I'm going to pick the 2009 Album of the Year right now

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:14 am

Derris is the canary in the mine.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

man that xx album just really doesnt hold my interest. i love how it starts but midway through im just over it.

the new soulsavers is quickly making its way to the top of my list

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:17 pm

Dowloaded the Reigning Sound, and will give it some listens.

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:20 pm

Patrick Wrote:

the new soulsavers is quickly making its way to the top of my list

Cuing this up now.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

have you heard it yet stu...blew me away

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:33 pm

Patrick Wrote:

have you heard it yet stu...blew me away

Only once. I remember being into it, but that was a passive listen at work via small speakers (which is the same way I'm about to listen).

Grape Ripple · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:43 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

k, what is that?

William Fowler Collins - Perdition Hill Radio

Ambient artist who leans towards the dark side. Sounds like a soundtrack for the criminally insane in an abandoned asylum.

k, I actually picked up it up on your recommendation. Very eerie stuff. It takes some serious effort to sit through it though.

Anyone got a link to this? Sounds like my cup of tea.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:50 pm

k Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

k, what is that?

William Fowler Collins - Perdition Hill Radio

Ambient artist who leans towards the dark side. Sounds like a soundtrack for the criminally insane in an abandoned asylum.

k, I actually picked up it up on your recommendation. Very eerie stuff. It takes some serious effort to sit through it though.

Yep. In my opinion nothing has even come remotely close to this, and there have been some great records this year. This is borderline immediate classic to me though. Like Derris said, this is brooding, black as night, scary as hell, ambient. To me he has pushed the envelope so far with this album that I don't even know I can truly call it ambient (though it is) as it is just remarkably heavy. I think you would really dig this Dalen.

Glad you at least checked it out Derris, for some really strange reason that makes me quite happy. Between knowing you listened to this, Hecker, and KFW in the past month, it appears you have really been searching some things out (or that I have just been very wrong in assuming what you listened to all this time).

will def check this out now.

k, is it similar to Svarte Greiner or Deaf Center?

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:51 pm

k Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

k, what is that?

William Fowler Collins - Perdition Hill Radio

Ambient artist who leans towards the dark side. Sounds like a soundtrack for the criminally insane in an abandoned asylum.

k, I actually picked up it up on your recommendation. Very eerie stuff. It takes some serious effort to sit through it though.

Provide link pls. I'd like to hear this. I like eerie.

EDIT: Nevermind

Code:

http://uploaded.to/?id=ubw0pr

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:23 pm

This guy is Black Putin Wrote:

Cotton Wrote:

that Reigning Sound is a great fucking album

seriously? I've been ignoring it because

Quote:

Rads has been all over it

Would it help if I promised it was full to brimming with the sick beats 'n' gangsta rhymez that make middle management suburbanites feel all dangerous 'n' shit?

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:05 pm

What I heard was good.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:08 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

This guy is Black Putin Wrote:

Cotton Wrote:

that Reigning Sound is a great fucking album

seriously? I've been ignoring it because

Quote:

Rads has been all over it

Would it help if I promised it was full to brimming with the sick beats 'n' gangsta rhymez that make middle management suburbanites feel all dangerous 'n' shit?

it would save me the trouble of realizing that it's another one of your mid-40s cover bands.

TheTheory · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:34 pm

The xx just hit eMusic, listening through it now. Really enjoying it. THIS is my kind of album. Thanks for the heads-up.

RolledMeat · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:30 pm

About half way though The XX. I like this a lot. Not what I expected but I'm pleasantly surprised. This thread was a goldmine of new tunes. Looking forward to checking out Reigning Sound next. Thanks peeps.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

here's the p'fork review:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13400-xx/

best new music. 8.7

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:40 pm

8.7 is criminal.

9.2 is much more accurate.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:42 pm

This is OK.

seafoam · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:24 pm

I finally had a decent listen this morning. Its good if a bit slow though. I like the guitar sound and the M/F vocals. Definitely sounds like a couple of 20 year olds, but given a mature styled performance. It could be a top tenner.

andyfest · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:31 pm

seafoam Wrote:

I finally had a decent listen this morning. Its good if a bit slow though. I like the guitar sound and the M/F vocals. Definitely sounds like a couple of 20 year olds, but given a mature styled performance. It could be a top tenner.

My thought as well. A couple more listens are needed for me. After one spin, it seems a little sleepy but definitely has potential to grow.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

i will be listening this afternoon... need to get it on my pod first.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

2 songs in...pretty friggin awesome.

Grape Ripple · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:12 pm

xx really is a great album. Not sure I understand why all the press seems to say that R&B music can be heard as their major influence. That sounds like hipster bullshit to me.

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:45 pm

Patrick Wrote:

man that xx album just really doesnt hold my interest. i love how it starts but midway through im just over it.

agreed.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

definitely is stellar over the first 60 to 70%, then starts to fade, but a pretty great album, nonetheless.

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:27 pm

Grape Ripple Wrote:

xx really is a great album. Not sure I understand why all the press seems to say that R&B music can be heard as their major influence. That sounds like hipster bullshit to me.

if you can't hear the R&B influence, i don't know what to tell you. it's all over this album, especially vocally...even hints of it in the production.

and Saint, give the end of the album a chance. it slows, but it still holds a lot of emotion.

I'm going to pick the 2009 Album of the Year right now

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