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Battles - Gloss Drop

  • 05-06-2011 2:42pm
    #1
    Jako8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,445 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone given this a listen?

    After a few plays I'm pretty impressed with it. I can't decide whether or not it's as good as Mirrored. I like it a lot though. The guest vocals that are on the album in place of Tyondai Braxton give the album a nice bit of variety.

    Favourite Tracks: Ice Cream, Futura, Wall Street, My Machines and White Electric.

    It's a highly enjoyable album and I'm sure it'll be in the top 5 or 10 of most end of year lists. Probably not number 1, though.

    EDIT: According to the website it's not out until 6th/7th. I got it last Thursday, though.


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  • #2
    sarkozy
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    Not as good as the EPs (which were also hit and miss). But the hits were AMAAAAAZING!!! Gloss Drop is really feeling the loss of TB.


  • #3
    Jako8
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    sarkozy wrote: »
    Not as good as the EPs (which were also hit and miss). But the hits were AMAAAAAZING!!! Gloss Drop is really feeling the loss of TB.

    You really think so? I thought the guest spots were a welcome addition. Yeah EPC and B EP are good have their (haven't heard others) highlights but I still think Gloss Drop is a very solid album.


  • #4
    Gonzovision
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 4,726 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzovision


    Think it's fairly poor, don't know any of there other stuff, but not my thing. Friend saw them at Forbidden Fruit and wasn't impressed.


  • #5
    g5fd6ow0hseima
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,787 ✭✭✭g5fd6ow0hseima


    I seen them at Forbidden Fruit having not really listened to them for a good while, but I thought the gig was fairly goo. They only played tracks from the new album so anyone who was hoping for Tonto or Atlas would have been disappointed. Sweetie & Shag is quite catchy, as is Ice Cream. It's clear they're moving in a different direction towards a more accessible sound but I must give GD a few more listens


  • #6
    Bear_82
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    I saw them at Forbidden Fruit and was dying to see them since I hadn't seen them in a couple of years. I was really disappointed with them. Granted, I hadn't listened to their new album, but I was really disappointed they didn't play at least a couple of songs from Mirrored. Seemed like they were just testing their new album out on a cheap crowd.


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  • #7
    conti
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    Saw them at Glastonbury, thought they were excellent but I did know they wouldn't be playing any old stuff, and I had listened to 'Gloss Drop' loads over the past few weeks. Tough band to get into live if you haven't heard the songs before.


  • #8
    rcaz
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    conti wrote: »
    Tough band to get into live if you haven't heard the songs before.

    This. I loved Mirrored, saw them at Forbidden Fruit and was a bit lost, then I got Gloss Drop and I'm really enjoying it. I don't like the whole 'we're-not-playing-our-old-stuff' thing. Nobody buys every new album as they come out, and especially at a festival, it's a bit arrogant to play stuff most haven't heard before when it's a "PLAY A TUUUUUNNEEEEE!!!" crowd.


  • #9
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    El Pr0n wrote: »
    This. I loved Mirrored, saw them at Forbidden Fruit and was a bit lost, then I got Gloss Drop and I'm really enjoying it. I don't like the whole 'we're-not-playing-our-old-stuff' thing. Nobody buys every new album as they come out, and especially at a festival, it's a bit arrogant to play stuff most haven't heard before when it's a "PLAY A TUUUUUNNEEEEE!!!" crowd.
    I'd say it goes beyond arrogance though, probably something along the lines of not having TB.

    I love Mirrored, have yet to check out this album, I heard a few tracks off it and I was impressed. I really didn't think they'd survive the lineup change, after losing such a prominent member and that, but they've adapted really well.


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