Board 8 > Vincent's favorite songs and albums of 2011 part 3 [anti-purge for real]

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finally finished with exams, this should go on a steadier pace now

list so far

albums

7.Fair To Midland – Arrows & Anchors
8.Battles – Gloss Drop
9.The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Belong
10. Intergalactic Lovers – Greetings & Salutations
11. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
12. Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra
13. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l
14. Woods – Sun and Shade
15. Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine
16. CunninLynguists – Oneirology
17.Feist – Metals
18. dEUS – Keep You Close
19.Deaf Center – Owl Splinters
20. Kode9 & The Spaceape – Black Sun


songs
4. Frank Ocean – Thinking About You
5. tUnE-yArDs – Powa
6. Arsenal – Melvin
7. Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke – Ego
8. Young The Giant – My Body
9. CunninLynguists – Hard As They Come
10. The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness


if anyone wants writeups I have most of them saved

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This is one of the albums I found in a Giggs topic

I think it was something called 'Giggs favorite 2011 records so far' because he planned on not doing a year end list

yeah RIGHT



6. Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I



Genre: Instrumental rock, drone, psychedelic

Key songs:
"Hell's Winter"



Earth is one of those bands that have been around for a long time. Evidently, a band like that will change its sound over time. They used to be doom metal, but I'm not too knowledgable on that genre and have not listened to Earth's earlier work. I imagine it's great too, though. Now they're more of a psychedelic, droney stoner rock band. Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I is their sixth studio album and as you can guess, they haven't lost their stride.

Now don't get me wrong: This is not some kind of innovative, groundbreaking record even for their own sound. It's just incredibly cohesive and a pleasure to listen to. It does have a more classical sound to it, which is probably why it's my favorite record by them. Throw in a cello with those crunchy, hardhitting soundscapes and you will almost always satisfy my needs.

That's why Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I has become one of my to go to records whenever I need some hardhitting, slow instrumentals. If you like that type of stuff, you'll want to check this out.

I hope Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II is as good as this. They were recorded at the same amount of time and II is supposed to come out in three weeks.

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bump.

edit: at the same amount of time should obviously be 'in the same period' or something

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hey people tag

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I've been hurt too many times by unfinished music list topics

but this one's going to finish! I could've easily not made this topic and people would've forgotten about it!


see icon's list

WAIT WHOA ICON DAMNIT

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5. James Blake – James Blake

Genre: Singer-songwriter, minimal, electronic



Key songs:

"The Wilhelm Scream"

"I Never Learnt To Share"



I can't say anything about this record that hasn't been said before. For those of you who still don't know James Blake: He's a young singer-songwriter and producer and was one of the first artists to really explode in 2011. Only 23 years of age, you could say that's quite a feat there. In this day and age, that actually means nothing. I'm already sorry for the rant I'm going to be going on here against the media these days but in the era of the internet you could be a 3 year old and still be popular world wide for your musical talent.

The actual peculiar thing about Blake's music is that it is so spacious and minimalistic while still remaining very accessible. He incorporates a lot of elements from electronic music, not to use the word dubstep or IDM, and turns them around to create something very intimate and organic. And while it doesn't always pan out, like most of the latter half of this record, it still sounds cohesive and daring enough to forgive his self titled debut for its faults.

Limit To Your Love is one of the examples of Blake's unique sound. He manages to create a whole new atmosphere out of the soulful Feist original. The drilling bass together with the very confidential voice of Blake himself make for an incredibly well executed, unexpected cover. And while I still prefer the original by a lot, mostly because I'm a Feist geek, you can't not give him props for this effort.

The real gem on this record is The Wilhelm Scream, where Blake manages to create a very chilly soundscape that sounds like it was recorded in a glacier. But under that layer of ice there's something very dark and warm, almost brooding to come out in some kind of climax. Those climaxes happen very rarely on this record. There are a few there, like the end of I Never Learnt To Share, but ultimately I think they actually detract from the experience a bit. Luckily the rest of the song is so great it doesn't matter. It does manage to create something very polar with the next song, Lindesfarne. Which is split in two parts: one very intimate vocal performance by Blake layered in auto tune, blossoming into the beautiful second part.

As you can see, I'm in love with the first half of this record. Not to say the second half is bad, and it's necessary for Blake to put himself on the map, but most of it sounds too bleak for its own good. I might be the one of the only ones with this opinion though, together with Giggs. I haven't really kept up with the critical response for this record after the initial hype. I do know that Blake is a guy to watch out for in the future, even if his EP Enough Thunder was very hit or miss.

If you like experimental singer-songwriters and you're a fan of basically anything electronic this is a no brainer. I might even recommend this to people who are fans of soul, because I feel this is where the genre is heading, or should be heading to, nowadays.

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Nice choice; I really like that album.

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more today

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bumperoo, might not get to it this weekend. Monday for sure, maybe earlier who knows

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interesting that this has purged so many times

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it might be because when there ARE updates no one replies!

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fine I'll comment

From: VincentLauw | #007
Limit To Your Love is one of the examples of Blake's unique sound. He manages to create a whole new atmosphere out of the soulful Feist original. The drilling bass together with the very confidential voice of Blake himself make for an incredibly well executed, unexpected cover. And while I still prefer the original by a lot, mostly because I'm a Feist geek, you can't not give him props for this effort.

Love this song. Didn't even know it was a cover despite having the Feist song in my library! I just came upon it one day and was like wtf? I'm the opposite though, I really don't like her version and LOVE Blake's. Good placement, probably around the same place I'd put it.

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Haha to each their own I guess! I have to admit I did not care for the Feist original until Blake's cover came along, but now it's grown on me.

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bump. Don't have my actual pc for a few days but I'll try and do writeups anyway

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Bumpin

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bumping. got my pc back in a few days tops I hope

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