asobi seksu thread

mil_pl · 04.21.2009, 09:01 AM

do you like em?
I'm just discovering all hush and citrus albums now, and wondering what you think.

NWRA · 04.21.2009, 10:50 AM

I think Citrus is a brilliant album. So many great, great songs.

I was disappoined by Hush. I actually heard the album live before it was released, at a quasi-release party gig in Leeds, where the songs had enough distortion and 'crunch' to balance the ethereal, soft parts - the former were lacking on the actual release, so it seems a bit meek. I do like it though now, it's just a bit too average shoegazer-ish when their unique sound of J-pop-rock (with a dreamy overtone) on Citrus was something special.

vulva · 04.21.2009, 10:55 AM

Citrus was close, if not, to being a perfect album.

Hush hasn't done much for me, other than Me & Mary. That song rocks. Other Hush songs translate well live, but something about how the album is produced leaves it feeling very lacking.

mil_pl · 04.21.2009, 10:59 AM

I came across the citrus now, and yeah you're right it's good. I like the sound, soft wall of sound sometimes, and the vocal. very dreamy.

radarmaker · 04.21.2009, 12:48 PM

Love the debut & Citrus, agree with everyone else about Hush. The acoustic album they were selling on their recent dates works better than you'd expect too.

fugazifan · 04.21.2009, 05:46 PM

i think vulva sent citrus to me a few years ago, and i remember liking it a lot. but its been a while since i heard them.

summer · 04.21.2009, 05:48 PM

I've heard a few songs from Citrus and liked them a lot, I should check it out

dazedcola · 04.21.2009, 07:13 PM

I actually stumbled upon them from my pandora account when i made a shoegaze radio station. Reccomend an album?

radarmaker · 04.21.2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

Reccomend an album?

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Originally Posted by NWRA

I think Citrus is a brilliant album. So many great, great songs.

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Originally Posted by vulva

Citrus was close, if not, to being a perfect album.

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Originally Posted by radarmaker

Love the debut & Citrus

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

i think vulva sent citrus to me a few years ago, and i remember liking it a lot.

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Originally Posted by summer

I've heard a few songs from Citrus and liked them a lot

Hmm

dazedcola · 04.21.2009, 08:47 PM

well are you going to help me or what?

mil_pl · 04.23.2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

well are you going to help me or what?

Citrus is very very nice, go for it!
I like Hush too, though.

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.23.2009, 11:51 AM

Hush is the biggest let down of the year. Everything I loved about Asobi Seksu isn't present on Hush. They should have turned up the guitars back to where they were and left it. None of this bullshit they're pulling now.

mil_pl · 04.23.2009, 11:52 AM

oh come on.. it's just more poppy itself, but still good songs. it's like rather ripped turn on something more light.

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.23.2009, 11:54 AM

It doesn't sound like the same band to me. It's too much pop. It sounds so much like the YYYs second album and I'm not a fan of that either.

mil_pl · 04.23.2009, 12:19 PM

did you hear their third album it's blitz? you won't be happy for that. I'm not either. fever to tell was the best.

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.23.2009, 12:39 PM

It's Blitz is much better than Show Your Bones, maybe the 4th album will get back to their roots some. Yeah, Fever To Tell/Machine/YYYs all own the newer stuff except Is Is.

dazedcola · 04.26.2009, 07:08 PM

Update: So I got Citrus and am playing it now and love it. It's like they came straight out of 1992 england, an instant classic. Has that perfect balance of blissful melody distortion and harmonies.

04.21.2009, 09:01 AM	#1
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	do you like em? I'm just discovering all hush and citrus albums now, and wondering what you think. __________________
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04.21.2009, 10:50 AM	#2
NWRA children of satan Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 367	I think Citrus is a brilliant album. So many great, great songs. I was disappoined by Hush. I actually heard the album live before it was released, at a quasi-release party gig in Leeds, where the songs had enough distortion and 'crunch' to balance the ethereal, soft parts - the former were lacking on the actual release, so it seems a bit meek. I do like it though now, it's just a bit too average shoegazer-ish when their unique sound of J-pop-rock (with a dreamy overtone) on Citrus was something special.
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04.21.2009, 10:55 AM	#3
vulva the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,041	Citrus was close, if not, to being a perfect album. Hush hasn't done much for me, other than Me & Mary. That song rocks. Other Hush songs translate well live, but something about how the album is produced leaves it feeling very lacking. __________________ "The mind splits open and the world falls in." -- Euripides
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04.21.2009, 10:59 AM	#4
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	I came across the citrus now, and yeah you're right it's good. I like the sound, soft wall of sound sometimes, and the vocal. very dreamy. __________________
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04.21.2009, 12:48 PM	#5
radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,123	Love the debut & Citrus, agree with everyone else about Hush. The acoustic album they were selling on their recent dates works better than you'd expect too.
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04.21.2009, 05:46 PM	#6
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	i think vulva sent citrus to me a few years ago, and i remember liking it a lot. but its been a while since i heard them. __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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04.21.2009, 05:48 PM	#7
summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	I've heard a few songs from Citrus and liked them a lot, I should check it out __________________
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04.21.2009, 07:13 PM	#8
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	I actually stumbled upon them from my pandora account when i made a shoegaze radio station. Reccomend an album? __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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04.21.2009, 08:47 PM	#10
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	well are you going to help me or what? __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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04.23.2009, 11:51 AM	#12
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Hush is the biggest let down of the year. Everything I loved about Asobi Seksu isn't present on Hush. They should have turned up the guitars back to where they were and left it. None of this bullshit they're pulling now. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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04.23.2009, 11:52 AM	#13
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	oh come on.. it's just more poppy itself, but still good songs. it's like rather ripped turn on something more light. __________________
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04.23.2009, 11:54 AM	#14
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	It doesn't sound like the same band to me. It's too much pop. It sounds so much like the YYYs second album and I'm not a fan of that either. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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04.23.2009, 12:19 PM	#15
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	did you hear their third album it's blitz? you won't be happy for that. I'm not either. fever to tell was the best. __________________
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04.23.2009, 12:39 PM	#16
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	It's Blitz is much better than Show Your Bones, maybe the 4th album will get back to their roots some. Yeah, Fever To Tell/Machine/YYYs all own the newer stuff except Is Is. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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04.26.2009, 07:08 PM	#17
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	Update: So I got Citrus and am playing it now and love it. It's like they came straight out of 1992 england, an instant classic. Has that perfect balance of blissful melody distortion and harmonies. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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