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olor1n

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #60 on: October 05, 2012, 11:11:48 AM »
Lttp with these guys. Not sure what to make of this new release on initial listen though. There's some good stuff here but I don't know if I can get past how derivative the whole thing is.

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #61 on: October 05, 2012, 04:47:54 PM »
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Nice. I just got this as well, but haven't listened yet.

I love both singles I've heard (Apocalypse Dreams and Elephant) as well as the new songs they played at their last show here in August.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #62 on: October 05, 2012, 09:24:08 PM »
The album is decent enough but I loathe the mastering on this one.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #63 on: October 06, 2012, 04:54:45 AM »
Quote from: RudeWolf on October 05, 2012, 09:24:08 PM
The album is decent enough but I loathe the mastering on this one.

Yeah, I know what you mean. This album bothers me more than most mastering jobs as well. On top of being compressed, they do weird things with the volume levels and weird phasing (to try to make it sound more psychedelic, I assume). In the end, it sounds like an unmastered demo tape. Why did I invest in hifi equipment to play this back???

I'm really digging the music on this regardless though. Their sound is right in my wheel house. Sounds like Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds took another dose for good measure.  :)p7
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #64 on: October 06, 2012, 05:23:08 AM »
Which member of the Beatles is it that the Tame Impala guy sounds like?  I don't know the individual Beatles well enough to say but it sounds exactly like one of them... I'm guessing it's Paul.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #65 on: October 06, 2012, 09:46:31 AM »
Yeah, I was wondering if they did that to sound more psychedelic but in the end they managed to sound like music I end up never coming back to. Initially I loved the Elephant with its brash stride but there are only so many elephants I can take prancing across my brain.

Fuzzy guitar can sound good without the crazy compression. Fuzz has to have great texture but I don't see it here. For great fuzz I recommend the Truckfighters. Odd that my favorite desert rock band comes from Sweden.

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #66 on: October 10, 2012, 07:30:28 AM »
Not sure what I'm listening to, but I think I dig it. Is this... is this what the future sounds like?

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #67 on: October 10, 2012, 11:14:59 AM »
Noted, Mono...
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #68 on: October 10, 2012, 05:28:52 PM »
Quote from: rhythmdevils on October 06, 2012, 05:23:08 AM
Which member of the Beatles is it that the Tame Impala guy sounds like?  I don't know the individual Beatles well enough to say but it sounds exactly like one of them... I'm guessing it's Paul.

Ha! You're the second person that I know to comment that this guy sounds exactly like Paul McCartney.

Quote from: olor1n on October 10, 2012, 07:30:28 AM
Not sure what I'm listening to, but I think I dig it. Is this... is this what the future sounds like?



Oh man, if you really want to hear the future, check out Cosmogramma:



I still find Cosmogramma to be his most compelling work. It's more focused, and cohesive with themes that flesh out better (IMHO). I still REALLY like the new one a lot, but probably my least favorite of his full-length releases.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #69 on: October 10, 2012, 09:13:12 PM »
Lots of Coil (I listen to the entire catalogue from start to end at least once a year), Ishq's "Deep Space Objects", loads of Steve Roach, etc.
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