VHS Head - Phocus (out 7th April 2023)

Kilgrimol Dissolve is still the top track for me, but Drown A Star is starting to grow on me for some reason. I dunno, feel like there's a surreal juxtaposition of, say, 80s pop/high school films and B horror that I can't adequately pinpoint in words, yet it's something only VHS Head can achieve.

  On 4/17/2023 at 9:41 PM, mcbpete said:

Woah, so they did - I don't remember that  (unless the 'old talent' they were referring to was another Skam artist - like the mentioned Team Doyobi):

 

Pitchfork was also furthering the speculation also: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11559-rent-responsibly/

Sample spotting: "Cunning...swift...dangerous beast of the ocean" from "Drown A Star" comes from the beginning monologue in Zaat (1971)

Well I guess I'm in the minority that prefers Persistence of Vision over Trademark Ribbons of Gold, so on first listen I really liked the new one too.

Part of what I like about this (and PoV) is how overwhelmingly dense it is but that also means repeated listens are required to make any sense of it.

Speaking of Trademark Ribbons, finally found this sample:

At 9:47

It's been a hot minute since I've been on here watmm, at least regularly; so from what I understand, we might be getting another tepid release from  VHS Head, a  lukewarm artist, but it's not confirmed, so we're all in suspense waiting for the eventual release of a 6/10 release like TROG? Everyone is in suspense for another discarded release like the last 3 Prefuse 73 albums? =/ This has been done; samples chopped, terribly strung together; it's a high school project.

lol; just realized it's already out. Some good tracks but overall not for me I guess.

  On 4/20/2023 at 7:54 AM, Hugh Mughnus said:

lol; just realized it's already out. Some good tracks but overall not for me I guess.

i mean it's better than like 95% of music to come out in 2023

Another delay on the cd. 12th May!

  On 4/20/2023 at 12:55 PM, dr lopez said:

i mean it's better than like 95% of music to come out in 2023

This is true lol. So far 2023 has been a slow year. I actually re-listened to this and it's p damn good. Fav track is Kilgrimol Dissolve. 

Can consider me somewhat converted

Anyone wanna speculate on when Phasia EP will be released?  

God damn cd release pushed back to May 12th.

  On 4/18/2023 at 3:47 PM, YELLOW said:

Pitchfork was also furthering the speculation also: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11559-rent-responsibly/

Really? Of course, he is not them. Come on Pitchfork from 2009! He is a guy with a name and streams on youtube. Doesn't even sound remotely close to BOC. 2009 was funny. 

Finally got the analog vinyls and am listening now for the first time. It’s not freaking out the cat like TROG does.  I got about 3 hours of sleep in the last two days and the dark and sludgier vibe here (or at least in the first half) is really working for me tbqh. Thanks, Ade. 

edit: Paradise Drive is freaking the cat out, haha

Anyone happen to know where I can get a vinyl copy in the US?

I couldn't get past the third track or so. As impeccably executed as it is, that sort of thing doesn't do as much for me anymore. There are some glitch hop adjacent things I enjoy more like the Hullabalo0 EP I posted about.

I'm really enjoying this still so far

I have a hard time to enjoy his music. It is like alot of looped radio snippets sliced up with  beats on top of that 

  On 5/21/2023 at 9:44 PM, cern said:

I have a hard time to enjoy his music. It is like alot of looped radio snippets sliced up with  beats on top of that 

Yes that's exactly what it is, isn't it? But not radio snippets, sliced up samples from VHS... 

I always thought that was the point was it was music entirely made from stitched up VHS & public access tv + documentary samples. I could be wrong though lol.

Video for Making A Monster (viewable only on YT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-NyFARVjQ

I’m not impressed with this album at all; sounds like random browsing through sample libraries, very weak sense of direction in comparison to the first album

Im aware that Im probably missing something but that’s how i feel about this album - today

  On 5/23/2023 at 12:54 PM, xox said:

I’m not impressed with this album at all; sounds like random browsing through sample libraries, very weak sense of direction in comparison to the first album

Im aware that Im probably missing something but that’s how i feel about this album - today

i get that feeling. the earlier albums were fresh but the cut up styles wears off after a while. 

I dunno. The album I’m listening to sounds like a 3D brain melting bad trip in the best possible way. 

  On 5/23/2023 at 12:04 PM, Uros said:

Video for Making A Monster (viewable only on YT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-NyFARVjQ

 

Aah! First time I've heard Vagina singing on any of his tracks