Posted by Trent on 10/25/2009, 3:13 pm, in reply to "New Shpongle leaked"
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: Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland
:
: I don't know if anyone here cares about it,
: but when I heard the duo was making a new
: album, it's been my most anticipated release
: since I heard Portishead was making a new
: one. It leaked a couple of weeks ago
: (official release date is Nov 2) and I
: picked it up yesterday.
:
: Early verdict -- well it's not as good as
: Nothing Lasts, but I wasn't expecting it to
: be. When NL came out in 2005 I listened to
: it multiple times a day for over a year,
: never tiring of it, and even four years
: later it's one of the best, most
: compulsively listenable albums I've ever
: come across -- easily within my five
: favourite albums if not my single favourite.
:
: Ineffable is damn good, though. No sign of
: it being a cash-in (Nothing Lasts was
: supposed to be their last album together, so
: when I heard they were reuniting for a new
: one I couldn't but be suspicious). I've no
: clue where they dug up these samples, and
: it's oddly free of Terence McKenna, but
: there's some weird shit on it, but by
: Shponglestandards, it is a fairly tame
: outing, more melodic singing, far less
: trance-oriented than the band's earliest
: work. They've always been really removed
: from what most people think of when they
: hear the word 'techno', which is one of the
: reasons I dig 'em so. There's a little bit
: of corniness -- I Am You is kind of a newage
: cliche (I was kinda concerned when I saw the
: tracklisting), but it's oddly presented in a
: non-preachy manner, and the music is
: gorgeous. There's a couple of
: Shpongle-cliches, just in terms of style and
: sound effects and motifs that have been on
: their past albums, but it's usually
: presented differently.
:
: It does kind of feel out of place in their
: discography, though, since all of their work
: was a steady progression upwards. Their
: debut (Are You Shpongled?) was like a
: blueprint for the band, more a great album
: waiting to happen than a great album, which
: would happen with the follow-up, Tales of
: the Inexpressible. Then, when it seemed they
: could no longer imrpove, they dropped
: Nothing Lasts, which destroyed all of my
: conceptions of what music (electronic or
: otherwise) could be, incorporating mad
: amounts of world, jazz, classical, folk,
: rock, heavy metal elements, along with the
: techno-fusion they'd perfected. It really
: seemed like there was nowhere to go.
:
: Despite all of that, Ineffable doesn't seem
: tacked on to their career, maybe a little
: like the Hail to the Thief to Nothing Lasts'
: Kid A, and it wouldn't be a stretch after
: just a couple of listens for me to name it
: the best album I've heard in years. My baby
: likes it a whole hell of a lot.
:
: Anyone interested should check out
: "Nothing is Something Worth Doing"
: or the aforementioned "I Am You,"
: though if you're not familiar with the
: band's work, I wouldn't say this album is
: the best starting point.
:
: I picked up some shrooms the other day, so I
: might give this its proper listen soon.
:
: BTW, Trent -- Every time I type out a proper
: reply to your post. Making it short, the
: Feelies song you posted is dope.
:
: NP: Shpongle - Invisible Man in a
: Fluorescent Suit
:
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