Tim Hecker - Virgins

[triachus]

can't wait to buy virgins

[logakght]

[MadameChaos]

thanks logakght, this is really beautiful

[patternoverlap]

yeah loving that video

[th555]

I'll be seeing Tim Hecker live this weekend. Exaited :D

[Redruth]

i'm seeing strange, thurible things in the video; strange tall men with thurible heads and the thurible ufo

[MadameChaos]

ooh you lucky thing you th555

 

the video is kinda odd and ethereal

 

i wish he'd had a flying thurible at the gig

[MadameChaos]

streaming online preview (if you are slow like me and still not bought it yet) http://www.npr.org/2013/10/06/228840821/first-listen-tim-hecker-virgins

[jhonny]

this album is bloody grate

[encym]

Review & samples:

 

http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9813%3Atim-hecker-qvirginsq&catid=13%3Aalbums-and-singles&Itemid=133

[Guest Jimmy McMessageboard]

 

well this is lovely

[markedone]

first listen, this is exactly the record i need this time of year. i cant wait to dig deep into this one

[sebastian]

first listen, this is exactly the record i need this time of year. i cant wait to dig deep into this one

I agree. Listened to this yesterday and it's just pure lushness through the whole thing. With this and the new Deepchord album, this fall starts off great!

[Friendly Foil]

Thia deserves way more attention.

[eugene]

Thia deserves way more attention.

 

yeah but then it's kinda business as usual, like "here's another great tim hecker album for your enjoyment".

[Guest zaphod]

this one really feels like a progression. i think ravedeath was the test run for what he's doing with live instrumentation on this one. it's actually a fairly challenging listen, by hecker's standards. not quite avant garde, but some of the rhythmic collage stuff is pretty confrontational. i haven't fully decided where this fits in with his other albums, and i still think harmony and radio amor are his strongest albums, but this is definitely superior to the last two. and probably better than mirages.

[spptrl alt del]

More Big Tonal Washes of Piano, etc. Lots of Reverb and Sustain. Sounds like an extension of Ravedeath, yeah.

http://www.spin.com/articles/tim-hecker-virgins-attack-of-the-drones-interview

[jhonny]

Great interview.

[Redruth]

i'm warmed by the sweet sound of this. tim hecker is on the list of musicians with paranormal abilities

[jules]

yea this is really really nice. perfect for the fall weather we are having here.

 

i listened to it last saturday morning in my sun room before my wife and son were awake. just sitting there looking into my backyard, with a hot cup of strong coffee, watching the deer walk in the morning dew. it was perfect.

[sheatheman]

The beginning is pretty obviously minor. So much unresolved major 9th and minor 6th tension.

 

Black Refraction is nice.

[Guest Zelmo Swift]

I'm getting to the venue a couple hours early tomorrow to see him live for the first time as admission is first-come-first-serve.

yea this is really really nice. perfect for the fall weather we are having here.

 

i listened to it last saturday morning in my sun room before my wife and son were awake. just sitting there looking into my backyard, with a hot cup of strong coffee, watching the deer walk in the morning dew. it was perfect.

 

Your life sounds really ideal to me.

:^)

[jules]

i was snapped out of that glorious buzz when i was scooping shit out of my sons ass crack moments after he woke up and threw a lightning mcqueen car at mr potato head.

[jhonny]

flol

[logakght]

Despite I think it's a pretty awesome album, I still think Ravedeath is his magnum opus, at least in his "more electronic" era. Virgins is like the start of a more softer style.