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12-05-2007, 07:43 PM
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Eh, it sounds like he's trying to recreate some sort of glam rock revival but got diverted halfway and decided instead to sound like a parody of mediocre fly-by-nighters in seedy establishments.
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12-05-2007, 07:44 PM
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Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists. Post #172 | | Registered User
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Took me ages to get into Blacklight, but now really like it. Lyrics be damned, the songs remain in my head in a good way.
Pocket Symphony second best album Air have done as well. Not sure on the uniform blandness front. Yes it's obvious they are all Air tunes (if that's waht you mean), but that's been the way since they started. Somewhere between walking and sleeping, Left Bank and Napalm Love so far removed from bland for me.
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12-05-2007, 08:30 PM
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Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists. Post #173 | | Joe Blow
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12-05-2007, 09:15 PM
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Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists. Post #174 | | Newb
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by nickygreenan:
emily haines & the soft skeleton - knives don't have your back
with emily haines possibly being number one, utterly love that album. always makes me want to go to sleep though.
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came out here in 2007, iirc i didn't hear it til this year either so meh.
pj harvey album also good ofc.
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12-06-2007, 03:51 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by RedefiningForm:
Eh, it sounds like he's trying to recreate some sort of glam rock revival but got diverted halfway and decided instead to sound like a parody of mediocre fly-by-nighters in seedy establishments.
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cokemachinewhat? Quote:
Or maybe not, goddamn it. I mean, just take one gilded listen to this thing: it's lush and beautiful and has harps and strings and is, pretty much, the first consummate collection of material that Jens has put out. It isn't just a bunch of songs. Night Falls Over Kortedala is the realisation and refinement of an aesthetic and that same sense of stylistic mastery can be palpably and intimately felt in the record's seamless blend of live instrumentation and crackled samples, its warm enveloping sound, or just in the way Jens starts off with the Walker Brothers ("And I Remember Every Kiss") before doubling up with his heart beating like Ringo ("Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo").
When that aesthetic is paired with equally-convincing songwriting, the results are, unsurprisingly, amazing: the idle table taps introducing "Postcard to Nina" perfectly capture the song's droll happiness, its lumbering bass anchoring the escalating horns before they border on the unreasonable.
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And Herman, perhaps I'm too wedded to the unpolished Jenny Lewis lyrics of their earlier work, if you ever have a chance look at their Initial Friend EP and listen to Always, you can hear the difference immediately.
Moon Safari and even Talkie-Walkie always made me feel as if I was transplanted into somewhere else. Mostly France, as Ce Matin La did, sometimes Japan, but even if, in retrospect, these images were sometimes nothing more than plucked out of my ass it always seemed as if Air was bringing me somewhere. New one doesn't bring up any of the some emotions.
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12-06-2007, 12:20 PM
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Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists. Post #176 | | Newb
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CokeMachineGlow spot on as usual.
A Postcard to Nina is a great song, but Friday Night at the Drive in Bingo is still my favourite.
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12-06-2007, 12:56 PM
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Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists. Post #177 | | Registered User
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Always is a tremendous song. Not desputing the lyrics have change, or even lost, focus. But they still write damn fine tunes, which is all good for me.
I guess albums are personal things as well. Talkie Walkie didn't do much for me after a while. Didn't seem to work as a whole, but rather just had a few standout moments. Think Pocket Symphony hits a mood and sticks with it, which would be similar to what you are talking about. Worked for me, didn't for you, but both seem to be looking for the same thing. That's the bloody French for you I guess.
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12-07-2007, 04:37 PM
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Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists. Post #178 | | Newb
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Dis Staff List: Quote:
1: LCD Soundsystem β Sound Of Silver
2: Battles β Mirrored
3: Panda Bear β Person Pitch
4: M.I.A. β Kala
5: Jamie T β Panic Prevention
6: Modest Mouse β We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
7: Liars β Liars
8: No Age β Weirdo Rippers
9: Radiohead β In Rainbows
10: HEALTH β Health
11: Deerhunter β Cryptograms
12: The National β Boxer
13: Les Savy Fav β Letβs Stay Friends
14: Aesop Rock β None Shall Pass
15: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah β Some Loud Thunder
16: The Maccabees β Colour It In
17: Animal Collective β Strawberry Jam
18: Klaxons β Myths Of The Near Future
19: Arcade Fire β Neon Bible
20: The Shins β Wincing The Night Away
21: Grinderman β Grinderman
22: Blonde Redhead β 23
23: PJ Harvey β White Chalk
24: Efterklang β Parades
25: Justice β Cross
26: Black Lips β Good Bad Not Evil
27: Deerhoof β Friend Opportunity
28: Clipse β Hell Hath No Fury
29: Field Music β Tones Of Town
30: Bloc Party β A Weekend In The City
31: The Cribs β Menβs Needs, Womenβs Needs, Whatever
32: !!! β Myth Takes
33: Andrew Bird β Armchair Apocrypha
34: Arctic Monkeys β Favourite Worst Nightmare
35: Electrelane β No Shouts, No Calls
36: Thurston Moore β Trees Outside The Academy
37: Beirut β The Flying Club Cup
38: Future of the Left β Curses
39: dΓ€lek β Abandoned Language
40: The Sea & Cake β Everybody
41: Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts β Blue Birds Blood
42: Eugene McGuinness β The Early Learnings Ofβ¦
43: Von SΓΌdenfed β Tromatic Reflexxions
44: Prefuse 73 β Preparations
45: Pinback β Autumn Of The Seraphs
46: of Montreal β Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
47: Yeasayer β All Hour Cymbals
48: The Twilight Sad β Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
49: Jen Lekman β Night Falls Over Kortedala
50: Feist β The Reminder
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12-07-2007, 07:05 PM
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Best Albums of 2007 - Lists. Lists. Lists. Post #179 | | Newb
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Have literally no idea why I haven't got/listened to the LCD Soundsystem album yet, i'll get that tomorrow I think
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