Out next week. Their Bach and Handel recordings have been to die for; now they turn their attention to Mozart.
Out today and in my febrile mitts. Coil / Nine Inch Nails: Recoiled
Not to piss on anyone's fondness for the new Beck or anything, but---with the exception of "Morning" which is very pretty---it's just bland for me so far. Like some spacey rendition of bad adult contemporary. Or maybe Sea Change after a lobotomy.Honestly, I don't think Beck is very good at making focused albums. He's at his best when he indulges his eclectic influences. That's what made Sea Change (to which this album is obviously harkening back) better. I understand variations of a theme, but here everything just runs together too much.I miss Midnight Vultures and Guero.
Quote from: 6 on March 17, 2014, 06:32:01 PMOut today and in my febrile mitts. Coil / Nine Inch Nails: RecoiledAs a major Coil fan who grew up listening to the early NIN stuff, this release doesn't disappoint.
Indeed. They have managed to keep to the spirit of the early NIN sound and not trample all over it. Lesser artist would have been too tempted to use contemporary sounds. At one end either glitch it to death or drown it in a mire of brostep wobble at the other.
Quote from: 6 on March 25, 2014, 05:30:38 PMIndeed. They have managed to keep to the spirit of the early NIN sound and not trample all over it. Lesser artist would have been too tempted to use contemporary sounds. At one end either glitch it to death or drown it in a mire of brostep wobble at the other.Yeah. The reason why these tracks have that spirit is because they were made a while back, back when Christopherson and Balance were still alive, back before laptop composition really took over and everything was decidedly more "homebrew," and they have only just now seen a proper release after being unearthed from the vaults.Fun fact: that remix of Closer was used in the credits of Se7en back in '95.
