NIN - The Fragile

So good

yeah. the title track is insane, but the whole album is great.

im on a hard bop kick...

I fucking loved that album when it came out ('99?) and I still do. I remember a bunch of meh reviews at the time, but I think many have reconsidered.

The 1999 Pitchfork review gave it a 2.0, absolutely tearing into it (same guy who gave NYC Ghosts and Flowers a 0.0, and Kid A a 10.0). In 2017, someone else reviewed it with the definitive edition coming out, and that got an 8.7 - probably much closer to the actual score.

Of course, it's easily better than The Downward Spiral - it's all so expansive, the arrangements and atmosphere are incredible...plus the vinyl remaster sounds fucking amazing.

Now that I'm thinking about it, would you believe that in my whole life, I haven't heard a SINGLE FUCKING SONG by the Nine Inch Nails? Not a single one, I swear.
I'm 40 years old.

I'm going to listen to something right now.

Aphex Twin on the compositions given to Trent:


To which I wholeheartedly concur.

Their only good song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw3PQEw6O4U

Ellen Fullman began developing The Long String Instrument in her St. Paul, Minnesota studio in 1980 and moved to Brooklyn the following year. Inspired by composer and instrument builder Harry Partch, Fullman's large-scale work creates droning, organ-like overtones that are as unique in the world of sound as her vision of the instrument itself.

Along with her 1985 debut album – appropriately titled The Long String Instrument – Fullman's only output in the 1980s would be two self-released cassettes, In The Sea and Work For Four Players And 90 Strings, recorded in 1987 at an unfinished office tower in Austin, Texas. This double LP collection features music from both cassettes as well as a previously unreleased piece from 1988 at De Fabriek in Den Bosch, Holland.

Ethereal and exquisitely paced, these rare recordings capture minimalism's quiet radiance. Within a musical landscape that has seen the rise of contemporary drone practitioners like Ellen Arkbro and Kali Malone, Fullman is sure to find a legion of fans.

NOOOO you were on the right path...

I'll let Mr. Strummer explain:

hey this was great!

i found and listened to this




https://allnightflightrecords.com/co...a-wong-harbors

excellent, a new favorite, thanks so much, will listen to more

It's a grim irony that you can read "pretentious Martian from Venus" and not make the connection.

Anyway... MBV's self-titled (2013)

"Nooooo! You can't just ignore my musical opinions!"

lmfao

cmon friends, this is funny but let's stick to the whaddaya lissening and skip the validation seeking

im up late reading and i had the eternal airports on



i don't give a shit if anyone else likes it or not but if anyone else needs to chill the fuck out this probably is a good aural pharmaceutical to induce the deep relax

now quit yelling :D

post what you're listening to

ps ok i gave skuj a tiiiiny bit of shit but it was like one sheep shit size not a hot wet steaming cow patty and hopefully with a smile not serious business and only after he said "i cant figure this place out" as if idk.

but i digress

im putting on the noise cancelling headphones so i cant hear any more yelling :D

I approve of this message. I should listen to some ambient later meself.

And just like spiking a drink, if you feel like fucking shit up you can always listen to the ultimate mashup:

 

Seriously, though, here's what Robert Wyatt said to Uncut last year: