Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - Tall Tales / Back In The Game

Controversial Opinion: I quite like it. 

Copy/paste gif from other thread

I’m conflicted on this one because I do like some aspects of the song. I think the weird horn-like notes that come in throughout is my favorite, but the song itself really goes no where. It seems more like Mark Pritchard saying “hi I’ve been gone for 5 years I’m back” and it feels more like an intro track than a single.

Love Mark and am used to his minimalism but this is a bit of a mid one. It might grow on me but I don’t know. I’m gonna look real stupid telling my alt station about how great Mark is and then they hear this.

Yeah. It might grow. Not an instant fan, but it’s not off- putting or anything. It doesn’t sound like somewhere between 90’s Reload/Evolution and Kid A Radiohead. I guess I was hoping for the best of both worlds. Instead they went elsewhere. Bit unexpected. 
 

It’s OK.

# computer 

That live recording you put in the OP really helps.  This is basically a Fad Gadget track, very bleak.  The bass line in the first section is great and very circus evil, but they change away from it pretty quick by getting into the chord progression in the verses.  It's just weird because the bass is actually a very rhythmic line but it needs big drums to show that - but the studio version kills all the drums and focuses on showing off perfect synths and adds Mark's ambient vibe and super clean production.  Then the colourful video is even more confusing.  It's almost like the overdose of Englishness, subtlety and understatement has neutered the core vibe the track has.  This is a nasty piece of work and should present as such, where is the dirt and mean-ness?  That's not what Mark does though is it.

I'm eager for the album.

Not sure if we’re getting a new song or a whole album tomorrow, but I’m here for it. 

Lmao wtf is this

  On 3/9/2025 at 2:48 PM, hayhook said:

 

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Is Fom singing to a different track ?

Such a fucking terrible title 

  On 3/10/2025 at 8:03 PM, NewSchoolScience said:

Such a fucking terrible title 

I mean... did you hear the song? Goes hand in hand with the title.

Track 2 is dog shit as well!

Okay I get the dislike for Back in the Game as it felt like an opening track but I don’t get the hatred for this one. I’m loving this. Gives me like sad The Postal Service vibes.

I think the production is very Mark. I feel like people are a bit more negative to him now because of his approach to music is a bit different compared to his Global Communication days (which is good but it was never my favorite). 

is this a parody of the trump administration?

  On 2/9/2025 at 7:40 PM, Crazing said:

thom yorke - massive turn off

lol, this, i've always found him unreasonably irritating

huzzah for pritchard though, so many of his myriad projects have had utter bangers

Will be interested to see if Mark releases an instrumental version of the album as he’s done with most of his other releases…

cool video/song

  On 3/11/2025 at 4:51 PM, o00o said:

is this a parody of the trump administration?

I would totally listen to a middle of the road electronic album of Yorke singing recitations of Trump tweets

  On 3/11/2025 at 6:13 PM, hayhook said:

 

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this is actually alright

I'm hoping this release turns more people on Pritchard's past work

https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-pritchard-thom-yorke-announce-debut-album-tall-tales-with-eclectic-single-this-conversation-is-missing-your-voice-3845363?fbclid=IwY2xjawI-1-VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdTvPwQ_OiRnhxLCEwqHptWJBT9GQzU3DZja1f_CNqrpMeGvkEC0InOc2A_aem_voD9tRBeoP2HKI8OPIhF-w#y6kynywzk1hkdx456ub4cyai03tpar5p

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‘Tall Tales’ has been described as a “multi-layered, richly textured record that channels both multiple narratives and multiple genres” in a press release and promises to showcase “Pritchard’s mastery of archaic machines unearthed in synthesizer archives, guiding the music down unexpected and experimental paths,” across the 12 songs that make it up.

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Sounds cool, also nice to see Thom on Warp for the first time 

Now we just need Aphex to release an album on Warp and we could be entering into a new 90s golden age!