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@northernnarwhal [CONTROVERSIAL OPINION INCOMING] I never liked Joy Division that much
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@northernnarwhal Who are you and what have you done with narwhal?
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@northernnarwhal tbh they've always given me this vibe like they're not trying that hard on that record. Like, I get that it's a style, but it sounds unfinished to me
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@polarbear It's not like I haven't talked about the subjectivity of media engagement and my views on it in the past here before http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3931558 http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3914828 http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3934177
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@rarity That's understandable. I guess I kind of enjoy that style because to me it evokes a sense of rawness in the music, as though there is nothing superficial filtering my emotional engagement with it. I think that's also why I like Ian Curtis's very lazy sounding singing style, it's sort of reflective of the very desolate anguish that comes through on the lyrics.
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@northernnarwhal I really only like rawness in acoustic-ish music like NMH, and simplicity in Electronic Genres like Tropical House. Generally I prefer things with lots of layers because it "absorbs" me so to say
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@rarity If you like really heavily layered stuff I'd implore you to check out Clarence Clarity's debut record. It's about as maximalist as they come, especially for 2015, but it almost never feels overwhelming. It's incredibly genre defying and draws influence from just about every page in the book while constantly throwing left hooks at the listener. It's also just really fantastically engineered, with everything sounding crisp and weighty and working organically with the other layers. All of that ambition is backed by some really fantastic songwriting and performances too. I'm afraid I'm kind of overhyping it but I've really had a lot of fun with it since I first heard it. Here's one of my favourite songs off the album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi58qW3G1Jg #nsfw as well as my review of it http://northernnarwhal.tumblr.com/post/119137582566/review-clarence-clarity-no-now if you're interested.
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@northernnarwhal I'll check it out, although by saying I like layers, I'm not the hugest fan of maximalism in music either. It can get really overwhelming in mainstream releases, although you make it sound like this album isn't the case
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@rarity I understand what you mean, and I guess when I described Clarence Clarity as maximalist I meant in the sense that his music is incredibly busy, but in really the best way possible. There are lots of really experimental forms of instrumentation working in tandem on any given song and many of them are expressing some kind of implicit genre influence or trait, so there's usually a lot to wrap your head around on a first listen. It never feels awfully clashing though, at least not to me, because as I mention in my review Clarence has an incredible command of songwriting and melody that help curb some of his more outlandish ambitions, so his record maintains its chaotic fusion of styles while still remaining cohesive.
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