Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

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Replica is an amazing album in that you can listen to it without any knowledge of what's going on and still think it's really good, but the more you put into researching how it was made, the more depth the album seems to have. Its use of old TV commercial samples is really something else

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I listened to this for the first time a few days ago and I couldn't really into it. It was funny though, I played "Up" in front of my gf and we started doing this impromptu jungle dance it was hilarious.

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Sleep Dealer is an old Foldger's commercial.

I'm not sure if this is canon, but I've heard that the concept behind this album is if humanity dies off, the next intelligent race finds a bunch of audio clips and tries to piece them back together, but does it incorrectly. A super interesting concept, even if it's not true.

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Replica sounds like an interesting album, might listen to that as well

Also recommending Seven Idiots by World's End Girlfriend. Album's extremely experimental, so I really wonder what's your opinion on it.

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Day Eighteen - December 18th, 2013
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October Language by Belong (recommended by EzExZeRo7497)

1. I Never Lose. Never Really
2. Red Velvet or Northing
3. October Language
4. I'm Too Sleepy...Shall We Swim?
5. Remove the Inside
6. Who Told You This Room Exists?
7. All Equal Now
8. The Door Opens the Other Way

Belong is a duo composed of Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones from New Orleans. Four years after their formation, they decided to release their first LP October Language with the help of Joshua Estis at masterization, who already worked with Dietrich in the past. October Language was recorded in 2004, but only went out in 2006.

Not the kind of music I can fully describe by words, but I'll try anyway. It's an interesting exercise in style and a very slow moving album, punctuated by strong distortion. There's barely any str░ucture. It can be hypnotic if you're waiting for "something" to happen. After a while, you get engulfed by the loudness and you just don't care about the pacing░. I surprised myself into thinking of how short the album was. I thought it was only 30 minutes when in reality, it's clocking at 4░5 minutes.

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My rating : ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

True or not, this is awesome.

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Maybe one day to be reviewing my musics?

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

I can, I will probably listen to the 10-15 last songs you have on your Soundcloud when I choose it. Or you can tell me which songs you want me to review.

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

That review is supposed to be glitched out, right?

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

If the glitched out part of the review is a reference to one of the tracks in the album (I'm Too Sleepy.. Shall We Swim?), A+ review, would read again.

Probably isn't though, so I'll reread it once you're done, haha. The review is pretty solid nonetheless, the part-review you've made is definitely some of the reasons why I enjoy listening to this album.

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

It's a reference to my mindset when I was listening to the album. Although it could really be a reference to I'm Too Sleepy, seeing how the progression on the song mirrors well what I "wrote".

It really challenged some of my preconceptions I had with drone music in general. The more I tried to write about it, the more I had difficulties. I realized soon enough that the album wasn't limited to some of the conventions we normally found in modern music. (especially rhythm and structure)

I won't make a lot of these type of reviews, but they're fun to write.

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

October Language really is an unconventional album (compared to other drone albums), yeah. I tried to write about what the album is like, but it's really difficult to describe it, let alone in a way that actually sounds coherent.

It takes a while for the album to sink in completely though, so give it a few more listens during your free time. I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it more than you already do.

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

You definitely got me hooked with this last review. (I think I know where you're going with that from one of our earlier discussions...)

I've actually took the time to peruse through most of the suggestions itt and the ratio of drone/contemplative music is kind of surprising.

/added October Language to my wishlist

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Can't the same be said for any sample-based album?

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Nineteen - December 19th, 2013
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You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr. (recommended by rayword45)

1. Little Fury Things
2. Kracked
3. Sludgefeast
4. The Lung
5. Raisans
6. Tarpit
7. In a Jar
8. Lose
9. Poledo

Today, I had to listen to You're Living All Over Me, an album by Dinosaur Jr. that was released in 1987. The album received considerable attention at the time and is now considered a classic of indie and alternative rock music. Dinosaur Jr. was formed by J Mascis (vocals, guitar), Lou Barlow (vocals, bass) and Murph (drums) and You're Living All Over Me is their second LP.

The influences on the album are very diverse : you get a doomy sound on Sludgefeast, especially the main riff that sounds like 70s Black Sabbath. The very first seconds of Little Fury Things, which caught me by surprise, sounds like depressive black metal with those high pitch screams over an intense lo-fi guitar. Weird way to introduce an album like that. There's also this bizarre noise transition in Poledo at 1:40, out of nowhere. The song is more quiet and is a strange inclusion if you ask me because it sounds like nothing else on the record. I may find all those little moments out of place, but they are original and they forge the album its own identity. The band has the ability to surprise the listener when you least expect them.

The vocalist surely have no formal training whatsoever. On first listen, he really sounds terrible. I suspect it gets better and better the more you listen to him. For me, that's what ruined the album. His guitar work however is freaking awesome. It's raw, expressive, powerful. Definitely one of the best guitar performance I've heard. Solid riffs everywhere, the solos are all amazing. The bass and drums work are tight and heavy. In that sense, the musicianship is one of the strong points of the band.

Minus the vocals, I would probably rate this album 8 or even 9 stars. I will listen to it again, just to give me a second opinion.

My rating : ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

4th 7-star album in a row.