Violet

I know what this song is! I won't tell you, since I didn't make your tape, but I will say that it's arguably my favorite song by this particular artist. :dazzled:

MY GOSH. FRAN. :heart: This is wonderful. Right. Comments on tracks. - I've heard good things of Kishi Bashi. I even think I heard one of his songs once on an NPR podcast. I'll definitely check him out; he sounds awesome. I had no idea he toured for Regina, either. That's neat. :awesome: - That Husky song is so nice. :blush: - I think I've heard a Phosphorescent thing on NPR, too. I plan on looking into this as well. - I have heard a lot of fuss on My Bloody Valentine, and I don't understand it. I tried listening to them before on YouTube. It didn't do much for me then, and it doesn't now. :shrug: - OK yeah, I'm gonna finally have to make some time for Beach House. I've heard them on mixtapes before, and I liked what I heard. For some reason, I keep putting them on the backburner. I don't know why, considering I get more Beach House recommendations from Last.fm than literally any other band/artist. It's time to delve into it. - Actually, it's good that you put that The Rumour Said Fire track on the tape. I've been kinda curious about them (I know Marie (djibou) really loves those guys). Now I know. :nice: - I NEED ROKKURO IN MY LIFE. :dazzled: No, seriously, I do. I agree with your sentiment of the Icelandic language. I want to learn to speak it so bad. But yes, this track...I have no words. :dazzled: And to think you put this together in such a small time frame...wow. I mean, you used art and literature (I'm an Emerson fan) and so much. I won't say the first tape you made me was bad, because it wasn't. That tape changed my whole perspective on MGMT (because really, "Siberian Breaks" is an awesome song.) Having said that, if your intent with this tape was to make it better than the first one, I can confidently say that you've went beyond that. You should be very proud of this tape. Thank you so very much. :hug:

OK, I know this is a double post (sorry about that), but I think I'm ready to post my review now. I've listened to my tape a few times, and it'll probably be on again as I type this out so I can make sure to say what I want to say about the tape. My partner (whoever you are) obviously put a lot of thought into this tape. My mixtape has been named "Into the Sublime Seas," and it came with 3 album covers that I could use. I liked all three, but I think the second cover in blue that looked like water was my favorite. (I'd post the pics of the album covers within the post, but I know my review will be long, and I don't want to take up even more room with the pictures.) My tape also came with a note, which read as follows: "Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old." I'm not really sure what my partner has planned with all this, but I'm pretty sure there's some sort of theme with all this. Thank you, partner, for taking the extra time to do all this other stuff. I really appreciate it. :D My tape has twelve songs on it. I was disappointed about that at first (as I like a lot of songs), but then I realized that these 12 songs took up an hour's worth of time. None of the songs are under 4 minutes long, and the longest one is over 7 minutes long. For 12 songs, this is a pretty meaty tape. I like meaty tapes. :wacky: I've bored you guys enough with the other stuff. Onto the music! 1. The opener is a bright, fun folk record. I got reminded of multiple bands due to different aspects of the song. The frantic sounding "la la la la la" and stuff reminds me of Animal Collective. The vocals remind me of The Beatles, for some bizarre reason. The instrumental section in the latter half of the song reminds me of Passion Pit. I love the guitar and the hand-claps. This is a great opener. Thanks for starting with such a fun song. :smiley: 2. This serves as a nice contrast to the opener, as it's got more of an ambient vibe going on. "Hello, echo, I've finally found you again." There are male vocals with vibrato. The vibrato is almost a bit much for me, but not quite. I like them more than I expected to, and the more I listen to the song, the more I like them. I love the arpeggios in the background. (It sounds like a vibraphone, which is also awesome.) The song starts to build up and adds drums, and it eventually gets to this nice climax. I'm a fan of the guitar bit that takes place in the last 30 seconds of the song. I really like this one. 3. This song opens with guitar. I'm getting a surf rock vibe from this. I'm not a fan of the vocals; I can't really hear them above all the other things going on, and I can't understand what he's singing. I'm not the biggest fan of the music in itself, either. The guitar gets slightly annoying after a while, and the song in general doesn't really go anywhere. It's not terrible, but it could be better. 4. This sounds like another folk number, and it's pretty reminiscent of stuff like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes. The soft male vocals remind me of William Fitzsimmons, but they're not as breathy. I like the vocals a lot. The inclusion of snare drum later in the song is nice, and I appreciate it. There's also an interesting addition in the instrumental break; I'm not sure what instrument it is, but it's the "wah-oo" bit that kinda sounds like a digeridoo. Whatever it is, it adds a nice texture. This song is definitely something that I could see myself listening to in the future. It fits part of my musical profile quite well. :D 5. This is more of an ambient thing, and the beginning is great. It starts with violin, then adds bass and drums later. The layering within the song is really nice. The song reminds me of Noah and the Whale or something. This is particularly true with the vocals, as the singer has a certain quality to his voice that reminds me of Charlie Fink, for some reason. It seems that this song is a song of empowerment, based on the bits of lyrics I have picked up. (e.g. "You will not see me fall and see me struggle to stand.") There's a viola solo later in the song that I really like, too. Anyway, this is a great song, too. 6. This starts with percussion, synthetic beats, and some "Ah ah ah ahhhs." I love the guitar bit. This is probably the song that sounds most like a rock song I've heard on the tape thus far. This song keeps adding different things for my ears to pick up on, and that's something I really like in music. The vocals remind me of Arcade Fire's Win Butler, particularly in the upper register. I like the "Ah ah ah ahhh" bit around the halfway mark. Towards the end, it sounds like, for lack of a better term, organized chaos. It's cool. Awesome song. 7. This song reminds me very much of Track 3, with the provision that the guitar is louder and the vocals are softer. Really, I can barely hear the guy singing; is it supposed to be that way, or is this a mixing issue of some sort? The guitar part in itself is nice, but it's covering everything else up, which is annoying. Like Track 3, this is a "meh" sort of song. It's not terrible, but I don't really like it that much. It doesn't really go anywhere. Sorry. 8. This is an electronic track. The sounds are nicely layered at the beginning, with some synths entering after the beats set up the tone. This song also keeps adding some new things in the background, and I enjoy picking up on all that stuff. (That's particularly true with the arpeggios.) The vocalist sounds super cute, and his vocals fit the song like a glove. The background singers are rather nice as well. "There's a ghost in the sky, and in all me fields of stars, so follow in the wind and singing all my hymns in the dark." The song has an interesting ending, as it has quite a bit of furiously bowed strings. This was a joy to listen to. Thanks. :D 9. The songs start with synths and percussion, and it has a dream pop thing going on. The song has vocals that are simple, straight, and clean. I enjoy those sort of vocals, so good for you for putting this in here. The song in itself is a pretty simple one, but I don't mind that with this song at all. In fact, while it's a midtempo song, it sounds almost cheerful. I can feel myself smiling as I listen to it. This is just a nice feel-good track. 10. This starts with some electronic beats, and these go on for the entirety of the song. Then, I hear some female vocals. They're quite lovely, and they fit the vibe of the song quite well. "All you can see, all you can tell." It's a simple song, but I enjoyed listening to it. My only caveat was that it stayed in one place the whole time, and it didn't climax in any sort of profound way. I feel like this would've been better if there were some sort of sudden shift into something bigger. 11. The very beginning (meaning the first 10 seconds) reminded me of Sigur Rós. Then, the song shifted into something completely different, which included some really annoying pinging noise. I almost felt like I was being misled as far as the overall tone of the song. The vocals are a bit too whiny for me, so they kinda kill the song for me. What I found more annoying was the poor balance between lead vocals (the whiny male voice) and the female backing vocalist (who honestly sounds better). I don't understand why you'd have a background singer if you're gonna just shriek and sing completely over everything. The music in itself is fine, but the vocals weren't to my liking at all. :\ 12. Oh my gosh. Piano. I LOVE PIANO. :heart: I'm such a sucker for it. The piano is more or less the foundation for this song. The vocals are very interesting; they're breathy, yet they're haunting. Surprisingly, they fit nice with the song. I wasn't really expecting that. The song sounds like it's in a foreign language (something like Icelandic, but that's a shot in the dark, so I don't know). Other keyboard instruments (sounds like a vibraphone might be used again) are added later, and they compliment the piano. A little after the halfway more, there's just an explosion of sound, complete with strings. (I love this part SO much. :heart:) After this section, there's some softer noise, which builds as the song goes on, then fades away into oblivion to end it. This is probably the best closing track I've ever had. Thank you so much for this song. It's probably my favorite of the whole thing. :dazzled: Overall, I find this to be a very solid tape. There were a few things I didn't particularly enjoy, but those that I did I enjoyed immensely. You had a great opener and an ever better closer. You obviously know what you're doing, and you have beautiful taste. You've introduced me to new things while simultaneously accomodating my tastes. I'm usually a pretty easy person to please, but I'm really happy with this tape. Thank you so much for making it for me. I can't wait to find out who you are, and I await your reveal of the artists on this tape. :hug:

Mixtape maker, I'm sorry if you're one of those impatient people who want a review straight away. I've had my best friend over the past couple of days, so today was the first time I've been able to go listen to your tape again. I've started taking my initial notes on it, and I hope to have a review for you relatively soon. I just thought I'd let you know that I haven't completely forgotten about you. :nice:

Awww, poor kitty. :( Joking aside, I feel your frustration. I'm sure a good chunk of us have had that happen to us at least once. (I know I've done it before.)

To my mixtape maker: I've downloaded your mixtape, and I'm listening to it now. There were a few little surprises with the tape that I wasn't expecting, and I quite like those. (I'll get into that when I write my review.) I don't know when you'll get it, but you'll definitely have it at some point this week. :nice:

The way we've handled this in the past is to wait for a certain amount of time. If a person doesn't get a tape within that time, someone gives that person a spare tape (as a lot of us tend to make multiple mixtapes for this occasion) so they have something to listen to. Similarly, if a person doesn't get a review within a certain amount of time, someone volunteers to listen to it and give it an assessment so the person who made the tape gets at least some sort of feedback. I don't like the whole idea of segregating people-at least, not at this time. Emergencies come up, and as Rafael said, people don't log on here everyday. I especially don't think it's fair for people who sent their mixtapes with a specific person in mind to suddenly be told, "Oh, by the way, since your person was late, your tape is going to someone else." I feel like that's, in a way, punishing a person who sent their tape on time for something someone who was late did. If that makes sense. But anyway, that's my thoughts on it. :nice:

^ Yeah, it is.

I'm really sorry about not responding to your VM. :shame:

I've just sent mine. :D I can't wait for mine to get here now! :dance:

Well, either way, you've missed the sign-up deadline, so you can't participate this time. However, in the context of Coldplaying, a mix tape is a compilation of tracks made for a specific person (who is given to you at random).

It came out TODAY? :O I thought it didn't come out until later this month. This is definitely some lovely news. Thanks, Linus, for sharing!

Well, this is what you get for living in the panhandle. :tongue: Joking aside, I understand your frustration. I live in a mid-size town in East Texas, and I've had my fair share of problems finding certain things, too.

SO. I've finally listened to this. I think I agree with parrotdies' evaluation of the record: Pretty good, and better than "The Eraser." Here's my ranking of the songs of "Amok" thus far: 1. "Unless" (I REALLY love this song, for whatever reason.) 2. "Default" (Haterz gon' hate. :phu:) 3. "Dropped" 4. "Reverse Running" 5. "Stuck Together Pieces" 6. "Before Your Very Eyes..." 7. "Amok" 8. "Judge, Jury & Executioner" 9. "Ingenue" A few of these could easily switch spots with a few more listens. Having said that, I'm pretty confident in saying that "Ingenue" will hold its spot on the bottom.

I'm not a fan of country, but metal can definitely be amazing. :heart: Ohhh, the memories... :lol:

That's very true.

They won the "Best International Band" award at the NMEs last night. (Not that I think they deserved it after releasing "Battle Born," but hey, at least Odd Future didn't get it.)

^ Yeah, I didn't, either. The closest thing we even had for that was a class song that the Student Council voted on for our high school graduation. My class song ended up being "Whenever You Remember" by Carrie Underwood. :thinking:

^ I've heard a track or two by her. I may take a listen to that and see how it is. Also, I'm probably the only person in the WoM who even cares about this, but Michael Bublé's new album, "To Be Loved," will be out on April 23.

Oh. Well good then. :D

Unf? :wtf:

Why on Earth did I not come into this thread sooner? Hai. :blush:

Seeing as I haven't used my Last.fm in quite some time, I'm not so sure how much it will help my mixtape maker as far as my tastes. There's a lot of stuff I listen to that's not listed on it. If my person wants to take a gander, anyway, it's in the sig with all the other links in green. Either way, I'd like to tell my partner to just go for it. I'm pretty open-minded, especially when it comes to something like the exchange. You can either make a tape fitting my tastes or go against the grain and make a tape that's out of my comfort zone; either one will do. If my partner happens to be someone new to the exchange who doesn't have a whole lot to work with, don't let yourself be intimidated. Just do your best with what you have and make something you think I'll like. Either way, I will appreciate what you've done. :nice: Now, to think on what I'll do for my partner... :escaping:

YAY, it's almost here! :dance:

Same here. Interludes are the way to go.