What are you listening to? (V)Music
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My second favorite Slowdive album.
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"Emergence" by Sleep Token.
I've seen mentions of Sleep Token on various music sites over the years, but never listened to them as they get thrown in the death metal genre and look like this...
...not my cup of tea. But the ever helpful Spotify threw 'Ascensionism' from them on a playlist for me, I listened to it absentmindedly and liked it without knowing of who the artist was.
In my opinion this band is not "death metal". Death metal is something like Cradle of Filth where the music has blistering drum rattles, squelching and distorted guitars with a bell-end in dark makeup screaming incomprehensible "lyrics" about God knows what.
This is something else. This guy sings. While the songs do have some heavier moments, it's generally less than a fifth of any song (unless the first song you listen to is 'Vore'. Don't let the first song you listen to be 'Vore'). Emergence starts slow and soft on piano, building slightly to a bridge "Go ahead and wrap your arms around me" repeated before breaking in to a light electronica section with drums, repeat the bridge to come back with a heavier section of drums akin to the heaviness of Linkin Park... then the biggest twist is at the end. The last minute. I won't spoil it, but it shows how eclectic the influences on this bands music are.
I will admit that I'm scratching my head on some of the lyrics...
I've seen mentions of Sleep Token on various music sites over the years, but never listened to them as they get thrown in the death metal genre and look like this...
...not my cup of tea. But the ever helpful Spotify threw 'Ascensionism' from them on a playlist for me, I listened to it absentmindedly and liked it without knowing of who the artist was.
In my opinion this band is not "death metal". Death metal is something like Cradle of Filth where the music has blistering drum rattles, squelching and distorted guitars with a bell-end in dark makeup screaming incomprehensible "lyrics" about God knows what.
This is something else. This guy sings. While the songs do have some heavier moments, it's generally less than a fifth of any song (unless the first song you listen to is 'Vore'. Don't let the first song you listen to be 'Vore'). Emergence starts slow and soft on piano, building slightly to a bridge "Go ahead and wrap your arms around me" repeated before breaking in to a light electronica section with drums, repeat the bridge to come back with a heavier section of drums akin to the heaviness of Linkin Park... then the biggest twist is at the end. The last minute. I won't spoil it, but it shows how eclectic the influences on this bands music are.
I will admit that I'm scratching my head on some of the lyrics...
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Martyn Ware could program a mean drum machine. I think Heaven 17 were more of a brand than a band at the time though. A mate lent me the B.E.F's first cassette Music For Stowaways in 1982 and it was a really dreary affair so it's a good thing they got their groove thang on for at least half an album.
Damn shame about Jimmy and Pete. They were a hot rhythm section with Martin Chambers. I'm glad Chrissie's still touring though.
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I've come across Sleep Token here and there (mostly on Drumeo videos) but I've never listened to them, admittedly because of the visual. I have to say I'm surprised that they sound NOTHING like I thought they would.
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With the exception of 'Vore', the vast majority of their music doesn't fit the aesthetic stylings, which I'm fairly sure is just done for theatrics and to embellish the lore behind the band, and they've created a tonne of lore.
A few stand out tracks for me are;
Atlantic - a delicate song that fans interpret to be about someone coming to in a hospital, following a tragic accident, and dealing with the grief and depression in blaming themselves for killing a friend in the accident.
Alkaline - straight up love song, trying to quantify and explain the qualities of someone you love so smittenly that you can't explain them clearly.
Chokehold - if the band actually sounded like expected based on their image, Chokehold would be their softer track. It thumps along with rythme with louder yet still clear lyrics and sounds closer to metal.
Ascensionism - follows a similar structure to Emergence in it's building up, but here it's more of a genre jump. The song is about trying to understand your partner in an abusive relationship, and realizing you're no better, you want the same thing from eachother but don't know how to get it, resulting in abuse.
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Another vinyl found (during a leisurely Sunday walk) and cheaply scratched off my "to get" list: Vienna by Ultravox. Possibly one of the albums that started the Eighties (although the list of contenders for that honor is a mile long!), with its synth-heavy sound and Midge Ure's distinctive voice. Thanks to Turin's prolific scene of antiquarian street markets, my collection is assured to grow at an exponential pace.
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I bought this at the time (on cassette) on the strength of the title track and "Mister X". My mate bought the first Visage album instead which features Ultravox members Midge Ure and Billy Currie. To this day I think he had the better of the deal as I much prefer that album to this one.
Having done large chunks of The Fall's and pretty much all of The Smiths' discographies it's time for me to return to Madchester for what the New Musical Express and Observer seem to think is the greatest British rock album ever made as well as the band's 5- and 22-years-later follow ups, along with associated contemporary non-album singles and B-sides.
I've learnt my lesson from the Dreadzone remaster and am going to listen to the original mixes of these where possible as they have higher dynamic range despite the bass and drums being less pronounced. I also bought these at the time but never listened to them before losing most of my CD collection in a house clearout. Fortunately, the Roses' discography is mercifully compact*, due no doubt to their protracted war with their record company Silvertone.
*especially when omitting the B-sides "Full Fathom Five" and "Guernica", which are simply the A-sides played in reverse, Napoleon XIV-style. Regrettably this practice extends to the first album as well, albeit with different lyrics added to the backwards track.
Also giving Roxy Music's 1972 debut a go having liked their second and third LPs (with the exception of "Psalm" from Stranded), while not thinking a lot of their fourth. I'll also give 1982's Avalon a spin.
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Following lamenting about death metal featuring bell-ends screaming incomprehensible lyrics the other day, I decided to remind myself that sometimes heavier music can be pretty...
And I swear I'm talking about the music being pretty.
The music.
Totally.
And I swear I'm talking about the music being pretty.
The music.
Totally.
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Peter Gabriel - i/o. Really surprised how solid this is melodically and production-wise. It's not every artist that has the luxury of having two decades to work on a comeback album but it's good to know he didn't spend all that time sitting on his digitally-manipulated hands.
In true Chris30 fashion I'm listening to this album three times in succession: once for the Mark "Spike" Stent "Bright-Side" mix, once for the Tchad Blake "Dark-Side" mix and a third and final time to audition my composite playlist of preferred mixes between the two. Tchad wins for me on most of them so far.
In true Chris30 fashion I'm listening to this album three times in succession: once for the Mark "Spike" Stent "Bright-Side" mix, once for the Tchad Blake "Dark-Side" mix and a third and final time to audition my composite playlist of preferred mixes between the two. Tchad wins for me on most of them so far.
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One of the best New York hip hop albums ever. Always takes me back to my teenage years when I started getting really into music.
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I was not expecting this to work nearly as well as it does.
Come as the Cat - Al Stewart and Nirvana
Come as the Cat - Al Stewart and Nirvana
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I‘ve been on a bit of a shoegaze binge lately.
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