Jump to content

The R+L Section Weekly Review - ENTER NOW

Guest robMUFC96

By Guest robMUFC96,
in Reading & Leeds Festivals

 Share

Feedback needed  

20 members have voted

  1. 1. Are you thinking of posting a review on this post?

    • Yes, definitely!
      4
    • Maybe, if I have time
      8
    • Maybe, if the albums are worth it
      3
    • No, it's a useless thread
      5

  2. 2. If yes or maybe, how often will you post?

    • One or more per week
      5
    • Once a fortnight
      3
    • Once a month
      3
    • Rarely
      4
    • Never
      5

  3. 3. How many albums should we have each week?

    • One
      4
    • Two
      4
    • Three
      9
    • Four or more
      3

Recommended Posts

Gucci Piggy Newbie

Gucci Piggy

Posted
Posted

That supersoaker review is really good. Made me smile, too. You're right, it does sound much more impassioned than anything else they've done recently.

I wonder how we'd all be reacting to the song if Kings of Leon hadn't been so shit recently. Would we all be so positive about it, or is a lot of the positivity down the relief of them returning to some kind of form?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 120
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Com Truise Newbie

Com Truise

Posted
Posted

That supersoaker review is really good. Made me smile, too. You're right, it does sound much more impassioned than anything else they've done recently.

I wonder how we'd all be reacting to the song if Kings of Leon hadn't been so shit recently. Would we all be so positive about it, or is a lot of the positivity down the relief of them returning to some kind of form?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Muppetmark Proficient

Muppetmark

Posted
Posted

The weight of your love review

The beginning of The weight gives the listener the impression that this album is going to be an emotional slow album. The vocals lend great strength to this conviction, especially the tone of voice. From the moment you start listening to the album, all expectations for a fast paced song evaporate quickly.

The songs flow well with each other and there is a lovely unified emotional slow vibe about the whole album. The whole album when played together is a masterpiece. Perhaps it lacks the killer single, the same flaw as delta machine, but I would argue that the entire album is brought together due to it. It means that you are more likely to listen to the whole album together instead of just siphoning of a song or two for your mega playlist.

This album is a masterclass for its unity and just great music. 9/10.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Com Truise Newbie

Com Truise

Posted
Posted

rawaudioinput, you're too good at writing reviews hahaha :P

Disclosure – Settle

Settle’s a classic house album, and the first thing I hope they don’t do, now they’re commercial, is what Calvin Harris and David Guetta have done, and end up basing their music around the featured singers, rather than basing featured singers around their music, which is what has been achieved so well on their debut.

In my opinion, they showcase their producing skills better on the tracks without a featured singer, such as Stimulation, When A Fire Starts To Burn and Second Chance, which are all perfect club tracks. The latter of which you can draw comparisons with James Blake, and in comparison to Voices (the track beforehand on the album), the beat is a lot more imaginative. A few songs on the album I didn’t enjoy are Grab Her! which is incredibly repetitive, and Help Me Lose My Mind and January, both of which I find don’t reflect the quality of the rest of the album. Also, unlike others I’m not a fan of White Noise, I find the voice of AlunaGeorge quite irritating. Latch, however, I think is a great track, Sam Smith’s voice works perfectly with the beat, to create an incredible sound. It’s the stand out track on the album.

Overall, Settle is a strong debut; it flows well, and the first three tracks grab you straight away, however I would say that it’s too long for the casual listener, and you can lose interest quite soon after Latch. But they are very young, and they deserve all the credit they’re getting.

If you’re a fan of Four Tet, A Guy Called Gerald, XXXY, Burial, then you’ll probably enjoy this album. (I also recommend Kavisnky’s OutRun from this year.)

Rating: 8/10

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Gucci Piggy Newbie

Gucci Piggy

Posted
Posted

Disclosure – ‘Settle’:

Having heard ‘White Noise’ and ‘Latch’ before listening to this album in full, I approached my first listen with an open mind. Unlike a great majority of people, I've never been a fan of ‘White Noise’, and I find Aluna Francis’ vocals pretty irritating; however I find ‘Latch’ to be decent enough.

The album starts strongly enough, with a short atmospheric intro track setting the scene in the opening minute, followed by ‘A Fire Starts to Burn’, a brilliantly catchy track with repetitive vocals that harness the ability to stick in your head all day long.

Next up is ‘Latch’, the album’s lead single. Introduced by a hypnotic beat, with haunting backing vocals and glitchy bass stabs, it successfully continues the strong start to the album.

‘F for You’ and ‘White Noise’ bridge the gap between a strong opening salvo and largely forgettable final two-thirds. ‘F for You’ is a classic house track, which bounces along pleasantly enough and, along without a few other tracks, suggests that Disclosure are actually at their best when free from guest vocalists. ‘White Noise’, as I mentioned earlier, was a song which really didn’t do much for me. However, in the context of the album, I actually found it an enjoyable listen. I still find it hard to get on with the vocals in the verses, but the chorus is impossibly catchy, and this track serves the purpose of providing the duo with a huge hit, extremely well.

From this point onwards, though, there’s not much to keep a casual listener wholly interested, and a great majority of the tracks seem to merge into one big cluster of samey beats and forgettable guest appearances. The worst of these is ‘Grab Her!’, which begins with a beat sounding like something which has bounced it’s way over from Dizzee Rascal’s recording studio. The song as a whole is a tedious exercise in repetitiveness, with the lyrics “Grab her” and “Yeah” taking turns to be spoken over almost every line.

As a full album ‘Settle’ is decent, but nothing more, and this is one top heavy album if ever I did see one. Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the album is how Disclosure flatter to deceive. The duo show some real glimpses of promise, albeit mostly in the first few songs – enough for me to be interested in what they do in the future – but there’s too much filler here for it to be considered a great album.

Rating – 7/10

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


×
×
  • Create New...