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Feb 2023
6:28pm, 19 Feb 2023
14,443 posts
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HowFar?
I really enjoyed the new Orbital album. I didn’t think there was anything on there as immediately stunning as Belfast or their live version of the Doctor Who theme, but that’s a pretty high bar to clear. Home, featuring Anna B Savage, was wonderful.
“We could tear it all down
Brick by brick - town by town
And leave skeletal buildings
To be eaten by green”
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Feb 2023
10:03pm, 20 Feb 2023
21,562 posts
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BigChiefRunningBore
presently loving Gaz Coombes - Turn the Car Around. its tops.
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Feb 2023
1:40pm, 21 Feb 2023
52,472 posts
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McGoohan
I've been away from the thread listening to lots of Taylor Swift et al, so I'm sorry, I will be dumping reviews of those into the great Review-engine shortly.
So to get back to matters at hand, I've listened to the (Pigs)^7 album as a... er... palette cleanser. Blimey that was shouty.
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Feb 2023
2:37pm, 21 Feb 2023
15,983 posts
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chunkywizard
McG I have been listening to Taylor as well, just reviewed Speak Now, reputation and 1989. I've listened to Pigs x7 and if I was to summarize in one word it would be 'Angry'. I'll give it a few more listens before I condemn it to the <50% pile.
Gaz Coombes on the (virtual) turntable now.
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Feb 2023
4:55pm, 21 Feb 2023
169 posts
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darl0
Has any recommended M(h)aol - Attachment Styles yet, album of the year so far for me.
Also loving the Pigs(x7) album.
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Feb 2023
4:59pm, 21 Feb 2023
52,473 posts
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McGoohan
I wish I'd added my reviews as I went along. Trying to add 15 reviews now is a bit of a pain.
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Feb 2023
6:52pm, 21 Feb 2023
52,475 posts
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McGoohan
I have listened to four albums on the trot
1. Pigsx7 - rather enjoyed this. I scored it quite highly, possibly because it made my ears do a 180 degree turn after listening to Taylor Swift's Midnights album!
2. Gaz Coombes - thought this was okay but not more than that. Really lacked a standout track I thought. The songs were really blending into each other by the end. I seem to be at odds with most of the reviews who think it's one of the best releases out right now. I just can't see it myself.
3. Orbital - actually quite disliked this. I suppose they were always part of a house/rave/dance culture I was never part of so I don't have an 'in'. Seemed like it could have come from any time in the last 30 years.
4. Hamish Hawk - now this I loved. He does sing a little bit like Morrissey but also like the guy out of The Vaccines (or at a stretch that bloke out of Editors). Also shades of Richard Hawley. Really inventive lyrics and some great tunes too.
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Feb 2023
8:31pm, 21 Feb 2023
21,563 posts
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BigChiefRunningBore
I have listened to four albums on the trot 1. Pigsx7 - rather enjoyed this. I scored it quite highly, possibly because it made my ears do a 180 degree turn after listening to Taylor Swift's Midnights album! 2. Gaz Coombes - thought this was okay but not more than that. Really lacked a standout track I thought. The songs were really blending into each other by the end. I seem to be at odds with most of the reviews who think it's one of the best releases out right now. I just can't see it myself. 3. Orbital - actually quite disliked this. I suppose they were always part of a house/rave/dance culture I was never part of so I don't have an 'in'. Seemed like it could have come from any time in the last 30 years. 4. Hamish Hawk - now this I loved. He does sing a little bit like Morrissey but also like the guy out of The Vaccines (or at a stretch that bloke out of Editors). Also shades of Richard Hawley. Really inventive lyrics and some great tunes too.
I think the answer is you have no taste 
Gas Coombes is ace.
Pigs x7 presently the driving CD
Pale Blue Eyes - Souvenirs is also excellent.
Hamish Hawk singles have been brilliant too.
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Feb 2023
8:39pm, 21 Feb 2023
52,479 posts
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McGoohan
I think I have Gaz Coombes blindness. I really should get tested.
Not sure if my favourite Pigs track is the shouty one where he gets angry or the angry one where he gets shouty.
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Feb 2023
8:55pm, 21 Feb 2023
63,894 posts
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pedroscalls
I have listened to four albums on the trot 1. Pigsx7 - rather enjoyed this. I scored it quite highly, possibly because it made my ears do a 180 degree turn after listening to Taylor Swift's Midnights album! 2. Gaz Coombes - thought this was okay but not more than that. Really lacked a standout track I thought. The songs were really blending into each other by the end. I seem to be at odds with most of the reviews who think it's one of the best releases out right now. I just can't see it myself. 3. Orbital - actually quite disliked this. I suppose they were always part of a house/rave/dance culture I was never part of so I don't have an 'in'. Seemed like it could have come from any time in the last 30 years. 4. Hamish Hawk - now this I loved. He does sing a little bit like Morrissey but also like the guy out of The Vaccines (or at a stretch that bloke out of Editors). Also shades of Richard Hawley. Really inventive lyrics and some great tunes too.
I've listened to 3 of those albums just not the Gaz Coombes one. I liked the Pigs X7 one and the Hamish Hawk one as well. I didn't dislike the Orbital one but it was a bit like this is the same as they were doing back in the 90s, but hey if it ain't broke why fix it.
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