Craft Spells- Idle Labor ALBUM REVIEW
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Craft Spells' debut LP is a mutated mixtape of the best sounds new wave had to offer. It's a kind of shy LP, but the tunes will definitely stick with anyone willing to lean in and give a close listen.
What do you think of this album? Do you love this album? Do you hate it? Have you even heard it? Would you like to? You should, because it's pretty freakin' enjoyable. What do you think I should review next on this here CZcams channel?
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FAV TRACKS: FROM THE MORNING HEAT, AFTER THE MOMENT, GIVEN THE TIME, YOU SHOULD CLOSE THE DOOR, YOUR TOMB - Hudba
this album is still so fucking good. I got into music in my freshman year of high school and am now in my senior year and this is one of the FEW albums i can bump in entirety now that i could do the same to in grade 9. criminally underrated.... those reverb soaked vocals and guitars..... hngggggggggg
Tfw I was a senior in hs 4 years ago too :(
8/10 is a fair score.
I still listen to this LP every so often. Still good to listen to! I'd forgotten how catchy the tracks were on my most recent listen, and I found myself liking track after track. "Oh, it's *this* song" I remember thinking to myself many times. Songs I'd forgotten about had become instantly recognizable again, in a good way. Can't believe it was nine years ago now.
One of my few cd’s. Love the work even after 8-9 years of listening.
So nausea?
Gallery/Idle Labor remain my favourites by Craft Spells, quite disappointed in Nausea. Not particularly enjoying their new, more chilled out sound. Lacks that explosive uniqueness that made them so great.
Nausea is probably my favorite from them, especially the song Nausea from it. The chorus in that song is just purely beautiful.
agreed, it's mine too, the first time I heard it, when it hits the chorus I had the feeling I was melting and everything was really slow and nice
@daylightdude i wasn't saying the bedroom music sent to me is BAD. i was saying most of it doesn't sound like a new wave revival with very accurate representations of the synths / drums in that era.
I don't know why, but that expresion from 1:40 - 1:42 reminded me of Ted Mosby.
@IronScissors gonna get a few ties soon, too. made a new year's resolution to start dressing better. still gonna wear t-shirt, but i gotta diversify the wardrobe.
When i was a child or a young teenage in the '80 i hated new wave, because at that time this genre it was too mainstream. Growing up i discover that there is good in every style. For me some great album in new wave are the first 2 of DURAN DURAN (very pop but great), "Gentlemen Take Polaroid" of JAPAN, A secret Wish by PROPAGANDA (a not well known german band), and Matematics by JOHN FOXX, probably for me the highest expression in this genre.
Party Talk is my favorite track. Nice review!
favourite new wave... Talking Heads. 77. my favourite pop album all round perhaps.
But that cover is so ugly isn't it?
You show me the best music I've never heard of
And I thank you
Enjoying these a lot after one listen. They're going on the office stereo today. Thanks for turning me on to them.
@getfighted11 whatcha mean? it says 8 in the dbox and in the video. O__o
Thanks for another great rec! Both this album and Belong are wonderfully nostalgic. I'm loving it.
this became one of my favorite albums. im very disappointed that they havent released anything in so long. also the fact that they didnt played these songs as good live still bothers me lol anyways my fav song is "given the time"
@theneedledrop Hey Anthony, could you review Craft Spells' newest album, Nausea? You gave this a pretty favorable review, was hoping maybe you'd like this newest one from 2014, I believe.
I love bands that sound like this, but only a few can I truly enjoy without it sounding like something I've heard before-neverthless I'm definitely digging Craft Spells...I love the album artwork as well. I also love The Needle Drop, and you Anthony and Cal as well...keep being awsome :-)
Thanks for reviewing this, wouldn't have discovered it if it wasn't for this video. I just finished listening to it for the first time, and it was very enjoyable. I enjoyed it much more than I initially thought I would. I agree with you mostly, I would give it a light to decent eight.
Great analogy with the cassette, by the way. Haha!
New Order > Joy Division. "Leave me alone" > "The feelin'!!!", tho they're both great. Review anything Burial please, or rather both the single and the EP =). PS: Who the eff is the trimmed bearded fool in the suggested videos bar? Not really diggin this 'wheezywaiter' guy. PPS: R.I.P. Hipsterrunoff
Hey man. Just commenting to say keep up the good work! You're the best album reviewer I've found on youtube! And I love the little editing hitches you add in!
Awesome review, loved what you had to say (as always).
It would be cool to see you do a review of the new Bibio whenever you get the chance.
OR maybe review Burial's new "Street Halo" ep. I know it's a 3 song ep, and I'm pretty sure you usually don't touch on shorter releases, especially since you got your track reviews as well, but you could always review this release alongside the other release that came out a week ago alongside Four Tet & Thom Yorke (Ego / Mirror).
Nice review! I will definitely give this album a chance. Judging from your review, this will probably prove to be an interesting addition to my current, ever-expanding taste in music.
As for what you should review next, I think, it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on R.E.M.'s latest outing, Collapse Into Now, and Rubik's new album, Solar.
Keep up the good work! :D
Cal Chuchesta has taken over my life. And I really wasn't prepped for it to be taken over.
Awesome review. So far this year I could say we're generally on the same page with what we think on some albums. You should review Peter Bjorn & John's Gimme Some next. I personally feel it isn't getting the love it deserves.
Boris has or will realease 4 albums this year. Also there is something O'Malley and Boris related. Also - new Aethenor album, also new Ulver.
Your observations are spot on in terms of 'revivalism' and this is definitely a good thing. To know where we're gong we must familiarise ourselves with where we've come from!
i feel a sense of nostalgia induced euphoria when listening to a lot of recent records :)
Just listened to this LP for the first time today. Fell in love with it right after I heard From The Morning Heat.
I like the sound of this song. The vocals don't seem too low but I could see what you mean.
Hey Anthony, you should definitely review Elbow's new album Build A Rocket, Boys!
They could use a lot more recognition here in the states and the album is pretty great.
This is another album I'm really enjoying at the moment. So 80's but in a modern way. I like the falsely artificial quality of these tracks. This sound was once basically only coming from Great Britain, but they are from California. I am impressed by the catchy melodies structured in songs which sound so original and fresh. :)
I like it, not the best thing I heard this month but it's nice,
loved the improptue cal joke, made my day :)
also as I always ask and always will ask plz review iamx-volatile times, plz!
My favey New Wave album is most likely So by Gabriel.
Of the "New New Wave" (or New Wave revival, whatever the heck you wanna call it) bands -- I enjoy quite a few of them -- my faveys are Bloc Party and MGMT. But it's a pretty broad sub-genre.
You should probably review Tomboy by Panda Bear when you have the chance.
I've been searching the nooks and crannies of NYC for this on vinyl all day! (Kim's and Other Music let me down. :( Academy Records up next!!)
hell yeah thanks for this review. DL'd the album yesterday, buying the record chumorrow.
You should definitely review Mamiffer's newest release. Just heard the title track and I'd be hard pressed to describe it (in the best way). I'd love to hear what you think of it.
like numero dos... I love this channel as it introduces me to so much of my music
Saigon-The Greatest Story Never Told!!!!!
@theneedledrop well that comment seems fair, however, criticism is helpful, it always has been. By the way this is the Twin Cabins guy
Joy Division > New Order. Yeah, New Order pioneered the electronic sound of the 80s that influenced a lot of the techno and electro of today, but Joy Division's music is some of the most powerful and intense music ever written. And lyrically, there's no contest. That said, New Order is pretty fucking good and I hear them all over this album, diggin it quite a bit
Fav new Wave? The Cars self-titled, for sure.
It's funny because I just sent you some of my bedroom recordings the other day... they were very inappropriate and definitely illegal in several states. I think you'd give them a light to decent 6 though.
Happy 20th (and 1 day) birthday to Spiderland!
Thursday 31st, 2011 - TND reviews the new blackfield album.
i love this album but in my honest opinion they suck live
Great album. Can't find it on vinyl for less than 50 bucks now.
Check the label
Thanks, I actually got it form Captured Tracks shortly after I wrote that. They had a few laying around apparently. I think they've recently pressed it again.
should've been a solid 9 bro. Ramona is briliant but in ur defence^ Triangle Rhymes and walking water wet wasn't on there.
Dum Dum Girls - "He Gets Me High"
and have you checked out the song "California" by EMA? It's great. Some really good lyrics.
@grayfox622 yep, it happened.
by the hedge by minks please
@MrCoolManTim How convenient that it's being released tomorrow.
Look at this fancy guy looking fancy. I dig it.
Bibio - "Mind Bokeh"? PUH-LEASE!
Review the Flaming Lips with Neon Indian EP
@NostalgicProcrast You need to go in a quest to refind your passion. Asaguitar player myself I get that kind of frustration (in my case is the wall every player needs to burst trough: being able to play nicely but not impressive)
I think most musicians have that feeling at least once. Experiment! Do strange things! I love jazz, but I think sometimes it gets swallowed by the rules it has...
Good luck!
I don't usually request albums, but it seems like the time period for reviewing Kurt Vile's Smoke Ring for My Halo has almost past. Not good. Please review, I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts.
JUSTICE - CIVILIZATION
Love this album
doesnt feel complete this year without a black metal review.
I'm diggin it so far, thanks!
really cool album! Their song the fog rose high sounds really indie/ japanese imo
YOUNG THE GIANT
Huh...Ima Start sending you my bedroom recordings
I AM JUST A RAPPER & I AM JUST A RAPPER 2 - CHILDISH GAMBINO!
just thought of it as music by The Radio Dept. with vocals by Morrissey
I agree to an extent. it's catchy and enjoyable, and the songs are very new wave 80's. The song writing is fun and whatnot, but it has NO ORIGINALITY. It is so cliche and overdone sound. this band is influenced by every obligatory 80's dark over romanticized band that exists. nothing new is brought to the table, and I'd much rather listen to power corruption and lies. I'm sorta surprised you liked this so much
hmmm. Power and Corruption
New Order is a little lazy and easy.
Let's put a little more effort into this.
I am going to throw in The Pale Fountains some early Postcard and Sarah and even Vinyl Japan.
Have you done Bibio's 'Mind Bokeh' yet? I would love to see that.
You need to review the new Ulver for all the hungry children in the world, they scream "Anthony! Anthony! Review Ulver so that we may feed off of your words toward it!"
Ice Cream - Battles
I can't believe I acutally laugh hard at all the Cal Chuchesta bits!
Anthony, I didn't really like the Minks album and I thought the Wild Nothing album was decent. I like the bands that these groups are influenced by, but I am not sure I will like this because of the modern take of the New Wave/Post Punk genre. Should I give it a try or just stay away from it?
i reeeeally hope you review the new Tune-Yards album "w h o k i l l" when it comes out in like 2 weeks. just a heads up :D
U didn't review the Lykke Li album so maybe you can make it up by reviewing the new Rainbow Arabia album Boys and Diamonds?? :D
Good album. I'm 100% with u even before u made the new order comparison cover wise and music wise.
how bout the flaming lips x neon indian 12' ? yeah, nice. do it.
list - favourite albums of all time!?
did someone really just suggest that Anthony review Mac Miller? Shoot me.
Get on da new Bibio, yo. Bibioio. Bibioioioioio.
I'm naming my band the needle drops....expect some special thanks on our soon to be critically acclaimed album
@hillysats It would make me very happy to see that review in the Sub page
@floodworshiper Dunno if you noticed but he does not review old albums.
WIZ KHALIFA ROLLING PAPERS album TOMORROW!!! ;) wink wink March 29th and Coming soon Foo Fighters Wasting Lights in April
Would really like to see a review of EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints! It blew my Mind!
this was a 6, silly melon
no :(
It would be awesome if you would review a Boris album
I think you need to review Amplifier Worship. It will blast your face off!
I'm digging it so far.
same
Japaneses cartoon in the jaws of the lord of death
Mac Miller - Best Day Ever
Please for the love of all that is good in this world, review Boris - New Album/ Attention Please and Gridlink - Orphan
why's this the only craft spells you reviewed? smh my head.
Gallery review when
@RenamonZ89 God yes! I'm super exited about that!
Twin Cabins is great Nacho. Love the tunes.
0:47 - 1:08 Yes!!
How am I just finding out about this guy/you ?
An album it would be really cool to get a review on is the Sunn O)))/Boris album Altar
Liked because of CAL.
MIND BOKEH PLEASE!
Bam-a-lam