Chorus.fm Record of the Week Club • Page 7

I've never heard it! Looking forward to diving in tomorrow during my commute

 

The Sakanaction album was a fun listen. Though definitely on the long side. I’ll have to give it another go after reading some translations for the songs. There were some bangers on there, but I’d like to get to know the meaning behind some of them better.

 

Hadn't heard it before today. This is the first record I've listened to from this group, but I really enjoy it. I need more ambient music while trying to do creative things (I find most music distracts me with the exception of this one play I wrote while disassociating to shoegaze music) and I think this is one of those golden examples.

With that in mind, I need to do some catch up with the rest of the records!

 

Finishing up Ambient 1 right now. Really nice album to listen to in the morning. I don't listen to much ambient stuff, and this was actually a lot more engaging than I expected. One thing that really stuck out to me, especially on "1/1," is the silence between each phrase/loop, which felt like it made the environment (the furnace running, cars driving by, etc) part of the listening experience.

 

It's great. I've been gravitating towards more ambient this past winter and haven't spent as much time with this as other "classics", but I still enjoy it. "1/1" is so incredible. Don't love "2/1" as much.

 

Echoing the sentiment that the Pitchfork Sunday writeup (and most of their Sunday writeups) is excellent.

 

I was surprised this came out in the 70’s. I would’ve guessed it was the 90’s at least

 

"1/1" really is the purest of pure ambient. Just the right notes, filling just enough of the space, suggesting — and not coercing — just the right mood.

 

Been listening to this through the week. I was excited to check out Eno's work as a big fan of Remain in Light. At first found the sound design on ambient 1 lacking and ventured off to listen to ambient 3 with Laraaji and ambient 4, then came back for another listen. Listening to the pitchfork podcast it took hearing the thesis statement for it to finally click with me. He's right the music at airports should on some level acknowledge you might be about to die on a plane.

 

I'm enjoying Music for Airports way more than I thought I would.

 

Also I'm gonna have to catch up on previous records but I would like to be officially in on this!

 

@aoftbsten is up!

 

Thank you for showing people this album - one of my favorites of all time

Brian Eno's Music for Airports is an absolute classic

good choices everyone!

 

Alright, for my pick I'm going with Holding on by the Blindfolds We Hide Behind by Ambry.

Ambry came and went in 2005, when bands like TBS and Thursday were at the height of their popularity. This band pretty much had that exact same sound and did it pretty well in their one record. I probably haven't listened to it in 17 years, so I have no idea how it holds up. But I remember it having all the staples of that time in the scene and doing them pretty well. Heart on your sleeve lyrics, a singer who is just going all out, and tongue in cheek song titles.

 

when your mom says “we have TBS at home”

that’s not meant to be as mean as it might come off. just a joke. but we may have officially reached the point where I feel entirely detached from what I’m hearing. I’ll be as kind as possible tho because I like @aoftbsten and I want to engage with every album with the notion that I might take something away from it. this one might be a challenge but we’ll see

 

No offense taken. I was hopeful it would age well... but I have three or so songs left and I dug the first couple of songs, but it has been rough going since then.

 

Alright finished listening. That was some whiplash after Music for Airports. I'd say I have some regrets about my pick lol, but honestly, it was still kind of fun to revisit even if I mostly did not enjoy it.

Listening to it was like opening a time capsule. You're excited to see what's inside, but you know there's gonna be some cringy photos and letters to your future self in there. It was a record some friends and I loved in high school. We thought we had discovered the next big band in the scene. I won't say it was completely without merit. I did generally enjoy to the first couple of songs, but by the end, it's just clear my tastes have evolved and I've grown past enjoying a lot of bands I loved from that time. And you know, that's totally okay! I liked it then but it's not for me now.

 

I think its way more interesting as a thought exercise on how you have changed as a person. Like I'm listening now, and I totally believe that if I heard this in high school it would have been revelatory since it mixes some of the more 00's skramz/post-hardcore style with a kinda of senses fail/story of the year mainstreamish "epic" moments. but at this age and how my tastes have evolved, I just don't have the capacity for this stuff anymore as it's good at several things but a master of none.

 

think I’ve listened to four songs thus far. some good ideas here and there but the execution leaves much to be desired. wonder if I would’ve been into this back in the day

 

Listening now.

I have a huge soft spot for these early 2000’s emo/“screamo” bands and still throw them on regularly. I don’t know if I listened to Ambry back in the day, a lot of it sounds familiar so far but I don’t know if that’s just because it sounds like all those other bands.

their singer kind of sounds like the dude from Emanuel

absolutely nonsense album title, perfect for the time. Overly wordy, sounds kind of deep but means nothing.

 

I think I would have really liked this Ambry record back in 2005. The emo core bug definitely sunk it's teeth into me back then. Still has some decent things going for it here and there.

 

Yeah I can hear so many different bands in the record that I find it hard to believe I wouldn’t be into it back then, I even hear Coheed lol

 

A lot of Hidden in Plain View, some The Audition, a little bit of The Used, weirdly some Cute is What We Aim For?

it’s strange, like every few seconds I’m like “oh that part sounds like…”

honestly I don’t hate it

 

I heard a little Coheed too.

I think this is the ultimate downfall of the record for me. The bands from that era that I still listen to from that era focused really hard on one or two of the elements found here and elevated it to something great.

 

Oh man, Hidden In Plain View, I haven't listened to them in forever. There's another one I'd love to revisit.