Reviews (page 4 of 8)
This was a lovely palate cleanser after yesterday’s dreck. As the kids might say, it was a bop; it made me want to dance through my office. Particularly enjoyed Zumba Zumba, but enjoyed the whole album.
Easy listen. Punchy music to put on if you can’t decide what you want to listen to but want a bit of up vibe. Got to Gatineau, got to Gatineau…
"Default" and "Zumm Zumm" were pretty good. It sounds like old alternative and that's nice.
i kinda dont really care
Dersom dette er fremtiden for gitar-rock kan vi likegodt legge ned. I beste fall en fattigmannsutgave av Belle& Sebastian.
Chill, and quite experimental. But I wouldn't be listening to it on repeat
Shit
Listened to this a fair bit when it came out and enjoyed it. Some cool songs but runs out of ideas a bit I think.
Expect this album to be dropped in the next edition of the books. It’s not bad but so many albums that sound just like this between 2008-2013 and I can think of a few more deserving of a place.
On pose aujourd'hui nos valises en 2012, une époque pas si lointaine où le rock indé commençait sérieusement à tourner en rond, se mordant la queue entre des revivals post-punk fauchés et de la folk larmoyante pour publicité de bagnoles. Et là, au milieu de ce marasme de barbus en chemises à carreaux qui pleurnichent sur des banjos, débarquent quatre geeks écossais avec une envie pressante : nous faire danser intelligemment. Bon, soyons honnêtes deux minutes, vous connaissez mon pédigrée. Je suis né en 70, j'ai été élevé au grain de "Pornography" de The Cure et j'ai fini ma croissance avec les coups de marteau industriel de Godflesh. Ma zone de confort, c'est le noir et blanc, le larsen, la dissonance et les types qui hurlent leur désespoir dans un micro saturé. David Tibet est mon berger, et je ne manque de rien (sauf peut-être d'un peu de sérotonine). Alors, pourquoi est-ce que je me retrouve à défendre un disque qui a la couleur d'une chemise hawaïenne et le goût d'un cocktail tropical ? C'est une excellente question, et la réponse tient en un mot : l'inventivité. Django Django, c'est l'histoire de types qui ont visiblement séché les cours de "comment faire une chanson couplet-refrain classique" pour aller fumer des joints en regardant des vieux westerns et des films de science-fiction des années 50. Autant le faire le plus tôt possible et évacuons le dossier familial : oui, le batteur/producteur Dave Maclean est le frangin de John Maclean du Beta Band. Le Beta Band, c'était ce groupe culte des années 90 que je vendais par palettes aux étudiants en art qui voulaient avoir l'air cool. Django Django a récupéré cet ADN "folktronica bricolée", mais là où le grand frère était un hippie défoncé qui s'endormait sur son sampler, le petit frère est un hyperactif sous Red Bull qui veut conquérir la piste de danse. Dès l'intro, on sent que ça va être singulier. Ça ne sonne pas comme un groupe de rock, ça ne sonne pas comme de la techno, ça sonne comme... du Django Django. C'est un bordel organisé, une brocante sonore où l'on trouve des synthétiseurs analogiques qui couinent, des guitares surf qui rappellent les Shadows (si les Shadows avaient pris de l'acide), et des harmonies vocales dignes des Beach Boys, mais chantées par des robots dépressifs. Prenez le morceau "Default" car c'est l'exemple parfait. Si vous n'avez pas un spasme musculaire en écoutant ça, vérifiez votre pouls. C'est une mécanique de précision, sèche, rythmique, obsédante. On dirait que Devo a décidé de faire une jam session dans une pyramide égyptienne. C'est pop, c'est immédiat, mais c'est tordu juste ce qu'il faut pour ne pas être vulgaire. Ce qui me fascine avec ce disque, c'est cette capacité à faire du neuf avec du vieux. On est en 2012, tout a déjà été fait, refait et digéré. Pourtant, ces types arrivent à créer un son qui leur est propre. Ils mélangent des percussions tribales, des bruits de lasers de jeux vidéo 8-bits, et cette ambiance "désertique" un peu mystique. C’est de la "Art Pop" sans le côté prétentieux qui te donne envie de gifler le chanteur avec une truite. J'ai passé des années en radio à écouter des groupes qui se prenaient au sérieux, qui pensaient réinventer la poudre alors qu'ils ne faisaient que copier Radiohead en moins bien. Ici, il y a une légèreté salvatrice. On sent que le processus de création s'est fait dans une chambre, à empiler des couches, à tester des sons, à s'amuser avec les boutons. C'est du "Do It Yourself" de luxe. Écoutez "Wor". C'est quoi ce truc ? Une course-poursuite ? Un rituel vaudou ? C'est frénétique, ça accélère, la guitare trébuche, la batterie galope. C'est jouissif, c'est le genre de morceau que j'aurais adoré passer à fond dans le magasin juste avant la fermeture pour virer les clients qui traînent trop longtemps dans le magasin. "Allez hop, tout le monde dehors, on danse ou on dégage !" Il y a aussi "Hail Bop", une petite perle mélodique qui te rentre dans le crâne pour ne plus jamais en ressortir. C'est simple, c'est beau, c'est efficace. C'est la preuve qu'on n'a pas besoin de faire des morceaux de 20 minutes avec des solos de saxophone pour être pertinent (même si j'adore quand Zorn le fait, ne me faites pas dire ce que je n'ai pas dit). Bien sûr, tout n'est pas parfait, et sur la longueur, l'album peut parfois sembler tourner un peu en rond, utilisant les mêmes astuces de production. Le son est très typé, très sec, sans beaucoup de reverb, ce qui peut fatiguer certaines oreilles habituées à la soupe surproduite de la FM. Mais bordel, quelle fraîcheur ! C'est un album de géométrie où tout est anguleux, carré, précis. Les voix ne sont pas là pour faire pleurer dans les chaumières, elles sont utilisées comme des instruments, des textures qui s'ajoutent au mille-feuille sonore. En 2012, alors que la musique devenait de plus en plus cynique ou formatée, Django Django est arrivé avec sa naïveté bricolée et son enthousiasme communicatif. Ils ont réussi l'exploit de faire un disque "intello" sur lequel on peut secouer ses fesses. Et croyez-moi, faire remuer le cul d'un fan de Joy Division, c'est un miracle biblique. Je mets un 4 sur 5 sans hésiter. Pas parce que c'est le disque le plus profond ou le plus sombre de la décennie, mais parce que c'est une bouffée d'oxygène. C'est ludique, c'est créatif, et ça ne ressemble à rien d'autre. C'est coloré, c'est vivant, et ça prouve qu'on peut être des anciens étudiants en école d'art sans être forcément chiants comme la pluie.
I wonder when Django Unchained came out if these guys thought they had a bio pic made of them. Nahhh I doubt it. So on to this album. It’s one of the few that I’m at a loss for words on the good side of things. This is good. They get a follow from me. I hope the other albums don’t let me down. Seriously though, I can’t put my finger on the genre or who they sound like. They are mostly in a place of their own in the pop alt world I’d guess. I’m also feeling generous. This can’t reach OK Computer but in its own light, it’s good enough
- muito inspirado no surf rock, Beatles e artistas mais recentes de música eletrônica. - gostei mais do começo do álbum, mas no geral senti falta de ideias mais elaboradas.
Django Django’s eponymous debut, both the band and the album were new to me. For a first effort, it sounds remarkably confident and playful. The album thrives on a delightful blend of genres: electronica, rock, and '60s-influenced pop, managing to sound simultaneously retro and 'current'. The production and mix is clear. The vocal work is a key element of the album's identity. The delivery is generally understated, relying on doubled tracks to create harmonies and utilising intriguing vocal effects to add texture rather than just volume. A brilliant example of this is "Waveforms". Vocally, the track is reminiscent of The Dandy Warhols, possessing that same cool, detached, yet highly melodic swagger. "Silver Rays" also features that distinctive 'Dandys' vocal aesthetic. The record is melodic but is also peppered with charming eccentricities. A prime example is "Zumm Zumm", which captures the band's quirky side. Standout tracks were: "Default" (a real foot tapper), and "WOR" (great surf rock guitar sound). Django Django's debut is an enjoyable listen that I may be delving into again. Four stars. 1. "Introduction" (3/5) 2. "Hail Bop" (4/5) 3. "Default" (5/5) 4. "Firewater" (4/5) 5. "Waveforms" (3/5) 6. "Zumm Zumm" (3/5) 7. "Hand of Man" (3/5) 8. "Love's Dart" (4/5) 9. "WOR" (5/5) 10. "Storm" (4/5) 11. "Life's a Beach" (4/5) 12. "Skies Over Cairo" (3/5) 13. "Silver Rays" (4/5) Total - 49 Average - 3.77 180/1001 98/180 albums reviewed were new to me.
nice
6/10
3.5/5
I enjoy slightly weirder stuff like this. 3.5/5
I heard Beach Boys here in the harmonies and a little bit of klezmer by the end. Not entirely unenjoyable, but not entirely enjoyable either.
J'ai vraiment trouvé que c'était super, c'était très agréable à écouter, à la limite du 5 étoiles je pense mais je reste quand même sur du 4
bon délire mais Moyen quand même
Not for me
Strange but enjoyable
2/5 slightly better than depeche mode after weed
Meh… pretty repetitive with nothing standing out, not even the vocals. And not that interesting for my tastes. A few nice rhythms occasionally, but not my style of music.
I watched a video of Django Django performing "Hail Bop" in-studio at a radio station. The stripped down performance featured the drummer playing a cardboard box. Then a sobriquet entered my brain pan: art school buskers. Of course these art school buskers also landed a recording contract, made great use of the studio and produced a synth-y, vocal-y, percussive-y, guitar-y, space-y freshman effort. I do dig Django Django's self-titled debut.
aaah.... look, as a django django enjoyer i get why this album is on the list. yeah, sure, it's their best album whatever. front to back rock solid psychedelic indie rock album blah blah blah blah i GET IT. my favorite django django songs happen to be on born under saturn and marble skies, unfortunately, and i missed them :( shoutout to when i saw them in SF but was way too stoned to even enjoy the concert. they played a killer cover of blondie and that was pretty magical even though, spiritually, i had fully left the building. highlights - default, waveforms, life's a beach, cairo
Fun.
Chato demais.
I can imagine I would have adored this album if I listened to it in the era it came out, as an Alt-J obsessive. Still, really enjoyed it in the year of 2026
Pretty mid
Sounded like Beach Boys in space
2.0 - weird. Lots of electronic shit…but vocals / harmonies sounds like Beach Boys
There's a weird corner of the sonosphere where Fleet Foxes, The Beach Boys, Portugal the Man, space jazz, and something else intersect, and these guys found it. Extra points for keeping me guessing.
I found a lot to like here. Fun discovery from this list.
Wavelength goes, suspect this would reward repeat listens but not enough for me to actually do it.
very cool album. eclectic sound?
Sounds like what would happen if Cut Copy, Trey Anastasio, and Devendra Banhart were trapped in a room together with only a guitar, a maraca, an ounce of weed, and a 2008 Macbook running Garage Band to get them by. While it is a little self-aware and pretentious for my taste, it’s not horrible and I appreciate the artistic effort.
The electronic force driving this to me is both attractive and off-putting. The mechanical sound is not open to melodic modulation. The sameness is good in small doses. Worth hearing, I guess, but I'll probably not check them out more.
Djingly Djangly Django Django. Nothing groundbreaking but I got djangy with it.
Color me amazed, but I thought this was really cool. Reminded me of Of Montreal (maybe) — someone in that neighborhood. But where this could have been innocuous or annoying, it was playful and melodic and only got on my nerves once (Zumm Zumm). So maybe not a 4 but I'm feeling it... so it is!
I enjoyed this. Shades of Animal Collective. I even got some Dandy Warhols vibes at times (mostly from their vocals). Not sure it's a must-listen, but I listened and liked.
Completely unfamiliar with this band and I really enjoyed. At times a little reminiscent of the Dandy Warhols.
I've never really listened to this group, but I really like this album! So dance-y and the vibes are fantastic. I can just have this on, and it makes me feel so good and keeps me focused. It's exactly what I wanted from a shoegaze album. I'll listen to it over and over.
I enjoyed this. Good vocals. Good alt sound.
Never heard of this band prior to this, so was keen to hear something I hadn’t previously. Didn’t really connect with it. Some nice instrumentation couple with annoying vocals. Nothing really spectacular here.
It’s fun but feels too long and I’m probably not revisiting
jaunty!
These guys do a great job at making music, but fall just short of creating something with impact. "Default", "Firewater", and frankly most songs here sound like they're made for Amazon commercials. Hints of character, offensively inoffensive, and technically well-produced. I've gotta be a bit harsh on this album's inclusion, this is not very important music, especially for the time it came out. the EDM boom was happening, rap was being taken in some wildly interesting directions. At least stomp-clap had a sound and aesthetic!! Then there's this milquetoast project. The music is a 3/5, but it taking up a space on here is 2/5 material. Not worth your while
I'd never heard about this band before, but this album was definitely a pleasant surprise; especially the production, which is remarkable. The mix of acoustic instruments, electronic textures and layered vocals is impeccable. Wor and Default were standout tracks for me.
i didn’t even realise i was listening to this…..
V good
I like this sound but then some there tracks are a bit nauseating.
Kind of the typical mid 2000's Indy band. Their visuals and the way they are hyped is better than the actual music. Mid tempo folk made with sampling. I guess.
Vocals aren't amazing but the rest of the music is fun
so so. 3.00/5
3/5
the best way i can describe this album is a modernist take on prog rock... or pop. i'm just gonna call it progressive. being a bit of a music oldhead, it's really cool hearing some less mainstream stuff from more recent times, especially if it's not, like... weird overly pretentious noise. this album makes you feel like you're stuck in the sahara desert. this album sounds like a group of travelling hippies, setting up shelter and praising the sun. it's the kind of spacey weird sound that you can get lost in easy. at times it can sound like surf rock. it's an interesting listen if you want something different in your musical palette.
Kind of a sucker for this era of music
To start with, this album has one of the most important qualities an album could have on this list and that’s being completely unique. I didn’t look into the artists other work yet to see if this album is a one off/ if every album sounds like this/or this album is really just a gem hidden in the rough. It’s so unique and different. If I had to simplify it I’d say it’s like a percussion focused electronic album. Super inventive and mildly repetitive, this album totally had my attention from the get go and I saved most if not every song on the album. It’s super fun, has a great cover, and I’ll definitely be looking into their other work cause this album just works so well for some reason. Seriously if you like electronic music you definitely gotta check this out, it’s super cool.
This album has a slightly pleasing retro psych-lite feel to it. I'm not sure it really ticks all the boxes for me, but it's pretty decent art pop. Not something I'll return to, though.
Reminds me of animal collective
I was excited to hear a nearly recent album! I liked it for the most part, it had elements of genres that I liked. It just didn’t jump out at me and it wasn’t memorable enough for me to rate it high
I don’t really get why this is on the list
Never heard of them. Pleasantly surprised, good background music.
I remember resisting a lot of hype around this when it was released and then feeling stupid when I eventually heard it and realised it was actually kinda my thing. Still, having read so much about how original it was, I found it surprising that it was basically The Beta Band. Still at least it’s a decent listen all the way through, so since The 3EPs is a compilation, Django Django have made the album that The Beta Band never managed.
The debut by Django Django was a neat electro-pop/rock outing that was great to help soundtrack part of my workday. Best: Skies Over Cairo Worst: Love's Dart
2 bonnes chansons, tout le reste était terrible.
Pretty solid album.
Quite a fun, funky album with interesting harmonies but repetitive with no standout tracks.
🤨
Default is a cool song
I’ve been waiting here so long but you’re taking off again
Never heard of this band before. Pretty good. Fun sound.
Let me get this straight, there's one neo-psych album from 2012 on this list and it's *not* Lonerism? It's just a bunch of British guys? Come on now, I don't even *like* Tame Impala that much, but they're clearly the most important indie band of the 2010s, if not the entire 21st century! On the other hand, this is totally bland indie-by-numbers, with the cover being the most interesting thing about it.
Best Song: Default. I really like the trippy/glitchy elements in combination with the more standard indie rock trappings. Worst Song: Hand of Man. Just a bit more dull, more ordinary song in the middle of the album. Overall: Well hell, this was fun. The vocal harmonies were great, but there was also so much more than that. Very mildly psychedelic, filled with neat little bits of experimentation. A cool new discovery for me.
Liked it enough - it was a fun mix of Beach Boys vocal harmonies and Talking Heads rhythms , but the whole was not greater than the sum. It fits in comfortably in that post-Animal Collective, FIFA soundtrack indie genre (shout out Foster The People - haven't thought of you in a while), but doesn't transcend that era. It was interesting revisiting that type of sound - made me feel oddly nostalgic for a simpler, pre-algorithm time. This feels like something I would have found on a Tumblr blog that would have definitely overhyped it. Stand out tracks to me were Firewater (loved the space cowboy vibes), Waveforms, and Life's a Beach. Leaned more towards their acoustic stuff.
I like the vibe - very Panda Bear, also cool rhythms and harmonies. I can see how a remix album of this would be cool The production was pretty incredible Standouts: Waveforms, Wor, Skies Over Cairo Again, it was cool and had some great tracks but didn’t really hit consistently for me
The amount of caffeine ive drunk to waveform in 2019 is insane. I liked that track and a few others especially, but overall kinda meh? Fun. Maybe i’d like it more after a relisten or three. Pratik is right that this is a flaw of the project. O well. Consensus w the group.. THREE!
Replacement level Animal Collective style music. Not unpleasant but not something I’d return to.
Part of the 1001 albums online where a new album is generated every day. It's kind of not my jam at all. There's some decently groovy stuff, but overall it's a little to intricate and smart-sounding. Preppy. I don't know.
I don't like this music.
I've been listening to Django Django for a while. Solid album. Best songs are Default, Waveforms, WOR and Hand of Man.
Rätt tråkig platta som blandar inspiration från Beatles och Pink Floyd men med ett mer rent och kliniskt sound i och med att det är modernt. Några spännande ljud men utöver det väldigt oinspirerande.
electr., Rock, 2012 -> 2
I wanted to give this album a four, but I just felt that a lot of the songs never quite went where I hoped they would go. They are very good beats and the production is great, I enjoy listening to every song, but I never quite saw the songwriting as compelling or the crescendo I wanted. As a result it was kind of flat. Enjoyable, though, and I will be exploring them more. Great for studying or working.
I found this first time round and it was fine but didnt stand out, i may even have seen them live but i cant remember, which probably tells you enough. This was fine and i enjoyed it but doesn't exactly represent the cutting edge of music.
Una muestra de lo tremendamente cool que puede ser un grupo al que ni siquiera tenía idea de su existencia. Dice wikipedia que esto es art rock, neo psicodelia, rock electrónico y pop experimental. Cada género absolutamente genial en este álbum. Me urge escucharles más a los Django Django.
Quirky in a good way.
Never heard of them. Not bad, but not interesting.
C'était djnago chill mais un peu django mid
Très sympatoche j'ai beaucoup aimé les sonorités, surtout vers la fin les mélodies arabiques mélangés à de la musique électronique c'était monstrueux
One of those that I didn't think I'd like, but found very entertaining and varied. 4.
I absolutely loved listening to this album! I've never heard of this band before. A lot of sonic texture on this album. It's a pleasing mix of electronic and acoustic instruments with both digital and analog sound effects. Often creating an almost ASMR effect in my earbuds. Each song has an upbeat hook-laden vocal melody with tight harmonies. Always danceable never repetitive. Both retro and futuristic at the same time. A fun discovery. Favorite song: "Life's a Beach." And, I'm definitely adding "Wor" to my favorite apocalyptic songs playlist!
Ik kende het niet bewust. Maar Default is natuurlijk wel een bekend nummer. Allemaal wel lekkere muziek eigenlijk. Houden we erin!
I had not previously considered if I could build a continuum between Animal Collective and Fleet Foxes, but this album would really set a midpoint.
this is some solid 10's alt rock, and the song construction is often dynamite but two really annoying voices doing harmonies like that really drags it down. default is still a bop even though it might be the one where they're most annoying
I enjoyed "Skies Over Cairo" but that mostly made me think that I wish there was more ~Arab type music in this project. I'd trade this album for something cool and from that general region and history.
#743. This sounds like one part Beach Boys, and one part hipster rock. 3/5: acceptable.
I remember hearing this and downloading it when it came out, liking it, then never listening to it again. Just that kind of record. Love the rhythms and almost tribal drumming at times, the close harmonies, and the creative synths. They even throw in some surf rock guitar on "Lifes a Beach." But the songwriting isn't strong and much of it is forgettable.
Wanted to like this more than I did, and another review here nailed it - the band has no songwriter (or compelling vocalist). The instrumentals are cool, something different for sure, but the hooks are often dull, if there are any. Some of these meander too much and it takes me out of the song.
Default aside, this is pretty forgettable.
# 595 : Django Django Django Django – Indie Rock for the Algorithmically Inclined This is an alright record—kind of psychedelic, kind of poppy—but it suffers from a serious lack of realistic energy. Everything sounds so perfectly quantized, so surgically aligned in a DAW, it’s like a computer wrote it while sipping oat milk. The result? Lifeless. Devoid of personality. Like indie rock made by a spreadsheet. The songs are catchy, sure, and there’s charm in the repetition. But after 40 minutes of falsetto harmonies and looped grooves, it starts to feel like you’re stuck in a stylish elevator. Excellent electronic composure, but the vocals never take any risks, and nothing truly grabs your attention. Best Track (if you must): Zumm Zumm – the sonic equivalent of a quirky Instagram filter: fun for a second, then forgotten. Verdict: ★★ for polish. File under “indie rock groups white girls like,” but as far as that goes… really not bad.
Quite catchy and enjoyable but also quite samey. As is becoming standard, the voice wasn’t as good as the music.
Not sure if it's just surpassing some very low expectations. Art rock sounds like a proper wanky pretentious concept. I actually didn't mind this though. 5/10.
Absolute horse shit
A level of musical repetitiveness that you have to expect from a band who named themselves and their album using the same word 4 times. Didn't actually mind it though
Another strange selection. Didn't hate it, enjoyed moments but became a bit annoying
Upbeat with good percussion, was nodding my head to the music the whole time.
This was actually more enjoyable that I thought when I heard more electronic music in the first track. At least it wasn’t depressing. Still don’t really like it much so it gets a 2.
Cool blend of electronic, funk, psych rock, and more. Had never heard of them but will def dive deeper. "Default" was the highlight for me.
This was interesting…kind of infectious pop, but also unique use of electronics. I liked it more than I thought I would at first, and then it slowly wore on me. Decent enough tunes but I didn’t like the vocals after a while…maybe some wannabe McCartney thing in there he can’t quite pull off? Some songs really sound like The Stone Roses, who I love..Idk, it’s easy enough to listen to while you work. Didn’t love, didn’t hate, didn’t finish
Unique hidden gem!
Surprisingly good. Reminds me of a cool modern blend of Beach Boys with Simon and Garfunkel. Adding this to my rotation of unusual albums.
2012? 2012???? Practically a new release! I’m not saying I disliked it. I didn’t. There were some cold tracks I think would sound great popping up on a road trip set list. I just don’t see how an album like this could ever be someone’s personal favourite. Didn’t have enough wow. Solid mid.
Some appeal as music you listen to while doing something else, but not for me
This was a cool one. Not sure how I had never heard of it before. Gave me Radiohead meets beach boys vibes in a good way.
Wow, never heard this one before, and I'm smitten. Fantastic album. Sounds great, so catchy. Had a lot of fun getting to know this one. I'll be back
Wow I've not listened to this in years!!! Thank you 1001 for the reminder. Default and Wor brilliant tracks. Harmonies, funny sounds, great production and some brill tap your foot and sing along choruses. Solid 4 from me.
A wide spectrum of exciting sounds, cool and experimental music underlined with relatively boring vocals.
I kinda lost patience to it at the end 3/5
Has it's moments, but I find this sort of electro-indie-pop tedious. Also hate the band name. And most of the song titles. And the album art.
Pleasantly surprised by this! Has some real 80s flavor.
you lost me at 'art rock'
Gets better as it goes on, bonus points for having a track on the transcendent Fifa 13 soundtrack, even if it's not one of the ones that makes it so good
I thought I was going to blow it off but it was weirdly fun. The vocals are such a strange direct quote from the beach boys, but I like them.
Love this album. Diving into more of their stuff. Will share with everyone
Not bad. Will listen again
Somehow it's fun, psychedelic, and atmospheric all at the same time. 3.5/5.0: Very Good
cool grooves ruined by a lackluster vocal performance. it feels like hes being forced to sing; there is no heart in it.
2010s rock with quirky electronic elements. Art rock. Creative and catchy. Interesting use of percussion.
enkele goeie nummers... maar vooral veel doorslagjes.. dit kan beter, jongens!
Blind album and artist. I was very invested in some of the layers stacking and being removed and replaced with 1-off effects. Some of the songs were bangers.
Surprised I missed that one having know the singles and being a big fan of alt-j. Pretty solid from beginning to end and definitely a nice variety
If you like repetitious pseudo-yacht rock, you will love this album
I liked the first half of the album more than the last half I think. Maybe that's because the first tracks are best, or maybe it just became less novel to me as the tracks went on. I find the mix of synths and physical percussion instruments interesting Standouts Default Waveforms Zumm Zumm Silver Rays 4/5
Boring
Prije svega svaka čast što su uspjeli ponuditi nešto potpuno novo svijetu muzike. Da se nisu ovoliko bazirali na elektro gimmicky zvukove, ovo bi bila najjača muzika iz prošle decenije. Ni ovako nije daleko iza. Sjajan, specifičan album. Slušat će se opet da se riješi dilema između 4 i 5.
Fun noises bouncing around. Full of odd percussion layers. The voices are too “plasticky”. It’s like a cool party where the host won’t stop talking over the decent music. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions: - Hail Bop - Default - Life’s a Beach
This was new to me and felt like a more accessible Animal Collective. I liked it and need to remember to revisit!
Whenever I see one of these no-name, never done anything of consequence English bands pop up as my latest album, I always cringe. They rarely, if ever are worth listening to. Generally, they are amongst the worst albums on this list, and I always wonder how they got included on a "must hear" list (yes, I know the answer is the bias the English authors have towards English bands). However, I try to listen with an open mind and I have to admit that this was one of the best of those bands that I have tried. Not that they needed to be included on this list, as they are check none of the boxes that they should for inclusion: innovative, great, popular, or influential. That said, they are interesting and have some decent songs. The signing is not amazing, to be sure, but it is solid, especially in some of the harmonies. However, right when this album started with Introduction, I found myself intrigued. This blended into Hail Bop and I was even more drawn in, especially when the guitars came in on this track. It was a bit warped, but that only added to the tune. I see that Default is the most popular song and it was fine, though it's carried by the various effects they have going on, including the bouncing rhythm at various points. Absent those pieces, it's not that great a tune. Firewater had a catchy intro. Kind of sounded like what we might have gotten if the Beatles went full hippie. On the fence about whether this is a keeper or not. The singing holds this back, as it is so basic. Might add it just to see if I keep listening or skip it when it pops up on my personal list. Waveforms is also not great, though there is a fullness to the sound at certain points in this song that I somewhat dig, especially with how they have different vocal arrangements on top of each other. Zumm Zumm might be the worst song on this record. Very repetitive with limited to like the first time I heard it, let alone over and over again. Hand of Man had some good harmonies and I liked the limited arrangement, though that did make the song a bit sleepy. Love's Dart reminded me a bit of a Mumford and Sons type of song, mainly because of its pace. That said, I was longing for some fast guitar playing on this as a result. Wor's back half isn't bad, it just takes too long to get through the front half to really care. Storm was a solid track, not much more to say. Just kind of there. Life's a Beach was fun, mainly because it had a bit of a Beach Boys tinge to it. Sky's Over Cairo was cool until it went into the Indian vibe, which I just wasn't crazy about. Even if the overall sound of this track is consistent with the sound of the band, this particular song didn't seem to fit with the rest of the album. Silver Rays was a good closer. Trippy in similar ways to other parts of this album, builds in good spots. Felt like it could have been an anthem kind of song, but it does fall short of such a lofty goal. Still, a cool track to end with. Is it an amazing album? No. It's far from a cover-to-cover listen. But there is enough here to give it an average rating and a bonus star for hearing something completely new and getting a few new tracks for my own library.
I’m enjoying this more than I thought I might. Some legitimately fun bops here.
4/5
Absolutely fine, polished and inoffensive, but I've listened twice now and can't remember a thing about it. Totally forgettable. 2.5 stars.
A pretty inconsequential but fun listen. I didn't mind any part of it, and I enjoyed the bit more sparse production here. You can hear the influence the likes of LCD Soundsystem had on this band. It's fun dance Punk-esque music. Not too high art, not too important and probably not worthy of being included on this list, but a really enjoyable bop to me. The hell is that album cover though.
Best Track - "Default"
Rigtig velproduceret album! Ved ikke helt hvad den laver på listen dog
Bliver helt anspændt når jeg ser at dagens plade er "UK indie pop". Det var ok.
Weird, modern pyschadelic, not nearly as good as Tame Impala. Default is pretty fun.
This is what 1001 is all about. Never heard of the. Never would have listened to them. But its a right cracking album.
Hail Bop Default
This album was way better than I thought it would be.
Opening song was like being in a whirlpool, watching genres bend by you in a swirl. Overall great harmonies
Much better than I remembered, it's definitely a solid album
This is the most contemporary album we've had in some time! I haven't listened to Django Django before. "Default" is a fun song. I was so into music and new bands in this time period, I'm not sure how I missed this song. This album was OK. Kind of boring besides a few bangers. Not sure how this album made it onto this playlist, of all of the albums to choose from in this time period. 6/10
I really enjoyed this. Sometimes a great artist passes you by the first time around. It takes a project like this for there to be a second time.
This was alright, Kind of sounds like The Beta Band but bland. The Beta Bland.
Started slow for me but started jiving with it more as it went. Hypnotic.
Bongo bongo!
Skies over Cairo and Default are the standout tracks. Not bad, but kind of feels like a watered down Animal Collective. It could commit to be being a little weirder and more fun. Very listenable but a lot blends together
Another Brit band that I never heard of on this list - guess I should get used to that. Better than yesterday’s Brit band I never heard though. Standouts were "Hail Bop" , "Default", "Life's a Beach" and "Silver Rays". "Skies Over Cairo" was interesting also
This was one of those Gems of an album that comes up through this project! Having never heard of this band before I was joyfully reminded that there are many talented musicians out there that I still haven’t heard!
Django Django’s self-titled debut is pure fun. I remember loving it when it first came out and even rushing off to see them live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Strangely though, I never followed up on anything they released after this. Revisiting it now, I’m glad to say it still holds up brilliantly. Tracks like Default, Zumm Zumm, and Hail Bop sound as fresh and different as they did on release—even if I’ve never had a clue what the lyrics actually mean. The whole record feels inventive, playful, and consistently enjoyable. Favourite track: Hail Bop Least favourite track: Honestly, every track earns its place. Album artwork: A striking and stylish cover that fits the music perfectly.
Interesting listen
This album was like getting pegged for the first time, I’m not sure if I liked it or not.
I listened to it yesterday and - while I didn't mind it at the time - I've already forgotten it. That must mean something, right?
Not a huge electronic music person. I appreciate the blend of digital and analogue instruments.
6/10 I listened to this album a few times when it came out and have always enjoyed the vibe of it, but it never really had a great amount of staying power with me. Having gone through it again with fresh ears, I’ve got a better understanding of why. Aside from Default, which is a really solid track, there are rarely any really great payoffs for the vibe and structural build of the surrounding work. If they’d have managed to pull off four or five really hooky choruses across the tracks, they could really have delivered something special, because everything else here is great. The production is solid, there’s a really nice blend of instruments, some fantastic non-typical drum grooves mixed in with enough straight four stuff to maintain the momentum. The sound design is also solid and there’s loads of ear candy all over the place. But all too often it builds a great foundation and then doesn’t add anything particularly hooky or memorable on top of it, and that’s a massive shame. I enjoyed the vibe enough that I actually stayed pretty interested throughout, but I was just willing them on to deliver something banging to reward all of the promise. This feels like something of a halfway house between The Bees and Alt-J, in that it creates a similar vibe and has stylistic echoes of Alt-J (who’s debut actually came out a few months after this), but also suffers a little from the fatal flaw that The Bees had, which was that there was nothing memorable about their music at all. Not to say that this is anything like as bereft of engagement as that album was, but there was a touch too much of that, and not enough of the other. That being said, this is pretty good background music, so it may get a few more spins here and there. Introduction - Arpeggiated synth, whistling, vocal pads and atmospheric drums. I think we know where we’re going with this. Nice build to the first track though. Hail Bop - This has got a good vibe to it. Some nice chords in the vocal harmonies and there’s a bit of bounce to things from the synths and beat. There’s quite a lot of variety in the sound design which adds some nice depth too. A pretty solid start. Default - This track has always been the standout one on this album for me. It’s got a great pulse to the rhythm and there’s a really good balance between the synths and other instruments. It’s super hooky, but also just a bit weird too, which just catches me the right way. There’s some pretty cool production tricks and ear candy in play that just give it extra vibe. Firewater - This reminds me of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s ‘Spread Your Love’. Not tonally, but the composition. Anyway, this one’s a bit more plodding. It feels like it’s building a lot, but never really hits the payoff. The synths feel fairly extraneous from the rest of the track here too, which is a shame. Waveforms - This has got a nice shuffling rhythm to it. The vocals build nicely too. I really appreciate the depth to the sound design, as there’s a load of variety if you listen deeply and it does build quite a lot from start to finish. It’s a nice little listen, but it unfortunately never really lands on a particularly satisfying hook to pay off the build. Zumm Zumm - Again, a good groove to this, with some cool little bits of production. It feels like it’s working up to something again. Will it pay off? Doesn’t seem like it. It kind of has the slightly frantic feeling of being in a queue for the toilet while you’re absolutely desperate, only to get to the front of the queue to find it’s the door for the smoking area. Where’s the payoff gents? Hand Of Man - This is pretty stripped back. Some really nice interwoven guitar lines in there. It’s kind of a nice wash of sound, and there are some pretty pleasing harmonies. There’s not much variety to it, but the whole vibe of it is great and it’s a pleasant little listen. Love’s Dart - Slightly ruined by the fact that this (and another track on the album) are used as musical beds for a podcast I listen to. This is pretty nice. Some of the vocal harmonies remind me of something that I can’t quite put my finger on. It’s got a nice vibe to it. The drums could be a little more varied, but it’s another nice wash of a listen. Wor - There’s a bit more of a payoff to things here. There’s quality build up, some really nice pace and rhythm to it. When some of the guitar and drum combos get moving, it’s quality stuff. It’s just good fun and there’s plenty of audio interest, as seems pretty standard with this production. Storm - More good build up. More interesting drumming. They often seem to eschew the more obvious beats for something with a bit more variety, which is nice. Unfortunately this one, again, feels a bit like it’s all verse and pre-chorus, but they forgot to write an actual chorus to go with it. Life’s a Beach - There’s an interesting vibe to this. Like surf-rock with a middle-eastern twist. Some nice harmonies, more good grooves, some solid synth work. The breakdown in the middle is pretty lush too. But again, they seem to be allergic to the big chorus that all of the good work is crying out for. Skies Over Cairo - And here’s the other half of that podcast bed I mentioned earlier. Again, great vibe, but it doesn’t really go anywhere that exciting. Silver Rays - More decent sound design and a darker vibe. This synth lines are a tiny bit too piercing in places for me, but when the track drops to the more sparse arrangements the vibe is good. There’s lots of movement across the different parts, so it’s an interesting listen, but again, not too much of a hook anywhere.
I really like this album - I adored it when it came out. But I am confused as to why this album is on this list when Alt-J's An Awesome Wave was released the same year and is in my opinion better and had a much larger cultural impact.
Some great tunes. Quite samey through the album though. I was convinced I'd already heard songs. Pleasantly reminiscent of Beck.
A quirky sort of indietronic album, it has variety, it keeps somewhat interesting though something about the overall sound gives me a bland waterishness preventing me from particularly liking it. Maybe there's too much focus in the midtones or something At least it's interesting, and even if it has a bit of a sleeper sound to it, it's not bad
3/5
so....Im not sure if this was intentional or not, but at 2:07 of "hand of man", there's an old-school Cellphone incoming call interference noise on the track. very subtle in the left channel. Given this came out in 2012, I bet this was a real call and wasn't picked up by the producer. Which is hilarious. I enjoyed the album overall, it's interesting. but good god does it DRAG on
First time listening to this album, and I think it's the first time I've actually heard of this band.. I could listen to this forever
I expect someone paid big money to have this album included. I’ll give it one star because at least they knew how to play instruments, and I give myself five stars for finishing the whole thing.
2012 was a weird year for British music. It felt dominated by Mumford & Sons and Jake Bugg; a real wave of boring twangy guitar/folk rock had washed over us unknowingly. Django Django fall into the more creative end of that sound, but it’s still a little too twangy for me, just with some quite rudimentary chiptune elements thrown in. There’s some good moments in this, but I feel there’s a reason this band made no impression on me initially; it’s all a little bland and calculated for my tastes.
A bit of a throwback to the 60s with a mix of 21st century quirkiness. Normally a blend that would annoy me, but for some reason struck me as just right today.
Their focus seems to be on stripped down rhythms, and they do them well. The playful electronics are mostly enhancing, rather than annoying. While this is most definitely bubblegum, when one wants to blow bubbles, this is not a bad choice.
This is fun! Like a They Might Be Giants, Floyd and Guster mashup. 3.75* rounding up.
I hadn't heard about this band at all ahead of time, which was strange, but I now realise that I really didn't miss anything. It's really not very good, and it's very obviously not rock either. It's a sort of tedious, weak and wafty indie album. It's not so much bad, it's more like this kind of music just really rubs me the wrong way. There's such little substance to this. It's like a silent fart wafting gently across a room, only in music form.
Fun. Different pretty good
Pretty forgettable
Tem ótimas ideias, mas acho que falta uma coisa mais bem trabalhada, só não pegou msm
++: Hail Bop, Default, Firewater, WOR, Life's a Beach, Skies Over Cairo, Silver Rays +: Zumm Zumm, Love's Dart +-: Introduction, Waveforms, Hand of Man, Storm 7,6/10
Wonderfully weird and I love the 60s aesthetic
Original
dunno why this is here
I mean, cool I guess but nothing I’d want to come back to really.
i enjoyed this, was different, good listen, default was good
second listen to this album and it does grow on you. nice harmonies will need to have a look at the back catalogue
So, we all know what a retro throwback is, right? We've probably seen **tons** of them in this day and age — 'coz ain't nuthin' some people love than to appeal to someone's sense of nostalgia with **old things**. I know I've heard my fair share of musical ones. Bruno Mars has done a ton, though always with the ear to still make it contemporary and not just a throwback for the sake of it. They're something I find I have a certain fondness for, even as much as I realize this sort of nostalgia-bait isn't exactly a good thing for art. Now, Django Django's eponymous debut album is not a retro throwback. It certainly **does** evoke a lot of the sounds and feelings I associate with a strand of 60's music, but I wouldn't say it's a throwback to that stuff. More, I'd say it's... Retro futurism. From the future. Which is now the past. You know. It's like... Stop for a second to imagine a world where the 60's were still happening. Someone, culture never moved on from the aesthetics of the 60's — and I do mean just the culture; let's leave any political ramifications out of this discussion because I do **not** have the insight to comment on **that**. Just pretend this is some kind of parallel universe like you'd see in a movie or TV show. This feels like the music they'd have there: very PET SOUNDS Beach Boys, with a lot of psychedelic overtones, but processed through more contemporary (as in 2000's) electronic music. And a little bit of The White Stripes, too, to fully steal the comparisons a fellow group member made. It's a very unique blend of influences I don't think I've ever heard before, and I'm kind of surprised it turned out as good as it did. Like, it's one of those "I'm not WOWIE-WOW-WOW'd by it" albums, but regardless, I'd still say there's not a bad song in the lot. It's all very... Well, to wipe another word from my group member's review, mesmerizing. The kind of stuff where if you don't end up paying too close attention to it, you can almost fall into a trance with the way this thing flows. Just very easy stuff to glide on. Like, I wouldn't call it background music (technically anything can be, let's be real, but that's besides the point). It's just... I think if you wanna jus' kinda turn your brain off to it, but not completely space out... It's a fine one to float on. Yeah, honestly, I didn't come into this album with any expectations beyond "Mm, that's a trippy cover," and I gotta say, I'm pleasantly surprised. It's a good time — good on you for that, Django Django. Throwback or futurism or whatever, that's really all I can ask for.
Bit of a trippy album, but that doesn't mean it's a bad one. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
That’s a 5. It's a little hard to place this album in a box, but I’ll try to give some sort of genre descriptor here: what would happen if you got the Beach Boys to collaborate with the White Stripes & Daft Punk? Even with something as intriguing as that, I don’t think I’ve really covered the extent of genres that this album blends so effectively & so mesmerizingly well. A little bit of psychedelic rock, a lot of electronica, & certainly some pop, but all tinged with rhythms that feel outside of their genres, never staying content to ride within any singular mood. There are tracks that feel like Kraftwerk, some that feel like they’re building towards a Western-y vibe, and others that would fit into modern sports anthems, ala “Seven Nation Army”. I can’t state enough how much variety this album has, and more importantly, I’m not sure I can really convey how good it does at making at all feel so coherent. I’ll give my praise to the vocals; that Beach Boys comparison might feel slightly extreme, but the way they harmonize is definitely trying to evoke “Pet Sounds”, and it’s highly effective. Instrumentally, I think every track finds a really strong rhythm as a base & builds upon it in a way that gives a super strong sense of progression, save for “Zumm Zumm” (just a little long), & “Love’s Dart”, but that’s fine because of the storytelling nature of that track. Oh, right, lyrics; pretty good lyrics across the board here, but if you want to just go with the flow on this album, the vocal rhythms & structures are so easy to pick up on that I’m not sure you need the lyrics to enjoy this. It enhances the tracks a bit, especially on some of the story-driven ones, but they’re not too necessary. Overall, while it might be just a little bloated at 48 minutes (there’s no bad tracks at all, just a bit of fatigue from the constant sense of energy this album brings & a slight overlap in subject matter), it still flew by, & I think it’s a great fucking album. I’m glad this is on the list, because I would’ve never found it otherwise, and I think I might need to listen to some more Django Django, since this is their only album here. This style is appealing as hell to me, and I really hope there’s more stuff like this on the list. It’s an easy 5 for me, and another win for a Mercury Prize nominee; they’re REALLY good at their jobs.
like it!
Sneakily fun. No bangers but something to sneak in when you need a little something different.
I was very surprised by how much I liked this album. Nice one.
Itsa good vibe
There I was a-sittin’ in my sky chair subtly stomping my foot and shookin’ my butt to this, thinking — okay, strong start. But by track 5 I was exhausted. Didn’t really connect with any of the songs and there were a lot of horse at an Arabian laser rodeo sounds? Likeeee ohhh another devil western baseline thing, we’re runnin’ through a valley… but there’s no water, and I want to go home
This was weird and I liked it!
Great textures (especially in the percussion) and a lot of cool ideas about marrying inorganic and organic musical sounds. The lead vocal performances are a little bloodless, but the rhythms and production choices are engaging. Experimental and sometimes pretty Beatles-y. Some of the songs wear out their welcome (“Zumm Zumm” was difficult for me) and as a whole I think this album would benefit from concision, even if it was just by five minutes.
This was great, new discovery for me, would like to hear again.
Not for me
Good album, feels very spacey
Favorite Track: Life's A Beach
Never heard of these guys before, but I played this album in the office and two coworkers immediately asked what song was playing when Default came on. Really cool discovery! My favourites are: WOR and Firewater
Trippy
Never heard of this group, really enjoyed it. Started to drag in the middle but stuck the landing. Favorite songs: Hail Bop, Zumm Zumm, Life's A Beach
First album. Amazing. I had actually listened once before and had Default on repeat for a while, but I was not prepared for a more intentional listen with good headphones.
This album was pretty solid. It’s got a light and warm psychedelic 60s vibe several solid tracks but a little more average for the rest of the tracks
Sober: “This is cute. It’s like a tribute to that Nuggets box set. Retro with a modern electronic flare. Nothing revolutionary.” High: "This is revolutionary!"
It was... interesting. Not my favourite, and a lot of the same. Given that, I will say maybe a 2 - 2.5 - I will call it a 2.
I liked these guys
This is alright - some decent indie psychedelic.
not great
> Great opener, drew me in and made me bounce up and down. And it's not just a simple groove -- it's dense, it's exciting, it's alive > "Default" reminds me of... Kraftwerk + Pink Floyd + mid-2000's indie rock. I love it > Really an interesting usage and balance of electronic music with analog instruments. It's real quirky and imaginative, this time Zumm Zumm reminds me of Stereolab
Not good.
Love the variety of sounds
Irritating. 1.84
Якось не слухав цей гурт, а втім, альбом хороший. Місцями неочікувані ходи є. За звук сирени мінус звісно. Послухаю ще.
First time listen. It is rare for a new album to have such an immediate impact on me as this one. Not sure how I missed this, but I'm so happy to finally be at the party. It's layered, fun, catchy, multi-sound, and exciting. This album is an absolute masterpiece.
I was in a such a bad mood while listening that I fully couldn't process it. I'll check out art rock another time. 2 star
Such a cool, weird, unique album. Good blend of electronic and real instruments, and awesome harmonies through the whole thing. Never heard of these guys before but I dig it.
Didn’t know the band. Never heard them play. One listen and it gets 5 stars. I loved it.
Liked this album a lot when it came out. I thought this band was destined for big things but they ended up doing nothing else memorable
This is so repetitive!!!
A challenge but maybe just not my thing?
Occasionally there was a fun sequence. But too often it sounded like an 8-bit video game caught in a blender. 2.5/5
Solid electronic rock stuff, some really cool synths are here and it's fairly enjoyable
I really enjoyed this. Sounded like the Beach Boys in the best way. Tried to listen to this while getting things done at work but it kept pulling me in. Well done. 5/5
I can’t claim to like Talking Heads and then not say I like this. It’s pretty good, one of the better picks from the 2010s on this list for sure. It’s not brilliant, but it’s fine.
This band was more or less a blip for me, flaring at the same time as a couple of dozen other similar sounding indie bands. A good listen, but not revolutionary by any means. 3.5/5
First time I heard this album and I was impressed. Very blended sound and I was not able to identify what decade it was from. Enjoyable and creative sound.
Another reviewer commented that there is a clearly gifted producer in or around the band, but it's a shame that there's no songwriter. It's not unpleasant, but it's also not really enjoyable.
Decent and listenable. My favorite was “Skies Over Cairo”
hm its ok but I don't like it Will I listen to again: 1%
Pretty interesting modern psychedelic
3.4
Interesting listen, I enjoyed it. Reminds me a bit of Beta Band if they had recently licked a toad.
Chill album good for studying or productivity.
sounds like a desert rock Yellow Magic Orchestra for alot of these tracks, especially the first 2. it loses it's momentum after Default and every following track feels hit or miss. eh
like ELP mixed with some untz and less proggy beats.
Quite nice. Sixties-style harmonies with electronic sounds and mindedness production that sometimes sounds like children’s TV themes. It was a bit bland and samey though and overstayed its welcome. By the end of the album I was relived to turn it off.
Decent alt art rock from that period….
I'm torn because I really enjoyed this album, but at the same time it's a shame that from all the albums that came out in 2012 it has to be a british rock-album. If there is something this lists doesnt need it's more rock in english. Anyways, like I said, I really liked the album, so I will rate it well, I just wanted to leave this for the protocol!
Wasn't terrible, easy enough to listen to. I liked Firewater, life's a beach. some of it is just too weird tho.
I like this. It inspired a whole day of genre exploration.
did anyone care about this did the band even care about making it if I needed to have something that sounds like nothing on this might be acceptable I guess
It’s probably just because I was aging out of being cool around 2009-2012, but I just have no time at all for the rock music of that time. This sounded like a boring version of a good band from a few years earlier. Music was better in 2008, which has nothing to do with myself being about 20 at the time.
A very strange but entertaining album with a highly original sound. I was in the right mood for it.
Giving an album I’ve never before listened to from a band I’ve never heard of four stars was not on my bingo card, but it’s what I had hoped to find in this project. I loved this album. It is by far the best new music discovery I’ve made here. I’m not even sure how to describe this sound, other than a fusion of 60s style psychedelic rock, 80s and 90s alternative, and modern day jam band stuff, with various international styles woven in here and there for good measure. And the lyrics are great too. Two snaps up!
Some good moments
Pretty cool mishmash of the 60s and modern sensibilities. Nicely done.
Based on the band name, the album cover and the description of the band as "art rock" on Wikipedia I assumed I would hate this album. It's nice to be wrong. The perfect kind of album that makes you want to get up and dance but it's too weird to do so without looking like you are having a seizure.
3/5. The instrumentation is definitely the highlight here. The lyrics feels more like a formality like it was an afterthought. It adds a nice balance to the more fast paced backdrop by slowing it down with more melodic vocals but I have no clue what these songs are about. Viewing it as purely instrumental, including the vocals, I think this album was a pretty chill listen. Not groundbreaking but was fun. Best Song: Default, Life's A Beach, Hail Bop
Actually solid
Good album. I was pleasantly surprised that it was very listenable. I feared the worst when the album summary called this art rock.
🌸
hail bop is so good! discovering music yay! I like these fun sounds would be fun drug music
Standard 2010s indie album.
Kind of like a 2000s version of Devo. I complained that TV On The Radio was too busy. These folks were busy but seemed to achieve what TVOTR couldn't. They stripped it down at times and weren't afraid to go silent for a beat. Kept everything cohesive to where they were going. Much better songwriting, IMHO. The Devo influence faded as the album progressed but the rest of the comments held true.
Their debut album. Art Rock / Indie. Great blend of styles. This album has great production. It's something different and has a brilliant energy and vibe. I want to go see this band. This is cool 2010s Indie. I was hooked right from the introduction, so Groovy and easy to listen to. It does get ever so slightly bloated at times but there was not a bad track on the album. Kind of electronic version of 60s psychedelic stuff. WOR is a fantastic track
Ok I thought this would suck. But this is a fun album with some killer engineering production.
Django Django - Django Django ⭐️⭐️⭐️ or ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I like & don't like this album. This very rarely happens to me. The music is better than the vocals that can be very annoying in a white boy trying to sound funky way, but the music can be very good and has that 1980's King Crimson vibe, here and there. I can't decide between a 3 and a 4. I guess if I saw it for sale cheap, I would buy it but not sure I would buy it at regular price. I'm confused! If you like 1980s King Crimson, Phish and white boys trying to sound funky this might be the album for you.
189/1089 - It's alright.
Fun album
British art rock
Interesting. Differen
Dang another shocker but a great record! A blend of interesting surf/desert rock, electronics and choppy vocals. A worthwhile listen.
This a fake album i stg. There smth about it idk how to explain it. Cool ig. Its doing everything and nothing at the same time. Feels like the beatles if they were millelinials and liked going to overpriced coffee shops in gentrified neighborhoods.
Favorite Track: Default
Strong sound of the 2010's Band with Standouts in Hail Bop, Default, and Wor.
I felt like they had potential, but nothing really stuck out to me.
7/10 Best song: Storm, Life’s A Beach Least good: Skies Over Cairo
Couldn't do it. I was so disinterested in what this album was doing, I couldn't make it through.
Fav: Skies Over Cairo Least Fav: Zumm Zumm I was waiting for it to end, and it felt like I was waiting for an eternity, I think one of the reviews comparing it to The Beta Band encapsulated why I dislike this album
Было что-то необычное в этой музыке, но по большей части ничего хорошего
Oldtimer Kiffermusik
Sort of a sub-par copy of ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ era Brian Eno. Interesting on occasion but mostly not (unlike Eno).
A band that passed me by at the time, but this album was worth discovering, belatedly. I thought it was very listenable throughout, with accessible, hummable hooks, a subtle but effective experimental streak, and a sound that belongs somewhere between the desert and the jungle. It reminds me a lot of Beck at times. In the grand scheme of things I feel I should cap this at 3.5 stars, because there's nothing here that hadn't kinda been done before, and because there aren't any stone-cold-classic tracks. But for overall enjoyment I'll round up. Let's keep this 4* train rollin', baby!!!
I've never heard of them before but somehow I like it. Sounds very much like recorded as a soundtrack for several videogames. With some more runs I possibly would get used to it even more. Strong three stars for this one. 3,5
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I didn't love it, but it was enjoyable enough and pretty mellow. Not bad.
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Loved Django Django at green man a few years back
I’d totally forgotten this album existed, so was a delight to revisit!
It was an alright listen, I'd heard a song before (Default) and I'd rate the album overall the same as my thoughts when I first heard that song - listenable and pleasant, but nothing mindblowing.
i didn’t dislike it. There’s talent and it’s very mercury music award. I was working and finding myself gritting my teeth and getting progressively more annoyed and then I realised it was Zumm Zumm.
Was expecting to not like this album after listening to the first song but I was mistaken. It’s not bad. It’s ok. It’s likable.
This sucks. I don’t even like The Beach Boys
so fun!!!
#DÍA 4: 1001 Discos Que Hay Que Escuchar Antes De Morir (English translation below) Desconocía por completo la existencia de esta banda y de su música, pero bueno para eso me encuentro haciendo este “desafío”, para encontrar cositas nuevas… Aunque sinceramente este álbum no ha despertado demasiado interés en mí. La atmósfera rollo western psicodélico tiene mucho encanto pero siento que es el único atractivo del álbum, puesto que siento que la gran mayoría de canciones aquí son olvidables. La primera mitad es mucho más fuerte sin duda, Hail Bop es un tema que aprovecha genial la atmósfera y la parte final de Waveforms tiene un ritmo genial. Por el resto, Wor tenía potencial de ser una canción de calidad pero para mi el mayor problema del disco es que las vocals no destacan en nada generalmente, de hecho a veces me parece que suenan directamente mal, como en Storm o Zumm Zumm, que acaban siendo desagradables. Divertido en general, pero no estoy deseando volver a escucharlo, sobre todo las pistas de la mitad… Favoritas: Hail Bop, Default, Waveforms Menos favorita: Zumm Zumm #DAY 4: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die I was completely unaware of the existence of this band and their music, but that’s exactly why I’m doing this “challenge” — to discover new things… Although honestly, this album hasn’t sparked much interest in me. The psychedelic western-style atmosphere is quite charming, but I feel like it’s the only appealing aspect of the album, as most of the songs here seem forgettable to me. The first half is definitely stronger — Hail Bop is a track that makes great use of the atmosphere, and the final part of Waveforms has a great rhythm. Other than that, Wor had the potential to be a quality song, but for me the biggest problem with the album is that the vocals generally don’t stand out at all — in fact, sometimes they even sound outright bad, like in Storm or Zumm Zumm, which end up being obnoxious. Fun overall, but I’m not looking forward to listening to it again, especially the tracks in the middle… Favorites: Hail Bop, Default, Waveforms Least favorite: Zumm Zumm
Fantastic
Svak 3’er. Foretrekker heller Kings of Convience. Synes de har bedre melodier og er bedre på å synge slike harmonier.
Favorite songs: Wor, Default, Firewater Least favorite songs: Hand of Man 3/5
Listened to the singles Storm and Default quite a bit around the time this came out, but I think I've only heard the album itself once. Those days between the decline of physical sales and the rise of streaming probably contributing to this falling through the cracks somewhat as I didn't really follow the band's career after this despite really enjoying their sound at the time.
I really liked this. Too bad it’s not a Friday album so I could listen to it several times over the weekend to see if it warrants a 5. They have a decent sized discography, with a fair number of remix EPs. Will listen to more of this artist.
This was a lot of fun. Don’t think it has the makings of a 5, but a solid 4.
interesting. great!
v good
Good.
'Default' - great track.