Also, I wanted to vote 100 gecs just to piss Gowi off. But I can't, because it's really fucking irritating, and not as fresh as it thinks it is, given it calls on various deliberately synthetic, sometimes insincere, easy to dismiss sounds or genres of the past decade or so (PC Music, vaporwave, brostep, mash-ups, Soundcloud rap) in a way that feels too knowingly meme-y, for want of a better term.
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Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
You all make good points, (Weyes Blood is surely the superior album and deserves the win here) but to put it simply, I enjoy listening to the 100 Gecs album more.
I don't dislike that Weyes Blood album, but it's kinda one-paced and dreary, with a sound that recalls MOR '70s songwriters only minus the (admittedly pretty cheesy) sparkle.
Also, I wanted to vote 100 gecs just to piss Gowi off. But I can't, because it's really fucking irritating, and not as fresh as it thinks it is, given it calls on various deliberately synthetic, sometimes insincere, easy to dismiss sounds or genres of the past decade or so (PC Music, vaporwave, brostep, mash-ups, Soundcloud rap) in a way that feels too knowingly meme-y, for want of a better term.
So a reluctant vote to Weyes Blood, most likely because 30 is breathing down my neck.
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baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
it calls on various deliberately synthetic, sometimes insincere, easy to dismiss sounds or genres of the past decade or so (PC Music, vaporwave, brostep, mash-ups, Soundcloud rap)
I haven't heard 1000 Gecs yet (looking forward to seeing what the fuss is about), but if you find PC Music and vaporwave easy to dismiss, that's truly your loss. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
I haven't heard 1000 Gecs yet (looking forward to seeing what the fuss is about), but if you find PC Music and vaporwave easy to dismiss, that's truly your loss.
I just meant easy to dismiss in the sense that those genres (or, in PC Music's case, record label) feel deliberately cheesy, and nostalgic for particularly derided brands of unapologetic commercialism (and often, particularly when it comes to vaporwave, music that actually sounds like it came from TV or radio commercials). There's this great, smug, winking insincerity about the whole endeavour, but there's also loads of infectious joy and inventiveness in the way that those artists are able to take previously uncool sounds or templates and turn them into something new and modern and full of life. I like PC Music. I like vaporwave. But they're easy to dismiss in the sense that the music feels hyper-self-aware in a way that sometimes implies, to me at least, as if it is laughing at its own influences. (Also, it often tends to remind me of the worst excesses of Tiny Mix Tapes writers.) _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
cestuneblagueOtana, but No HitoProfile Straight Outta Ballard
... most likely because 30 is breathing down my neck.
I feel ya, bro
Yeah... 100 gecs is not holding up on repeat listens, seems like it's content with pushing the bright red buttons without really caring if it makes any geniune, substantive statement in the process. I think there is potential bc there's def a drive to be something special here, but they're def nowhere near their ceiling.. as of yet. While i'm still not feeling the Weyes Blood record all that much in it's entirity I think it's still going to get my vote here, sans any enthusasim.
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
I just meant easy to dismiss in the sense that those genres (or, in PC Music's case, record label) feel deliberately cheesy, and nostalgic for particularly derided brands of unapologetic commercialism (and often, particularly when it comes to vaporwave, music that actually sounds like it came from TV or radio commercials). There's this great, smug, winking insincerity about the whole endeavour, but there's also loads of infectious joy and inventiveness in the way that those artists are able to take previously uncool sounds or templates and turn them into something new and modern and full of life. I like PC Music. I like vaporwave. But they're easy to dismiss in the sense that the music feels hyper-self-aware in a way that sometimes implies, to me at least, as if it is laughing at its own influences. (Also, it often tends to remind me of the worst excesses of Tiny Mix Tapes writers.)
That makes sense. Although I'd say much or even most of the music in vaporwave and bubblegum bass is multiple levels deep in post-irony. Which is to say, it has transcended winking and self-awareness. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
Titanic Rising is one of my favorite albums of 2019. Lush, gorgeous pop. Sounds kind of like if Father John Misty were a woman and also better at everything (vocals, lyrics, instrumentation, personality).
Just heard the 100 Gecs album, and it is certainly something. I like the more romance-oriented second half a lot more than the more swag-oriented first half. An album that blends great music and terrible music together, often in the same song, with the holistic result being rather decent in spite of the cringe. Slides into the final slot in my 2019 honorable mentions chart. The best track is the Soulja Boy-influenced xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx.
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