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Postby coma kid » Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:53 pm

boddy wrote:back half of twist leading into dawn chorus was a high for me


exactly this, yes
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Postby mego » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:00 pm

bluemovers wrote:no clue why the bonus track for the vinyl isn’t the closer of the album proper if it still sounds like the live versions.


for me so far the final 2 tracks are the weakest on the album so i'm curious to hear what the vinyl closer is
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Postby Hugh » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:13 pm

The PTA short is phenomenal man
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Postby coma kid » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:17 pm

my kids were really into the short on netflix this morning. i picked my 6yo daughter up from camp an hour ago and Traffic came on and she said 'daddy, this is the dancing song from the movie this morning! i love this music and the singing. this is my new favorite singer!'

so, you know. i win at parenting.
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Postby fury » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:26 pm

Thank you Thom for the great birthday present
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Postby Beaver King » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:31 pm

nice
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Postby Beaver King » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:32 pm

also agree on the twist to dawn chorus note. thoms still got it
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Postby palmer eldritch » Thu Jun 27, 2019 4:47 pm

it's fine background music that I will probably never really listen to
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Postby ripersnifle » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:13 pm

im not sure if this stoinks or not
stoinks is probly a strong word in this case

pleasant enough but will probly forget this came out
slightly surprised by the BNM - pretty solid 7ish tranche for me. maybe the BNM from 2019 p4k means it was a good week of press lol
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Postby Malcolm Money » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:47 pm

kid8 wrote:what kind of drugs does he do?

i'm not saying it's particularly trippy, just like, he's really stuck on this vibe. like "close your eyes, and get ready, guys"

If the Modeselektor/FlyLo/AFP club bleepsbloops period was ecstasy then this is his microdosing period
It's comforting to think that somewhere unfathomably far away incomprehensible beings are possibly having some kind of subjective experience of a world that possibly observes basically the same laws as our own
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Postby tgk » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:51 pm

more like yawn chorus

traffic is good tho
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Postby coma kid » Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:14 pm

that’s a real bad take
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Postby kid_chameleon » Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:36 pm

love this, best solo thommy
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Postby building jumper » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:56 pm

Hugh wrote:The PTA short is phenomenal man


I’m speechless after watching it just now. Got chills during Dawn Chorus. The visuals and choreography on it are unreal. Excited for more PTA/Head collaborations in the future If they keep happening.



bluemovers wrote:this album really slaps in the 'ol headcans


Absolutely.

I only got a chance to listen to the album once this morning on a walk but looking forward to listening to it again on my morning walk tomorrow.
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Postby internethandle » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:30 pm

can someone db the pta short pls thx
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Postby inmate » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:36 am

i forgot the short came out today so it was a nice treat when i got high and went on netflix and this was the first thing that came up. blew me away
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Postby Hugh » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:06 am

The short made me feel really good about finally buying a 4K TV.

It was really refreshing to see Thom in such a personal light.
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Postby coma kid » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:11 am

agreed.

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Postby Swelling Itching Brain » Fri Jun 28, 2019 7:53 pm

I guess I've written so many hundreds of words about 'head related stuff in the past I can't be bothered giving a real lengthy appraisal of this album

after a few listens it sounds very cool, and would make excellent soundtrack/library music, but I can't ever see myself wanting to listen to it in a 'I wanna hear some songs' way like I do with proper 'head tracks

I think it's probably his best and most interesting sounding solo record and way better than atoms for peace or modern boxes
I think we're too far separated from the eraser for me to make a comparison beyond 'that one sounds like that and this one sounds like this'
My listening experience in balanced mode reveals the great depth of EARTH
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Postby Swelling Itching Brain » Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:08 pm

I guess it just reinforces for my tastes, Radiohead truly are a gestalt phenomenon
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Postby The Priest » Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:22 pm

This is super good however I'm unsure of if it's because our in spite of sounding like Depeche mode 1999-2008
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Postby brent » Fri Jun 28, 2019 10:09 pm

the pta thing is awesome

the album is enjoyable
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Postby mego » Sat Jun 29, 2019 2:22 am

Love the vid

The album is great but I think it’d be better if it ended with The Axe.

Impossible Knots and Runwayaway are clearly the two weakest tracks imo. Shave those off and you have a really good 38 minute album.

Actually I guess Impossible Knots isn’t a bad track on its own but it doesn’t fit the rest of he album
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Postby forest design » Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:49 am

On a first run through the track that made the biggest impression was Last I Heard (...He Was Circling the Drain)

Felt like there were a good amount of recycled ideas on here - backwards tape sounds as the backbone to the beat, the gurgling, cacophony of voices, the echoed vocals that trail off almost aimlessly, etc. I guess that's an uncharitable way of putting it - maybe rather it felt like there were lots of ideas he had before that he took in different directions, which is actually kinda cool to be able to hear - Radiohead songs filtered through a slightly different lens
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Postby terminus » Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:21 am

wasn't really feeling it until "twist"

good album. much better than the eraser, imo
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Postby mego » Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:39 pm

great news everyone! i'll be revisiting ALL solo Thom releases today then posting a FULL RANKING of Radiohead and Thom solo albums COMBINED later today
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Postby mego » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:29 pm

Kid A
OK Computer
Amnesiac

TKOL
Anima
In Rainbows
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

HTTT
A Moon Shaped Pool
Amok

The Bends
The Eraser
Pablo Honey
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Postby mego » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:32 pm

pretty hard to choose between HTTT and AMSP actually. i see those albums flaws as really different because HTTT is very uneven and has some songs i really can't get into but some i really love while all of AMSP is nice enough but there are no standouts.

i can't really rank Susperia as it doesn't feel like a head release. rightly or wrongly, i can't really think of anything as part of the 'headverse when thom's vocals aren't a big part of it.

if i included b-sides then amnesiac would be above OKC
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Postby tricksforchips » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:39 pm

I wish that PTA music video was longer.
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Postby The Priest » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:40 pm

This is super fucking good I listened maybe 20 times this week and I barely give a shit about Radiohead in 2019
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