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NME give 2 of 5
>It’s 16 years since the Avalanches’ era-defining ‘Since I Left You’. How can a follow-up that took so long sound so meh?
Journalism in the 21st century, everyone.
>nme
who cares?
>>66076946
Did they actually fucking write that? That sounds so shit how would they even get that job
>>66076946
Please don't tell me they said that
>>66076983
>Did they actually fucking write that?
yes
http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-avalanches/16513
It's because they arent british. Non-british acts almost always get panned.
>>66076918
NME thinks AM is the new Kid A.
Their opinion will never be relevant.
edgy clickbait
>>66076969
This.
>>66077153
lol
>>66076918
Must be pretty good then.
>>66077002
>Or maybe it’s the relentless-to-the-point-of-inane focus on sunshine and good times.
You just know the twat who wrote this gushes over The Beach Boys
>>66076918
Reminder
>>66077002
i wanna hurt the person who wrote that review
Honesty, who cares
>>66077269
I honestly didn't mind AM (at least not when it was released, i haven't revisited it) and those words still physically pain me.
>>66077153
>Smart, randy and touched by genius, the Sheffield band’s fifth album is an absolute triumph from start to finish. And the best part? They’re just getting started...
Read more at http://www.nme.com/reviews/arctic-monkeys/14752#lvhS8jXVTV73uF5W.99
holy lol
>>66077292
https://twitter.com/emilyrosemackay?lang=en-gb
there you go.
>>66077393
>a female likes Artic Monkeys
what a surprise
>>66077363
Same, it was an enjoyable record
But compare that review to this and you realise NME are the worst critics alive
>>66077410
oh nvm, i thought you were talking about the artic monkeys review
Yeah, NME can fuck off. Look at this awful review of Stereolab's 'Cobra and Phases' http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/1392
>>66077269
jesus christ
>>66077501
>Well, you have to admit they're good at what they do. But then so was Hitler.
fucking kill everyone who writes for this site
ITT:Kissless virgins get butthurt nobody likes this shitty version of gorillaz
>>66077002
>calls Frontier Psychiatrist "punchable" (?)
>praises Danny Brown for adding much needed "depth" to Frankie Sinatra
>"baby mama wanna suck the dong up at the concert"
I mean, I understand (but disagree with) people's complaints about Frontier Psychiatrist sticking out like a sore thumb on SILY, but...I can't even fathom being this wrong.
>>66077687
You'll need to be less obvious if you want your bait to be effective.
>>66077373
Don't they say something about AM being post-genre or something. Also they are definitely an indie rock band they're going on as if they're Godspeed
>>66077447
I'm gonna be sick
>tfw they worked so hard on it and it's great but they'll end up being panned because they're white males
lol its incredible tho
http://www.nme.com/reviews/blink-182/16510
The new blink-182 album is better than wildflower. You heard it here first.
new RHCP is better than The Avalanches, you heard it here first
http://www.nme.com/reviews/red-hot-chili-peppers/16498
Thanks, Brexit.
>>66077989
>>66078154
Jesus christ
They gave AM a perfect score, so in my mind they're completely irrelevant in music criticism
NME is right.
Who gives a fuck. I have friends that like some really great bands, but do not care for the The Avalanches. I have friends that do and might not like this album. Everyone has different tastes, and when it comes to a band like The Avalanches or music in general, it's all subjective. I especially don't care what nme (literally who?) cares.
>>66078330
No, NME is wrong. Faggot.
Disliking this album is literally a meme
>>66077989
>>66078154
>>66078319
PROOF THAT NME IS FULL OF SHIT
>>66078800
Fucking hippie
Any mega links out there?
>>66076918
>>66077269
>>66077447
>>66077989
>>66078154
there is literally nothing wrong with these, you faggots should get some taste
fuck this is incredible
>>66081340
yes
BASED MARCEL
THE AVALANCHES BTFO
>3/10
>>66080509
here's your (You), edgelord
>>66076918
>2/5 = 4/10
NME is a fucking joke
>>66080401
https://mega.nz/#!cMBxXD5D!0-ce-a_aZPRq_t0Qc5U5E6WSToSA80sLyW7Zkw8q3NM
What do you expect from fucking Bongaland? British people are the nigger of europe,everybody knows that..
>>66076946
Why is casualized writing the go to now?
Like don't get me wrong, I write with a conversational tone a lot, but this is like no effort internet discussion, not journalism.
Autechre records are purchased solely by bald men in expensive anoraks who would masturbate to a car alarm if it was re-mixed by a German. This impenetrable curtain of misanthropic noise - released with an accompanying three-track DVD that features a squabble of hopelessly pretentious video "interpretations" - is typical of the menopausal electro-manglers' dogged refusal to bow to convention and produce anything of interest to anyone not either a) bald or b) German. It bleeps. It skronks. It krrraaaanks. But mainly, it blows like a ruddy awful hurricane. Remember, kids; if it sounds like a festering hillock of tune-shy bum-wank, it's because it IS a festering hillock of tune-shy bum-wank. Avoid as you would a bald German.
>>66082995
Wow, the Dj Aaron remix is good
about midway through now, I think it's incredible. Easily top 10 of the year.
NME has always been pretty lackluster in terms of journalism. Not to mention their outright bias towards UK artists.
16 yrs for that shit, it deserves 1/5
Remember the NME review of Fleet Foxes' Helplessness Blues that made the author go into hiding for a bit due to the negative feedback? http://www.nme.com/reviews/fleet-foxes/12024
>>66077269
ahahahahahaha
NME are so ridiculously biased towards British music even some britfags must be embarassed
>constantly touting some new shit tier British indie rock band as the saviors of rock music
>they think AM is literally the best album of the decade
British rock hasn't been relevant since the late 80s, get over it
>>66084139
embarrassed Britfag here. But then, given the events of this week, NME is the least of our concerns.
>>66084166
He has a point
>>66076918
Because NME is a good rating site with great opinions. Better than Cuckfork for sure.
Also its not a very good album
>>66084139
Radiohead though
>>66077269
cringe 2bh
>>66084121
Lol
>>66084216
Pitchfork: The American NME
>>66084292
They hardly show off their Britishness in their music nowadays.
>>66084877
Well, they did vote Remain.
>>66085027
Not music-related, though.
>>66085058
Unpatriotic Brits have no soul.
>>66084121
The song doesn't even begin with that line, what a fucking pleb.
>>66077687
lmao gr8 b8 m8 made me ir8 i r8 8/8
I grew up with The Avalanches. Since I Left You was one of the first LPs I owned. Not sound like some arrogant hipster or anything, but I bought the record back in 2002 and have been spinning it for over a decade. I've had to have listened to it over 300 times.
It's definitely in my top ten personal favorite albums. We all know why - the creativity, the good vibes, the meticulous attention to detail, the amazing production, the sense of adventure... Since I Left You is just one of those records where everything clicks.
Which is why I was so ecstatic to hear that The Avalanches were (finally) going to release their new project. I didn't want to be spoiled at all; I avoided listening to any of the singles or previews. Since I Left You was such a complete experience, which each song blending seamlessly into the next. I wanted to hear each song within the context of the album, to get the big idea.
So when I heard people talking about how the new record was "electroswing", I initially scoffed. I figured people were just trolling or something. Yet here we are.
Just moments ago I finished listening to Wildflower for the first time and... God damn. I literally don't think I've ever been so disappointed in my life. I'm not even remotely joking. This is the single biggest musical flop to ever affect me.
For the past 14 years I dreamed of what the follow-up to SILY would sound like. I prayed that this day would finally come, but now - now I just wish that I could go back in time and never hear it again.
This is like seeing your 10/10 crush from high school turn out to be fat. This is like finding out that grandpa was a serial rapist.
I'm speechless. I seriously feel like crying. I waited all these years for this? Some half-assed electroswing meme-fest? I just can't believe that these are the same people who made Since I Left You. It has to be impossible. Surely this is a massive practical joke. Please tell me that this is all just a ploy...
>>66086401
Please list the electro-swing tracks, in case you honestly think "hip-hop beat + swing instrumentation = electro-swing".
>>66086401
Do you think it's meh?
>>66086484
:^)
>>66076946
holy shit they're actually right for once
>>66076918 OP
wtf, are you their publicist?
>>66086575
why?
about to listen...
got a bottle of whiskey and like some wine.
what should I expect?
>>66086611
A good album.
No, really.
Finally listen it. One thing to say: the M-word.
>>66086675
Music?
>>66086675
meme?
>>66086675
?
>>66086675
Meh?
>>66086675
MONEY
>>66086675
Meh?
>>66077447
>AM 10/10
>Laughing Stock 5/10
oh my lord, how can this be? is NME satire?
>>66076946
can we please stop acting appalled at the use of 'meh'? what the fuck do you expect? it's done to get clicks because people are fucking dumb and they instantly know what that means. If you want better writing then you need to all get every single person to stop being so stupid. I recommend you start with everyone complaining about this shit.
SILY
>SINCE I LEFT YOU, I FOUND THE WORLD SO NEW
>TWO TIMES YOU DO, UNDERSTAND
>OOH, YEAH, OH, YEAH
>AND I NEED TO BOOK A FLIGHT TONIGHT, AHHH
>THAT BOY NEEDS THERAPY
>I TRIED BUT I JUST CAN'T GET YOU, EVER SINCE THE DAY I LEFT YOU
Wildflower
>AHHHH FRANKIE SINATRA
>YOU RIDE ON THE SUBWAY
>?
What happened?
>>66087201
>HIDE DA WEED LOL
>>66087201
You cherry-picked hard.
>>66087201
>there's a gentleman that's going around, turning the joint upside-down
>>66076918
why
>>66086675
Marcel?
>>66087817
dubs?
>>66086401
You sound like an utter fuckboy. If you were really interested in The Avalanches you would have listened to all their mixtapes post SILY. Wildflower sounds like an appropriate progression from 'Some People' and 'Soca! Sirens! Brains!'. You have no one to blame on your shite tastes cept yourself
>>66076969
Because it taints what is an objectively good album
>>66086401
This is a well thought out pasta.
It wasn't even a good review. Poor points that don't even justify the low score. Sad!
>>66086883
OOOOH YEAHHHHHH
OHHHH YEAHHHHHH
OOOOH YEAHHHHHH
OHHHH YEAHHHHHH
Who actually thought this would be good? 20 tracks llng to boot, fags think fhey could replicate the past when less is always more when it comes to music.
>>66087201
>YA BITCH SUCK MY DICK
>danny brown recycled bullshit on The Avalanches
>>66086401
(you)
>>66087201
SILY
>I TRIED BUT I JUST CAN'T GET YOU, EVER SINCE THE DAY I LEFT YOU
Wildflower
>AYO DANCE THE PAIN AWAY. BEEN A WHILE BUT THERE AINT NO TAMING MAY.
>>66090505
I genuinely don't understand how anyone could believe that this is any better than a 6/10.
Wildflower is actually fucking garbage. NME is garbage too, see >>66077269, but they were right on this one.
Wildflower sounds like music they'd put in a fucking beer commercial. Like Corona pisswater or some shit. And you tasteless retards praise this yet trash talk shit like 21 Pilots which is just as vapid and unremarkable as this. Sad!
Wildflower is legitimately one of the worst albums I've ever heard. Funny, considering that Since I Left You is one of the best.
>>66091028
Wildflower sounds like the generic music you get when an artist turns down a big corporation and they go pay a shit composer to make a knock off of the sound they aren't licensed to use.
>>66087201
>WELL EXCUSE ME
>UM UM
>WELL EXCUSE ME
>UM
Literally the greatest Avalanches moment.
the new tegan & sara album gets a 5/5 and this gets a 2/5 lmaoooooo
>>66086401
why'd grandpa do it :(
yeah on first listen it's basically wannabe gorillaz using trendy meme rappers that are only ironically liked by hipsters
>>66077269
>>66087074
The only reason people are upset about it is because:
1) Someone doesn't like an album that they do
or
2) The Avalanches are /mu/core and they can do no wrong
>>66087074
>stop complaining about this even thought not complaining about it would perpetuate it
>>66087201
>NO SHIT
>>66083848
you forgot to change the name, but this is a premium paste job.
