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AOTY
>>66087506
Yeah pretty much, time will tell though. Bowie and Grapes were both great as well.
Fave tracks?
Mine are: Because Im Me, Subways, Harmony, Noisy Eater Stepkids and especially Kaleidoscope Lovers
eh, 6/10
truly... beautiful
>>66087632
Hey, tell me how is it working for NME as a staff writer? I heard they pay well enough
I had to leave for the bathroom during Saturday Night Inside Out because I didn't want my coworkers to see me sobbing.
>>66087600
>those Regular Show characters
noice
>Subways/Going Home
I just died and went to dance heaven
Pretty great but I'm not head over heels (then again I never worshipped SILY)
Kinda loses steam in the second half, and Frankie Sinatra and The Noisy Eater are duds.
>>66087839
fucking this.
It's okay - not amazing or anything. Certainly not AOTY.
>>66087695
I'm not who you're responding to, but what are you on about? Who the hell reads NME?
It feels a little empty. I'm sure people will love it, i'm sure it would be fun it I heard it at a party, but I loved the Avalanches for their production chops and this is really played-out in that regard.
>>66087695
I swear, you fanboys have taken that NME review more seriously and given it way more credence than the "haters" have. Chill.
Considering how shitty this year has been for music, that's not difficult to achieve.
>>66088621
It's been a great year imo
>>66088621
there hasnt been a weak year in music since 2013, maybe even 2009
>>66088770
Besides MBDTF and The Suburbs, what other good albums came out in 2010? It's not that I don't believe in what you say, but I can't really remember about that year. Every year left was great.
>>66088875
I agree with you actually, but 2010 had some high profile releases such as Beache Huse, Janelle Monae, Flying Lotus, Deerhunter and many more. Not that i love all those records, but there are tons of people who do
I won't be listening until it is on spotify
i really like it. as a whole it's pretty underwhelming, but song-for-song is a strong record.
i fucking hate the noisy eater though
fav tracks:
>because i'm me
>frankie sinatra (it seriously grew on me)
>subways
>colours
>sunshine
>saturday night inside out
I was a little underwhelmed at first, but after a few more listens I love it.
Live a Lifetime Love/Park Music feels a little messy, but I can't really think of a track I don't like.
Fucking hell even Frankie sounds good in context.
320 link where?
>>66089452
Just wait til its on spotify. It's better quality and you help the artist.
>>66089537
>It's better quality
better than 320kbps?
no
spotify is 192kbps or 256 if you pay and it doesn't help the artist at all, they get a few pennies per ten thousand or so plays. I'll buy the record if I like it and want to help the artist, I'm not going to pretend that spotify helps anyone but the labels and the biggest artists
>>66089584
>I'll buy the record if I like it and want to help the artist
do you gonna buy this record?
>>66089452
There's no real leak so far, just a recording of the apple music stream.
Maybe someone'll get their hands on a CD this weekend though.
this album is nothing compared to their debut
there is no cosmic nostalgia compared to SILY
this album is for stoner hippy niggers who got on the bus too late. i was going to outright buy the LP until i heard the torrent. a flop just like daft punk
another fucking let down
>>66089670
well I haven't heard it yet
Pretty underwhelming and all the features kill any solid atmosphere the album tries to create. Elseq definitely tops it for AOTY by a long shot
>>66089725
>niggers
You're on the wrong >>>/b/oard
AAAAAAAAAH FRANKIE SINATRA
>>66089797
If you like elseq we can all immediately disregard your opinion
>>66089801
cunt i've been here for over 10 years don't tell me where the fuck i am
>>66089829
Best meme of 2016 desu senpai
>>66089838
lol why? not even that anon but it was solid.
No.
>>66089838
>can't into autechre
feel bad for yeah m8
i'll just listen to since i left you and pretend this album never came out
>Hey guys, Wildflower is a 3/10, buy James Ferraro's new cassette instead!
>Hahaha NO REFUNDS
>>66089997
Good plan.
>>66089829
That was funny when Frankie Sinatra came out, but I think the meme has run it's course now, honestly.
>>66089997
this
who has a 320 for this
definitely a really fun album, and probably my album of the summer, but not AOTY material for me. really great stuff tho
>>66088621
This has been the best year in music since forever pleb
5 listens in and it's a phenomenal masterpiece on par with SILY
The songs are so freakin lush and complex and opaque that every listen brings something new.
I don't understand why people don't love this because it's practically SILY2 except the tropical flavor is replaced with something more dry
>>66089725
You sound pretty miserable desu. But hey to each his own.
>>66090087
this
>>66090399
when two artists you admire are DOA you'd be miserable too
>>66090279
Since I Left You is explicitly aquatic, this is more like a road trip. In Australia, probably.
>>66090087
>>66090449
There isn't one, only rip is transcode from Apple Music.
There's an AAC and a V0 floating around
CD rip should be like 2 more days tops
>>66089797
the features are a lot better than they I thought they would be. colors, stepkids, wozard of iz, and kaliedoscope lovers are all great
>>66090484
Isn't there a FLAC version?
>>66087600
Because I'm Me is so fantastic
Couldn't have picked a better opener I don't think
>>66090279
A lot of people thought the singles on their own were lacking in complexity compared to SILY but within the context of the album they seem to develop a lot more. I think this a trait that is common to The Avalanches' music.
The whole album progresses so smoothly and beautifully.
>>66090511
There is, but it's the same source and kind of pointless. We'll be replacing our leak copies soon anyway
>>66090030
>waaaaah, stop making fun of my favorite song!
>>66087506
5/10 at best, bland uninspired crap with meme guests.
SUNSHIIIIYIIIIYIIIYIIIYIINE
>>66090674
>meme guests
this isn't a valid reason or argument you internet addled child.
How long ago do you think DOOM and Biz Markie's parts were recorded? Do you think either of them would have been up for it if they were asked to be on the album in 2015/16?
>>66090674
other than danny brown on frank sinatra all the guest are great tho
>The Noisy Eater is literally just Superfast Jellyfish
>>66090861
Who knows? It's too late now because it's happened.
>>66087506
wildflower is fucking trash
>>66090897
This is true but I didn't mind
Lemon Jelly did wacky and zany better
>>66090934
(you)
>>66090943
Neither do I, Superfast Jellyfish was actually the only song off of Plastic Beach that I cared for.
>>66090956
He's right, you know.
>16 years
>for this fucking garbage
going to kill myself, f a m
all this shit posting itt is just embarassing and sad
clearly a riveting "life" you lead.
>>66091048
>no new IP
epic bro
>>66090897
Haha thought the same fucking thing.
>>66090552
Anybody who thinks colours or subways is "lacking in complexity compared to SILY" is dead wrong.
>>66090922
I'm pretty confident in saying they started from scratch a few years ago. The 2000's saw a huge shift in what is and isn't ok as far as sampling goes, thanks to Daft Punk mostly. They probably realized they weren't going to be able to clear half the albums samples and had to start over with a few exceptions
>>66092399
I've only heard the YouTube versions of those singles (maybe they're expanded on the album? Probably not. I don't know.) but if the YouTube tracks are the same as what showed up on the album then they're dead right. SILY was layered as fuck and everything I've heard from this album so far has been a fucking snooze. Frankie Sinatra is Caravan Palace tier fedora music and sounds like total shit, Subways is alright except for it randomly killing the beat to force in an awkward vocal sample, and Colors was just boring and simple.
>>66092865
Um, colours is dense as fuck. There is so much going on in that track it's ridiculous. It has exactly the "layers" one would expect from an Avalanches track, with the backmasked vocals, the strings, the sound effects, pianos, etc. Also kind of agree on that subways sample but if you listen to the sample source it's still pretty brilliant how they so naturally flipped the sample into a sort of nu-disco context
Probably my AOTY.
I was biking around downtown while the sun was going down with Zap! to the end playing and it was incredibly fitting and beautiful. It was like someone was live composing and performing a soundtrack to my life. The music warms my heart and I had several emotional moments listening to it. It feels almost life changing to me.
My favorite tracks are probably Live A Lifetime Love, Kaleidoscopic Lovers, and Wozard of Iz.
I've got a feeling that there's no longer gonna be any good discussion of this album or the Avalanches. So I'll probably just not sweat it and not come here very much now. Although the day and night of its release was some of the funnest times I've had on /mu/, so maybe that's related to why I still come back here.
>>66093077
You're right, maybe layering isn't the right word. It has a lot going on at any given time but there's no progression or variation in the song. Skipping through it, it's all pretty much the same from start to finish. It reminds me of when I first got on SoundCloud and I wanted to turn my shitty drum loops into a full song, so I'd just loop it for a little while and then put a low-pass filter on it for a few seconds before ending with the normal loop again.
>>66089829
are you on fucking meth?
a) this is one of their worst songs
b) on one of their worst albums
c) and they suck as a band in general
>>66093158
i don't know who's baiting who anymore
I adore every track on the album except Colors and Subways, both are so bland and repetitive.
>>66092822
>thanks to Daft Punk mostly
What happened with Daft Punk that didn't already happen with De La & The Turtles or Biz Markie & Gilbert O'Sullivan?
>>66093188
It might just be RYM, but why is it general consensus that Subways was far and away the best of the three/four pre-release singles? Shit's catchy, but way too repetitive to justify its length.
>that high pitched sound in Going Home
HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THAT JESUS CHRIST IT'S LIKE A DOG WHISTLE
IS ANYONE ELSE HEARING THIS?
IS IT JUST THE APPLE MUSIC RIP? I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING IT IN THE PRIMAVERA SET.
FUCK
Real aoty coming through
>everyone loves it last night
>everyone hates it today
The cycle continues...
Also, am I crazy for thinking The Noisy Eater is a masterpiece?
>>66093362
This
>>66093326
Where? I don't hear it.
>>66093364
I thought that song was great. Really fun to listen to.
Listening to the album, it raised a question for me: is there a point where spoken word samples become excessive?
>>66093403
It fucking pops up randomly.
First at :21, then :31, :37, and a lot more times throughout the song.
>>66093467
It just sounds like volume spikes from the high-pass filter. Doesn't sound as ear-splitting as you're describing it.
>>66093593
It's fucking ear-splitting to me and almost makes the song unlistenable to me. :(
Do you think it'll be gone in CDQ?
>>66093671
Yeah, I'd imagine. Avalanches are usually great with making sure their tracks having appropriate mixing.
>>66089673
senpai you're completely wrong about that
https://kat.cr/the-avalanchesy-wildflowery-2016-320kbps-t12864437.html
Ok guys, just started playing this record right now. It can't be that bad.
Transition into Wozard of Iz hits so hard
>>66094004
yes this. probably the highlight of the record for me. I just wish they used that beat in the first minute or so of wozard of iz for a longer amount of time it's too good.
>>66087506
WTF this literally sounds like an album SpongeBob and Patrick would make together after spending all day at the Krusty Krab.
>>66094724
did you really think this was going to be a funny thing to say
>>66094724
are you on fucking meth?
a) this is one of their worst songs
b) on one of their worst albums
c) and they suck as a band in general
What a massive disappointment
It just sounds like generic sample heavy hip-hop/plunderphonics shit. There's absolutely none of the magic to SILY here
>>66094812
it might grow on you, give it a few listens. I agree that SILY was better, though.
>>66089584
>>better than 320kbps?
I'm pretty sure high quality settings on spotify IS 320kbps
>>66090552
>>66092399
>>66092865
>>66093077
>>66093137
Good discussion right here. Why can't we have more
>>66094890
it's called lossless faggot
>>66094938
this is 4chan what did you expect
>>66093137
Layering is the right word.
But it also lacks development, sounds baffingly anachronistic and overstays its welcome.
It's not like layering and walls of sound suprise anyone on the age of digital production.
>>66093137
felt the exact same way about everything I heard before the leak; things get a lot more dense immediately after Colours, going from Zap! on
also density and number-of-samples isn't really that big a deal anymore now that the labor involved in a fraction of what it was on a 2000 PC
>>66093671
Maybe it's just you, I have some albums that just hurt my ears from the mixing. I can't listen to SILY through headphones at all, only speakers.
>>66095053
>sounds baffingly anachronistic
Nailed it. SILY was a purposefully retro disco-pastiche that ends up sounding timeless. Wildflower sounds like dated alt-hip-hop from whenever, I don't even listen to hip-hop and I've heard this shit before.
>>66094869
I don't think so, it was a real chore to suffer through.
Let me quote what the most brilliant music critic of our times once said, as I think his words exquisitely express what I feel for this new album:
"Maybe there were not so good after all"
-Scarfluffies
Played fora friend...
> it sounds like a mix of passion pit and daft punk
>>66090897
It reminds me of Parappa the Rapper
>>66095452
THIS
H
I
S
I wasn't ready for some if these feels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRl1xme-hWM
>>66095439
What about the second half of the album, tho?
>>66095452
>Inb4 a karate remix
Anyone know where I can listen to this for free
Anyone else here not really getting into stepkids? I really like this album as a whole but that song just feels like an olivia tremor control b-side
>>66096223
It's good, but the vocals are very iffy
>>66095053
>>66095074
it's not like the appeal of Avalanches relies solely on the number of layers or anything like that, because there is definitely an amount of brilliance from a compositional standpoint that comes from finding samples that work off of each other in mood, topic, and musical theory. it's not like anyone called SILY a technological marvel, both of these albums are beautiful works of art for similar reasons. i personally don't think either album feels dated at all
>>66096319
/discussion
I honestly can't think of a single feature on this album that needed to be there
Except for Noisy Eater. I could see an argument for Because I'm Me, though.
>>66096642
Stepkids?
>>66093186
underrated comment
>>66096642
I'd be interested in hearing a version of the album without the guest vocals, but the only one I don't like is Jennifer. She sounds like a washed up folk hobo
>>66096679
I guess. I was thinking more along the lines of stuff like Danny on Wozard. It felt so unnecessary.
>>66096720
Yeah step kids is not my fave
>>66089055
Are you me
>>66093137
You're right about the progression.. In SILY there would always be many different melodic sections within each song
>>66093364
Yes you are. And in the wrong way
>>66094536
Really? I think it's a great catchy beat but when it repeats the second time i honestly wish it would have aready moved onto a different section, or else be more modified
>>66096223
I really dont like it
>>66096767
I agree; it really didnt fit on wozard of iz, and i found his voice somewhat grating
>casualy listening to the album
>enjoying every second of it
>song starts to transition
>The Wozard of Iz out of fucking nowhere
>mfw
Fuck that made the album for me.
>>66093158
>one of their worst albums
he
>>66088875
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Women - Public Strain
MGMT - Congratulations
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti - Before Today
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Go listen to those
>>66098403
skip, yes, maybe, skip, SKIIIIP, yes
>>66089452
It's on the archive.
The Avalanches - Wildflower
https://mega.nz/#F!VwxhxLAC!q6VkJ-zPW7BnZqYsvLy80g
>>66088875
Liumin came out that year you waste of fucking space get some taste boy
>"LET'S WAKE UP SIDE BY SIDE"
>I HAVE BEEN OVER THE RAINBOW
>AND I FOUND NOTHING THERE
>>66087506
Ahhhhhhh
>YOU WALK ON THE SUBWAY
>(it moves around)
> DOOT-DOOT; DOOTDOOT, DOOT, DOOT
>>66088621
>Blackstar
>Sleep Cycle
>Painting With
>The Glowing Man
>Bottemless Pit
>>66093317
By themselves I though Subways sounded the best, but within the context of the album, I think Colours is much better
>>66087506
yes
anyone else think stepkids sounds like a broken social scene track
>>66095439
That sounds awesome actually
>>66094744
kek
>>66090975
(you)
