Your "First awaited release after becoming a fan"

[Prince Myshkin]

After becoming a fan of a musician or a band that is still active, the next album they put out is, I think, very personally significant. It's a big landmark: it's the first time you're actively anticipating music and it's the first time you can make your own predictions on the direction it may take, whilst also heaping tonnes of pressure on the artist. Your interpretation of what they release is then a little different from what it would be if you'd stumble across something already produced without your own anticipation colouring your reaction.

 

A few examples for me:

 

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest

 

Started listening to them during a quiet period of theirs and there was such a wealth of music there to explore which was pretty different from other music I had previously listened to, aside from Aphex Twin. The experience wasn't the same as the kind you get with Coldplay or Radiohead, where people talk and talk and talk for a few years and get all impatient. As far as anybody knew, there might never be another release. The website had been inactive for a long, long time. When the announcement came that new material was coming, it came very fast, so there wasn't a great deal of anticipation time to mull over what was coming but it really was exciting knowing it wouldn't be long.

 

Portishead - Third

 

I'd heard the other albums and liked them when I was a kid but I was very young and didn't particularly know who they were. I'd gone probably half a decade presuming they had broken up and then they dropped this. Once again, not much anticipation time with this one as it came not long after the announcement (my favourite way, I think, as it stops you from over-thinking what could be coming).

 

 

Bjork - Volta and Connan Mockasin - Caramel

 

Probably the two albums that have both disappointed me the most for a first release after I've started following an artist. Fortunately Bjork has twice returned to form with her more recent follow ups but I still find the Caramel overly sleazy. Still, there will be future re-listens.

 

 

 

You guys got any that spring to mind? I have many more but can't list them all.

[Jonny and the cake]

I have so many, but also loads that i still didnt get to experience

 

I experienced two releases by Coldplay, my first one was Mylo Xyloto, huge disappointment, the second one Ghost Stories, thank god i really really liked it.

I experienced the release of The 2nd Law by Muse tho it was a little bit lame and nothing special, as i downloaded a leaked version of it and had a fight with one of my closest friends at the time because of it

The first solo album of Damon Albarn, damn that was great, still remember when Everyday Robots was released and i was blown away, but i was expecting a full electronic album, what i got was something even better, a mixture of genres that i think represent perfectly what Damon Albarn is capable of

Glass Animal's Debut Album, its always special to witness a new band releasing their first album

 

I still have to experience a release by Radiohead, Blur (please hurry up i miss you) and Massive Attack

[James.]

It's happening to me right now with a bunch of different bands.

 

Most of the bands I'm into at the moment released their last album before I became a fan, so I'm yet to really experience an album release I've been properly hyped for. Muse and Coldplay have both released albums since I became a fan but all of those (Mylo Xyloto, The 2nd Law and Ghost Stories) were a bit underwhelming. I've somewhat given up on Coldplay now (or at least I've lowered my expectations a bit) but Muse's next album is their first I've been properly optimistic about. Being a fan of Blur and Radiohead I've been anticipating/hoping for a new album for what feels like forever.

 

Frank Turner's new album is one of the first albums for which I've experienced pretty much the whole anticipation experience so far. I became a fan a few months after his last album (Tape Deck Heart) came out and since then I've been following the new songs he's played live, watched some of them evolve through different versions and developed favourites that I can't wait to properly hear. I'm also going through a similar, though not quite as involved, process with Arcane Roots' second album, Mike Vennart's (Oceansize) solo debut, ASIWYFA's and Deftones' new albums, to name a few.

[Captain Crieff]

Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto was the first one. I wasn't on the forums yet but I checked Coldplay's facebook every day and saw those teaser videos for ETIAW appearing, the mysterious running man etc.

 

Another one is happening right now I guess, Editors' 5th album. Before their previous one was released I just really liked them so of course there was some anticipation but it was in fact that album that made me a real fan, so this time it's different, talking to fellow fans and internally freaking out every time the band post a photo or a vine from the studio... Jesus I can't wait until this is released.

[Coeurli]

Coldplay's Ghost Stories was the first. I wasn't around for all the anticipation for Mylo Xyloto, and I became a fan around the release of it, so yeah definitely Ghost Stories. LOVED the anticipation!

Kodaline's second album Coming Up For Air and James Bay's first album Chaos And The Calm haven't been released yet and waiting is torture :dead:

I already know almost all the songs from James Bay's album, but I know the versions will be slightly different than what I've heard so far, either because they get their first studio recording or because he changes the studio version a bit for the album. I'm super excited for Kodaline's second album. Second albums are always so difficult and important as bands/artists have to prove they can evolve whilst reasserting their identity. So far I like Honest and Unclear (no actually i LOVE Unclear :dazzled: ), and 2 other songs are available on online but I'm stopping myself from listening to them :lol: As for their first album I already knew most songs before it came out (kind of like in James Bay's case), it is really the first time that I'm completely in the dark for a Kodaline release. How exciting!

[Prince Myshkin]

I have so many, but also loads that i still didnt get to experience

 

I experienced two releases by Coldplay, my first one was Mylo Xyloto, huge disappointment, the second one Ghost Stories, thank god i really really liked it.

I experienced the release of The 2nd Law by Muse tho it was a little bit lame and nothing special, as i downloaded a leaked version of it and had a fight with one of my closest friends at the time because of it

The first solo album of Damon Albarn, damn that was great, still remember when Everyday Robots was released and i was blown away, but i was expecting a full electronic album, what i got was something even better, a mixture of genres that i think represent perfectly what Damon Albarn is capable of

Glass Animal's Debut Album, its always special to witness a new band releasing their first album

 

I still have to experience a release by Radiohead, Blur (please hurry up i miss you) and Massive Attack

 

What was the fight about?

[Littledoggie115]

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall, love at first sight hahaahahhahaha, one of my favorites songs.Also i was going to Rock in Rio and i wanted to know everything about the concert, i had ETIAW full on my head on the day of the concert hahahahah

[getithom]

I became a fan around Viva's release, so while I got to experience the entirety of the era, I still missed a lot more than I realized. Mylo Xyloto was the first I followed from Coldplay and it was just incredible. I loved every second leading up to it. Especially the threads on here! :lol: Nothing will ever beat the, "When will it leak?" threads, or when that one guy discovered Mylo Xyloto will be the name of the album. Just nothing but all-around fun.

 

I've been waiting for Radiohead's ninth album for fucking forever now, so I'm sure whenever they even just announce something I'll go nuts. Can't wait to experience the whole ~journey~ I've heard so much about before!

[Prince Myshkin]

I've been waiting for Radiohead's ninth album for fucking forever now, so I'm sure whenever they even just announce something I'll go nuts. Can't wait to experience the whole ~journey~ I've heard so much about before!

 

I think for some bands, that kind of journey is a bit of a thing of the past. Whilst for previous albums there's been live tracks to ponder alongside the constant speculation of long forgotten songs that people want to hear an album version of, long gone are the days when Radiohead kept a diary of their time in the studio. So long ago, in fact, it was before I could class myself as a fan, so I've never experienced that either.

[Jonny and the cake]

What was the fight about?

 

she got mad at me because i listened to the leaked version before it was officially released so i had "betrayed" muse

[Jonny and the cake]

I think for some bands, that kind of journey is a bit of a thing of the past. Whilst for previous albums there's been live tracks to ponder alongside the constant speculation of long forgotten songs that people want to hear an album version of, long gone are the days when Radiohead kept a diary of their time in the studio. So long ago, in fact, it was before I could class myself as a fan, so I've never experienced that either.

 

i still hope that identikit gets recorded

[Prince Myshkin]

she got mad at me because i listened to the leaked version before it was officially released so i had "betrayed" muse

 

People are weird.

[Prince Myshkin]

she got mad at me because i listened to the leaked version before it was officially released so i had "betrayed" muse

 

People are weird.

[myl_oxyl_oto]

I only got around to CP in September, a few months after Ghost Stories. So my first ever awaited release will be AHFOD.

 

I haven't been listening to them for a while either, but Songs of Innocence by U2 is pretty good.

[Revolverwin]

Coldplay (MYLO XYLOTO) - The fifth album was my first anticipated Coldplay album. It's such a colorful year... They headlined a lot of festivals way back in 2011.

 

Atoms for Peace (AMOK) - The supergroup's debut album. I became interested just bec. Thom is in it. Oh, and because of electronic music too! became a fan after hearing Reverse Running and the live acoustic performance of Ingenue.

 

Arctic Monkeys (AM) - This awesome record was my first anticipated album of Arctic Monkeys. It always give me a retro-rock feel whenever I listen to it. Much much better than Suck it and See. Classic.

 

The Strokes (COMEDOWN MACHINE) - I initially became interested on their music after I heard Angles in its entirety. I feel Comedown Machine was a good follow up to it.

 

Arcade Fire (REFLEKTOR) - I anticipated this album after I listened a lot to their back catalog. The record is quite long but I love it. I just don't understand the 10min instrumental intro though.

 

Bjork (VULNICURA) - I just discover her music recently and the new album (that was leaked initially) was my first anticipated album from her. I always imagine Bjork to be the female version of Thom Yorke (musically speaking).

 

ELBOW (THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING) - Another classic album from another post-Britpop band. I feel that the album sounds similar to its predecessor "Build a Rocket Boys!").

 

U2 (SONGS OF INNOCENCE) - I'm not familiar with their music until I tried to listen (bec. Coldplay are often compared to them) to their last 3 effort. Songs of Innocence was my first anticipated album from this hall of famers.

 

I'm still waiting for a new Radiohead release.

[lennyrott1]

Coldplay--It was Mylo Xyloto for me too. I got hooked on Viva La Vida and had already liked some of their hits before that, so by a month after Viva came out I had all their music and listened to it constantly, by 2010 I couldn't wait any longer for a new album!

 

Radiohead--Whatever they release this year! I always liked these guys, but it was a little after King of Limbs dropped that I became absolutely obsessed with most of their discography. Can't wait for their new stuff, and have also really enjoyed Atoms for Peace and Thom York's solo stuff.

 

RHCP--"I'm With You" I grew up with these guys and for a while Stadium Arcadium was my album of all time. I love their entire discography and was just old enough to really anticipate this one which they released in 2011.

 

Arcade Fire--Reflektor. Funeral has been one of my top ten albums for a long time, but I wasn't really into The Suburbs for a while. Finally, I fell in love with it and Neon Bible even more, so 2013 I was really anxious for Reflektor, which didn't disappoint.

 

Kanye West--Yeezus. Right when My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released, I have worshiped Yeezus ever since. Amazing artist, and I was so anxious for this album and oh my does it rock my world.