YELLOW Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 No love for “Fake Sweat?” That one is a jam! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blantchot1 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, YELLOW said: No love for “Fake Sweat?” That one is a jam! I got stuck on "fake sweat". very hypnotizing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttering mouth moth Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Wow, they're all really fucking good. My personal favorites so far have got to be: Skinflex / Fake Sweat / Kilgrimol Dissolve / Shoes for Dinosaurs / Paradise Drive / Making a Monster / The False Eye Closes I look forward to seeing identified samples in the coming weeks, there were a lot of great ones! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Tempos too slow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neto Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I would love to preorder it directly from Bleep but the registered shipping is really high, there is also the unregistered option at 10.54 dls only but the registered is 64.75dls!!! it could take weeks or months to appear in my local amazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 49 minutes ago, Neto said: I would love to preorder it directly from Bleep but the registered shipping is really high, there is also the unregistered option at 10.54 dls only but the registered is 64.75dls!!! life's all about taking chances album's good. I See You stood out on first listen, but all around good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Neto said: I would love to preorder it directly from Bleep but the registered shipping is really high, there is also the unregistered option at 10.54 dls only but the registered is 64.75dls!!! it could take weeks or months to appear in my local amazon Unfortunately that's Royal Mail's international postage charges… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Stranger Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Neto said: I would love to preorder it directly from Bleep but the registered shipping is really high, there is also the unregistered option at 10.54 dls only but the registered is 64.75dls!!! it could take weeks or months to appear in my local amazon Godamn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uros Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) This is a helluva strong album. Loving the sludginess Spoiler Edited April 9, 2023 by Uros 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 I ordered the bleep bundle to throw Mr Head some extra money hopefully, but now I don’t know whether to listen to the digital vinyls first or wait 6 months for the package to arrive. Classic bleep problems, really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELLOW Posted April 11, 2023 Author Share Posted April 11, 2023 There are no secrets in the dark… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumplings Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 The whole album is pretty strongk, with no filler from my listen! Fake Sweat and Paradise Drive are fantastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 paradise drive the winner for me. agree with fumi it starts a little slow although it's hard to pinpoint exactly what. Still nothing on TROG for me, there is true magic on that first album, maybe because it's just faster ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 7 hours ago, dr lopez said: Still nothing on TROG for me, there is true magic on that first album, maybe because it's just faster ... Sadly I have to agree but not bc it’s faster; if nothing else it has more melodies, even more humor … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 On my second listen of this album now. Gotta say that Adrian Blacow has made a strong return overall after a near 8-year hiatus. A bit difficult for me to pick a fave track atm. But I like Skinflex, Fake Sweat, & Kilgrimol Dissolve in particular. I also noticed that Strange Tangents has the same crystalline bell sounds as Body Magic from PoV, or at least it sounds like it. Will probably be putting this on loop in the car for the next several months, as it's the only new music I genuinely appreciate atm. Ae be either slackin or teasin us as of late, so this is the next best thing as far as I'm concerned. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) After a dozen or so spins I can opine half-informed. I like it a lot but beyond that it's pretty hard to stack it against the first 2 releases. Loved TRoG but jumped to Team PoV since it dropped, so expecting him to remain on such a step-up trajectory is a set up for disappointment, especially as so many years have passed. This one feels like he's expanding his sound outward but not necessarily upward if that makes sense. Favorite tracks (no mentions yet too!) are Drown a Star (distorted, disorienting and funky in the best of ways) and the False Eye Closes. Maaaaan, such a fucking monster of a closer, I can't be the only one tripping on feels. Makes me want to climb to the top of a mountain and raise a bandana'd brofist as the meteor shower rains down. 16 hours ago, ambermonk said: Will probably be putting this on loop in the car for the next several months +1 speaker damage Edited April 13, 2023 by BobDobalina 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, BobDobalina said: +1 speaker damage It's OK. After nearly 55K miles, 8 oil changes, and 8 years (from brand new), I'll risk it. Edited April 14, 2023 by ambermonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Kilgrimol Dissolves https://darktales.blog/2019/05/16/kilgrimol-the-truth-behind-blackpools-drowned-village/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi Guys Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I find this album to be super psychedelic and hypnotic. Really get lost in it. My aoty so far!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Paradise Drive is really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I guess it’s a rite of passage to listen to a new VHS Head album. First one was a really unique classic. Probably massively underrated beyond watmm circles. I’m absolutely sure there was a time when they were a highly suspect BOC side project. I’ll listen ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELLOW Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 10 hours ago, beerwolf said: I guess it’s a rite of passage to listen to a new VHS Head album. First one was a really unique classic. Probably massively underrated beyond watmm circles. I’m absolutely sure there was a time when they were a highly suspect BOC side project. I’ll listen ASAP. Yeah I remember when Video Club came out, a lot of people suspected that. I suppose that could be a compliment but also, there are other skilled musicians in the world besides BOC… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, YELLOW said: there are other skilled musicians in the world besides BOC… please cite your sources on this wild claim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 22 hours ago, beerwolf said: I guess it’s a rite of passage to listen to a new VHS Head album. First one was a really unique classic. Probably massively underrated beyond watmm circles. I’m absolutely sure there was a time when they were a highly suspect BOC side project. I’ll listen ASAP. It was when the first EP dropped and it was Boomkat who got that rumour going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 2 hours ago, fumi said: It was when the first EP dropped and it was Boomkat who got that rumour going. Woah, so they did - I don't remember that (unless the 'old talent' they were referring to was another Skam artist - like the mentioned Team Doyobi): Quote The Skam revival continues apace with an EP from a possible new talent, or quite possibly an old talent, in disguise. VHS Head's 'Video Club' EP comes replete with a gold members card for that classic Skam aesthetic, and five new tracks loaded on a CD housed in a glossy black jewel case.The tracks sound somewhere between Team Doyobi and the more recent Gescom gear, firing out fractal edits of 80's electro a la Art Of Noise or Mantronix with an unhinged sense of arrangement. 'Rent Responsibly' is haunted by the synthlines of Manchester clubs circa 1987 with just a hint of BoC style nostalgia, while the fierce 'Growler Spit You Out' slices through rewound VHS samples with ADD pause button stutters. It's like the ghost of Max Headroom has been let loose with an MPC in the Oldham Street Vinyl Exchange basement. A must for any old-skool Skam nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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