Alzado Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Air are set to release the follow-up to 2004's Talkie Walkie on March 6 on Astralwerks. The record is titled Pocket Symphony, features artwork by contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan, and was recorded with Nigel Godrich over the last year and a half. Both Air members, Nicolas Godin and JB Dunckel (aka Darkel), sing on the album, and Jarvis Cocker and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon contribute vocals as well. Pocket Symphony also incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin recently learned to play from an Okinawa master musician: the koto (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like shamisen. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great role" in the duo's music. Air plan to spend much of 2007 on tour. They'll hit Europe in the spring and America in May, with festival appearances scheduled for the summer, and more shows throughout the fall and winter. Tracklist: 01 Space Maker 02 Once Upon a Time 03 Hell of a Party 04 Napalm Love 05 Mayfair Song 06 Left Bank 07 Photograph 08 Mer du Japon 09 Lost Message 10 Somewhere Between Walking and Sleeping 11 Redhead Girl 12 Night Sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 i dont get too pumped over guest vocalists on an air album i do, however, get pumped up over nigel godrich let's see what happens. talkie walkie was good, 10,000 mhz was shit (imo), moon unit safari was fantastic . . . virgin suicides i havent heard compeltely . . . so what's gonna happen with this one? we shall see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Erosmyth Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 so what's gonna happen with this one? we shall see! in the meantime you should check out that charlotte gainsbourg album i posted yesteday.. largely the same list of collaborators and it works pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Kingdom Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 talkie walkie was good, 10,000 mhz was shit (imo), moon unit safari was fantastic Completely agree with your statement Fred. Virgin Suicides is good, not mind-blowing, but some nice variations on a common theme. Looking forward to seeing them live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrx Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest absolu Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Good news. I personally consider Charlotte Gainsbourg last album an Air album, sounding exactly like Talkie Walkie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 who/what is charlotte gainsbourg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzado Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 i'm not into the whole guest vocalist thing at all. just give me some sweet tunes without the cheesy affected vocals. i loved Premiers Symptomes and Moon Safari, after that, meh but agreed on godrich, so yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Kingdom Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 who/what is charlotte gainsbourg? Daughter of this dude- Serge Gainsbourg, a famous French singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playbynumbers Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 japanese floor harp, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 talkie walkie is my favorite air album..................we will see, i second this notion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playbynumbers Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 i still have to go with moon safari ... they literally threw out their old instruments after they made that album, apparently to force themselves into a new musical direction ... but i kind of liked that direction. they have yet to top la femme d'argent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinner at my house Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Can't wait to hear this. Always a big fan of whatever they come up with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 who/what is charlotte gainsbourg? Daughter of this dude- Serge Gainsbourg, a famous French singer. he once performed a duet called 'lemon incest' with her. brrr. this could be great, i have a predispoisition towards all things jarvis. plus a good vibrations reference in the title. i look forward to this, ps moon safari is mediocre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrx Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 this album is sick \m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velazquez Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 premier symptomes is the only Air that grabbed me,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecaseman Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Well this is certainly boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lands end road Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 After giving this a few more listens a few tracks are starting to stand out, but it is still boring. It sounds like they spent all of their energy focusing on production and not melody. The whole album just sounds like the soundtrack to a French 70's soft core porn film than an Air record. I do however enjoy Redhead Girl, which sounds like a recycled version of Alone in Kyoto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinner at my house Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I love the shit out of this. I think Air have pulled off another success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Archrival Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 really looking forward to this one! talkie walkie was really nice and Nigel is the man on the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brianellis Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 this album seriously sucks... premiers symptoms is the only thing worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.