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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 10:17:53 GMT -5
For the second week of this thread, let's go with one of the most criminally unknown band of the 2000's: Flotation Toy Warning.
If you love long songs with hints of psychedelia mixed with baroque music and space rock, then this band is for you. They released two albums, the first one "Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Desk" in 2004 and last year, "The Machine That Made Us".
Like with Belle and Sebastian, don't forget to give your opinions/thoughts even though you're only discovering them now !
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 11:36:00 GMT -5
I don't know the band but I kinda like the first song  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 11:38:33 GMT -5
I don't know the band but I kinda like the first song I think you're gonna love "A Season Underground" and "Donald Pleasance" !  |
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Post by The Escapist on Dec 11, 2018 4:16:51 GMT -5
Hipster-tastic, melancholic, arty, and well-produced - of course I like them. Not listened much their newer stuff but Bluffer's Guide... still holds up really well and would have been the best indie album of it's year if not for Funeral. They're a bit hipster-band-by-numbers what with the extended songs and brass sections and pretentious name, but they do it all well and that's an aesthetic I'm always a fan of anyway. I voted them "very good" and "Happy 13" as their best song.
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Post by matt on Dec 11, 2018 18:39:55 GMT -5
Mercury Rev is the band that most jumped to mind when hearing these guys.
Musically they're very interesting, but vocally they've never really done it for me. I like the dreamy nature of many neo-psychedelic vocalists and they don't measure up to say the beauty of, say, Holes by Mercury Rev. An impossible threshold to reach given its a masterpiece but it's hard to separate that comparison for me personally.
That said, I don't dislike them by any means and I'd happily sit back and listen to them. I just think there are better bands within the genre. Alright will be my rating.
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Post by The Escapist on Dec 12, 2018 14:49:15 GMT -5
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Post by funhouse on Dec 12, 2018 16:22:08 GMT -5
You go ask lubeck, he's the boss! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 17:07:55 GMT -5
matt asked first so round #3 is for him. Round #4 for funhouse. I book round #5
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Post by World71R on Dec 12, 2018 17:39:49 GMT -5
I had a chance to listen to Happy 13 and Controlling the Sea, also Donald Pleasance.
Happy 13 was very good. It has a nice combination of trip-hop and sort of an indie pop/rock sound. I like the middle portion where everything gets a little hazier and how it sorts itself at the end. The change from the looped drums to the live drums is a nice touch too.
Controlling the Sea's intro sort of reminded me of Reflektor at the very, very start. I like the calmness of the drums and how easy going it is. The guitar tones are also really nice too. The lead singer reminds me a lot of Brandon Flowers in some ways.
Donald Pleasance blew me away. It's filled with heartache but it's so beautiful at the same time. I'd rate that as my favorite of the bunch.
Overall, Very Good.
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Post by The Escapist on Dec 13, 2018 8:33:31 GMT -5
matt asked first so round #3 is for him. Round #4 for funhouse . I book round #5 Cool, give us a shout as soon as a week is available, I'm a big fan of the idea  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 19:25:19 GMT -5
matt asked first so round #3 is for him. Round #4 for funhouse . I book round #5 Cool, give us a shout as soon as a week is available, I'm a big fan of the idea You can take round #5 ! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 11:31:03 GMT -5
matt we're waiting for round 3 !
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Post by matt on Dec 20, 2018 17:45:05 GMT -5
matt we're waiting for round 3 ! Done! |
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