The general Inferno review, magazine, podcast etc. topic

[Electronaldmcdonald2]

I was listening to Age of Capricorn this morning and I swear they’ve either used a sample of the sound of transformers transforming, or they’ve recreated it themselves. Its all the way through the intro in the background

[StryCratyBya]

Review on Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bo ... a-inferno/

[saturdayindex]

Really cool to hear the brothers experimenting with recreating natural or artificial sounds through the use of processed drums.

Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan's intro percussion sounds like "an engine starting up" (i.e. the birth of the Universe)
Second half of Dayvan Cowboy's percussion when the surfer hits the sea sounded like "ocean waves".

[saturdayindex]

You Retreat in Time and Space sounds like it was composed after Mike and Marcus had coffee with Röyksopp.

[saturdayindex]

Completely agree, whether one thinks it good, bad, or uninspired, the album definitely has a sense of whimsy (mostly due to the vocal manipulation). There's nothing "tense" or "coiled" about it - it's very welcoming, and not even very dark.

I agree. I think if I could trace the DNA of this album to their previous album, I'd land on Palace Posy. The horn synths, the percussion at the end of "All Reason Departs", the ubiquitious presence of processed or chopped vocals throughout the album, and the overall playfulness.

Tomorrow's Harvest was dark, foreboding, cold, even sad at times. All beautiful things, but I couldn't listen to it too often.

Inferno is far more uplifting and inspiring—even though there are plenty of what I call "Bardo" moments—where you're suspended between competing emotions.

I do think along with the whimsy there's a sense of majesty (I mean... all those horns and the truly mysterious chord progressions). And just look a their album art—they are walking a fine line between sanctity and sacrosanctity throughout Inferno.

Overall, I love this album. Maybe Hell ain't such a bad place after all.

[A_Northern_Soul]

Completely agree, whether one thinks it good, bad, or uninspired, the album definitely has a sense of whimsy (mostly due to the vocal manipulation). There's nothing "tense" or "coiled" about it - it's very welcoming, and not even very dark.

I agree. I think if I could trace the DNA of this album to their previous album, I'd land on Palace Posy. The horn synths, the percussion at the end of "All Reason Departs", the ubiquitious presence of processed or chopped vocals throughout the album, and the overall playfulness.

Tomorrow's Harvest was dark, foreboding, cold, even sad at times. All beautiful things, but I couldn't listen to it too often.

Inferno is far more uplifting and inspiring—even though there are plenty of what I call "Bardo" moments—where you're suspended between competing emotions.

I do think along with the whimsy there's a sense of majesty (I mean... all those horns and the truly mysterious chord progressions). And just look a their album art—they are walking a fine line between sanctity and sacrosanctity throughout Inferno.

Overall, I love this album. Maybe Hell ain't such a bad place after all.

Love this write-up

[A_Northern_Soul]

https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/ ... a-inferno/

God bless The Quietus - not for them an "it's a good record: ****" review...

"...a serpentine meditation coiling outward from Phrygian flutes..."

"..a vocoded Vox Dei taking vengeance upon mankind’s Promethean overreach..."

"...standing before the haloed edges of an apocalypse already arrived...."

"...hard overlanding on the desert flats en route to Gehenna. Shelter is offered incidentally: chanting communes, end-times enclaves, shambling skunk works of the world’s last venture capitalists..."

"...The end of the world will not extinguish our longings. Shards of heaven have lodged themselves within the hell we’ve brought upon the land..."

"...confronting the cosmic and chthonic forces that precede human inscription. This album yearns to see through a world of ongoing ruination straight to the archaic substrate that lies beneath it..."

I love those guys!

[Mexicola]

Can we now agree that the reviewer in The Guardian should forever be pointed at in the street and pelted with rotten fruit? Just listened for the first time in a week and it's clearly glorious. What on Earth were they banging on about?

[saturdayindex]

https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/ ... a-inferno/

God bless The Quietus - not for them an "it's a good record: ****" review...

"...a serpentine meditation coiling outward from Phrygian flutes..."

"..a vocoded Vox Dei taking vengeance upon mankind’s Promethean overreach..."

"...standing before the haloed edges of an apocalypse already arrived...."

"...hard overlanding on the desert flats en route to Gehenna. Shelter is offered incidentally: chanting communes, end-times enclaves, shambling skunk works of the world’s last venture capitalists..."

"...The end of the world will not extinguish our longings. Shards of heaven have lodged themselves within the hell we’ve brought upon the land..."

"...confronting the cosmic and chthonic forces that precede human inscription. This album yearns to see through a world of ongoing ruination straight to the archaic substrate that lies beneath it..."

I love those guys!

Wow... what great quotes. Thanks for sharing!

[A_Northern_Soul]

Can we now agree that the reviewer in The Guardian should forever be pointed at in the street and pelted with rotten fruit? Just listened for the first time in a week and it's clearly glorious. What on Earth were they banging on about?

What always used to happen would be that The Guardian would write a scathing review and then a few days later would publish as The Observer an "actually it's bloody great!" review a few days later, or vice versa. Covering all bases.

[Mexicola]

Yeah, said as much to Fugee. Fully expecting exactly this.

[Negamuse]

Can we now agree that the reviewer in The Guardian should forever be pointed at in the street and pelted with rotten fruit? Just listened for the first time in a week and it's clearly glorious. What on Earth were they banging on about?

I fully imagine no introspection will occur and the reviewer will just be all like "gosh everybody seems to love this record, guess they are a cult after all".

A good reviewer should be able to go into a genre they're unfamiliar with ears open and pull something out that makes sense. Complete listening fail.

But meh, plenty of other reviewers clearly get it. The Quietus review in particular is the kind of thing you can only write if you go in listening

[fujee]

Completely agree, whether one thinks it good, bad, or uninspired, the album definitely has a sense of whimsy (mostly due to the vocal manipulation). There's nothing "tense" or "coiled" about it - it's very welcoming, and not even very dark.

I agree. I think if I could trace the DNA of this album to their previous album, I'd land on Palace Posy. The horn synths, the percussion at the end of "All Reason Departs", the ubiquitious presence of processed or chopped vocals throughout the album, and the overall playfulness.

Tomorrow's Harvest was dark, foreboding, cold, even sad at times. All beautiful things, but I couldn't listen to it too often.

Inferno is far more uplifting and inspiring—even though there are plenty of what I call "Bardo" moments—where you're suspended between competing emotions.

I do think along with the whimsy there's a sense of majesty (I mean... all those horns and the truly mysterious chord progressions). And just look a their album art—they are walking a fine line between sanctity and sacrosanctity throughout Inferno.

Overall, I love this album. Maybe Hell ain't such a bad place after all.

Genuinely the best review I've seen so far, professional or otherwise.

[fujee]

Quietus review here: https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/ ... a-inferno/

Inferno reveals the wreckage of history as the last frontier of BoC’s analogue aesthetic. Evolved from their early arcadian vibes and plaintive monosynth melodies, BoC confronts the fire of our times: modern civilization as failure, a post-psychedelic trip through the ruins, and The Great Conflagration now kindling in every corner of the Earth.

[IanRedpoint]

Can we now agree that the reviewer in The Guardian should forever be pointed at in the street and pelted with rotten fruit? Just listened for the first time in a week and it's clearly glorious. What on Earth were they banging on about?

What always used to happen would be that The Guardian would write a scathing review and then a few days later would publish as The Observer an "actually it's bloody great!" review a few days later, or vice versa. Covering all bases.

The Observer's arts coverage is pretty great these days - more grown up than the often rather juvenile Guardian. Also a lovely clean website design, of which I approve greatly.

Just finished a first listen, on headphones, and absolutely stunned by it. Feels like it needs to be listened to as a whole. Still processing...

[Nikanj00101]

Love the forum background graphic update btw

[Sherbet Head]

Love the forum background graphic update btw

Same! Was a lovely surprise to log in and see that

[jcnporter]

Can we now agree that the reviewer in The Guardian should forever be pointed at in the street and pelted with rotten fruit? Just listened for the first time in a week and it's clearly glorious. What on Earth were they banging on about?

Yeah, just read that Guardian interview properly for the first time there, absolute crap, just puddle deep analysis.

[jcnporter]

Quietus review here: https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/ ... a-inferno/

Inferno reveals the wreckage of history as the last frontier of BoC’s analogue aesthetic. Evolved from their early arcadian vibes and plaintive monosynth melodies, BoC confronts the fire of our times: modern civilization as failure, a post-psychedelic trip through the ruins, and The Great Conflagration now kindling in every corner of the Earth.

Great review, they absolutely nailed it.

[fujee]

As per! All hail Doran and co.