chemick

"Electronica" has to take the cake for music-critic-born chimera with the most heads on it. Nobody has ever pinned down what the hell it means. Glad to see the post-punk mentions here and I feel obliged to throw in Pet Shop Boys as well

I'm so relieved this doesn't sound like their previous three albums. Wondergan rocks

literally, a few old tunes. never been released so you can hardly call it an "LP" I do love both tapes though. and the even more mysterious third collection out there. right after Geogaddi

I listened to this again (first time since 2019) and it was annoying. BUT like a champ I looped it for round 2, and I'm happy I stuck it out because a lot of it clicked immediately. I have to skip track 3 but the rest of this album is fucking solid even without sleigh bells. Why the Shabazz Palaces collab works I don't understand, I'm so happy it does. The most fun I've had listening since Mirrored, though my favorite era from Battles is their debut EPs.

Yeah I totally agree. I re-ordered the tracks for my own listening and added a few from body riddle. sounds much better

Tim hecker - haunt me, haunt me, do it again Every October it's Body Riddle and Iradelphic (I actually like this album) and when it gets absolutely cold, Empty the Bones of You. Vladislav Delay's Multila every fall.

The feedback on TH sent em back into "why release anything?" zone. It happened to R. James for a while. A few EPs would soften the hype of an LP between decades of silence but these guys will just do what they want. We'll remember BOC in forty years again when their estate releases every tape of theirs in a trickle of boxsets

Baby Step Giant Step is one of those stand outs of the recent tracks. Agree that the last three albums have felt of the same cloth and altogether less punchy somehow than Scintilli/Spokes/etc I remember reading in an interview they see their instruments/patches as completely reusable the way in a rock band a bass player might have a favorite bass guitar. That font for the album cover seems ripped straight from a 70s sci-fi paperback. I'll agree with the people saying it's cheesy and dated out of the box. It's kind of why I like it

The green Alphonse Mucha -esque art in the OP is pretty lush but I still love the album cover. It might be AI generated There's grey alien vibes in all of this.

I'm fully hyped

With this group I always keep a few tracks from their releases and toss the rest. DRUM GLOW could sit with any of their better tracks. I'm a casual fan and most of this album does not stick, but I like UNDO REDO too.

I put it on today and had a fresh experience with it, about a year since the last listen. Just on reading the last page I see a few are in agreement about the middle of this album being total standout material, beginning with ecol4 and (for me) coming down four tracks later with ii.pre esc. These tracks are mind-blowing and share so much detail and space together that were they actually a 4-track EP, I would find it flawless as Envane. And after all of that, to end with TM1 open is a power move and an absolutely bonkers track and what I want more of from them. Brilliant in a nearly different direction. This album has realllllly sunk in for me and it's a new favorite. Glad others love it too.

this is good shit as always. it’s been one filthy elixir and a backdrop to my shitty personal life, dumped (1.5 yrs living together) and moving in a panic across the city, just obliterating my car speakers while i drive all my shit thrown into trashbags back and forth. um, it’s fucking good

it's good, and it's probably not what SOPHIE imagined from AE when she sent her wish out into the ether. is there a thread where I can find more Sam and Rand fanfic?

Not Good.

play this loud. new listens show the quieter details buttressing the chords/pads. very much like their middle era stuff, like others have said. i think some of the simplicity in the harmonies is deceptive for a first listen

ooo I'm gonna touch my weiner, this is good shit.

Bars and restaurants will be closed in WA state, as well as "entertainment and recreational facilities". Events of 50+ now banned. Will be really interesting to see what happens next to reimburse all of these businesses and employees.

I'm also a WA resident, sorry to hear about your situation man. I've heard there are definitely state resources for people whose employment is affected by this virus. Employment Security Department: https://esd.wa.gov/newsroom/covid-19 Best of luck.

I can understand the sentiment, but also noteworthy is how readily people ignore the effects of day-to-day living this has for everyone. You can consider immediate effects on your life and also the global and life-threatening implications of the virus, too. These aren't mutually exclusive.

Seattle update, schools are closed in three counties until April 24. 250+ person events are banned. Kremwerk and many venues have all but completely shut down and tickets are being refunded. I predict a lot of these measures will in fact roll into summer, which means my hopes of not being depressed all year long are definitely in jeopardy

I live downtown and have been ordered to work from home until May. if this restriction on large events creeps into my June/July Seattle festivities, this completely spoils the only good season in the region and I'm going to cry.

Bias and everything after it are pretty damn good. My friend recommended this, and I can see the placement with Jon Hopkins, Jamie XX, Four Tet, etc (and I listen to them, too) but there's a sparseness here laid out in every track. I haven't hooked deeply into it yet. It's still great though? Sea-Watch leading into Apoptoses is a beautiful thing.

WNSN bloomed for me finally, and, what a track. The first 60 seconds is not welcoming; I opened the wrong door at a party. Someone's having a coke freak-out?, and probably they meant to lock this door, and this is NOT Theswere pt. 2, Hey I'm sorry let me just- But I can't retreat, Quaristice is about facing these wrong-turns because there's some truth to un-cover at the bottom of all of this? The track settles into a tighter chambered groove that reminds me of something earlier in the evening, was it Simmm? I'll hang out here. As it turns out the chaos was a front, because now these sounds breathe with the percussion like they're one in the same -- a product of evolution, an emergence tempered by uncounted jungle battles, a force of nature. It's tight. I can't pin-point the emotion either. It's reflective, contemplating something. It's a space for unpacking though, and I can spend all night here. huh. maybe fav track on quaristice.

I downloaded this hours after it was posted, but completely forgot to listen until I was stuck at home a month later, wisdom teeth freshly extracted from a swollen bleeding mouth and nothing for me to do with myself really except blast tunes and play video games. With a double dosage of percocet starting to kick in, what proceeded was pure magic, I was not properly strapped in for the rich and entrancing pleasure these two hours had in store for me. Fucking. Perfect. worth forgetting to listen to, I wonder if this will still be my favorite 'chre when the 'cet wears off. When 33:50 (pt1) came on, all I could do is close my eyes and drool in a blood swirled state of bliss.