Anyone already got into this. I'm trying hard! Nothing spectacular and in no way comparable with the first album. "Twilight Omens" and "Dream Again" stand out for now.
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The first half of the album is pretty fun - nothing amazing, but some good tunes. I don't care for almost anything on the second half of the record - I think it's all pretty dull. And those synthesizers just sound dumb.
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Originally posted by laughingstock: The first half of the album is pretty fun - nothing amazing, but some good tunes. I don't care for almost anything on the second half of the record - I think it's all pretty dull. And those synthesizers just sound dumb.
Not even the final 3 minutes of "Lucid Dreams"? Or did you even get that far before skipping to the next song?
Anyways, the album is alright. I actually really love "Ulysses" and there's a couple others I don't mind listening to. Better than You Could Have It...
It almost made my brain explode the first time I heard it. (Though maybe it was just because I was listening on some really nice headphones cranked up to a decent volume.)
Originally posted by laughingstock: The first half of the album is pretty fun - nothing amazing, but some good tunes. I don't care for almost anything on the second half of the record - I think it's all pretty dull. And those synthesizers just sound dumb.
Not even the final 3 minutes of "Lucid Dreams"? Or did you even get that far before skipping to the next song?
Anyways, the album is alright. I actually really love "Ulysses" and there's a couple others I don't mind listening to. Better than You Could Have It...
For me "Lucid Dreams" is overrated! I cannot even listen to the first half of the song. And if I want to listen to synths like these then I tune to "Revenge of Black Regent" by Add N to (x)
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It almost made my brain explode too, but I think it was because that synth sound is so grating. And I still don't understand what's so great about it. There is absolutely no melody, and I find sitting and listening to it to be really boring. And it's hardly "experimental" - any 12 year old with a keyboard and some loop software could have easily done the same thing.
Posts: 149 | Location: Portland, OR | Registered: 30 November 2008
"Ulysses" is better than anything from their second album. An orgasmic dancefloor indie-pop tune , with an exciting production .I like especially the part in the refrain with the "out of time" warped beat & pseudo vocals(Scissor Sisters/of montreal) , like turning your vinyl form 45s to 33s! That's how actually the whole album flows , with a more "dancey" direction and some interesting production tricks , without losing their edge(clever , sexy and their dark melodrama still here!).
It almost made my brain explode too, but I think it was because that synth sound is so grating. And I still don't understand what's so great about it. There is absolutely no melody, and I find sitting and listening to it to be really boring. And it's hardly "experimental" - any 12 year old with a keyboard and some loop software could have easily done the same thing.
Well ya, it's not like I was thinking "wow, so experimental, FF are crazy!" it was more that they made something like this, which I would have never expected, and to me, it doesn't matter if a 12 year old could have made it, it sounds damn good to me.
Anyways, to add to my thoughts on the album, I haven't listened to it at all since probably my 5th listen, so I guess it's not really either a grower, or one worth coming back to. Which doesn't surprise me as this is what happened to me after both of their previous releases.
What all 3 records had in common was the playful pop songwriting with their witty melodramatic delivery. The first record had a certain bounciness and confidence that you could always go back to. The second was fun... but wasn't much a repeater.
This one... while still "clever, sexy (uhh), and melodramatic", is pretty damn repetitive. That doesn't mean it isn't good, it just isn't much of a shiner. If FF was to dabble in dance music, they should have known to go further than some Russian synthesizer.
This album is an enjoyable 7.5 for me. A 7.5 one trick pony... so I guess that says something?
PS: I'm not Ulysses.
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