GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

Everything related to our favorite Scottish duo.

Moderators: mdg, Mexicola, 2020k, Fredd-E, Aesthetics

User avatar
Happy Cycler
Status: Offline
Posts: 4338
Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Location: US
Edit: sorry I was wrong about that, woops. Yeah definitely an LP. Anyways, I will always be a favorite of mine! It gives me that nostalgic 1990s elementry field trip on the bus feeling, looking out the window at the city on your way to the museum. It's such a classic.

Boqurant
Status: Offline
Posts: 83
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
polar sky wrote:Edit: sorry I was wrong about that, woops. Yeah definitely an LP. Anyways, I will always be a favorite of mine! It gives me that nostalgic 1990s elementry field trip on the bus feeling, looking out the window at the city on your way to the museum. It's such a classic.


Hahaha! Twoism was the first BoC I heard. I always listened to it (especially Twoism and Oirectine) when on the bus to school.

@Arbitersground. Whoooooot??!?!?! IABPOITC is so good! Musically maybe not, but atmospherically, hellllll yeah!
But ah well, you're more one of the melody guitar types who rates The Campfire Headphase so high (though I also love that album..) .. I'm more of the electronic music lover. So I get where you're coming from.

Eagle Minded
Status: Offline
Posts: 267
Joined: 28 Nov 2010
Location: Poland
Rodheh wrote:
noby wrote:
Rodheh wrote:
noby wrote:Twoism is an album, not EP and in my opinion their best album or at least as good as mhtrtc.



You mean LP, right? Any collection of more than one song is technically an "album".


Well generally LP and album are used synonomously, but to be precise LP would be more accurate. Generally a collection of songs is considered an album if it exceeds 25-30 minutes in lenght.


Although Twoism might be 8 or so tracks in length, it can't really be counted as an album in comparison... I guess this is personal opinion more than anything.


Many of their early albums very very short in lenght, Twoism wasn't an exception. And it's actually 9 tracks btw ;)


Yeah, felt the same here. Not all EP's are over 25 minutes in length, but a few are. It also depends on how you classify an EP. Seems like most people consider an EP less than 30 minutes and less than 8 tracks. Seems fair to me.


anything over 6 tracks is technicaly an lp, i don't remeber where, but i read it is a 'rule' in bigger labels.

and don't forget that initially twoism was just a demo.

User avatar
Eagle Minded
Status: Offline
Posts: 323
Joined: 31 Mar 2011
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Roygbivman wrote:
polar sky wrote:Edit: sorry I was wrong about that, woops. Yeah definitely an LP. Anyways, I will always be a favorite of mine! It gives me that nostalgic 1990s elementry field trip on the bus feeling, looking out the window at the city on your way to the museum. It's such a classic.


Hahaha! Twoism was the first BoC I heard. I always listened to it (especially Twoism and Oirectine) when on the bus to school.

@Arbitersground. Whoooooot??!?!?! IABPOITC is so good! Musically maybe not, but atmospherically, hellllll yeah!
But ah well, you're more one of the melody guitar types who rates The Campfire Headphase so high (though I also love that album..) .. I'm more of the electronic music lover. So I get where you're coming from.
I think IABPOITC just lacks excitement tracks. BoC have always been more on the slow and quiet side, which is fine, but every now and then they'll put in a track that's a bit more loud and exciting. Like MHTRTC with Sixtyten and Aquarius. Geogaddi has Music Is Math and Sunshine Recorder. Campfire has Chromakey Dreamcoat and Dayvan Cowboy. Hi Scores has June 9th. Twoism has Basefree. Trans Canada Highway has Left Side Drive. Peel Session has Aquarius. And the Aquarius EP has Chinook.

IABPOITC is all quiet, soft and slow. I like all the tracks on there, but as an album it just isn't as versatile and diverse as the rest of their albums. And to be completely honest, I really have never cared for Zoetrope.

User avatar
Posts Quantity
Status: Offline
Posts: 220
Joined: 18 Apr 2010
Location: northwest england
agree slightly bout zoetrope,but the first 3 tracks are from another dimension!!!
(that,s a good thing by the way!)

User avatar
Eagle Minded
Status: Offline
Posts: 323
Joined: 31 Mar 2011
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Yeah, I think I like Amo Bishop Roden, the most off of IABPOITC. I used to love the IABPOITC (the track), but over the years, I've really lost interest in that track and don't find it appealing anymore. I think the very dark harmony and chord progression was something very new to me when I first heard it, and now it's something I've seen more and more as I've explored BoC's music.

Campfire Headphase is great for me, because of the insane attention to detail and Tears From The Compound Eye. The background noise they make in those tracks really give it a great atmosphere, the way dis niga likes it.

User avatar
Dayvan Cowboy
Status: Offline
Posts: 1726
Joined: 9 Aug 2009
ArbitersGround wrote:Campfire Headphase is great for me, because of the insane attention to detail and Tears From The Compound Eye. The background noise they make in those tracks really give it a great atmosphere, the way dis niga likes it.

word up.

Boqurant
Status: Offline
Posts: 83
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
Hehehe. Alright man.

I never cared much for Zoetrope either, but a few weeks ago I was chilling on my bed and that track came by. It was as if I was carried away into another dimension or something and I suddenly saw the outlines of the trees outside very clearly against the blue sky..
I tried to stay in it, but later on it got kind of freaky. As if I had some kind of drugs (never had hallucinogenic drugs, but I guess it would be slightly like that, only more intense haha).
It even scared me at one point and I broke free in some kind of shock. Like: 'ohke, now it's too much, get out of the trance!'

Just by focusing on the music. Since then Zoetrope became more interesting to me.

User avatar
Sherbet Head
Status: Offline
Posts: 980
Joined: 31 May 2007
Location: Scotland
Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.
I'll see you when the sun sets east, don't forget me.
https://www.instagram.com/powerline_misfortune/

User avatar
Dayvan Cowboy
Status: Offline
Posts: 1127
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
Location: pen expers
Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.
Image

User avatar
Sherbet Head
Status: Offline
Posts: 637
Joined: 14 Apr 2011
Location: Finland
Zoetrope, aka THE most underrated BoC song.

User avatar
Moderator
Status: Offline
Posts: 8553
Joined: 30 May 2007
Location: Dorset, UK
I adore Zoetrope. Much like 747, it's a sneaky bugger. It doesn't seem to 'do' alot and yet somehow, it's all the more intense for it. Love it, love it, love it.
Image

Slow down...

Boqurant
Status: Offline
Posts: 83
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
dp wrote:
Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.


You must be the smartass of the forum. Hi there! Nice to meet you.

User avatar
Sherbet Head
Status: Offline
Posts: 637
Joined: 14 Apr 2011
Location: Finland
Mexicola wrote:I adore Zoetrope. Much like 747, it's a sneaky bugger. It doesn't seem to 'do' alot and yet somehow, it's all the more intense for it. Love it, love it, love it.


That's exactly the reason why I and many others love minimalism, in all forms of art ;)

User avatar
Moderator
Status: Offline
Posts: 8553
Joined: 30 May 2007
Location: Dorset, UK
^^^

Less is more. Cliche, but true. :wink:
Image

Slow down...

User avatar
Posts Quantity
Status: Offline
Posts: 133
Joined: 13 May 2011
dp wrote:
Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.


I was about to make a Magic Window joke, damn. :roll:

Eagle Minded
Status: Offline
Posts: 267
Joined: 28 Nov 2010
Location: Poland
Roygbivman wrote:
dp wrote:
Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.


You must be the smartass of the forum. Hi there! Nice to meet you.


are you some sort of a certified smartasser? it's a second person you called that (first being me yesterday).

User avatar
Dayvan Cowboy
Status: Offline
Posts: 1127
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
Location: pen expers
I wasn't even being a smartass. Jeez, lighten up a bit, would you? Just having some fun.
Image

User avatar
Dayvan Cowboy
Status: Offline
Posts: 1721
Joined: 16 Aug 2009
Location: the place
magic window magic window magic window magic window. Am I an official smartass now?

User avatar
Sherbet Head
Status: Offline
Posts: 804
Joined: 14 Nov 2010
Location: Area 51?
To me, all the Magic Window jokes are getting old.
Image

PreviousNext

Return to Boards of Canada

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests