what the kids are into

[dilbert1]

Surprised to see a mention of double virgo, I thought they were properly obscure. Was really into this one tune last year for a few weeks, rinsed it. It sounds like a 90s UK indie classic.

Don’t hate it but not so into this one, although the drum track is amazing to my ears

 

[dilbert1]

@luka I know as an American I’m held to quite a low standard but I was really hoping to offend tastes and be chastised here. Is it just too boring, beneath criticism? Is your venom too precious?

 

[luka]

@luka I know as an American I’m held to quite a low standard but I was really hoping to offend tastes and be chastised here. Is it just too boring, beneath criticism? Is your venom too precious?

im more confused than anything.

 

[dilbert1]

@luka explain

 

[dilbert1]

I’m embarrassed to like this music, if that’s unclear. Or else the appeal of the music is confusing?

 

[luka]

the music itself is confusing.

 

[WashYourHands]

itv2, no less

 

[dilbert1]

the music itself is confusing.

“frustration as part of the aesthetic experience” much?

 

[luka]

what do you like about it?

 

[dilbert1]

itv2, no less

The first to hook me, along with this one

 

[luka]

that one sounds like Dido

 

[dilbert1]

what do you like about it?

Aside from the “guilty pleasure”/out of my comfort zone aspect and the fact that its something new which I enjoy…

I think its good pop music, they have an ear for poignant melody, the lyrics are emotionally crass, superficial and hooky but beautiful at the same time, not too clever. I love the way the vocal duties get passed along within many of the songs, anticipating each member’s contributions, and Nina’s voice/affectations I find particularly beautiful. Across their releases they’ve shown a certain stylistic flexibility that also feels cohesive and restrained. I enjoy the bare but rich production, and the guitar playing doesn’t feel too ornate like its up its own ass. There’s a vulnerability which feels appropriate to the emotional feebleness of the youth who this music is inevitably for. It could be considered indulgent but to my ears its quite tasteful compared to the ridiculously extreme stuff many zoomers seem to find catharsis in these days.

 

[thirdform]

music sounds like the hyper-activisty middle class antifa who makes such a spectacle of victoriously beating up nazis but secretly dreams of being one.

 

[thirdform]

Aside from the “guilty pleasure”/out of my comfort zone aspect and the fact that its something new which I enjoy…

I think its good pop music, they have an ear for poignant melody, the lyrics are emotionally crass, superficial and hooky but beautiful at the same time, not too clever. I love the way the vocal duties get passed along within many of the songs, anticipating each member’s contributions, and Nina’s voice/affectations I find particularly beautiful. Across their releases they’ve shown a certain stylistic flexibility that also feels cohesive and restrained. I enjoy the bare but rich production, and the guitar playing doesn’t feel too ornate like its up its own ass. There’s a vulnerability which feels appropriate to the emotional feebleness of the youth who this music is inevitably for. It could be considered indulgent but to my ears its quite tasteful compared to the ridiculously extreme stuff many zoomers seem to find catharsis in these days.

sorry bro barty music is much better than this

 

[thirdform]

the genesis of the vulnerable gunman.

 

[version]

Surprised to see a mention of double virgo, I thought they were properly obscure. Was really into this one tune last year for a few weeks, rinsed it. It sounds like a 90s UK indie classic.

Shoegaze Right Said Fred.

 

[dilbert1]

music sounds like the hyper-activisty middle class antifa who makes such a spectacle of victoriously beating up nazis but secretly dreams of being one.

I like the energy here and agree about middle class sensibility, but kind of a bizarre take. You make them sound like an anarcho power electronics outfit

 

[thirdform]

I like the energy here and agree about middle class sensibility, but kind of a bizarre take. You make them sound like an anarcho power electronics outfit

I was talking about that double virgo lot. It's very... portentous as opposed to being pretentious.

 

[dilbert1]

When I hear “portentous” music for glory-hungry activists I think of Conflict chanting “WOT WE GUNNA BE DOIN NOW THAT ITS 1984,” not gaunt navel-gazer anthems to wallow to. I suppose “No Sweat” does have a kind of serious solemnity that I don’t appreciate. I find most of their stuff more twee than anything, though. Thematically speaking there’s certainly no sense of social commentary, politics or outwardness whatsoever. Just breakups and relationship strife, which is rather typical for pop music wouldn’t you say?

 

[luka]

thirdform is committed to the art of communicating entirely in non-sequiturs