TH: For those who always wondered what an album's worth of intros sounds like

  On 6/4/2013 at 1:25 PM, modey said:

I actually quite like the more crisp, digital sound

It wasn't overdone either. No idea how much of it was deliberate versus say, just an end product in their experimenting, but they liberated themselves from their trademark sound. There has been so much invested in their methods and distinct aesthetic and likewise in terms of influence and appeal and they really broke away from that on this album without completely discarding it. I loved it.

I feel a bit crazy, but I actually feel like most of the tracks evolved and were far more dynamic than many of their past songs. Perhaps I'll see where the criticism is coming from after another listen or too. Right now, I have the complete opposite opinion.

There's also something to be said for the effect of holding back to leave a sense of intrigue and mystery.

Tomorrow's Harvest sort of plays hard-to-get, and I likes it.

OP probably thinks Corsair sounds unfinished too.

i didn't feel this way upon listening yesterday, because the whole impact of the event left me breathless, but i have other qualms

Maybe you should ditch BOC for Faith era Cure? Probably a bit more up your street.

  On 6/4/2013 at 9:48 PM, beerwolf said:

Maybe you should ditch BOC for Faith era Cure? Probably a bit more up your street.

there's always 800% slower justin bieber youtubes

i too feel the album kinda 'resolves into nothing'. it's good, but there is no gratification. i liked the event more than the substance of it and have no real desire to revisite the album. i felt reach for the dead was purposely unresolved to make us want more but now i think every track kinda sounds like that. it's weird. i guess after 8 years i expected something polished and thought-out to the absolute maximum, like geogaddi. now that's a finished album. it makes me sad to think this is probably the last boc for a long while. TCH was more underwhelming, but at least there was hope for new stuff very soon. not so much now.

edit: and the intro horn annoys me. i just can't stomach it.

Yeah what a bunch of bullshit, I can't believe this fucking thing. It has proven that the world is for shit and nothing is fun anymore. I hate existence and everything else that happens because I hate it. Fuck intro horns they make me sick.

Am I doing it right?

Lumpy you spoilsport

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sounds like more people dislike the album than like it? =(

I like it, but maybe that's because i'm not a fanboy who expected more children's voice samples and bleary analogue synths.

My impression is that most people dig it.

i put it on shuffle today and found it highly enjoyable.

sorry verticalstomach.

I need to take a hint from my avatar

just try going into the album once thinking of it as being like zoetrope, except less happy and with beats. its not about the payoffs, its about the ways it all stays consistent without exactly repeating.

  On 6/5/2013 at 6:18 AM, taphead said:

just try going into the album once thinking of it as being like zoetrope, except less happy and with beats. its not about the payoffs, its about the ways it all stays consistent without exactly repeating.

This is what's best in life.

  On 6/5/2013 at 12:15 PM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

guess what? they don't owe you anything.

 

end thread

what about my 4 pack of snickers

  On 6/5/2013 at 2:58 AM, disoriental express said:

Yeah what a bunch of bullshit, I can't believe this fucking thing. It has proven that the world is for shit and nothing is fun anymore. I hate existence and everything else that happens because I hate it. Fuck intro horns they make me sick.

 

Am I doing it right?

Ask Panda Bear

I don't get most of the criticism for this record, but then I really like it, so why should I care?

THE BROTHERS betrayed me with this album!

  On 6/5/2013 at 1:06 PM, Friendly Foil said:

THE BROTHERS betrayed me with this album!

leave the brothers alone or youll have 2 go through me

trust me you dont want to i'll smash you with the force of a million gravitys

now if ull excuse me, a real fan (me) has some octagons to draw

lol

  On 6/5/2013 at 2:58 AM, disoriental express said:

Fuck intro horns they make me sick.

I can't stop laughing at this

  On 6/6/2013 at 5:07 AM, feralkittens said:

 

  On 6/5/2013 at 2:58 AM, disoriental express said:

Fuck intro horns they make me sick.

I can't stop laughing at this

 

Intro horns are a bit funny.

The intro horn/synth pattern makes me think of a 80's corporate video/commercial intro with logo.

They've mentioned loving those little bits at the start and end of shows before. I used to have a collection of those I taped off my old vhs tapes. I enjoy them myself.

But I was just laughing at the idea of someone being grouchy enough to say intro horns make them sick haha.