ulrich schnauss - 'goodbye' [third lp, finally]

exactly. repeat

dont judge a book by its samples

So I've been re-listening to Medusa Edit, and after being inititially unsure, it's really really grown on me.

The first 'verse' is thoroughly addictive - I love the skewed electric guitar sound coupled with the key changes in the baseline.

Shine seems to have disappeared for some reason though (first one to say 'coz it's shit' will win a as-yet-to-be-decided prize).

Wow, he seem to have taken the shoegaze influence a little too seriously this time. It's not bad, but it's no Far Away Trains Passing By (and obviously, not trying to be).

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July 10, dream-popping foot-looker Ulrich Schnauss will release his third LP, the gauzy Goodbye, on Domino Records. Canned in his native Kiel, Germany, Goodbye reflects a period of steely, self-imposed isolation as a kickstart to creativity; kind of like Bowie's Low, or Liars' Drum's Not Dead, or Scorpions' "Wind of Change," or basically every other record ever recorded in Germany.

 

Before the Goodbye comes the fond hug of the Quicksand Memory EP, due May 22. Quicksand features an edit of Goodbye's "Medusa", a collaboration with Rob McVey of UK act Longview (for which Schnauss plays keys), and a pair of remixes of older Ulrich songs by Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie.

 

Catch Schnauss on the ones and twos at London's Roxy Bar April 14.

 

Hello, Goodbye:

 

01 Never Be the Same

02 Shine

03 Stars

04 Einfeld

05 In Between the Years

06 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

07 A Song About Hope

08 Medusa

09 Goodbye

10 For Good

an EP first ... that's tight

  playbynumbers said:

July 10, dream-popping foot-looker Ulrich Schnauss will release his third LP, the gauzy Goodbye, on Domino Records. Canned in his native Kiel, Germany, Goodbye reflects a period of steely, self-imposed isolation as a kickstart to creativity; kind of like Bowie's Low, or Liars' Drum's Not Dead, or Scorpions' "Wind of Change," or basically every other record ever recorded in Germany.

 

Before the Goodbye comes the fond hug of the Quicksand Memory EP, due May 22. Quicksand features an edit of Goodbye's "Medusa", a collaboration with Rob McVey of UK act Longview (for which Schnauss plays keys), and a pair of remixes of older Ulrich songs by Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie.

 

Catch Schnauss on the ones and twos at London's Roxy Bar April 14.

 

Hello, Goodbye:

 

01 Never Be the Same

02 Shine

03 Stars

04 Einfeld

05 In Between the Years

06 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

07 A Song About Hope

08 Medusa

09 Goodbye

10 For Good

Very nice - great to have a confirmed date, as well.

holy fuck buckets, the album leaked ... d/ling now

edit: all right, i've given it a few listens. it's very good ... four standout tracks (here today gone tomorrow, never be the same, stars, medusa), the rest are consistent but pretty mediocre. there aren't any terrible tracks, at least.

as for the sound of the album; lots of vocals, i suppose guest vocalists; ultimately a very straightforward pop/shoegaze album, there isn't a trace of electronic music to be found. it's much more in the vein of ASIP, further away from FATPB and his earlier stuff.

overall i'd say the album is a shade worse than ASIP, which was itself a shade worse than FATPB; still it has four of the best tracks i've heard so far this year

  playbynumbers said:

holy fuck buckets, the album leaked ... d/ling now

 

 

 

 

 

edit: all right, i've given it a few listens. it's very good ... four standout tracks (here today gone tomorrow, never be the same, stars, medusa), the rest are consistent but pretty mediocre. there aren't any terrible tracks, at least.

 

as for the sound of the album; lots of vocals, i suppose guest vocalists; ultimately a very straightforward pop/shoegaze album, there isn't a trace of electronic music to be found. it's much more in the vein of ASIP, further away from FATPB and his earlier stuff.

 

overall i'd say the album is a shade worse than ASIP, which was itself a shade worse than FATPB; still it has four of the best tracks i've heard so far this year

I didn't like the samples much, anything as self-assured and well-paced as Monday Paracetamol on there?

stars, maybe? though i don't think i know precisely what "self-assured" and "well-paced" mean. stars is the best track i've heard so far this year though.

Damn, I wish I hadn't visited this thread just now.

Temptation to download...too..strong........must...resist!

Right, not downloading the whole thing, but I've just gone with Stars, based on the above - my god, this is good!

I really like the samples at his myspace! brilliant stuff and far better than all the stuff on his 2 other albums...

the leeked copy is it unmastered?

far away trains was mediocre, a stangely was way better, this seems to be the best one from the medusa sample wich will also be on the album..

the leaked copy is mastered, it's just a fairly low bitrate ... and this is not his best album

weetabix frenetic electronic music attack#35

that's hot

not so different to the previous albums.. (that i love) just a few listenings but overall is good

like a lot "09 goodbye", just can't stop listening that track.

heard Shine, A song About Hope, Einfeld....all TOP NOTCH TRACK!!!! THIS WILL BE A GREAT ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW :O :D

  playbynumbers said:

... and this is not his best album

Not about to flame, as it all comes down to tastes in the end.

Whilst I haven't heard the album yet, I'm going to hazard a guess and agree with Archrival.

The 3 tracks that I have heard have been absolutely gorgeous. I'm a fan of both Far Away Trains... and ..Isolated Place, but I think that Ulrich's sound has progressed for the better with each progressive album. In fact that's a lie - to my ears, he seems to improve with ever remix he releases (I happen to think that Ulrich is one of the best remixers working today).

Sound evolution is something that haunt an artist, as he runs the danger of alienating his or her core audience who've been with them since the beginning; this is something that has happened to the likes of Radiohead and BoC, to name but two examples.

From what I have heard of Goodbye, the sound shouldn't really be a massive change to any ardent followers of his work, as all of his recent remix work has gradually taken on the sound that he has adopted for Goodbye.

(1) you haven't heard the album. you've heard clips of the better tracks on the album ...

(2) i'd say i'm a reasonably "ardent follower of his work." i bought far away trains in late 2001; i own most of his remixes on vinyl; i've met the guy, for god's sake. and as an ardent follower of his work, i can tell you, he's gone fully into a sort of cheesy europop/shoegaze mode; the melodies aren't really there. there are four great tracks on this album, as i said, but as a whole it's certainly his worst

and his last few remixes have sucked balls, particularly the howling bells one. also this isn't imo, it's fact (lol)

Agree to disagree, and all that.

PBN is right - the melodies are just simply not there. It`s an ok album but it`s a shadow of the emotional hooks he managed on the first two albums

just my opinion...

Agree with PBN. Faw Away Trains was his best album, and he's gone completely shoegaze/dreampop here, and it gets very cheesy. It's not by any means bad, but it certainly isn't the music I'd want to hear from him.

And some punch Archrival please.

amazon says June 21st:

i must say this album sounds like a straight up tribute to Cocteau Twins and Lush, with some late Slowdive thrown in.

  tidbit said:

nu-gaze