Baths - Obsidian

Baths - Obsidian (May 28, Anticon)

01 Worsening
02 Miasma Sky
03 Ironworks
04 Ossuary
05 Incompatible
06 No Eyes
07 Phaedra
08 No Past Lives
09 Earth Death
10 Inter

Listen to "Miasma Sky":

http://pitchfork.com/news/49804-baths-announces-new-album-obsidian-shares-track-miasma-sky-tours-with-the-postal-service/

i enjoyed that. excited for this album!

Was never sure about baths. will give his last album another listen.

Ok I get it now. Cerulean starts slowly but really picks up around Rafting/Hall/Excuse to travel/Rain Smell. or maybe it just started to make sense around there

Streaming early on P4K. Sounds pleasant so far.

http://pitchfork.com/advance/114-obsidian/

Baths positive sidenote: he is another one of the somewhat rare breed of eclectronic musicians that have awesome sideburns

i think he cut them actually. in recent photos.

lame

I've joined his live act and going on US tour this week.. I've tried to incorporate machinedrum and op1 as best i can. A million midi signals going on, it's scary. Come out and heckle!

  On 5/21/2013 at 8:39 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

i think he cut them actually. in recent photos.

  On 5/21/2013 at 9:12 PM, Salvatorin said:

lame

they should form a side project:

Shaves

Excited to hear this, Cerulean was wicked.

  On 5/21/2013 at 11:23 PM, morgang said:

I've joined his live act and going on US tour this week.. I've tried to incorporate machinedrum and op1 as best i can. A million midi signals going on, it's scary. Come out and heckle!

good for you! have a blast.

  On 5/22/2013 at 6:16 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

 

  On 5/21/2013 at 11:23 PM, morgang said:

I've joined his live act and going on US tour this week.. I've tried to incorporate machinedrum and op1 as best i can. A million midi signals going on, it's scary. Come out and heckle!

 

good for you! have a blast.

Thanks!! I WILL

first listen.

enjoying so far. reminds me of ben christophers (who i love)

did he just say "nurse this erection back to full health"? or infliction maybe

  On 5/29/2013 at 10:59 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

first listen.

 

enjoying so far. reminds me of ben christophers (who i love)

 

did he just say "nurse this erection back to full health"? or infliction maybe

Yes, erection.

In my ears really boring.

I think this may be the 2nd great album of 2013 so far. really enjoying it. only complaint would be it's shortness, which in itself is a compliment i suppose

  On 6/3/2013 at 6:46 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

I think this may be the 2nd great album of 2013 so far. really enjoying it. only complaint would be it's shortness, which in itself is a compliment i suppose

What is your first?

the bowie album. been listening to it a lot

production = pretty great, vocals = terrible

Been seriously enjoying this record. Will seems like a great, talented guy. Excited to see him this October in Ithaca.

had a dream where I was trying to back out of a driveway and "worsening" was playing so loud that I couldn't focus so I tried to turn it down or off and the volume control in the car wouldn't work, I was halfway backed out of my spot but it started to make me so anxious that I put the car in park and ran away, then I saw raven from teen titans and told her my plight but she just disappeared...

I enjoyed this, it's a very moody album. It's like old school emo lyrics with electronic beats or the vibe I get from listening to The Cure or Smashing Pumpkins - gorgeous but very melancholy music. It really picks up at the end too (as Jimmy mentioned), the last 3 tracks are my favorite. "No Past Lives" a few times, very unique track. That silly piano sample plays just long enough before the main riff comes in, love the start/stop feel of it:

  On 6/26/2013 at 3:44 AM, zero said:

production = pretty great, vocals = terrible

I have to say I always notice non-dance electronic albums like this (Apparat and Dntel/Postal Service come to mind) where the producer sings or has a core vocal part in each song seem to polarize certain listeners. It's like the opposite of rock music where playing instrumental music is riskier than not - having very personal and full-fledged lyrics seems risky for electronic producers. It's often a turn-off. I remember seeing someone (Beerwolf maybe?) say they could not listen to the xx because he hated Romy's vocals.