I am disapointed and I havn't even heard it yet. First I heard about it and got excited, now reading this thread burst that bubble. To bad

yeah it probably is lame statement, i was merely implicating evidence of a rebranded marketing appeal, touching along the grounds of something like a situation if marilyn manson was dressed in fubu to appeal to a "urban" market it'd create some confusion among the aesthetic which is unavoidably created.

Call me ignorant, but I dont think the guys in Battles did a calculated wardrobe change to have more "appeal". They probably wanted to get laid more...

well, lastnight i finally dl'd it to see if it was worth my coin, alas..... i think ill skip it. it has a couple good tracks but as a whole its really lacking energy. the ep's were a nice taste but had no staying power for me. i still think there great though!

How dare a band try to expand it's sound? Assholes.

For what it's worth, and from what little you can see of him in the video, I don't see anything different about the way Ian is dressed than I have seen him dress for years. Don't know enough about the other guys wardrobes to say.

Are there really people here who don't own a sweater?

You can't be tough if you're warm, Jason.

wow. Listening to the album, Battles has sure learned how to suck shit!

Some of those vocals remind me of the most annoying and repetitive MBV samples on Loveless. Terrible. I loved the EP's, some very uncommon and excellent melodies and rhythms in there, in my opinion.

Big disappointment for me.

j_harvey wrote:Are there really people here who don't own a sweater?

I only own one, which I keep only for use in hypothetical future rock video shoots.

Angus Jung wrote:

j_harvey wrote:Are there really people here who don't own a sweater?

I only own one, which I keep only for use in hypothetical future rock video shoots.

Don't you mean a hypothetical self-rebranding for marketing appeal?

j_harvey wrote:

Angus Jung wrote:

j_harvey wrote:Are there really people here who don't own a sweater?

I only own one, which I keep only for use in hypothetical future rock video shoots.

Don't you mean a hypothetical self-rebranding for marketing appeal?

Normally I would interpret these "self-rebranding" types of comments regarding a band like Battles as comically overheated rhetoric from fans that want their faves to never change. In this case, they might have something.

This Battles song really does bite heavily on the Animal Collective*. The repetitive "tribal" drumming, the super-tweaked vocals, the happy, bouncy overall vibe of the song... And it does so in a way that does seem calculating.

And there is a market for it. Not a Mars Volta-sized market, but the A.C. are doing well for themselves these days.





*I'm referring to the more recent, CRAP stuff. I still think that the Animal Collective records up to and including Here Comes The Indian are unique-sounding and really good.

Angus Jung wrote:

j_harvey wrote:

Angus Jung wrote:

j_harvey wrote:Are there really people here who don't own a sweater?

I only own one, which I keep only for use in hypothetical future rock video shoots.

Don't you mean a hypothetical self-rebranding for marketing appeal?

Normally I would interpret these "self-rebranding" types of comments regarding a band like Battles as comically overheated rhetoric from fans that want their faves to never change. In this case, they might have something.

This Battles song really does bite heavily on the Animal Collective*. The repetitive "tribal" drumming, the super-tweaked vocals, the happy, bouncy overall vibe of the song... And it does so in a way that does seem calculating.

And there is a market for it. Not a Mars Volta-sized market, but the A.C. are doing well for themselves these days.



*I'm referring to the more recent, CRAP stuff. I still think that the Animal Collective records up to and including Here Comes The Indian are unique-sounding and really good.

I'm not familiar with Animal Collective. Do they wear sweaters?