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Angine de Poitrine (Live on KEXP)

#102
well, its interesting as a spectacle .. or a theatrical kind of thing. And I guess I can at least credit them for playing in a creative way with some interesting techniques .... but I just can't focus on their music for very long. To me, it's kind of like listening to an 80's digital video game soundtrack for any length of time ... kind of aurally exhausting.

to each their own I guess
 
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Their vinyl is in "This Week's Best-Selling Vinyl Records & CDs" on Discogs, sells for $300 to $500.

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gtirard said:
OK, now that I've made a video about them, stop sending me emails :roflmao:
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This is crazy. In less than 24 hours this video -- of a guy just playing snippets of and talking about the band -- has received over a half-million views and more than 9000 comments.

Meanwhile, the band has now booked concerts for the rest of this year across Europe, Canada, and parts of the U.S.
 
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jerry said:
It really gives me hope and makes me happy that these guys are getting such traction.😊😎
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Yep, absolutely great to see. The music didn't actually do much for me at first blush though, which surprised me since I typically am all about the weirdness. Might be all the old man meds, I reckon. ;)
 
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Passinwind said:
Yep, absolutely great to see. The music didn't actually do much for me at first blush though, which surprised me since I typically am all about the weirdness. Might be all the old man meds, I reckon. ;)
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I like me some musical weirdness too, but it took me three tries to get my head around this. The first time I quit after about two minutes, deciding it just wasn't my kind of weirdness. The second time I got through a couple of songs but felt too mentally exhausted to continue. The third time I watched the whole set and then went looking for more. It's weird in so many different ways that it's a lot to digest the first time. Eventually I came to the realization that all those different weirdnesses actually fit together somehow into one giant weird, and I like it.
 
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Lobster11 said:
I like me some musical weirdness too, but it took me three tries to get my head around this. The first time I quit after about two minutes, deciding it just wasn't my kind of weirdness. The second time I got through a couple of songs but felt too mentally exhausted to continue. The third time I watched the whole set and then went looking for more. It's weird in so many different ways that it's a lot to digest the first time. Eventually I came to the realization that all those different weirdnesses actually fit together somehow into one giant weird, and I like it.
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I see what you mean, I've had exactly the same experience with a few bands/artists.
In the case of Angine de Poitrine, just go and see them live, you'll be able to skip several steps and enjoy it fully at once.
Wait… maybe it's not so easy to see them live these days… :smug:
 
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Lobster11 said:
I like me some musical weirdness too, but it took me three tries to get my head around this. The first time I quit after about two minutes, deciding it just wasn't my kind of weirdness. The second time I got through a couple of songs but felt too mentally exhausted to continue. The third time I watched the whole set and then went looking for more. It's weird in so many different ways that it's a lot to digest the first time. Eventually I came to the realization that all those different weirdnesses actually fit together somehow into one giant weird, and I like it.
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Yeah, I'm very used to working for it and will take the same approach eventually. Albums like Free Jazz and Meditations took an exceptionally long time for me to get (years actually), I'm in no hurry to find out if this is ultimately profound to me or just a curiosity. Microtonality on its own doesn't put me off much in any case, but very percussive approaches sometimes can. I'll be looking for a non-YouTube listening vector now in any case, and of course live would be best but I probably won't be going to larger venue shows ever again and the small club option may already be gone, for better for worse.
 
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Lobster11 said:
This is crazy. In less than 24 hours this video -- of a guy just playing snippets of and talking about the band -- has received over a half-million views and more than 9000 comments.
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It's kind of a perfect storm: Rick Beato is an old muso who's got a huge youtube following, and AdP are (comparatively) brand-new band with a suddenly huge youtube following.

I've been struck by the number of old guys (like me) who really dug that KEXP video. I'm a little surprised Beato gave his thumbs up but that's going to legitimize AdP to the kind of older musician and music lover who might usually only watch his videos about how terrible the music is that kids listen to these days.
 
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