beerwolf Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile Pretty dull and damp Sunday where I am so I’m frittering and wasting my time in an offhand way and thought I’d start this rolling. I think it’s exceedingly good. What do you think? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarlybog Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 after two listens, only 2 tracks stand out to me. a few too many mid tempo tracks one after the other. the jazzy orchestral bits and occasional bass synth are the standout aspects. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) Still early days and still figuring out all the pieces of the puzzle but You Will Never Work In Television Again is an instant early favourite. Edited May 15, 2022 by beerwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Really enjoying this. Thanks for putting it back on my radar @beerwolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Whoo this one is really special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
species8472 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 been a while since ive cared too much about anything radiohead but i keep hearing positive things about this one. time to listen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 not idm enough sorry and btw what afx says? can we listen to the smile at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 This needs some more listens to be properly reviewed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxus Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 I love this album. Lush arpeggios. I especially like Skrting on the surface, there's something addictive about that 11/8 groove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Stranger Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Great album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WurstPLUS Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Played it once Friday and once today, will clearly need more time to digest. Only listened to the first two singles ahead of the album as I dislike hearing too much when I know an album's coming. Glad I did that, as even the two I'd heard didn't stand out too much as familiar. Sounds quite good, couple of standouts so far I'd say are "Pana-vision" and "Thin Thing". As said above there are a lot of mid-tempo songs one after the other and they do blend together if you're not actively listening, which is not uncommon for Radiohead and especially the last one. I like the sound though and will keep listening. Feels fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimandres Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Great album. It has a chilled lonliness about it that scratches my itch. Being more of a band instead of Thom over dinky beats works very much in its favour compared to the Eraser/Atoms for Peace etc. Those are too full of clicky clacky things beats. I think Radiohead and adjacent are much better as primarily a guitar driven rock band with some electronic flourishes than diving full into electronics (same is true for most rock bands) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 A+++. So glad I was able to stay away from that slow drip of singles. The trend of half albums slowly being released is so obnoxious. Anyway, Jonny's guitar is amazing on this and Thom sounds great. Skinner's style fits this perfectly. Really, really love this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 3 hours ago, jules said: So glad I was able to stay away from that slow drip of singles. The trend of half albums slowly being released is so obnoxious. 1000000%. There should be a two single limit. I prefer one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atypic Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I'm 2/3rd through my first full listen. I'm digging it over all. Great use of strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watmmisdead Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 what are you guys fav tracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimandres Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Thin Thing is my favourite. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings, Skrting, Hair-dryer prob backing it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Dig the record, immediate reaction is it's the best album from J+T in 20 years. Caught them live, too, it was loose and fun. Played for 85 minutes., think they did the whole album plus a cover and a couple of newly written tracks. Cool to see them in a relatively small club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WurstPLUS Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 On 5/23/2022 at 11:06 PM, watmmisdead said: what are you guys fav tracks? Thin Thing. And aww, FB2K has never been as sexy now that ColumnsUI has dark mode (not sure if that is new though). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) This album is great. The Same is like a part 2 to 2+2=5 where Thom is just like "Okay no more theatrics, time bomb is about to go off, it's getting ridic, I can't make that more explicit with this song". "Thin Thing" is great. Definitely one of their best guitar oriented tracks. It feels like a hybrid between 2+2=5 and Paranoid Android. I kinda like it better than those both. I think due to how raw it is, and the guitar solo is more appealing than Paranoid Androids somehow. The simplification of their band has been good for this album. I do hope radiohead comes back, but the fact the other 3 aren't here means you hear Thom and especially Greenwood's influence even more as he has to fill space he normally doesn't have to fill. Edited July 7, 2022 by Brisbot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wunderbar Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) On 5/25/2022 at 10:53 AM, WurstPLUS said: Thin Thing. And aww, FB2K has never been as sexy now that ColumnsUI has dark mode (not sure if that is new though). how did u get it darkmode like that ? is that just vanilla foobar? Edited July 7, 2022 by Wunderbar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WurstPLUS Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Wunderbar said: how did u get it darkmode like that ? is that just vanilla foobar? Cannot check computer rn, I think it's in Columns UI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wunderbar Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, WurstPLUS said: Cannot check computer rn, I think it's in Columns UI. What version of foobar are you using ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WurstPLUS Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 8 hours ago, Wunderbar said: What version of foobar are you using ? 1.6.11, latest ColumnsUI and see screenshot, this is what you are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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