Small detail: when you watch the vinyl go round, it looks like rippling water! Is this what all clear vinyl looks like, or have they come up with some magical-looking vinyl?
Yeah the really clear vinyl does that as you get the visual interference from the grooves on the other side.
i love this tune. love the lyrics a lot, love that overdriven maxed out guitar thing. but really love the lyrics.
Album cover looks way better with the band name on it imo
Sounds like an out-take from the Fragile. This is a good thing, by the way.
Double Negative is what actually got me into Low - still doing a back-catalogue trawl but Iām completely on love with them now.ay have to be my next purchase
Not feeling this on first listen. Hoping Iāll get more out of it over time, but yeah.
Gonna listen to this all day. Lowered my expectations a little
Just listened to this on a rare train journey into work. Amazing stuff. Not sure how it stacks up to Double Negative yet but I love it already. Gonna try and pick up a copy on my travels later. In an actual record shop. Imagine.
Itās great isnāt it? Does this mean youāre actually in the office today? Sadly Iām in Singleton today but if youāre back in we should grab coffee sometime next week before we all get locked in our houses again for winter.
Just diving in now. I liked all the singles and made sure not to overplay them.
Will report back with my findingsā¦
Iām just in for to run a random exam this morning, still working from home full time. Theyāre gonna start moving us towards doing some days in the office sometime between November and January apparently, which is nice and vague.
Iām sure we can arrange a coffee/drink for soon though, well up for that.
This is now the Disintegration State social calendar thread.
Like this a lot more than Double Negative.
Found the production choices frustrating on Double Negative but here I think itās utilised much better and serves the songs well rather than obscuring them. I think keeping them away from the vocals helps a lot.
Will be interesting to hear how it sounds live.
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Just starting my first listen. First two tracks are great but I miss the bass.
Yeah - the vocals are front and centre. Which means that everything else can be chaotic and fragmented but the songs feel more likeā¦ songs I guess.
Oh gosh itās incredible isnāt it?
Double Negative felt a lot more impressionistic, which I really loved, but it felt more like an electronica record than an album of songs. This feels very much like the latter, but with a very broken sound pallette underpinning them. Both pretty great though.
Really? I think its one of the best albums Iāve ever heard for feeling like a coherent album of songs that flow together.
yeah DN felt more like an album for ambient fans which iām not really
DN is definitely my favourite Low record, Iād agree with @jordan_229 that it flows extremely well, on first listen (via bandcamp) Iām not sure Iām feeling this as much but will stick with itā¦
I like this on first spin, but will need a lot more time with it (and probably sat at my desk working isnāt an ideal initial listen) to fall in love.
My concerns are that underneath the production (which sonically I really like) the songs are actually a bit too slight. Theyāll no doubt reveal themselves to me with repeated plays.