The 2021 Music Thread

[DFF]

On 03/10/2021 at 14:59, Orange CLDY said:

First listen: eh it's cool

Tenth listen: THOUGH MY MEMORIES ARE FADED THEY COME BACK TO HAUNT ME ONCE AGAAAAAAAAAAIN!!!


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My cousin is a huge Ghost fan, has seen them live like four times now, and his reaction to this single was "I don't like it :/". I love it. I think it's a great blend of the heaviness of an album like Meliora and the more pop sensibilities of Prequelle, and if it's any indication of what next year's (fingers crossed) album sounds like I'm going to have a good time with it.

I had a similar reaction. For a movie soundtrack single, its pretty darn good. 

[MalaCloudy Black]

2 minutes ago, DFF said:

I had a similar reaction. For a movie soundtrack single, its pretty darn good. 

AND THOUGH MY MIND IS SOMEWHAT JAAAAAAAAADEDDDD NOWWWW!

[RPS]

Magdalena Bay's album Mercurial World is amazing. It's a blend of pop and house. It reminds me of 2am at the club. 

[RPS]

On 17/10/2021 at 09:19, RPS said:

Magdalena Bay's album Mercurial World is amazing. It's a blend of pop and house. It reminds me of 2am at the club. 

This is definitely delightful. Every track zags when you think it'll zig. It's the type of electronic music that sounds like twenty different artists at once but not in a straightforward way. One second you are getting Pet Shop Boys vibes with horns and the next track sounds like Crystal Castles and M83. 

 

 

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Don Broco, Biffy Clyro, and Self Esteem all put out great albums yesterday. Excellent day of music.

[MalaCloudy Black]

New Every Time I Die is pretty good so far too. I'm only about halfway through it.

My favorite song is probably "Dark Distance", though.

 

[MalaCloudy Black]

Limp Bizkit is releasing their first new album in over a decade, on Halloween. It's called "Limp Bizkit Still Sucks". 

[livid]

The War on Drugs new album is great. 

[Kyle]

On 29/10/2021 at 11:54, The Redeemer CLDY said:

Limp Bizkit is releasing their first new album in over a decade, on Halloween. It's called "Limp Bizkit Still Sucks". 

Halfway through it now, it's certainly Limp Bizkit. It's not going to win awards, but it's dumb and fun.

[MalaCloudy Black]

11 hours ago, Kyle. said:

Halfway through it now, it's certainly Limp Bizkit. It's not going to win awards, but it's dumb and fun.

So far this is all I've heard and I dig it

[Gorka]

Two songs that have really caught my attention lately is My Love's by Water From Your Eyes because of it's interesting production where an almost jackhammer-like synth is mixed with really delicate strings and static drums - and the other is Parquet Court's Marathon of Anger which sounds like a protesting David Byrne.

[Gorka]

 

[GA!]

Not been on EWB for a while so: Manic Street Preachers' new album is great, probably a mid-tier release for them, but the piano-centric tracks worked really well for me; Biffy Clyro's new 'un is an absolute stonker and I'm amazed they've somehow topped their album from last year; and Limp Bizkit's record is good, dumb, self-aware fun.

[RPS]

The new Arca songs are really good - Prada/Rakata. The videos are great, but definitely not safe for work. 

[Jimmy]

New Snail Mail album is predictably great. 

[RPS]

19 hours ago, Jimmy said:

New Snail Mail album is predictably great. 

What am I missing? I have never clicked with Snail Mail.

[Jimmy]

On 12/11/2021 at 13:23, RPS said:

What am I missing? I have never clicked with Snail Mail.

maybe you're an adult instead of an angsty teen like me ha 

[Gorka]

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars + Anderson.Paak) album is a fun thirty minute throwback. 'Leave the Door Open' is gonna remain one of the singles of the year.

IDLES' Crawler doesn't quite hit the heights of Brutalism or Joy... but it's much better than Ultra Mono and the hints at what they're gonna become as a band seems promising.

[fourstarfizzle]

33 minutes ago, Gorka said:

IDLES' Crawler doesn't quite hit the heights of Brutalism or Joy... but it's much better than Ultra Mono and the hints at what they're gonna become as a band seems promising.

Agree on that, Joy is still on constant rotation for me, but this Crawler was a decent album that I really enjoyed more than Ultra Mono

[livid]

New Leon Bridges is fantastic.