Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of

  On 5/29/2018 at 7:53 PM, ghOsty said:

ghOsty, on 29 May 2018 - 7:53 PM, said:

 

It's not a bad album by any means, I still enjoy it quite a bit and I think it will continue to grow on me. However, it has a slightly less cohesive feel and there are some weaker moments that in comparison make it seem like a weaker release in comprison to R+7 and GoD, which were both probably his best releases to date.

  On 5/29/2018 at 8:30 PM, Friendly Stranger said:

Friendly Stranger, on 29 May 2018 - 8:30 PM, said:

 

Babylon and Warning are straight up unlistenable while Toys 2 and we'll take it are quite good. The rest is pretty forgettable, but I'm admittedly not a big fan. Just like to hear what he's up to. R + 7 is a great album front to back.

 

Somehow this just isn't 'weird' enough for me. I'm a little surprised by the auto tune. Maybe a move to be more accessible? Or maybe he just likes it.

  On 5/29/2018 at 9:04 PM, Frank Poole said:

Frank Poole, on 29 May 2018 - 9:04 PM, said:

 

I was really hoping for intense moments, a la Mutant Standard. I'll give it a few more listens but overall I'm pretty underwhelmed.

yes

edit: feels a bit dumb to keep promoting it more but ayway.. if anyone hasn't heard the new caretaker album it has been blowing my mind consistently for two months now soon, feels like james caught a sound miles ahead of pop-opn

  On 5/29/2018 at 9:33 PM, jasondonervan said:

"The whole thing is so beautiful and strange and off-kilter and absorbing — a lovely and insular personal pop album, warped beyond all recognition. In its combination of contentment and dread, it feels weirdly resonant in a late-capitalist America where we always feel like we can see societal collapse coming around the next bend in the road. It’s a poignant reminder that those lights in that beautiful Chicago skyline won’t be glittering forever."

 

Album of the week (stereogum)

ugh “weirdly resonant in a late capitalist america”

I can tell I’m going to hate this

  On 5/29/2018 at 2:54 PM, jasondonervan said:

ワンオートリックス・ポイント・ネヴァー

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noice to have a physical compact disctigal vionel arrive!

I have zero interest in opn but I will say that this art direction is dope as shit. everything I've seen from this album looks amazing.

Yeah, the art direction is cool as fuck, definitely picking up a physical copy of this.

  On 5/29/2018 at 8:30 PM, Friendly Stranger said:

Babylon and Warning are straight up unlistenable while Toys 2 and we'll take it are quite good. The rest is pretty forgettable, but I'm admittedly not a big fan. Just like to hear what he's up to. R + 7 is a great album front to back.

 

Somehow this just isn't 'weird' enough for me. I'm a little surprised by the auto tune. Maybe a move to be more accessible? Or maybe he just likes it. 

Only heard snapshots so far, but i don't get the auto-tune either; tbh i was hoping it was just a one-off for Black Snow. Looking forward to the dope t-shirt more than anything else; R+7 is still the pinnacle for me.

  On 5/29/2018 at 3:47 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

"Anyone casually lurking might call him a hack – albeit one with a good work ethic (his latest release is something like his 15th overall, discounting last year’s Good Time film score and countless other extra-curricular activities). Genius, for what it’s worth, is usually coterminous with what some might consider disgrace, and OPN – genius or not – is one of today’s great musical disgraces. Like other artists with unending inventories of main releases, documents, and other ephemera (Nurse With Wound, John Coltrane, Merzbow), OPN makes a point to stay busy. What’s more, his audience follows regardless.

 

Just like label mates Aphex Twin and Autechre, you’re typically left exhausted by an album’s end. The music itself sounds fatigued, worn thin by the elements. A cult figure among the YouTube generation, Lopatin’s erratic style – from pulsing electronica to new age serenity within moments, sometimes simultaneously – imitates the velocity and vulgarity of a 30-minute Vine compilation. Repeated listens of his latest offering ‘Age Of’ has a similarly numbing effect. The whole world and all of history physically passes by– yelling, caressing, judging, pummelling, hand-shaking – in much the super-accelerated fashion at which the age of information seems to be travelling."

 

Loud And Quiet

 

This is the second time I've seen this magazine referenced this week, really enjoying what I've encountered so far. Taking this review with a grain of salt but I find it's stance and scope refreshing.

  On 5/30/2018 at 12:37 AM, Alcofribas said:

I can tell I’m going to hate this

this sounds exactly like the last bon iver record. i guess since it's opn it's about "late stage capitalism" and there's some brilliant concept behind it but even the art is like the bon iver record. 

raycats <3

  On 5/30/2018 at 8:32 AM, zaphod said:

this sounds exactly like the last bon iver record. i guess since it's opn it's about "late stage capitalism" and there's some brilliant concept behind it but even the art is like the bon iver record.

 

Been a long ol' while since a JD review has hit the boards at WATMM towers, but having run through AO a fair few times, I may consider doing so for posterity. Being a self-appointed OPN superfan, my critical words on a new work probably hold about as much water as a thimble to some here, but I can at least commit to giving it a fair and honest crack of the whip.

Forgot I was gonna check out that Bon Iver album, gonna do it today ta

  On 5/30/2018 at 11:02 AM, hello spiral said:

Forgot I was gonna check out that Bon Iver album, gonna do it today ta

he has some cool ideas but too much op1

imo

  On 5/30/2018 at 11:02 AM, hello spiral said:

Forgot I was gonna check out that Bon Iver album, gonna do it today ta

don't do it

It's not like he can't take it, he just won't like it.

  On 5/30/2018 at 2:35 PM, beerwolf said:

 

  On 5/30/2018 at 11:02 AM, hello spiral said:

Forgot I was gonna check out that Bon Iver album, gonna do it today ta

 

don't do it

 

lol

at least skip 715 creeks

  On 5/30/2018 at 10:20 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

fuck i think i overshot with my p4k rating, it's rare that they rate higher than other publications especially when it comes to stalwarts like OPN and autechre (god they are pricks to ae)

 

EDIT: unless it's a really obvious klassik then they don't want to look dumb

 

once again i retract an opinion in this thread and i am now offering 7.6. i know someone already picked this number so if it's on point you win all the gold.

P4K are suckers for autotune so they will give it a 9.1

Oneohtrix Point Never goes pop, then obliterates it on the excellent Age Of (AV Club)

i like this.

if only Robbie was still here

edit: he's probably lurking in this thread

"I ate the forbidden fruit by listening to the leak. Thinking about leaks induces some dread in me. What if I’ve pissed off my idol by not waiting until the record arrives to the world in sleek digital (and physical) form? But then I’ve already done the pre-order and, and oh well — I gave in anyway."

Review: Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of (Medium)

  On 5/30/2018 at 5:29 AM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 5/29/2018 at 3:47 PM, jasondonervan said:

"Anyone casually lurking might call him a hack – albeit one with a good work ethic (his latest release is something like his 15th overall, discounting last year’s Good Time film score and countless other extra-curricular activities). Genius, for what it’s worth, is usually coterminous with what some might consider disgrace, and OPN – genius or not – is one of today’s great musical disgraces. Like other artists with unending inventories of main releases, documents, and other ephemera (Nurse With Wound, John Coltrane, Merzbow), OPN makes a point to stay busy. What’s more, his audience follows regardless.

 

Just like label mates Aphex Twin and Autechre, you’re typically left exhausted by an album’s end. The music itself sounds fatigued, worn thin by the elements. A cult figure among the YouTube generation, Lopatin’s erratic style – from pulsing electronica to new age serenity within moments, sometimes simultaneously – imitates the velocity and vulgarity of a 30-minute Vine compilation. Repeated listens of his latest offering ‘Age Of’ has a similarly numbing effect. The whole world and all of history physically passes by– yelling, caressing, judging, pummelling, hand-shaking – in much the super-accelerated fashion at which the age of information seems to be travelling."

 

Loud And Quiet

 

This is the second time I've seen this magazine referenced this week, really enjoying what I've encountered so far. Taking this review with a grain of salt but I find it's stance and scope refreshing.

 

Age Of Reviews Of Reviews Of Age Of

  On 5/26/2018 at 7:08 AM, Jaazeps said:

I feel like this is the most accessible album he's made since at least before signing to Warp.

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