Björk - Utopia

  On 9/15/2017 at 9:41 PM, eugene said:

 

re: the new track - arca needs to fuck off asap.

nah

New track is fucking jaw dropping. I can't say that for any other single that I've heard this year

New track is fucking superb.

  On 9/15/2017 at 9:41 PM, eugene said:

re: vespertine and homogenic. i think i discovered pitchfork around the same time vespertine came out, and it was fun browsing reviews for albums i loved to see what that major tastemaker's stance was. but when i saw their rating for those two i remember that i realized clearly that they are full of shit.

 

re: the new track - arca needs to fuck off asap.

i just read ryan schreibers review of vespertine. wow. i think this man has mental issues. it is incredibly painful to read his writing. i know it's not interesting to say "wow pitchfork is very bad" but I am always shocked at how poor the quality of the writing is, let alone the actual opinions and analysis of the music, which is without fail completely incorrect.

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"Hidden Place" opens Vespertine with a glitchy, almost lo-fi melodic loop, paired with the deep sub-bass attack that has dominated the low-end of Björk's music in recent years.

The only Pitchfork reviews worth reading are of reissues, because they're usually really well informed and add a lot of context to the period of the original album. Their reviews of new albums are usually terrible.

Yeah, they've probably read up on what they're reviewing and what the general consensus is for the reissues.

Reissue reviews usually seem to be written by people who are huge fans of the original releases too, which allows them to be both gushing and critical, which is kind of what you need. Most new release reviews read like "I'm not quite sure what to say about this so here are some words that vaguely relate to the album".

  On 9/16/2017 at 9:30 AM, dr lopez said:

 

  On 9/15/2017 at 9:41 PM, eugene said:

re: vespertine and homogenic. i think i discovered pitchfork around the same time vespertine came out, and it was fun browsing reviews for albums i loved to see what that major tastemaker's stance was. but when i saw their rating for those two i remember that i realized clearly that they are full of shit.

 

re: the new track - arca needs to fuck off asap.

 

i just read ryan schreibers review of vespertine. wow. i think this man has mental issues. it is incredibly painful to read his writing. i know it's not interesting to say "wow pitchfork is very bad" but I am always shocked at how poor the quality of the writing is, let alone the actual opinions and analysis of the music, which is without fail completely incorrect.

 

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"Hidden Place" opens Vespertine with a glitchy, almost lo-fi melodic loop, paired with the deep sub-bass attack that has dominated the low-end of Björk's music in recent years.

 

 

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There are so many shitty early pfork reviews - part of their charm TBH -  they'd deleted many along with high ratings for albums that haven't aged well - they were really into lesser known big beat for example

Schreiber's stuff is quite infamous

Still the best Pitchfork review

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9464-shine-on/

  On 9/18/2017 at 3:37 PM, joshuatx said:

There are so many shitty early pfork reviews - part of their charm TBH -  they'd deleted many along with high ratings for albums that haven't aged well - they were really into lesser known big beat for example

 

Schreiber's stuff is quite infamous

Don't forget good ol' Brent DiCrescenzo

  On 9/18/2017 at 6:35 PM, clarktrent said:

 

  On 9/18/2017 at 3:37 PM, joshuatx said:

There are so many shitty early pfork reviews - part of their charm TBH -  they'd deleted many along with high ratings for albums that haven't aged well - they were really into lesser known big beat for example

 

Schreiber's stuff is quite infamous

 

Don't forget good ol' Brent DiCrescenzo

 

I love that, at the bottom of that 2.0/10 garbled nonsense of a review of The Fragile, the first linked review is for an 8.7/10 review of the same album, reissued.

  On 9/16/2017 at 4:49 PM, purlieu said:

The only Pitchfork reviews worth reading are of reissues, because they're usually really well informed and add a lot of context to the period of the original album. Their reviews of new albums are usually terrible.

i dont get the hype around Björk, her voice annoys me on so many leves !

Her new vid's stunning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=409&v=_n0Ps1KWVU0

As for the song, I'm not a fan of the vocal melody, but everything about the backing arrangement is great.  I think I'd prefer an instrumental version (even though she is one of my favorite all time singers...).

Just came here to say that if this thread is anything other than love you are all essentially mad.

Worry not, all is full of love.

Well played.

Good good. I would love to meet her. I bet she's got great conversational skills.

  On 9/20/2017 at 10:57 PM, Polytrix said:

I bet she's got great conversational skills.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/iconoclasts/n12169?snl=1

  On 9/19/2017 at 8:43 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Her new vid's stunning.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=409&v=_n0Ps1KWVU0

damn bjork is amazing

Ew

Halfway between these two

^ Yes, except with more fannies and jizz.