alright! first off, the real panda is way awesomer(sic), because it can and will kill you despite it's good natured reputation. The Japanese caught us from the backside at Pearl Harbor, and they're responsible for Hello Kittie godamnit.
second, this one has confounded me for quite a while. Indie darlings, whatever the fuck you choose that to mean nowadays other than immensely well known if not popular but not given the ok by Clear Channel, Live Nation, Hulk Hogan, whatever the fuck they're calling themselves these days.
Animal Collective's latest Strawberry Jam, of which part panda bear is half of by rough elementary math, makes no sense to me. I've given the album at least twenty listens trying to figure out why anybody gives a fuck.
The first half at least sounds like the same fuckers, and it's pretty good. The second half, all it comes across as your friend who thinks he's a club DJ but all he does is play his ipod and worse than bad mixes he made by taking his favorite 20 seconds of songs and putting them on one track, without beat or mood matching, to ill effect.
For Reverend Green, is either the greatest homage or the laziest attempt at making an album you intend to sell. Is it these fuckers, on some Ween tip, immitating Al Green so well it sounds like a b-side long forgotten, or is it really just an Al Green track with a delay echo and a little reverb on the random hi-hats?
After that, nothing. Fireworks' first half is a repeated nondescript loop for the first half, going into some nirvana-esque bullshit for the second. Granted, I've never liked nirvana, but this isn't good on it's own.
#1 is the 20 second snippets of other peoples synth riffs.
Winter Wonderland is literally Winter Wonderland slowed to a little over quarter speed.
Then Derek with the repeated who percussion and 'I want it' lyric over an over.
Did I get some joke version of this album? Is there a real album I haven't heard yet floating around and I somehow got my hands on an unlistenable absurdist joke?
If what I'm hearing is what everyone else is hearing, why are they getting such great accolades for not even trying? I'm more confused than ever.
Kudos for an art project you beg your friends to check out at the community college if that was the case, but positive reviews and recommendations to pay for this? WTF?
I also understand that maybe nobody else here has even heard the shit, and that Chunks doesn't want to pick shit apart this much, but I'm seriously at a loss on this album, and I'm usually game for anything good.
The panda bear shit on it's own is pretty good,but I just couldn't hold off on the opportunity to vent on a long pent up rant in regards to the animal collective album.
Upon further research, all i can tell is that i got somebodies fuck joke copy of the album that is indeed for the second half not the album. damnit if i didn't want to hate on some shit, but anybody else that's given this album a go, could you please confirm that what i have is a retarded bastard of a joke?
i haven't listened to strawberry jam honestly yet, but am remedying that as i post...
however, "feels" which was either the most recent album or the one before it, is one of my favorite albums of the moment, and, without a doubt, completely badass. i reccomend for the uninitiated "Banshee Beat," "bees" or really anything on the whole album.
i'm listening to strawberry jam as i type this, and it occurs to me that animal collective is a grower more than a shower in general. i really love this band, and i think you have to give their music a few tries before the wonderful absurd genius of it sets in.
also, i am high.
but i do love this band. listen to feels, if you haven't, doctor danger
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alright! first off, the real panda is way awesomer(sic), because it can and will kill you despite it's good natured reputation. The Japanese caught us from the backside at Pearl Harbor, and they're responsible for Hello Kittie godamnit.
second, this one has confounded me for quite a while. Indie darlings, whatever the fuck you choose that to mean nowadays other than immensely well known if not popular but not given the ok by Clear Channel, Live Nation, Hulk Hogan, whatever the fuck they're calling themselves these days.
Animal Collective's latest Strawberry Jam, of which part panda bear is half of by rough elementary math, makes no sense to me. I've given the album at least twenty listens trying to figure out why anybody gives a fuck.
The first half at least sounds like the same fuckers, and it's pretty good. The second half, all it comes across as your friend who thinks he's a club DJ but all he does is play his ipod and worse than bad mixes he made by taking his favorite 20 seconds of songs and putting them on one track, without beat or mood matching, to ill effect.
For Reverend Green, is either the greatest homage or the laziest attempt at making an album you intend to sell. Is it these fuckers, on some Ween tip, immitating Al Green so well it sounds like a b-side long forgotten, or is it really just an Al Green track with a delay echo and a little reverb on the random hi-hats?
After that, nothing. Fireworks' first half is a repeated nondescript loop for the first half, going into some nirvana-esque bullshit for the second. Granted, I've never liked nirvana, but this isn't good on it's own.
#1 is the 20 second snippets of other peoples synth riffs.
Winter Wonderland is literally Winter Wonderland slowed to a little over quarter speed.
Then Derek with the repeated who percussion and 'I want it' lyric over an over.
Did I get some joke version of this album? Is there a real album I haven't heard yet floating around and I somehow got my hands on an unlistenable absurdist joke?
If what I'm hearing is what everyone else is hearing, why are they getting such great accolades for not even trying? I'm more confused than ever.
Kudos for an art project you beg your friends to check out at the community college if that was the case, but positive reviews and recommendations to pay for this? WTF?
I also understand that maybe nobody else here has even heard the shit, and that Chunks doesn't want to pick shit apart this much, but I'm seriously at a loss on this album, and I'm usually game for anything good.
The panda bear shit on it's own is pretty good,but I just couldn't hold off on the opportunity to vent on a long pent up rant in regards to the animal collective album.
For Reverend Green,
Upon further research, all i can tell is that i got somebodies fuck joke copy of the album that is indeed for the second half not the album. damnit if i didn't want to hate on some shit, but anybody else that's given this album a go, could you please confirm that what i have is a retarded bastard of a joke?
i haven't listened to strawberry jam honestly yet, but am remedying that as i post...
however, "feels" which was either the most recent album or the one before it, is one of my favorite albums of the moment, and, without a doubt, completely badass. i reccomend for the uninitiated "Banshee Beat," "bees" or really anything on the whole album.
i'm listening to strawberry jam as i type this, and it occurs to me that animal collective is a grower more than a shower in general. i really love this band, and i think you have to give their music a few tries before the wonderful absurd genius of it sets in.
also, i am high.
but i do love this band. listen to feels, if you haven't, doctor danger
but seriously, i have a fucked version, and need to get a real one right? is the second half as i'd described it?
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