The Avalanches

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-24-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by trace87

whens the last time you gave them a listen?

About 3 weeks ago, My local radio station played Frontier Psychiatrist. To be honest I found myself cringing that i'd bought this record.
Thats nothing against the band i'd say the same for DJ Shadow, Lemon Jelly or any other band who did this kind of stuff too. I used to like it, but listening to it around a decade or so later I just find all that cut & paste stuff a bit cheap & naff these days.

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Originally Posted by mr dave

but every now and again it's fun to dust off an old disc like that for a little run around memory lane.

Of course it is, I won't argue with you there.

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Since I Left You has all the ingredients of something I would like, but it did surprisingly little for me. I think I tired of it before the album came to an end, which has kept me from going back to it. If it were more condensed it might feel more solid and get repeat listens. I just felt like it was too long with too much of the same.

I think it's something very much of it's time. I thought that this album was the perfect description of bubblegum music. You chew on it a bit until it loses it's flavor, then you spit it out & move on to something else.
Which funnily enough is exactly what I did with this album.