Flying Lotus - You're Dead

Mindshifter · Post by **Mindshifter** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:50 am

Anyone heard the new album?
It's just sinking in with me. Heavy jazz influences. A lack of "proper" songs. Extremely dynamic. Don't know what to think of it yet though.
What are you thoughts?

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:14 pm

Waiting for it to arrive at my humble abode

untitled · Post by **untitled** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:20 pm

The cover is very lymphatic.

Track 1 ok
Track 2 i don't like the drums
Track 3 wtf is this, a jazz album?
Track 4 ok
Track 5 could have been good
Track 6 ok
Track 7 very christian
Track 8 filler
Track 9 potato frying at mcdonalds, annoying singing, skipped
Track 0 skipped
Track 1 skipped
Track 2 ok
Track 3 weak
Track 4 weak, skipped
Track 5 prog rock interlude?
Track 6 skipped
Track 7 obligatory
Track 8 ok
Track 9 hobbits singing

Average score: 4.25 / 10

what

warphead · Post by **warphead** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:41 pm

I'm very skeptical when it comes to Flying Lotus....

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:49 pm

This just in: Flylo just aint cool anymore.

Joke obviously. I just dont get what makes it an electronic album. Did he just hire a bunch of instrumentalists and recorded what they where doing? If so then besides the mastering I don't hear anything flylo would have done himself, and I'm pretty sure Warp does the mastering.

untitled · Post by **untitled** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:05 pm

Track 2 seemed nice but how the drums are sampled/resampled is just wack

btw (un)fortunately I didn't see that Warp published the album before I wrote the above review...

ultrablue123 · Post by **ultrablue123** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:08 pm

lol I like it

I think it's close to on par with Cosmogramma in that it's all over the place, and pretty unique (IMO). In comparison to say, the last album, which I thought, while decent, was pretty bland and typical. I like how organic this one sounds in places.

Also, he actually makes Kendrick Lamar, who I'm not really a fan of, sound pretty fucking awesome.

chronical · Post by **chronical** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:37 pm

I prefer it over his other works. Loving the short tracks as well. Not sure what else to say yet, need to listen to it more.
Solid stuff, nothing mind-blowing though.

Vostok · Post by **Vostok** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:32 am

the first half is definitely better than the second half. but overall the album doesnt sound cohesive at all and it just sounds like his "ideas+drafts+loops" mixtape/thing.

Lens Larque · Post by **Lens Larque** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:03 am

The concept for this album is so strong. YOU'RE DEAD! I was really struck by the title and artwork.

friendlynightmares · Post by **friendlynightmares** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:46 am

I've listened to it through and was overall not impressed :/ which sucks coz I've been partially looking forward to it for a while

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:49 am

the only thing i gotta say about this album is

ultrablue123 · Post by **ultrablue123** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:10 am

Synthestesia wrote:the only thing i gotta say about this album is

I saw this in the Aphex thread too.

I'm still not sure if you're so happy you cry because you can't handle it and walk away, or if you're so disappointed that your sorrow can only be expressed with a single tear and you walk away towards better things and try to forgot how FlyLo let you down.

lankydoom · Post by **lankydoom** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:38 pm

Yeah I have not really been liking it all too much. i was like that with the last few. I think I just moved away from flylo and have been listening to other things that have been tickling my ears more I guess.

No harm done, it was a peaceful breakup. We said we may still be friends but you know how that goes most of the time. We weren't really that into each other anyway.

Haha.

lyst · Post by **lyst** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:30 pm

Cupz wrote:This just in: Flylo just aint cool anymore.

Joke obviously. I just dont get what makes it an electronic album. Did he just hire a bunch of instrumentalists and recorded what they where doing? If so then besides the mastering I don't hear anything flylo would have done himself, and I'm pretty sure Warp does the mastering.

I was wondering the same exact thing at my first listen like-- Wtf is he doing? Standing behind a podium with a stick conducting a bunch of old-timer jazz musicians? (Hey YOU Trumpet guy, Play a really weird scale right now!!).

Perch · Post by **Perch** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:59 pm

haha I must be in the wrong place to say I'm enjoying it... oops

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:03 pm

No perch, this is the perfect place to say you're enjoying it.

Betterthanyourkids · Post by **Betterthanyourkids** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:10 pm

Only heard the singles so far.

The one with Kendrick Lamar is awesome, though FlyLo seemed to have changed it a little bit for the final version and I prefer the 1st version

The other one he put on soundcloud is boring. Kinda expected more from him. There's like one moment in the track where it gets really cool and grandoise, but other than that it's pretty much some ok jazz singing over deep subbass.

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:14 am

I'm a huge jazz fan so I'm likin' this one.

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:53 am

The Telepathic Kid wrote:I'm a huge jazz fan so I'm likin' this one.

Very much this. I love jazz, been playing around with it for almost a decade.. Only halfway through it so far but I am LOVING it. A lot more than UtQC. Haven't given Cosmogramma a fair shot, but I'm getting blown away.

Also not sure which track it is (i think it's 'Stirring' but all the reversed guitar work is just screaming early Bibio).