Now that the dust has settled, final thoughts on The Avalanches - Wildflower?
Bretty good/10
Bretty good
Bretty good
Bretty good
Bretty Goot
go be a hipster somewhere else?
>>66388579
bretty good
i like some songs/10
1st half is a bretty good followup to SILY
2nd half is a psychedelic masterpiece
4/10
too laidback and psychedelic
it's boring compared to Since I Left You
>>66388684
how out of touch are you
Good comeback, just good.
>>66388579
Bretty good
First half is great, second half kinda blurs together and I'm not a fan of Kaleidoscope Lovers, last 2 track finish off the album strongly though.
anyone got a link? archive's down
>>66388812
who fucking cares?
Since I left you was so fucking boring
It bretty good.
>>66388841
https://mega.nz/#F!VwxhxLAC!q6VkJ-zPW7BnZqYsvLy80g
The Avalanches - Wildflower (320 MP3)
I was looking for this too lol. I just got this from >>66222531
i'd rate it a 9 (on unreasonable 'modern' scale)
which is to say, bretty good.
>>66388797
I definitely thought a lot of SILY was boring when I first heard it. I think that even though SILY was more dancy and beat-y than wildflower I think they have comparable amounts of stuff going on.
in general I think people are exaggerating the drop off between SILY and wildflower in terms of richness and interesting-ness. The albums just have different points of emphasis and one of them has a legendary aura around it while the other one has a legend to live up to
>>66388907
>https://mega.nz/#F!VwxhxLAC!q6VkJ-zPW7BnZqYsvLy80g
thx m8
>>66388851
have you tried listening to muse? they are more exciting, I bet you'd be into it
>>66388851
Go back to Univision.
Very good album. It's not SILY but after warming up to it, I'm glad it isn't. The first half was a nice throwback to their debut album but the second half pushed boundaries for them. I'm going to have a lot of great memories to the second half of this record.
>>66389000
no faggot, muse is for edgy 14 year olds, I dont see the connection?
>>66389030
ok brb
Post 10/10 moments
>EVERYTHING IS REAL
>KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN
>>66389106
>posts "go be a hipster somewhere else?"
>calls people 'faggot'
>sees no connection between himself and edgy 14 year olds
you are 36 styles of oblivious my dude
>>66388579
It's great. Probably my AOTY so far
>>66389282
>State my opinion on the internet
>avalanches boring ass shit
>ruins your precious thread
>"bu bu bu butt the charts said avalanches was good music, i dont understand"
>now you cry yourself to sleep in your polyester-Avalanches-jammies
>>66389223
>For those of y'all that didn't finish school, check this out, it's all good! What we gonna o, we gonna scream out all the letters of the alphabet. And every letter you hear screamed out, from A to Z....
>HAR-MO-NEEEEEEEE
I don't know about you guys but I think it's bretty good
>>66388579
Way better on a song by song basis than SILY. Doesn't fit together as well though.
>>66389223
>you know, a bad part about flying is how you come back down
>>66389375
>the charts
alright i think i got trolled
dis shit gay
>>66389445
nah, im just kidding man.
IDGAF.......listen to whatever you like
>>66388579
Bretty good
>>66389223
>All you kids are the same today
>All you want to do is play; you never want to work or take any responsibility
>TRUUUUUUU
bertty godo
aotysf
rapper features grew on me, but still don't feel like they add much to the tracks save for Because I'm Me or Live a Lifetime Love
which track features ariel pink?
>>66390748
Live a Lifetime Love
Is it as good as Since I Left You? no
Is it good? absolutely
>>66389223
WE BE DRIVIN DRUNK SMOKIN BLUNTS RUNNIN RED LIGHTS
>>66389375
I wish I had avalanches jammies
>>66389223
>My 16's and tail twelves
>Dick like water, reals in hell
>I sold dope, didn't stack up
>And I buy a berth from jail twelve
AAAHHH
>>66390879
Yep
>>66390879
Easiest way to sum it up.
Definitely an album to check out at least once, even if it is to compare to SILY
>>66390748
>>66390789
what does he do/sing in it?
i have the cd booklet which lists all the people on each track and ariel isn't on it.
>>66391181
pretty sure it's those layered "ooh"s that come in around the 0:42 mark
I like SILY to some extent, I don't love it, but it's warm, and very creative. However, Wildflower is fantastic. The only thing that I'm not a huge fan of: The fucking "Favorite Things" part on Frankie Sinatra is really annoying and not a great way to close the song IMO.
Favorite track: Live a Lifetime Love
Worst track: Saturday Night Inside Out
>>66392833
But that's pretty much the exact opposite of the truth, anon.
it kicks off with the best song and goes straight into the worst song I've ever heard. I made it past Frankie Sinatra once, and the rest of the album was only decent
Test post
>>66389223
>turnstile splash
i thought it was really uninteresting and an impressively bad followup for having not released anything for 16 years
i enjoyed thewas.xyz way more than anything on the album
>>66388579
I forgot it existed until I saw this thread/10
> Noisy Eater has a breakfast and lunch verse
no dinner?
and I think that this track alone is a pretty good example of what the entire album is like. It doesnt have a climax, a conclusion. Is that the point?
>>66393148
Really? I feel like Stepkids makes a fittingly heartwarming climax and SNIO was the best choice to end the album. And what a better way to kick off the album than Because I'm Me? IMO the sequencing is the best part of Wildflower
this album goes to show that all the time in the world isn't enough to make a great album. they over thought it and it just feels lifeless and stilted like anything else i can find on bandcamp.
subways is fucking tycho-tier shite, the guest vocals are forced and dominate the tracks. i get the impression after SILY they just brought in all these people just because they could, because they weren't nobodies anymore.
overall, very disappointed as I would say SILY is the album i've listened to the most and had great hopes for the follow-up but i can't force myself to like it by relistening over and over until it clicks. avalanches have lost the magic, sad to say.
Bretty shitty
>>66388579
this is better
>>66388579
Bretty good
>>66388579
pretty meh up until Harmony
Harmony through Kaleidiscopic Lovers is amazing
Last two songs are lame
I like it.
It feels like the daytime to SILY's night.
>>66389223
>I fell in love.. on a... summer day
>>66396864
>Last two songs are lame
Believe me, they grow on you. I used to hate Saturday Night Inside Out but now I can't imagine the album ending any other way. Give it a chance.
It's very solid if you remove Stepkids
>>66397657
Why does everyone hate this song? It's so relaxing and hopeful.
8.7/10 for me
>>66397679
Croaky dying woman vocals with meh lyrics. The synth's the best part of that track.
>>66397713
Interesting. I understand why some might not like the vocals but I think the lyrics are really well written. It fits the 'childhood innocence' and nostalgic themes that are the foundation of this record.
>>66389223
Transition from Live a Lifetime Love to Park Music
>>66389223
>MOVING OUT WITH MOVING OUT WITH MEE
People actually saying Frankie Sinatra isn't the worst song?
Does that mean the album is shit then? Because that song is fucking terrible
Bretty good/10
9.2/10
>>66388692
faggot
7/10
5-6/10
A good portion of it was decent. I felt indifferent to the rest. Probably have to hear it a couple more times
>>66389223
>the ending of If I Was a Folkstar
>>66399703
>Isn't he great?
>Far out.
>>66389223
>Hey mermaids, I'm only here in the sun to play
>I wanna join you in the urban surf
>And learn to love you in a neon way
>>66388579
6/10
...I fell in love for......... SUNNNNNNSHIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeee
>>66388579
>tfw when I'M FRANK SINATRA
Damn I just heard the first track and immediately recognized the sample from it as "Wants Ads"by the Honey Comb...
such a good feel. This album sounds tight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2cQ47VVzU0
>>66390994
Well apparently members of the band have been making quilts. If they ever sell them you could sleep in one.
>>66388579
9.3/10 imo
>>66401818
Some of the rapping made me cringe.
Otherwise, great album.
WELL EXCUSE ME
UM UM
WELL EXCUSE ME
UM
danny brown's parts are ruined by his shitty meme lyrics
A good effort, but not as good as The Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea!
>>66389223
>AHHHHHH FRANKIE SINATRA
bretty good, turnstiles is too fucking short though
>>66398901
WILD THING
>>66389223
>GIRL, I THINK I LOVE YOU
Is that Bill Murray talking on Saturday Night Inside Out
>>66388579
i really really like it
Really fucking good.
>>66389383
First response best response
>>66389223
>KNOCK IT OUT THE BALL PARK FRANKIE
>I SHOULD NOT TIE THIS TIME TO A BETTER LOVE
>LET THE WINGS SPREAD, AND I'LL ALWAYS COME BACK BABY
>COME BACK SHELLAC BLACK BABY
>>66389223
>h-hail satan
If I Were A Folkstar is so good I was grinning so hard hearing it for the first time, it reminds me of the housepop tunes that were big when I was little and its feels as though it actually was one of them and I need to check.
But they're such a tease productionwise on that track, they build up the beat as though it's gonna kick in and then they pull it back and this happens like 3 or 4 times
>>66402593
Shut the fuck up.
>tfw you realize the narrative of the album is about a teenage girl's psychedelic summer vacation
>tfw you notice something new every listen through
Wildflower is definitely starting to rank up there with SILY for me
After too many listens:
I appreciate how they breached out from their mythological sound and experimented with modern trends like psychedelia (revival...) and hip hop. Opening themselves to hip hop resulted in incredible, unexpected songs - with the exception of Frankie Sinatra. Still, with some obvious exceptions, most songs feel like beautiful composition which fell asleep... They don't go anywhere, don't develop into anything more exciting than the first 30 seconds. Many of them are too short, feel like snippets and not full tracks. There is way too much "noise" in the form of skits, interludes, and however you call the junk that was pushed between the songs - it blunts the album, makes it lose focus. Overall, I feel like it's nowhere near SILY, but still a worthwhile album - for the good amount of pleasant surprises in it, and for those couple specific moments when The Avalanches manage to recreate the beautiful, touching, groovy sound they became famous for.
>>66407262
Yeah I feel like their albums really require multiple listens to enjoy in full because of how heavily layered the tracks are. You notice new interlocking melodies with every subsequent listen, it's incredible.
>>66407091
IIWAF is massively underrated
>>66402471
agreed. Some are good such as on frankie sinatra "off his rocker, off his rocker," but then it instantly turns into boring "i'm always fucked up" trife. still 8.5/10 album for me right now, but I'm liking it more every day
>>66400827
>mfw sunshine
MOOOOVIN ON
>hail satan
>HELL YEAH!
>>66389223
ONCE, I WAS A NOISY EATER
Does Subways sound super out of time to anybody else? The 'it moves around' bit at the end of the main sample always sounds half a beat too late. Completely ruins the song for me.
>>66388579
bretty gay af
>>66388579
It's honestly a 10/10 from me. I wasn't expecting this shit at all.
SILY was always a solid 9/10 for me.
Fight me pussies I have many guns.
>>66411658
The main vocal sample is a little out of time but it doesn't really bother me much.
>>66411658
just has a laid back feel. on purpose for sure. you think they wouldn't notice that shit and do that on accident? if so, you have never tried to make plunderphonic music.
>>66389223
OH
SUNSHIIIIIIIiiiiIIIIIiiiiiIIIIiiiiiiIIIIIiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiNE
>>66400015
The vocals on Colours really are great as well as the lyrics.
>>66390916
This part makes me cringe a little whenever I hear it. Sounds like some out of touch guy trying to write edgy lyrics. OH MAN WEED SO EDGY, OH YEAH PEOPLE WHO SMOKE WEED ALSO RUN RED LIGHTS AND DRIVE DRUNK ALL THE TIME #EEDDGGYY
>>66390916
>THEY CALL ME A THIEF
>THEY CALLIN ME THUG
>THEY CALL ME A KILLA
>I just say whaaaaaat's uuuuuup
>>66388579
This album bangs. Real good stuff.
>>66413593
What song?
>>66413733
Live A Lifetime Love
one of the best on the album imo
>>66388836
nah, the second half of the album was better.
>>66413733
Live A Lifetime of Love. really solid track
I like it way more than their first album
>tfw If I Was A Folkstar
>>66413823
Likewise. and folkstar is like top 3 for the album I think, it's honestly difficult to come up with a list.
>>66413823
agreed. I give it a strong 9. IIWAF and Saturday Night Inside Out have such great rhythms while being so calm and comfy
>>66388579
>>66389223
>Jim Keranga of Watts, California is eating a bowl of Ethereal Cereal. Ethereal has the added punch of .002 ESP units of pectin!
>No shit!!
Honestly, 10/10. I absolutely loved it. Silly, psychedelic, beautiful, melancholy.
>>66389223
>>66399703
i love the beginning too
>god damn man
>>66414309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLF1Erk1_rQ
hoping this album gets some people to watch putney swope, one of the best movies ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgId7RgQ2E
>>66414893
meant to quote >>66414256
>>66388579
met my expectations, lived up to the hype.
Not as good as since I left you.
Noisy Eater was my favorite, never thought I'd love a Biz Markie song more than Just a Friend
>>66388851
I don't think you listened to the same collection of summertime feel good bangers that everybody else did
