The N&G Listening Club V1 - Archive only

BoilerRhapsody said:
The selection this week is Gotye - Like Drawing Blood.

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My last turn, I chose Wax Tailor - Tales of the Forgotten Melodies, which pretty much everyone seemed to love; this album is about as known, about the same age, and actually reminds me a bit of Wax Tailor, it has some similar Plunderphonics vibes.

Wally (Wouter) De Backer is a Belgian born, Australian raised independent multi-instrumentalist recording artist. Better known as his solo music project Gotye, which he made releases as from 2001-2011. Those who begrudge that he has seemingly vanished since then may not know that he is a member of the band The Basics, who have steadily been releasing music from the mid 2000s to now.

Like Drawing Blood was released in 2006, to good success in Australia, however the vast majority of people know the name Gotye for 'Somebody That I Used To Know' which blew up about 5 years later. With a little digging online I've seen a few people (but in general this album seriously never made it out of the country) who looked back to this after the success of that one song, but judged it as the guy that hit number one in over 20 countries with a hipster breakup song. I think that is quite unfair, if you approach this album as just coming from a future Billboard topper you will be surprised and disappointed.

I have some fuzzy childhood memories of hearing this album and for that it comes with some heavy nostalgia; but since I was around 10 when it came out I suspect some of the memory of these songs is a bit exaggerated. But still in some way I grew up hearing them.
It has always felt to me like cool adult music that I didn't know or understand anything about except that I liked how it sounded. I have similar feelings towards the first Gorillaz album which is actually the right age for it, and is definitely the first music I can remember enjoying with my own volition; both are similarly genre defying and a bit weird. I usually shudder at the label 'indie rock', but this is kind of that mixed with 2000s plunderphonics/trip hop. You'll probably notice hints of that Gorillaz album, and my previous pick, blended with a sound somewhat like the recent Ball Park Music selection.

We only have 10% of the worlds population down here in the Southern Hemisphere and despite the popularity of its successor, my pick this week still feels a little like letting you guys in on one of our secrets, so I hope you enjoy Like Drawing Blood.
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Loved this. I remember hearing Hearts a Mess on The Great Gatsby soundtrack, and didn't know it was from an album of his. Just figured it was a one off for the film. There's a lot of different styles from song to song on this album which kept me engaged. Great pick.
 
I am really digging this one, it gets better the further it goes. It is a decent length too. I was a little disappointed when the last track finished and it was over. This is a diverse and accomplished producer. While the genres have almost no overlap it still reminds me of Apparat where one man is delivering a wide array of organic and electronic composite goodness. The track « Seven Hours... » either contains samples or has more likely been sampled. I can’t place it but if forced to guess I‘d say it appears on a Nightmares on Wax mix somewhere.

The diversity of of this album really grabs me. I have a pretty deep background on electronic music and am surprised I haven’t run across more of this. Thanks!
 
Like Drawing Blood is a beautifully crafted album and always leave me wanting more at the end of its short spin.

I bought LDB for my VMP Secret Santee last year along with the first Hiatus Coyote and Cactus Channel In an effort to share some outstanding local tunes with someone on the other side of the world. I hope that he enjoyed them. Does @TimmahTao even come here anymore? Merry Christmas, bud.

Gotye features in probably one of my favourite pieces of music ever, which needs to be also shared. This cover of Quasimodo’s Dream by The Reels (another seldom heard Australian act for my overseas friends) is performed with Perfect Tripod (a group made of comedy trio, Tripod and a theatre creative, Eddie Perfect). The harmonies on this are the sounds of breaking hearts and manly tears.

Hopefully, the next Gotye album comes soon although I don’t hold out much hope at the moment. It was tentatively being released around 2017/18 and 2020 is now knocking on the door.
 
Alexander said:
Loved this. I remember hearing Hearts a Mess on The Great Gatsby soundtrack, and didn't know it was from an album of his. Just figured it was a one off for the film.
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Lacubrious said:
Gotye features in probably one of my favourite pieces of music ever, which needs to be also shared. This cover of Quasimodo’s Dream by The Reels (another seldom heard Australian act for my overseas friends) is performed with Perfect Tripod (a group made of comedy trio, Tripod and a theatre creative, Eddie Perfect). The harmonies on this are the sounds of breaking hearts and manly tears.
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I have zero memory of that being in The Great Gatsby soundtrack, but that's really cool, it's a good soundtrack.
Also had no idea he was involved in that Quasimodo's Dream cover, I feel not many people here would have heard it and I concur, definitely check it out if you haven't.

Wasn't expecting to learn so much about Gotye but I'm glad I am.
 
Lacubrious said:
Like Drawing Blood is a beautifully crafted album and always leave me wanting more at the end of its short spin.

I bought LDB for my VMP Secret Santee last year along with the first Hiatus Coyote and Cactus Channel In an effort to share some outstanding local tunes with someone on the other side of the world. I hope that he enjoyed them. Does @TimmahTao even come here anymore? Merry Christmas, bud.

Gotye features in probably one of my favourite pieces of music ever, which needs to be also shared. This cover of Quasimodo’s Dream by The Reels (another seldom heard Australian act for my overseas friends) is performed with Perfect Tripod (a group made of comedy trio, Tripod and a theatre creative, Eddie Perfect). The harmonies on this are the sounds of breaking hearts and manly tears.

Hopefully, the next Gotye album comes soon although I don’t hold out much hope at the moment. It was tentatively being released around 2017/18 and 2020 is now knocking on the door.
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IT WAS YOU.
 
I like the Gotye pick. I was skeptical going in, but proved wrong. I listened to a few times and really enjoy it. My favorite tracks are Like Drawing Blood, Hearts a Mess is awesome...very trip hoppy...Thanks for your Time sounds like Glass Animals (or I guess I should say Glass Animals sounds like this). Learnalilvivinlovin is a great song...very much a change of pace from the previous songs. I really enjoy the laid back music on Puzzle with a piece missing. There are so many cool noises on Seven Hours with a Backseat Driver....I didn't like the beginning but it won me over as it continued on. The Only Thing I know reminds me of Depeche Mode. Great stuff all around. High five!
 
Hi All

I bet anyone who has made a pick has started with “what really cool album can i pick that few on here will have listened to”. Well I considered this for a while..... then went along another line of, when i returned to vinyl what was my first “must have”. And if you wanna know it was James - Laid. But thats not my pick, well it was but now its not :)

If anyone wants to play along ive gone for something else that really grabbed me and wouldnt let go (around 1996 i think -my second yr of University )
So here it is. Julian Copes - Peggy Suicide. I love this album and can listen to it all and not find a bad tune - the odd weird tune sure, but hell he gets a lot stranger and ive failed when going down that Rabbit hole.

What else can i say, i think its one of those albums where many of the tracks can grab you and hold in your music memory banks, how many albums do we own and well the tunes just dont take a hold - I was just thinking this yesterday re: Elliot Smiths - Either/ Or which ive drifted off too on many occasions, im gonna let that one go now.

Do you want a link mmmmm lets see





I feel i needed an extra nudge to bring me back into a forum groove, work and life keep getting in the way. So thanks for the message @Bohnjaggs
Enjoy.
 
ByersVinyl said:
Hi All

I bet anyone who has made a pick has started with “what really cool album can i pick that few on here will have listened to”. Well I considered this for a while..... then went along another line of, when i returned to vinyl what was my first “must have”. And if you wanna know it was James - Laid. But thats not my pick, well it was but now its not :)

If anyone wants to play along ive gone for something else that really grabbed me and wouldnt let go (around 1996 i think -my second yr of University )
So here it is. Julian Copes - Peggy Suicide. I love this album and can listen to it all and not find a bad tune - the odd weird tune sure, but hell he gets a lot stranger and ive failed when going down that Rabbit hole.

What else can i say, i think its one of those albums where many of the tracks can grab you and hold in your music memory banks, how many albums do we own and well the tunes just dont take a hold - I was just thinking this yesterday re: Elliot Smiths - Either/ Or which ive drifted off too on many occasions, im gonna let that one go now.

Do you want a link mmmmm lets see





I feel i needed an extra nudge to bring me back into a forum groove, work and life keep getting in the way. So thanks for the message @Bohnjaggs
Enjoy.
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Wonderful choice of artist and a great record.

Had this one since it's release. If you want to explore more, 'Saint Julian' and pretty much any Teardrop Explodes is worth your time.

Bravo @ByersVinyl.
 
Teeeee said:
I stopped getting notifications for this thread! Dang it. Now I'm behind. I owe comments on @debianlinux 's pick. I need to listen to the next few picks, I don't even know what I missed. And then @ByersVinyl pick is up.

Nothing to see here, carry on. Just talking to myself.
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I keep hearing about this notifications thing and people missing them. I have notifications only set for quotes and mentions. I'm using watched threads to track updates to threads.
 
debianlinux said:
I keep hearing about this notifications thing and people missing them. I have notifications only set for quotes and mentions. I'm using watched threads to track updates to threads.
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This thread is watched and I haven't been getting updates!
 
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