Balam Acab - See Birds EP

1. See Birds (Moon)

2. Regret Mistakes

3. Big Boy

4. Dream Out

5. See Birds (Sun)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPsiiyrLxS4

balam acab has got my attention

that beat is nice. thought it was worth a mention.

boomkat

gobs n' gobs u good with extra extra o's

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To say we've been waiting for this one would be a pretty big understatement. This is the debut release from two of the most exciting

prospects in 2010, Drag House generator Balam Acab and Robin Carolan-ov-XXJFG's hugely anticipated Tri Angle records. As has been documented

pretty much everywhere from Pitchfork to the Guardian, Balam Acab make tormented, ghoulish pop laden with mystic imagery and an unheimlich

awareness of underground hiphop movements. It's entirely the work of Ithaca-based college student Alec Koone, making reference to the bewitching

pop of Drag elders Salem but also genuinely worthy of comparisons to Burial, albeit at a sumptuously screwed Fug-hop tempo. 'See Birds (moon)' is the

addictive opener, an exquisitely ethereal experience centred around two pitchbent voices in a ghostly call and response mode set to codeine slow

R'n'B bumps. The creaking 'Regret Making Mistakes' follows, working the drowsy intangibility of Forest Swords into an affected chamber pop gem,

and then there's the smudged synth glow of 'Dream Out', a genius piece of work perhaps imaging Grouper in a deep dubstep swoon. Whatever the

comparisons though, Balam Acab has created something without direct precedent, which considerately, and intuitively, feels like a logical sidestep

in the right direction. Watch out for this label, big things are afoot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3NjyMSUSAo

sounds ok. cant imagine why this is so freakin hyped up though.

i can - listen to those vocal bits

simply enchanting

sounds awesome, definitely gonna get this....

it's pretty cool. i haven't found a proper release tho yet. See Birds is a great song.

  On 8/16/2010 at 11:51 PM, kelvanE said:

it's pretty cool. i haven't found a proper release tho yet. See Birds is a great song.

Look harder.

  On 8/16/2010 at 11:51 PM, kelvanE said:

See Birds is a great song.

i'm going on a seebird diet.

when i see birds, i eat them.

  On 8/17/2010 at 12:18 PM, Backson said:

i'm going on a seebird diet.

 

when i see birds, i eat them.

This is next levelness.............

ok yea, after a few more listens, this is pretty dope

edit: ok after spending the day with this i dont get the hype. its enjoyable but its not groundbreaking nor i find it special. im def going to listen more though.l

  On 8/18/2010 at 3:11 PM, jules said:

ok yea, after a few more listens, this is pretty dope

 

edit: ok after spending the day with this i dont get the hype. its enjoyable but its not groundbreaking nor i find it special. im def going to listen more though.l

Right there with you, this is pretty good. I like it, but it kind of just sounds like a wonkier version of Burial really...

Also found that Boomkat writeup a little nauseating. I know they have records to sell, but I've only just heard of this artist and "genre" within the last week or two (granted I may be a bit behind the times). Have they really been waiting for this for that long? Is he really most exciting prospects in 2010? Not the artist's fault at all, but geez...

yeah, as much as I love the drag scene, pitchfork and boomkat are giving it a huge leg-up for no reason other than the fact that they want to say they discovered it.

from what I've heard, this is good stuff but not world shaking.

and what is world shaking?

justin bieber

indeed