoked by the news of a new album. October Language is a classic and I love Common Era too. 

Wow what a nice surprise!

Not sold on the Boomkat previews. Sounds less like them and more like just yet another MBV clone. Will wait to hear it all in full - there's a full listening party today at 7:00 PM GMT+1|.

Listening party is now live.

Youre right, they seemed to have jettisoned the dirty gloomy gothy element this time round and its full-on shiny shoegazer pop. Thats not really too much of an issue for me cause I love me some mbv knockoffs as long as theyre done well. Still a bit of a shame I suppose for the sake of originality.

@Goiter Sanchez Did you get chance to hear it yet? Was so excited for a new album after so many years but this wasn't it (for me.) They've gone full-on MBV and lost what made them different from all the rest.

  On 8/10/2024 at 11:43 AM, fumi said:

@Goiter Sanchez Did you get chance to hear it yet? Was so excited for a new album after so many years but this wasn't it (for me.) They've gone full-on MBV and lost what made them different from all the rest.

I haven't listened to the entire thing yet, no. Will do soon and report my findings.

it's all good.