I don't think their new album is going to win over many new fans but it is gorgeous - I've played it 3-4 times a day since it came out and still can't get enough of it.
I don't think their new album is going to win over many new fans but it is gorgeous - I've played it 3-4 times a day since it came out and still can't get enough of it.
Is it so good really? How do you rank it amongst of their rest records until now? Better/Worst than which one of theirs?
It's the strings & production that make it so good, really lush. I've heard quite a few people saying its like Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden and it does have that kind of vibe. I think King of Limbs, was probably most disappointing, Its difficult to rate their new one against the old albums but there are moments that sound like all the different periods of their back catalogue. There's a lot less of the Thom bleepy laptop nonsense which is also a good thing.
^ If you don't like this then it's not for you! This is a much better indicator of how the album sounds than Burn The Witch (which is the most up tempo thing on the album)
I was at the Roundhouse last night, they were stunning. The setlist had a bit of everything and the atmosphere in the crowd was spot on. So much better than the TKOL tour.
Burn the Witch Daydreaming Decks Dark Desert Island Disk Ful Stop Lotus Flower Talk Show Host My Iron Lung The Gloaming Exit Music (for a Film) Separator Identikit The Numbers Myxomatosis Reckoner Idioteque Everything in Its Right Place Morning Mr. Magpie 2 + 2 = 5 Nude Planet Telex There There Present Tense You and Whose Army? Paranoid Android
I've seen them at the 1st show in Amsterdam and it was delightful to hear the live premieres of all those excellent new tracks. A Moon Shaped Pool is a great record.
Fingers crossed they'll play some other UK dates during the summer - I think Glastonbury is one of the few that doesn't insist on an exclusivity clause.. They've also announced a Polish festival.
I bought my ticket for the Florence concert the next June 2017. Unfortunately, they always play in huge places, the worst for a concert and I am quite sure that, similar to 2012, I will not see much.
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