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as long as there's no morality involved. |
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ugg i can't find it |
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i found it, bad impression as well. maybe it'll grow on me, i didn't HATE it. |
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I quite liked it. It's not music I'd listen to when I want to listen to it but for for something in the background whilst reading it was perfect. |
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yeh, listening to music playing ICO didnt seem to work well. but i listened to this while playing and it was real nice. |
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im liking what ive heard |
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if you like any of the electronic songs radiohead have done i dont see how you could not like this. i think hes switched up his singing style in a way i couldnt put my finger on |
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Nah, Yorkie is good shit brutha. You all learn him today. No More to Pay, |
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Album of the year so far along with Helios - Engiya This albums is brilliant!!!!! or even AMAZING! totally my cup of tea. |
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i've got the first 2 tracks so far. hmm it's not at all what i was expecting. but i like it so far even though it's not at all what i was expecting. |
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post-impression: mweh. what ava adore was for the smashing pumpkins, is this for radiohead ....yeah, i know, this isn't a radiohead release. it's just for labelling purposes. please bare with me, people. thom sings sweet and mushy on this one. yegh |
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oh you and your expecting.. |
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Hi Thom. |
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Who cares? |
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It's not mindblowing but it's listenable. i'm gonna name the style lap-folk, (if you write for pitchfork feel free to use it). I think/hope this is yorke getting out of his system the aestethic he discovered in the kid a/amnesiac sessions and explored later in hail to the thief. i hope so cus i'm not a big fan of yorke making this kind of stuff. so i hope he gets bored of this lap-folk thing and starts writing cool songs again. there's a couple of catchy songs in the album also. and this album is so obviously not about beats so stop saying it's idm wannabe or whatever. closest thing in idm to this record (that i can think of) is tender buttons and that's still a very different approach. |
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how is this folk? |
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not you, honey |
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lap-folk is so outrageous, what does it mean? |
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first track: 6.9/10 (and the ending of the song sharpens my appetitte). all the sweet ingredients are here: vocal harmonies (choruses!), the plucked melody, catchy refrain... |
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...and the piano sounds. piano can convince me into many albums. |
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it's quite lackluster actually, it already sounds tired upon the first listen, like he was very consciously trying to achieve that sound, thus sounding laboured and stunted. |
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over all this is an alright release. not amazing or anything. but not bad. i much prefer radiohead as a band to this. but it's good. |
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got it, just listened to the first track and i've decided i love this album already. |
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I have a feeling, ill be the same way when i get the tunes |
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i liked it at first, but its really really growing on me. 5 or 6 amazing songs. he seems to trail off sometimes... like hes launching into a huge radiohead style anthem but then just doesnt. e.g. "we think the same things at the same time..." on harrowdown hill feels like its going to get huge and then it goes back Yorkey mumbling. i like it tho |
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This is definitely a grower album. On second listen now.. really nice melodies. They're songs and singing with electronic textures like Kid A but with untreated vocals and clearer melodies. Fav tracks are: The Eraser, Harrowdown Hill and Cymbal Rush |
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I just heard the title track... I had a little twang of how the 'head used to make me feel when I was younger. I'm excited about this one. |
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it all sounds like more of the same to me. he has about 4 ideas about what he can do with electronic music and has already reused those a couple of times on the last 3 Radiohead albums, so why not reuse them yet again on this solo thing. |
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not folk, lap-folk folks. cus it's like folk in the way the songs are composed but it uses computery thingies instead of guitar. like he goes with his lap top and writes songs with it. lap-folk |
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as i said i hope it's because he wants to get out of his system the urge to try this things out. |
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we think the same things at the same time...so robert owens i wonder what he used, it sounds like xox grid rythm machine sampler, maybe it an electribe ...i like the songs, the atmopshere, the sounds but don't like how its mixed --->screw nigel ....i also like the nine inch nails connections...the eraser..and how trent sounded like radiohead on with teeth's 1st track |
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i think that this time i kinda agree with you. but i like it. i keep listening to it so somehow it's not boring me at least. |
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im giving it a first listen right now... |
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I've listened to it a couple of times now and I think it's OK but nothing overly special. I have always liked Thom's voice so that is a big plus but in terms of the music itself it just does grab me. When I listen to ae etc. there is an almost organic aspect to even the most mechanical of patterns something this album doesn't display at all. It's average music with average loops and average usage of DSP...the addition of the vocals is the only thing that somewhat redeems it. No doubt it will be hailed as a pioneering classic by people who don't really listen to electronic music, but really I think it is about a 6 out of 10 effort. |
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To me its more of a song based album with electronic additions, rather than an electronic album with vocal additions. That's just the one track I've heard though. |
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i'd say you're right, based on the entire album |
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well i'm starting to really enjoy this now. but yeah, not really as a pure electronic release. I really like "The Clock" and "Black Swan" caught myself humming these as i made my coffee this morning. this is fucked up. fucked up... doo be doo doo *sip* *sip* |
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sounds like a bunch of unnecessary electronic bits and pieces much like hail to the thief hopefully this will get the electronics out of yorke's system for the most part and they can get back to a ok computer sound again |
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Just got this yesterday i really like it. It's very subtle, all very soft and quite minimal. I think its nice. The Eraser and Atoms for peace are ace in my book. I think it's gonna be a slow burner though untill th vocals sink into your cerabelum and nead you inner brain like dough! i like it thumbs up! |
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This makes me want to try out Hail To The Thief, which I have avoided so far for some reason... All in all, Eraser is a nice interlude, but hopefully Thom either 1) gets on with lush Radiohead sounds or 2) gets beyond the amateur phase of tinkering with electronic equipment. Well, maybe on his solo follow-up he'll achieve more also in terms of production. |
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i don't think its amature i think its just under played and subtle |
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A whole lot of 'classic' Radiohead songs are very simple arrangements. Its just the same here, surely. Just using electronics like he would any other instrument. |
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it's just an album. |
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I say it and will always say it, Atoms For Peace is a masterpiece and one of the best songs next to "lucky" and "everything in its right place." oh and "let down." oh, and "paranoid android" |
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Is this on slsk? |
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Yes. |
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You might be disappointed. |
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I agree that Radiohead, to classify as "pop", have to entertain a certain aesthetics of simplicity. Always have. Also don't get me wrong, this is a fun release. At best sounds like a mixture of Pyramid Song and Idioteque. However, by amateurish I mean the fact that without guitars, drums, flutes and all that masculine bravado stuff that allows for masterful solo interludes, there's nothing to distract from the simplicity of the basic arrangement. Only Thom's pretty vocals bring some "warmth" to the sound. Somebody mentioned the prevalent "organic" sound in good IDM. I think there are two reasons why this release is more shallow than subtle: 1) Thom Yorke not having released tons of electronic material in the past, which means he's "trying things out" for the first time. 2) Production and engineering aided and abetted by Nigel Godrich, whose purpose is to keep soundscapes palatable to easy listening. Add one and two together, and you have a flawed, if interesting release. Maybe Thom doesn't see it that way, but I hope he learns by doing. |
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i think you added 2 and 2 and got 5 (get it !!!!!!) no seriously i don't think its fair to see "he's trying things out" Radiohead have been producing electronic influenced music since OK computer. The Fact is its just a quiet album and NOT some IDM release. It seems people are saying its "amaturish" just because it doesnt quite sit well as an IDM album! |
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you're right, but people are always going to have different expectations, man... i really enjoy it though, because like you say, it's not really suitable as an "idm" album of any sort... (plus i happen to just enjoy the music, i guess). oh, fuck "idm" in it's ass. also, there seems to be a lot of people who weigh it up against radiohead albums, which is fair in itself (there's always going to be a desire to put stuff up against other stuff to analyze its quality), but i don't really think the music is similar to warrant a relevant comparison. well, whatever. |
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