Album Rating: 4.0

the production is amazing and I think it’s their most cohesive song in terms of lyrics + melody + arrangement all coming together. having actual vocals goes a long way for them

Album Rating: 4.0

if you wanna compare it to other soppy saccharine whateverpop, then i'm sure that being a 'cohesive' "song" in terms of lyrics + melody + arrangement w/ actual vocals is a big deal

but it doesn't make for a relevant point of direct comparison to what makes the great bits here great does it now mhmm

Album Rating: 5.0

"And let's be real, the Avalanches are for bangers more than fakemovie binges"



I'd say that is true for their other albums but this one is a banger in its entirity

Album Rating: 4.0

paha fair take

haven't jammed this in full for ages tbh, hmmm

Album Rating: 4.0

no my point is that it's cohesive relative to other Avalanches songs which often feel fragmented in a way that prevents them from conveying the emotion they try to convey

Album Rating: 4.0

bets on where the issue lies here

option #1: all other Avalanches songs for not being good enough

option #2: colton confusing his anemic disposition for bland verse/chorus production showcases for an artist conveying emotion

hmmmm

Album Rating: 4.0

ngl I thought we were on the thread for the new one but that album definitely tries to be sentimental and uplifting in a grandiose sorta over the top way that it sometimes falls short of because of the aforementioned fragmentedness of the vocals



the real issue lies in the fact that your distaste for any music that even slightly reflects an actual living human soul blinds you to the manner in which a stylistic departure like The Divine Chord exemplifies a different affectation than say a voice clip of a man saying "that boy needs therapy" 47 times

Album Rating: 5.0

A lot of snarkiness cuz a guy said he liked a song

the real issue lies in the fact that your distaste for any music that even slightly reflects an actual living human soul blinds you to the manner in which a stylistic departure like The Divine Chord exemplifies a different affectation than say a voice clip of a man saying "that boy needs therapy" 47 times

Album Rating: 4.0

this is a music website

thanks colton finally got an opportunity to move on from fripp

Album Rating: 4.0

youre welcome

Album Rating: 4.0

hmm disageed johnny, i actually think this one is the better journey album, while the new one is more impressive on a song-song basis. i don't remember that many tracks here regularly (maybe t/t, radio & frontier). new one has a lot more highlights for me

Album Rating: 4.0

I think the nub of this is that new one is more distinguishable on a song-by-song basis, which ties into its journey having a clearer and more ambitious emotional progression than this one's, which is maybe maybe more impressive if you like feelings etc (if what I was driving at)

but almost none of those tracks are as pretty as Electricity/Tonight or bop as hard as Radio/A Different Feeling so was it rly worth it

I just listened to this for the first time today. I’m not sure what to rate it, but it was awesome. I can see why it’s so acclaimed.

^that boy needs therapy

>plunderphonics album

“tHe SoNgS r fRaGmEnTeD!”

Man I keep waiting for this to grow on me and it kind of isn't, some parts have even gotten a little grating with time. Lots to love ofc but for me it's an easy kill if we're FMK'ing the big three plunderphonicses (this endtro donuts (right???))

This isn't plunderphonics. Neither is endtro or donuts. It's probably rym's fault that people think the genre is merely sample heavy instrumental music now. In the past the term sampledelia (or sampledelica) was thrown around for the hip hop related sample stuff (Paul's Boutique, SILY)

Examples of actual plunderphonics would be:

John Oswald - Plunderphonic
John Oswald - Plexure
Negativland - Dispepsi
Negativland - U2

Nice um-actually dude you're so smart for mentally treating plunderphonics sampledelia and turntablism as separate things with no overlap