Also I think the songwriting in general is better on ROT and dialling back the production of Treats really helped.

Fair enough. I like big catchy hooks, and stuff, and I didn’t get caught by as many on ROT as on Treats and Bitter Rivals, but something something subjective something something personal taste.

This thread needs more @TheWza

Hi, @robluvsnic :kissing_heart:

Just when you thought they couldn’t get any better…

It borders on En Vogue’s Free Your Mind territory at points.

They do. :hugs:

I’m probably at the point of Sleigh Bells > Trembling Bells these days.

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Must’ve been a couple more people who’ve heard this now…

Any other observations?

I quite like some tracks (Crucible, Baptism of Fire especially) but not sure how I feel about it overall

I reckon it’s a great album, but I think this might be the end of them. They don’t seem to have recaptured the listening public’s imagination

was just listening to this at lunch, as it happens. It’s ok, but i agree with the disjointedness of it, in so much as it makes it harder to enjoy/get into. at times it’;s really good though.

really love it, prob my second favourite album of the year (after johnny foreigner)

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I’ll have to give the JoFo album a listen then.

Two UK gigs in February

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Playing at Gorilla again yessssss!!!

Alright, I finally listened to Jessica Rabbit and it’s brilliant.

Somebody should have said something.

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Curse that stupid Somebody!

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Been loving this record. Surprised to have not seen it in more year-end lists.

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I’ll listen to it later but I’m into the idea of them releasing shorter albums more often and on their own label. The last album felt more experimental so hopefully this will mean more weird stuff from them

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Brilliant! Listening to this now…

Ooh, that’s a shivers kind of good start. And then, it just keeps going exactly the same all the way through. Different. No guitars(?), all keyboards and vocals.

Instant replay. This has got top 10 songs of the year written all over it for me. I am officially excited for the mini-album (and about it too).

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So much this. My one complaint about the last album was that it was a bit long. Doesn’t feel right for them.

Sleigh bells in 2017?