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Album Rating: 3.0
never in my life seen scalpers asking for $1000 a pop for a band this new. hell it's not even common for the stones/roger waters/McCartney etc
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Wdy guys mean by special visualization?
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Like they built an animation on Google when you type in “Agine De Poitrine”
A yellow square with a triangle shows up and if you click, there’s white dots that cover the screen in an animation and an option to share the animation
Other musicians that also have visualizations are Taylor Swift, Ozzy Osbourne, and Lady Gaga
Chappel Roan, Oasis (only if you type Wonderwall), Shaboozey, Snoop Dogg, and Sabrina Carpenter used to have them but were discontinued
This is how big Google thinks Angine is
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"This is how big Google thinks Angine is"
I'm certainly hearing about them more than a few of those artists. Obviously it's a viral trend and it likely won't last but I'm not sensing some grand conspiracy because google decided to jump on it.
Like was Tiger King also a conspiracy or do these things just happen sometimes due to a convergence of different factors (and luck)? The latter seems much more likely to me
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I’d say Tiger King was 100x more popular than Angine
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I love this stuff. This is my favourite new music I've heard this year.
The key to this band is that the wacky outfits, the time signatures, microtonal aspects create an *impression* of weirdness, but beneath the surface, their music is catchy, head-bangin' fun. I think the reason for the somewhat polarizing reaction is that some people are, on some subconscious level, disappointed by that: it sucks because it's not as weird as it suggests. But at least to me, Angine strikes the perfect balance of being just weird enough, but actually enjoyable to listen to, and I think that's resonating with a lot of people, the average person just doesn't really have the language/background to pin that down.
Look, I don't care much about the wacky costumes and stuff. I actually watched maybe like five minutes of the KEXP performance. I've mostly listened to this while driving around and fighting the urge to head bang myself right into the doctor's office. Angine reminds me a lot of Zazen Boys, one of my favourite bands from back in the day; I daresay Mukai Shutoku shouting and hollering over the instrumentals is the one thing this band is really missing. Compare tracks like Himitsu Girl's Top Secret or Honnoji; for that matter, Zazen's sound can be traced back to artists like Talking Heads and I think there's a bit of that in Angine too.
Angine is really outer space surf rock, check that sick surf tremolo riff on the bass near the end of Mata Zyklek, and all of Yor Zarad, which is easily the standout track to me. There's a lot of angular post-punk riffage in there too, but the rhythm section is really interesting to me, the drumming and grooves remind me of krautrock bands like Can, where it'll lock into these ferocious driving grooves in 5/4 or 7/4. It's stuff that seems like it shouldn't work on paper, but it does. I can respect a band like Don Caballero, but the music just kind of bores me and stresses me out. Angine is fun. Is it okay for music to be a little weird but also fun? I think so.
I'd like to see them expand beyond building every song up from scratch, as some others have mentioned, but come on, these guys have only composed like 15 songs so far, they've got plenty of room to grow. If they're on their fourth album and it sounds just like the first then the gripes will be justified.
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@instantradical: That's a great take, I think they'll slowly evolve with the next albums, perhaps with more vocals, saxophone, or violin, but hopefully they'll keep their mathy-krauty vibe.
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never in my life seen scalpers asking for $1000 a pop for a band this new. hell it's not even common for the stones/roger waters/McCartney etc
The lower priced ones go for $100-$150, but yes, it's absolutely bonkers, but I think it's because there's a sudden huge demand for albums that were pressed in limited quantities for what was a small-ish regional band
They're making a large run of their albums for international demand due in June iirc. At this point, the only reason you'd pay for one from the scalpers is to have the pressing number on the disc, but vinyl enthusiasts are not know for being reasonable hahaha
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perhaps with more vocals, saxophone, or violin
this is gonna spur some "fifth Beatle" type of discussion in 40 years
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Band Will de-mask and be revealed as The Black Keys before then
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get a keyboardist to make some weid noises idk
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Great listen
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Still a pleasant listen.
Still waiting for the breakthrough.
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@Asdfp277: Sold, but has to be a Minimoog (or similar warm retro synth/organ)
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The microtonality and stuff makes my brain go "I haven't heard these noises before, they are new to me and they capture my intrigue"
But also even aside from that, I've been needing something psych-adjacent and energetic that is still 'out there', so to speak, and this band is scratching that itch for me.
Both albums are belters
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