plaid Plaid - Scintilli

[Redruth]

http://www.factmag.com/2011/09/27/plaid-scintilli/

[cear]

http://www.youtube.com/7EDqTWrbqyU

[Wyern]

http://www.factmag.c...laid-scintilli/

 

I agree, first part of the album is great, after track 5 it gets uninspired. Anyways, can't stop listening to Missing

[Jamesqdot]

I personally disagree. 'Founded', 'Upgrade', '35 Summers' and 'At Last' are some of the albums' finest moments and 'Sömnl' is also great. I do agree, though, that 'African Woods' is the albums weakest track. :)

[Guest nene multiple assgasms]

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15860-scintilli/

[Goiter Sanchez]

http://pitchfork.com...5860-scintilli/

 

 

 

*Edit*

:facepalm:

[Jamesqdot]

http://pitchfork.com...5860-scintilli/

 

Do you think he actually listened to the album at all?

[Guest bitroast]

http://pitchfork.com...5860-scintilli/

 

Do you think he actually listened to the album at all?

 

ha. i totally got this impression too.

it's a few paragraphs of him just saying he's not interested in the artist/album, with a mere reference or two to how the album actually sounds (there's a mention of the bass in sömnl), and low 5 point something rating.

pitchfork are pathetic.

[Guest analogue wings]

pitchfork publishes review i disagree with

 

bear shits in woods

 

sun rises, etc

[magdog]

i disagree with both reviews.. they're not just totally missing the point of Scintilli but Plaid altogether.

[Guest sirch]

i'm not even going to bother to read it... i will just add the journalist to my list of people who need to be exterminated asap. :)

[ascdi]

Only one listen so far, but wow. This is really good! I actually waited to buy it at the store.

[Jamesqdot]

I hope no-one minds if I share this with you: http://igloomag.com/reviews/plaid-scintilli-warp.

[Guest KY]

http://pitchfork.com...5860-scintilli/

 

Do you think he actually listened to the album at all?

 

ha. i totally got this impression too.

it's a few paragraphs of him just saying he's not interested in the artist/album, with a mere reference or two to how the album actually sounds (there's a mention of the bass in sömnl), and low 5 point something rating.

pitchfork are pathetic.

 

Really? I'd agree with his overall interpretation of Plaid as a group—his explanation of their music in that "they've never really fucked with 'direction' in the first place" is something I can agree with, at least from Double Figure on.

 

While I don't know how his review of the record stands—haven't heard the new album yet—I don't think this is too terribly inaccurate a review of the band.

 

Sidenote: Instead of Mount Kimbie, he could have easily drawn a comparison between Lone and Plaid.

[Guest AcrossCanyons]

does anyone else get political tones from the new video? (at last)

[zazen]

http://www.factmag.c...laid-scintilli/

 

I agree, first part of the album is great, after track 5 it gets uninspired. Anyways, can't stop listening to Missing

thats not really what he says, he just says the first 5 are great and the rest is slightly less great. He mentions 35 summers and At Last as being stand-out tracks.

[vamos scorcho]

everything you need to know about Pitchfork reviews of electronic music:

 

http://pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/15851-dum-dum-girls-only-in-dreams/

 

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7447-go-plastic/

[Guest KY]

everything you need to know about Pitchfork reviews of electronic music:

 

http://pitchforkmedi...only-in-dreams/

 

http://pitchfork.com...447-go-plastic/

that comparison doesn't make sense

 

edit: look, I can do that too

 

http://pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/223-selected-ambient-works-85-92/

 

http://pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/15697-closer-to-closed/

[Lucas]

everything you need to know about Pitchfork reviews of electronic music:

http://pitchfork.com...447-go-plastic/

 

I hope Squarepusher himself read that one because it's freakin' funny

[magdog]

i'm not even going to bother to read it... i will just add the journalist to my list of people who need to be exterminated asap. :)

don't bother mate.. waste of bloody time. there's a part in one of the interviews where he basically knocks Ed and Andy Dog for being different.. haha :)

[danshoebridge]

everything you need to know about Pitchfork reviews of electronic music:

http://pitchfork.com...447-go-plastic/

 

I hope Squarepusher himself read that one because it's freakin' funny

 

Funny enough - I agree with some of that review. My fave album from squarepusher is Rotted One Note and I was quite disappointed by Go Plastic when it came out, it did seem like a bit of a step back (though it did grow on me).

 

His accusation that SP 'hasn't bothered to learn the latest software' is just bizarre though.

[Redruth]

i listened to 'founded' today and it reminded me how lovely this plaid really is

[Guest ruiagnelo]

i listened to 'founded' today and it reminded me how lovely this plaid really is

 

what do you think of the whole album?

[Redruth]

i like its world of faerie, enchanted forest sound. the delicate twinkling and plickity-plunking set against dark wormhole sounds that plaid are so talented at achieving. i'm very harppy with it

[Guest ruiagnelo]

i like its world of faerie, enchanted forest sound. the delicate twinkling and plickity-plunking set against dark wormhole sounds that plaid are so talented at achieving. i'm very harppy with it

 

one thing that bothers me is that it sounds slightly louder than their previous works. of course the tools are new and fresh, but it doesn't feel as intimate as what they have brought us in the past. other than that, it is truly beautiful and one of their best for sure.