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warpaint - warpaint

Mike: i am gonna say right now that any album with a track called 'introduction' gives me bad vibes Anna: i wish they'd called it anything else, but i like how it works i just listened to an album by the person who did the music for halo 4 i think they should have hired warpaint Mike: hahahahaahahah maybe Anna: intro into first 'real' song is flawless Mike: this is fair Anna: or i just think so because this is my favorite song there’s no words/seein’s belivin’ Mike: just from the get go this is SOME rhythm section drums/bass are always, always on point and then it actually comes to a climax/takes a turn which is weird because some of these songs that we're getting to just sorta drift for a while Anna: the cynic in me says that's because it's front loaded with singles Mike: oh it's totally front loaded next one is my favorite song reminds me of the joshua tree Anna: wow this is actually one of my less favorite even though i know it's the one that draws a lot of people in Mike: it's the only song with a real Hook love is to die, etc. Anna: haven't figured out what it all means yet some of the other ones i have a hunch this one... idk i guess love is to die Mike: i don't know if it means anything, i dunno if they're really concerned w meaning bon iver apparently puts the effect the words have way before the actual meaning of the words i think these guys do the same Anna: these women ty Mike: oh yeah ur right i try not to think about them like that as dumb as that sounds was talking abt them w/a friend who said something kind of biting abt them getting as far as they have, at least in part, because they're all attractive l.a. girls Anna: surely it doesn't hurt to look like a free people catalog but also both their albums are real good Mike: and i honestly didn't know what they looked like? and then i realized wow wtf she was totally right oh man this beat read an interview where one of the band people said that whenever given the option by the drummer she'd pick the beat that was 'more hip-hop' and one of the things i actually really dig about this album is the rhythm section i think that might be why to some extent Anna: that's a good quote, i hadn't thought about it like that Mike: i know there's something being sung but i just get really into how good the rhythm underlying everything is they're apparently kind of jammy live? which makes a lot of sense this is a band that sounds like they do a LOT of practicing/jamming was not able to watch much of them live (have you seen them) but did read multiple concert reviews describing them as seeming linked together when playing four bodies one mind/goal Anna: i haven't the backing loop at the end of this song, it’s great Mike: oh man yeah i would agree with that also ok this synth thing is... one of the only things that ever really sticks with me about this album like i'll hum this i'm telling u a lot of my problem w/this album is a distinct lack of hummability Anna: this is one of the parts that reminds me of the best things about austra Mike: it seems like they want it to have memorable things/differences song to song but maybe because of all the jamming or something it becomes a mostly homogenous mass Anna: i don't see what you're describing as a weakness it's like a geode or a kaleidoscope, and you see different things as it turns but it comes from one source Mike: i don't think it is a weakness, really? it's just how they are they're on this spectrum between like 'every song must be very different from every other song' and 'phish' and they're closer to phish than most things most things i hear at least i really like it, it's been a good album to put on while cleaning or cooking Anna: this was my driving album for a week or so had to take it out of my car because it was frightening jen it's kinda bleak! if this album were a landscape i think it would be a tundra Mike: foggy but you can see the moon out sorry i've been listening to a lot of crimson also for real trip hop Vibes Anna: i dig it Mike: i like that part a lot it always feels just right they just brought it down for a little bit and it was just right, just the right amount, and now that it's coming back it feels just as considered on joshua tree they gave the album to the producer's wife, said (x) should be first, (y) should be last and then she arranged the songs between (x) and (y) by how much she liked them basically so the hits are the start of the album and then the filler is in the back which is cool in a way Anna: i know you love that joshua tree story also they have the same producer Mike: oh i caught the reference Anna: so disco//very Mike: yet another rly good groove and notice that the bass is in the FRONT AND CENTER louder than everything else Anna: this has to be the most threatening this band has ever been Mike: that jittery guitar line in the back... yes i think these vocals are probably saying something scary or something but there's so much other stuff going on Anna: hey is that a hum Mike: sure sounds like it also this is another pseudo-hip hop drum line and i dig it sorry but it is really rare hearing a drummer/bassist taking risks/leading things Anna: go in is the song where i really feel it the tension is so high, it’s like this mordant jump rope rhyme Mike: the synth is the part i like best i think that one that keeps gradually fading in/out could take or leave the vocals/guitar going along with them Anna: if there were an instrumental version of this album would you never listen to the vocal one again Mike: they contribute, sometimes, but they're not that important to me enjoying the rest of it that part in the songs could be something other than a voice, there could be no words at all, and i'm not sure it would change that much it would also hopefully mean the instruments would have to step up their game a little/get a bit more complex Anna: there are certain lines i really look forward to hearing Mike: oh true like sometimes something emerges out of the ether not careless, not hopeless, you can't bring me down i liked suddenly understanding and it was this part Anna: feeling alright is probably my favorite from the second half Mike: as i recall this cc song doesn't really go anywhere but i Might be wrong Anna: she says "holding out for love" but i think it's about drugs, so if it doesn't go anywhere maybe it makes sense Mike: hm yes nodding song why do you think this one is called drive...... hm.... Anna: it's nice tho it percolates Mike: i just meant because it's like such a night driving song and it reminds me in a very positive way of 'night drive' by chromatics Anna: "i'm a lucky child" is climax enough for me Mike: i think when i started listening to this i was expecting something much more like 'love is to die' over and over again than this this is very textural, more about a conveying a mood than anything specific they all are to varying extents but i expected more song Anna: every track is about the same length but there's not a format it plays really well as a whole i have favorites but i feel they're arbitrary and i could easily change them Mike: it's not a 'favorite song' kind of album really i think it just works for you or it doesn’t Anna: it does but i might be the target audience last song has such last song vibes Mike: no kidding oh hey everything just got slow and ballad-y Anna: when i close my eyes i see a credit rolling one lone credit Mike: moving heavenwards ok you know what it reminds me of four people trying to do something like this live Anna: remember i mentioned the guy who did the halo soundtrack? neil davidge, he produced that massive attack album Mike: wtf... you see what i'm saying though right like big bass/rhythm, ethereal-ass vocals, similar tempo Anna: totally apparently there's a relatively small number of people doing it Mike: it's kind of hard to do better than the people who did it back in the day also ok pitchfork said But while trip-hop has long been derogated as functional lifestyle music, it began as a forward-thinking deconstruction, and the difference between the titans of the genre to which Warpaint has been errantly compared (Portishead, Massive Attack) and the forgotten second tier were the same things that guide pop music from time immemorial: a compelling vocal presence, innovation, a perspective, or more briefly, songs. i actually have a massive soft spot for trip-hop that isn't portishead/massive attack explains why i kept listening to this album i think Anna: why not those two Mike: i don't know if that pitchfork guy really gets it because he's trying to separate the critically acclaimed bands from that time from the lesser ones and trip-hop is all really similar tbqh it's just really rad background music that rewards some concentration if you want to but doesn't demand it would say that's warpaint too Anna: katie n from austra has a better voice but i'd rather listen to warpaint the vibes are chiller

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vampire weekend - modern vampires of the city

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kanye west - yeezus

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king khan and the shrines - idle no more

#king khan #king khan and the shrines #king khan and bbq show #funk #soul #rock #roll #merge records #idle no more #james brown #gfos #music #review #arguments #i know we can work it out #yes we can #i know we can can #antagonism

spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

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washed out - paracosm

#washed out #buzzband #chillwave #carles #well this took a turn #music #review #flowers #embossing #beach #beach vibes #beaches #tiny #umbrella #tiny umbrellas #vibes #naps

björk - homogenic

#bjork #homogenic #music #review #warp records #alexander mcqueen #effusion #no sleep #experimental #one little indian #dolphin noises #dolphin noses #dolphins #vocal control #obsession

porcelain raft - permanent signal

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volcano choir - repave

Anna: the best part of the Pitchfork review was the part where the author was like, “is this the sound of them having fun?” just imagining this music writer like “could this be this concept of ‘fun’ I have heard of” "what if a band was seen to be having fun" Mike: also lol yeah Anna: THEN AGAIN there is no word for “fun” in French and there’s not really a good translation it is not really a concept they grasp culturally Mike: the part i like is that he’s totally baffled like dude it sounds just like bon iver bon iver but with POST ROCK CLIMAXES oh god spotify ad on hold up ok here we go relaxation meditation loofah ad this sounds national-y Anna: yeah that is one of the things i put in my review, “The National if they were kind of inscrutable and goofy” Mike: i wish there was more auto-tune Anna: wow i almost agree with you that might be the edge of over-the-top-ness they need Mike: one of the only things i like about the guy is that he’s not really afraid to fuck up his voice that would be a lot more interesting i think Anna: Lord Huron did it just a little on one song and then backed away from it, which just set it up for failure as an effect they could have just laced the whole album with it Mike: also it would remind me of pony bwoy there was an interview w/those guys where they talked abt how distorting the vocals was an absolutely essential part of their deal Anna: I have to imagine this isn’t an act that’s going to tour, either, so it really could just be the autotuned hothouse flower of an album Mike: no come on these guys could go BIG 3000-5000 men in beards and flannel doing the backing vocals that’s just the BAND we’re not even on the audience yet Anna: is the audience 3000-5000 bearded flannel men singing along Mike: it’s a weird kind of symmetry but i think it’ll work out ok the only merch they’d sell would be pictures of lakes and woodburning kits ok on to comrade i think this has vocals gr8 oh yeah, it does i’ve listened to this album like 8 times and i almost forgot Anna: so speaking of bands on Totally Gross National Product, I was just listening to a new album Moonstone Continuum on my way home and it is also really high-concept 80s imitation Mike: !!! LIKE BETH REST????? Anna: more new-wavey and with some weird skits Mike: also oh boy falsetto/harmony/reverb u MINE that VEIN bon winter ok see how this would be rad with autotune Anna: yes Mike: this refrain here there’s a part on ‘some nights’ that song by fun Anna: also was that a lyric about cornbread just now Mike: believe so jesus… … … Anna: did you see me spend like 20 minutes making fun of Fun this morning Mike: no i like some nights a lot though just the autotune part Anna: no Mike they are responsible for every “oooo oooo oooo oooo” in a song from here until 2015 just no I got an EP today by some band that exists to collect ad campaign placements and seriously 4 out of 5 songs have an “oooo oooo” Mike: oh man i feel like there’s going to be another climax yeah we’re about 2/3 of the way through there’s gotta be Anna: here’s your autotune Mike: THERE WE GO SHIT JUST KICKED IN how bleak is that i heard the weird twisted/processed vocals and was like ah yes they just did this, shit’s about to get real hear the robot voice more of that that works Anna: Justin Verson/Daft Punk/Pharrell collaboration petition Byegone is my least favorite song on here I believe Mike: also hold on let me find this quote real quick “I’m talking about how what happens between people is so misunderstood even between the people who are having the sex. Maybe some of the lyrics on this record are my way of cracking that egg.” “maybe some of the lyrics on this record are my way of cracking that egg” also i’m pretty sure the music for this is in the back of ‘post rock for dummies’ it’s the song you play with your budding band once you’ve worked your way through the exercises Anna: I wake up, nude. Bon Iver turns to me, his shirt open to the third button. Gently, he asks, “Would you like some fresh-baked cornbread?” Mike: oh god he’d have some hair also ok lemme look up these lyrics again “With enough keif You could really bore someone” you know honestly this would probably sound amazing if i was high and had a serious naked juice habit Anna: I was about to say, he’s talking about kefir, right? yeah I hate this chorus, it sounds all Fun Mike: one of those bands where everyone has a drum and during these parts they all just start hitting the drums and screaming guys look feelings over here feelings thunk thunk feelings oh jesus these words “stranded in the housing of our moving housing” did he say that did i mishear that Anna: “heard you’re pretty competent, so why aren’t you confident, it’s something to be softening, so why are you so consummate?” listened to that three times to be sure he wasn’t saying “constipated” Mike: oh hey guess who has another good internet quote Anna: go on Mike: “Talking about the vocal sessions, Rosenau says Vernon ‘basically sang on fully fleshed-out songs, but we got to be there and bounce ideas off each other and laugh and cry and all this shit while he was doing these bananas vocal things that no one had ever heard before!’ ‘The miracle of Volcano Choir is we all trust each other,’ he continues. ‘We have no idea what the hell is going to happen when these people get in front of an instrument or microphone, but we know it’s going to blow us away.’” “shameless and humming like a violent strumming sutra didn’t suit you” Anna: i know that one SUCKS can we start over with Alaskans here i got stuck on Byegone for a minute Mike: he followed matt from the national to the bar and waited for matt to go to the bathroom and leave his fucking moleskine on the table Anna: lollllll @ that Mike: you can just see it happen like oh that’s why this is like this Anna: because all the pages that turned into full National songs were already torn out and it was just the one-liners and false starts left Mike: it’s like you’re in my head let the record reflect that i am listening to this song twice for you i’m not even going to do what i normally do when this album comes on and look at pictures of fresh fallen snow and hawks and shit Anna: can you imagine someone trying to write songs out of my moleskine and yes, pitckfork writer was right about the nature documentary being strong with this one Mike: i said that did he say that? shit we must be watching a lotta nature documentaries Anna: this chorus sounds exactly like some Bon Iver song this was the first song I played on my show and after I felt underwhelmed Mike: i don’t think there’s anything in the pitchfork review abt that except this maybe “The depth of the drums evoke not just canyons and churches, but the Grand Canyon and Sistine Chapel.” OK BUDDY Anna: jesus fucking christ Justin Vernon, National Treasure and Holy Chapel Mike: he problem with being a bearded sensitive flannel bro is you never have to grow out of it you can keep that shit going until kids think you’re santa claus Anna: has he ever been to the Sistine Chapel because me either but uhhhh Michelangelo is rolling his eyes I’m 99% sure Mike: ok fun game am i going to dance to the song called ‘dancepack’? this sounds like an outtake from ‘tonto’ by battles at the start Anna: can we talk about how they wrote 8 songs and then scanned for 8 Tumblr tags to name them after Mike: no way these are all blogs justin vernon runs and you can’t tell any of them apart nature pictures, log cabins, pictures of cute girls dressed demurely Anna: “Alaskans” is the pale blog oh I forgot this song is super rude and obscene Mike: oh shit is it? i tune most of the words out i’m gonna be honest like not worth it Anna: “I’ll be on the old lady I’ll be riding her like ooo ooo oo” I think that’s what it says??? needless to say that was pretty disruptive to my yoga practice Mike: man think justin vernon actually said that or is he passive-aggressively getting back at the one person who goes to his bar who speaks above a whisper normally like oh you’re TALKING in my BAR just wait for my diabolical revenge bonnie prince iver away Anna: Bon Iver Surprise Symphony? honestly I think it’s just one of those lyrics that would never ever fly if there was a woman within twenty yards of band practice Mike: awwwwwwwwwwwright got some processed guitars in here bet they’re not gonna end up stuck in that same build crescendo release thing this isn’t that kind of band, they don’t repeat things song to song Anna: but does that really count as “experimental”? because i feel like they’re stretching that pretty far Mike: i mean they were experimenting in the studio this was probably new to at least one of them once the thing about this is listen to the piano because there’s a constant pulse/rhythm going on it basically takes all the interesting background stuff and makes it noise if he was singing without that piano we might be talking ‘weird’ a little idk that’s like this entire album if they were trying to make another bon iver album yes it is sort of not quite that Anna: but I think people are already fed up with having to call AnCo “experimental” over and over when they’re making recognizably rock/pop albums "experimental" is supposed to mean more than "slightly different than Bon Iver" Mike: oh man this didn’t actually have one of those group vocals/tension/release things i stand corrected Anna: also I’m being a crab because I think “Keel” is the boring song that doesn’t really go anywhere Mike: that is kinda fair let’s see if there is a deep meaning in the words Anna: it’s the song most bands would put last probably, but this band is “experimental” so they put one of the strongest tracks last because they know the beardy flannels are purists who will listen all the way to the end, i guess Mike: i mean i think there are two ways to end an album 1. high note 2. sort of slinking out Anna: 3. “Beth/Rest” Mike: that’s a false dichotomy but basically you go hard or you just try and play yourself off dude that is very definitely a high note Anna: it is a weird note Mike: like oh you sat through all that here’s something interesting also “The prophet’s here, the prophet’s here. Oh, it’s no use. Bend down into the grass, down into the grass for me.” SEXY LYRICS SEXY SEXY SEXY do you think justin vernon is the prophet in this scenario he is setting up rolling up to the bed in his log cabin the prophet’s here Anna: like “roll up to the crib the hand-carved pinewood crib for our firstborn” Mike: it took me a month i could have spent writing these lyrics but hahahahah oops Anna: lol "all of this is over, all of us are sober" doubt that still think this is one of the stronger tracks and not coincidentally it’s the longest by quite a bit Mike: gotta get that post rock build going Anna: this whole idea might have worked better if they stretched it out a little Mike: that’s like the whole album though like Anna: you need time to make this stuff develop so it can really work Mike: if they had actually done something really weird at any point it might have been good Anna: the end Mike: agreed

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