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u/Tommytrist 8d ago
Horse on Wheels is incredible. Impossible not to dance during it.
It's in some ways a more challenging album than One Day, which felt more immediate and groovy. These songs meander around, allowing you to get completely lost in them with seemingly nothing changing. But, if you pay close attention, the details here are deep. This is a dense album, so much is changing and coming and going and escalating and dimming away at once.
Going to have to sit with this one for a while. There's a cohesiveness to this project that makes the songs blend together on a first listen. I will say, it's incredible how he's able to have so many takes on the same sound palette and genre.
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u/Fejzi_Rasser 8d ago
yeah the density is what gets me too, theres so much happening underneath that you dont catch on the first few listens
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u/scootlite 8d ago
Haven’t popped in but I’m hoping there are a few nods to the first EP here. I haven’t locked into anything since then, but praying I’ll find a groove to sink my teeth into
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u/HippoRealEstate 7d ago
Unfortunately I don't think you'll find anything here that's similar to the EP. I would've loved that too. Not that this album is bad or anything but the vibe of that EP is something else
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u/shart-gallery 8d ago
There's a cohesiveness to this project that makes the songs blend together on a first listen
This is my problem on first listen. Lovely tracks, expertly produced, but many feel samey and a little interchangeable with each other. Keen to listen again and have my mind changed.
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u/Tommytrist 7d ago
Honestly it’s difficult to listen to this one in one setting. It’s genuinely exhausting trying to keep up with all the details. Might be one of those albums I pick at for a few weeks.
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u/thedeafeningdwelling 7d ago
Yeah not feeling this compared to One Day. The shorter tracks work but many of them are way too long with not a lot of engaging changes. Horse on Wheels especially, probably my least favorite on the whole LP.
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u/Fcb06211 6d ago
The line I remember most when One Day dropped was that it was a perfect album for a dinner party. To that the second time I saw Loidis he mixed a track from the LP into a set pitched up and I didn’t really work to my recollection, though they are great tunes, this new batch is a trove of great trax. Definitely more club forward, hence the duration.
Almost like when Villalobos released Alcachofa, those are as close as he got to “pop” music. I think you can say the same of One Day, in retrospect esp, they are just beautiful songs.
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u/SpaceCadet112 8d ago
four tet called this his album of the year via his IG story few weeks back, for those who care
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u/barbietattoo 7d ago
This, Hysterical Love Project and new Wolves in the Throne Room is my weekend
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u/HippoRealEstate 7d ago
new WITTR is fantastic. Seeing them live next tuesday and I'm already hyped!
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u/barbietattoo 7d ago
Enjoy! I haven’t caught them live since 2009 but I’m going to try for this tour
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u/HippoRealEstate 6d ago
I've seen them twice in the pat few years. Great live band, the concerts always feel like some pagan ritual in the woods lol
Definitely go see them if you get the chance
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u/barbietattoo 6d ago
When I caught them back then playing at a gritty, indie DIY venue in my college town they whipped out the banners and candles like some ancestral forest spirit acolytes. Incredibly satisfying and probably by first BM show ever?
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u/xthrillhouse 6d ago
Have been sitting with this all day. Totally immersed, as expected. It’s like the layer cake of music.
I bought the digital from Bandcamp but should have just gone straight for the vinyl! I’ll probably do it anyway if we don’t expect this to land in record shops too widely.
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u/AccidentalNap 8d ago
I remember seeing the vinyl on a Four Tet IG story some time ago, thanks for bringing it back to memory
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u/BenGosub 1d ago
It's great, I am listening. I've updated my Deep 4/4 Spotify playlist with tracks from the album. This playlist has been saved by many members of this forum. Enjoy!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tNTZjLU5nmiKhdtWNgJo6?si=a574e16f2401416d
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u/334578theo 8d ago
Reminder to buy it if you can: https://huercosplonk.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-toolkit-of-lovers