I may have to bail on Pitchfork soon, its fair enough they hate the album but comments like, "And in case the album couldn't be any more obnoxious..." or, "calling one of Underground's high points 'Automatic Faggot for the People' are the sort of look-at-me tactics that one would hope would be beneath a 40-year-old", or, "the album often sounds more like a poorly recorded group of proficient amateurs giving it a go on fourth-hand guitars and some empty paint buckets, with the singer warbling through a pillow for good measure".
Guess it doesn't quite sit in with Pitchfork's view of what is indie rock then...
anyone else happen to
think this is a decent album?
Yeah...
... it's pretty stunning that ill-considered writing like this gets oked by the eds.
The new album will be hard to digest for some but it is a very interesting work with some great textures and really unusual sounds. It was very much a grower for me, but I found it a very rewarding listen. You can probably get high just licking the cd, they were on that many drugs when they recorded it.
I love Anton's use of loops as well.
I interviewed him a few months back and he was really interesting and well spoken. Irrational, aggressive and paranoid obviously, but sincere nonetheless.
good album
i like the fact that it is a bit different to the others.
yeh thats true
it was most definately a rewarding listen given the chance, but i guess some critics play on that - steering people clear of an album that could sound shit on first listen, easy validation. I suppose i had higher hopes for Pitchfork that they might look to the positive things about it, that it is actually its own focussed and independant work in its own right, that maybe it is playing on the ramshackle jam vibe as one of its many layers, or that its plays on the album title in more ways than just the bands it connects to. They seem to be making a b-line towards things pop now, heres hopin they don't take the NME route to popularity...
the loop use is
very creative on the album, its not easy to keep such short loops interesting over lengthy songs, he evolves them so gradually putting a psych hip hop slant on a still organic BJM sound.
...
There should be a 'what pitchfork said' subforum on this site.
I really like it...
and I cant wait to see it performed at Beni, it will be quite a spectacle.
Plan B
is also far from complimentary about the album.
Haven't heard it myself yet..
I haven't heard this
but some of those track names are a joke!
i disagree with
almost everything written in this review - it even says that 'lick my lovepump' type piano tune is one of the better ones. its not its dreadful. the problem with BJM is that people aren't distinguishing between the behaviour and the music. as far as i'm concerned this is a great album. yes its messy and unfocussed but its all worth it for the moments of inspiration.
yeh i was shocked by that,
it actually lists the worst track on the album (or moreso an ambient interlude) as the highlight! They are way off course on this one. Its particularly ace in that the album plays to the concept of the recording format, like a lo-fi underground relic without being just another pastiche, but live i think it'll be a different epic drone thing which i can't wait to experience
i still want to see them on this tour
i cant find oxford academy tickets anywhere
i think
both the album and the review are shit. it reads like something i'd write.