2015 releases you're looking forward to

[dentalplan]

There's a whole hour and a half of it to chew through, but early indications are that the new Titus Andronicus album is a return to form.

 

I haven't listened to it for a while but I did like it very much. It didn't feel like an hour and a half. Patrick's voice sounds quite shot in most parts though but I suppose that's natural when you scream your head off for long enough.

[Winslow Leach]

Fucking hell.

 

[Guest]

That last Robyn track was a bit weird, but this new one is exactly what I came here for.

[Acid_Haze]

omg just listened to the Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa album, and it would be perfect to see on the West Holts stage next year, maybe about fourth down.

 

[Acid_Haze]

Trying to decide where Frank Ocean would play. I suppose it's very dependant on how well the new album does. 

 

I can see him subbing the Other, if his album does well. I'd be happy with him subbing Kendrick on the other

Edited August 3, 2015 by Acid_Haze

[Quark]

Giving the new Maccabees album a go this morning, definitely worth a listen.

[tjamest]

omg just listened to the Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa album, and it would be perfect to see on the West Holts stage next year, maybe about fourth down.

 

Stunning album isn't it

Did anyone see them at Womad the other week?

[home to you]

Heard Jessica Pratt's album for the first time today and haven't stopped listening. Lovely stuff!

Probably going to see her are Bush Hall too now

[home to you]

Will be giving The Maccabees' new album a go tonight. I've heard so many different opinions on it!

[FloorFiller]

Heard Jessica Pratt's album for the first time today and haven't stopped listening. Lovely stuff!

Probably going to see her are Bush Hall too now

 

aye fantastic album that. Back, Baby is one of my favourite songs of recent times. may be one of my most played on iTunes 

 

 

 

can't get enough of Titus Andronicus' album lately. was unsure of it at first but now after a few listens i absolutely love it. at 29 tracks there's obviously some filler/weaker tracks (strangely, for me, the two 9+ minute tracks) but there's so much good stuff on there

[Mash011]

 

can't get enough of Titus Andronicus' album lately. was unsure of it at first but now after a few listens i absolutely love it. at 29 tracks there's obviously some filler/weaker tracks (strangely, for me, the two 9+ minute tracks) but there's so much good stuff on there

 

Album of the year by some distance imo. Beyond excited to see them in November, might go twice as they mix their setlists up a lot and I've found a way to get back from Oxford.

[dentalplan]

Yeah I'm really digging it. Not AOTY material, not yet, but there's a real return to form there. I think I need to listen again and make a playlist of my favourite 45-60 minutes worth of stuff as it's just such a mammoth task to listen to again and again.

[Quark]

Stunning album isn't it

Did anyone see them at Womad the other week?

I'd never even heard of these guys, but really enjoyed that.  Would be perfect on WH for a sunny afternoon.

 

Will be giving The Maccabees' new album a go tonight. I've heard so many different opinions on it!

Gave it another listen and I'm still a fan.  Sometimes I'm glad I don't hear many opinions on new stuff otherwise it'd probably get in the way of actually figuring it out for myself!

[FloorFiller]

Yeah I'm really digging it. Not AOTY material, not yet, but there's a real return to form there. I think I need to listen again and make a playlist of my favourite 45-60 minutes worth of stuff as it's just such a mammoth task to listen to again and again.

 

i still maintain it's not as good as The Monitor as there are some weaker tracks whereas The Monitor had none (though as i said, at 29 tracks compared to The Monitor's 10 there was no way that wasn't gonna happen) but if you cut about half an hour off as you say, it'd definitely be up there. still though, have managed to give it a few full listens and there's only one real lull that i notice each time (the mid-section with the two 9 minute tracks) - everything else is pretty damn fantastic

 

promising a 29/30 track album and having two of said tracks be audio-less is something i don't quite agree with though. call them intermissions or whatever you want, but it just seems like they set out to bite off more than they could chew. was 25 tracks not a ridiculous enough accomplishment? 

[dentalplan]

It's just the pacing that they wanted though. I'd rather they had tracks labelled as intermissions that I could skip than just stuck at the end of a song to forever annoy me. Besides one is seven seconds and I didn't even notice.

 

I don't really wanna make direct comparisons to The Monitor because there's no real point in continually harping back to their magnum opus but I think this one is back in the area where the first two albums were rather than the previous one.

 

The two nine minute tracks seemed good and okay. The good one being More Perfect Union. Felt like fan service or something to make a song so similar to it's namesake. I can't even look at a part of the album and say "oh this part lost my attention" because there are really good tracks all about the place. There are some filler tracks though obviously, and I think they realise that by labelling one of the tracks (Filler) too.

[FloorFiller]

been giving Local Business a good few listens lately as well and it holds up a lot better than i remember. i remember being pretty disappointed with it but i'd say it's just as good (if maybe not quite as instantly joyous) as this new one - it just wasn't The Monitor pt II

[CaledonianGonzo]

A More Perfect Union and The Battle of the Hampton Roads are both up there with the best rock'n'roll songs of the 21st century.

Just don't have the time spare at the minute to devote to this new one. I need a highlights disc.

[Mardy]

Really looking forward to the new Ultimate Painting album. Think it's out later this week. Loved the first one.

[Winslow Leach]

If Titus Andronicuswere to turn up at Glastonbury next year, where would they play?

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Park, I'd say. Or possibly headlining Avalon the way that Flogging Molly did a few years back.

[FloorFiller]

If Titus Andronicuswere to turn up at Glastonbury next year, where would they play?

 

top end of the Park seems like the best fit

[Guest]

Never heard or seen them mentioned anywhere but here, myself.

[dentalplan]

I would imagine they are mentioned somewhere else otherwise their tour would seem a bit extensive and their record sales would be in single figures.

[Tuna]

Really looking forward to the new Ultimate Painting album. Think it's out later this week. Loved the first one.

Good to see some much needed love for these guys. Their sound is great, they totally nailed their first LP as you say.

[Mardy]

Good to see some much needed love for these guys. Their sound is great, they totally nailed their first LP as you say.

They,re doing some gigs in september aren,t they. They're at EOTR, and are a must see for me