This is super fun. I think the industrial influences are what keeps it from resonating completely to me, I really loved the tracks with a more organic feel, my favorite track was probably Kyanite which has the syncopated vocal sample all over it. The closer too. The tribal drums Ooty pointed out also worked really well for me. But when it starts to sound a little more mechanical/industrial sonically, it moves from "I'm loving this and dancing without realizing it" to like "this is pretty cool." Certainly my own biases there, intellectually I am not any kind of elitist when it comes to music with """"""""real""""""" instrumentation vs music made in a DAW but taste wise I think there's a preference for 'organic' sounds that I'll never fully get over
Catching up. The Safetysuit album is not really my thing, but there were some good melodies in there. I don't really like the singer's voice, it reminds me of a lot of early 00s radio rock that I was not a fan of.
Yeah overall I did enjoy it more than I thought i was going to, but the vocals are holding me back. Jlin is fuckin nuts, I haven't listened to this since it came out.
I think Black Origami would've crushed back when I was getting super high and listening to crazy jazz stuff every night, but right now it's a bit impenetrable for me. Definitely appreciate it, and it's wild, but I don't see myself coming back to it
Will try to listen to this. Going through some personal shit that has been making it tough to pay attention to new, and specifically abrasive, music, but I don't want to be perceived as not participating.
Listening to Jlin’s Akoma rn and it’s real good, just maybe not as good as Black Origami. It’s still very complex, more electronic though and like @Wharf Rat I prefer when there’s a bit of organic stuff mixed with it.
This is where I’m at. I’ve listened a few times, but it just hasn’t stuck with me. That’s not to say I didn’t like it, but there’s nothing in it I feel really connected too.
Finally getting around to Jlin. That part of "Enigma" that sounds like my computer freezing and buffering is so cool. @Kistler - I love that we talk about music multiple times a week and you still bring something to this that sounds like nothing I've ever heard before.
The Jlin album was a blast to listen to. Been super stressed out lately and it provided a nice temporary escape from that
I'm going with Birds & Cages by Deas Vail, an indie rock band from Arkansas in mid-2000s. I was obsessed with their first album, All the Houses Look the Same and saw them tons in that era. This is their second and a huge step up in songwriting and musicianship while still retaining their signature feature, the absolutely insane vocal talents of their singer, Wes Blaylock. Their Facebook got hacked last year and made some posts that made it seem like they were coming back (they aren't), but it inspired me to revisit the discography and this is still my clear favorite.
Deas Vail were one of those bands I was on the periphery of enjoying as a teen/college student. Don’t think I ever gave them a real in-depth listen. Looking forward to checking this out.
Had never heard Deas Vail before but I def hear the Something Corporate comparison with a little bit of Anthony Green vocal delivery. I had a lot of fun with this one and the arrangements on these songs are very up my alley. I'm gonna have to check out their other stuff
Another not for me release, this. Feel like a lot of the appeal would be nostalgia based and I never liked this style of pop rock and vocals in the first place, so this was always gonna be one of the steepest of uphill battles that it unfortunately lost in spectacular fashion.
This is pretty pleasant. It's borderline too twee for me at times, but it was an easy listen while I was at work. The singer kind of reminds me of the singer of Umbrellas at times, which is a band I haven't thought of in ages.