Cut Copy

[u2popmofo]

i just saw this. scumbo, i u.

ice creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeam is gonnnnnnna save the dayyy, again

I still listen to a number of tracks from Muscles at the gym quite often.


By the way:

Cut Copy:

02-04 Brisbane, Australia - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
02-05 Melbourne, Australia - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
02-06 Sydney, Australia - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
02-11 Adelaide, Australia - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
02-12 Perth, Australia - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
03-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Death Disco Special
03-05 Manchester, England - Quay House
03-06 London, England - The Forum
03-08 Oslo, Norway - Rockerfeller
03-09 Malmo, Sweden - KB
03-10 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
03-11 Stockholm, Sweden - The Strand
03-12 Helsinki, Finland - House of Culture
03-14 Tallinn, Estonia - Rock Café
03-16 Berlin, Germany - Lido
03-17 Cologne, Germany - Gebaeude 9
03-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
03-19 Paris, France - Casino Nouveau
03-23 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum
03-26 Miami, FL - Ultra Music Festival
03-28 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
03-29 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
03-31 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
04-02 New York, NY - Terminal 5
04-04 Boston, MA - House of Blues
04-05 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
04-07 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy
04-08 Chicago, IL - Riviera
04-09 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-12 Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
04-16 San Francisco, CA - The Grand Ballroom at Regency
04-20 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
04-22 Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ
04-23 New Orleans, LA - Republic

 

[Imperor]

Purchased. I'm surprised they're already on sale.

 

[gump]

Sold out already. Damn.

 

[onebloodonelife]

Minneapolis goes on sale tomorrow morning. Convenient, considering I was already planning on picking up tickets for School of Seven Bells and Toro y Moi then.

 

[Imperor]

Holy Ghost! were great opening for LCD last year, so this show will be the tits.

 

[u2popmofo]

I never knew Colonel Sanders was such a braggart.

 

[onebloodonelife]

 

[intedomine]

Really wish they were playing a proper gig in Melbourne and not just Laneway, pretty frustrating

 

[cobl04]

Really wish they were playing a proper gig in Melbourne and not just Laneway, pretty frustrating

same for LCD Soundsystem, they're only doing BDO

 

[djerdap]

I'm not usually into these kinds of bands, but In Living Colours is filled with some of the catchiest things I've heard in awhile. Great stuff! Hoping the new album is at least half as good.

 

[Imperor]

Yeah, I especially liked the Fire Marshall Bill sketches.

 

[u2popmofo]

Jim Carey was even annoying back then.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Got my Laneway tickets.

Gonna listen to the album tomorrow on the plane.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Welp, I decided to listen to it for the first time tonight instead, and I gotta say I'm enjoying it quite a lot. I can definitely hear the influences mentioned by LeMel. It's difficult to say which songs will stand out for me on the next listen, in any case it's good to know that it's a spirited followup rather than a laurel rest.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Need You Now is fucking perfect. When that plucky, Flock of Seagulls guitar comes in during the last couple of bars in the left channel. Oh my god.


Fucking. Perfect.

 

[cobl04]

A lot of this record is in-one-ear-out-the-other and innocuous, which is disappointing, but Need You Now is brilliant. Take Me Over is pretty good too.

 

[Canadiens1131]

It's not as immediate as Ghost Colours was, but I don't really have any expectations for this album. Only digging into it now so I need a few more listens through.

 

[cobl04]

What do we all think of Sun God? Seems like it would work live but it doesn't work on the album at over 15 minutes, I don't think.

 

[cobl04]

8.6 from Pitchfork. I haven't kept a close watch but that would be their highest rating this year, no? IGC got 8.8, so not the 20,000 leagues lower that Elmel suggested.

 

[intedomine]

Still gotta go and buy this exciting disc from the Melbourne boys, it's good for them that the snobs at Pitchfork are liking it.. Now let's hope they get some more attention commercially with some radio play on a Fox or Nova.

 

[u2popmofo]

8.6 from Pitchfork. I haven't kept a close watch but that would be their highest rating this year, no?

No.

3/5 stars from Tiny Mix Tapes.
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/cut-copy-zonoscope

 

[Imperor]

Shit, cat. I forgot this comes out tomorrow. Awesome. Can't wait to hear it.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Still gotta go and buy this exciting disc from the Melbourne boys, it's good for them that the snobs at Pitchfork are liking it.. Now let's hope they get some more attention commercially with some radio play on a Fox or Nova.

The snobs from Pitchfork are one of the main reasons your Melbourne boys are so popular.

Not trying to defend Pitchfork and take away from CC, but it's true.

 

[LemonMelon]

8.6 from Pitchfork. I haven't kept a close watch but that would be their highest rating this year, no? IGC got 8.8, so not the 20,000 leagues lower that Elmel suggested.

Ha, not at all. In fact, it has a higher metacritic score by one whole point: 80 to IGC's 79. I figured there would be a backlash...RYM doesn't exactly love it, and they certainly have modified their sound.

 

[phanan]

Listening to this now for the first time, still getting through it.

I absolutely love the one-two punch of Need You Now and Take Me Over, and Where I'm Going sounds better within the context of the album than when I originally heard it last year and wasn't too enamored at the time.

The beginning of Alisa, with the guitar, almost sounds like The Edge.

 

[iron yuppie]

I need to admit that I'm feeling this album just as much as I did In Ghost Colours. The flow is impeccably smooth, and "Sun God" is bloody marvelous, epic in every sense of the word.

Whereas IGC seemed a bit icy to me - which I loved - Zonoscope seems warmer and more textured.

 

[phanan]

I agree - the transitions on this album are phenomenal.

I just finished Sun God. Holy shit, what an awesome track.

 

[LemonMelon]

Whereas IGC seemed a bit icy to me - which I loved - Zonoscope seems warmer and more textured.

As Pitchfork mentioned about half a dozen times in their review, it's definitely going to sound even better once summer comes along.

 

[gvox]

I feel compelled to write out some thoughts on this, having just listened straight thru twice.

1. I Need You Now - Awesome, great track

2. Take Me Over - pure unadulterated 80s fun. Loved it.

3. Where I'm Going - high expectations based on the opening riff, settled into a decent song if fairly predictable melody.

4. Pharoahs and Pyramids - sounds like it could've been on IGC. Liked it. Ok the Frankie Knuckles-ish baseline nod just hit me..upgrade: LOVE it.

5. Blink and You'll Miss The Revolution - great title, love the opening again. Grower, by the end of the song my toes are tapping.

6. Strange Nostalgia - Interesting, even if I'm not huge on 'middle of the album instrumentals', it seems vaguely appropriate where it is.

7. This Is All We've Got - tried not to like it, pretty predictable Beach Boys/California feel (or whatever they call that? edit: Leader Of The Pack! vrroooom vrrrroooomm! lol) and all, but by the end I actually think I like it.

8. Alise - am I the only one who thinks this could be an early U2 song, without the Bono? Good song

9. Hanging On To Every Heartbeat - just average, doesn't grab me especially. Wouldn't necessarily skip it, but wouldn't skip to it, either. Filler.

10. Corner Of The Sky - theeerrrre we go. Back on point. Want to see/hear this live.

11. Sun God - Did 15 minutes just pass without me noticing in the slightest? Time just sortof stood still while I thoroughly enjoyed this song. Edit: I concur on 'marvelous, epic'

All in all I agree with whoever said it doesn't grab as immediately as In Ghost Colours, well it's not as anthemic. It feels more laid back, trippy/ambient, but it's likely to grow fairly quickly on me. These guys have figured out a great sound that draws from Depeche Mode, New Order, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, classic house, and a few others in between. Put all together it results in a hybrid that sounds as relevant today as it would have 20 years ago, without sounding like 20 years ago. If this is making any sort of sense.

A solid 8/10 from me.

And the segues/transitions are ace!

 

[The Sad Punk]

Saw them live last night. So damn good.