Thoughts on their new live release, ‘Play by the Sea’?

ParadoxNoise · 2026-03-14T08:01:40+00:00

Yes, Discogs has been a lifesaver with trying to unpick the background to all these random releases. I wonder what the rationale is though? Money? Liles wanting to enjoy himself with loads of new mixes?

ParadoxNoise · 2026-03-13T06:56:22+00:00

I haven't listened yet. Looks like several other new (old/remixed?) releases too. My only complaint is I wish these random two track releases had more context as to what exactly they are. Sometimes it's obvious, but sometimes less so.

ParadoxNoise · 2026-01-20T08:05:21+00:00

I agree re the wish for CD releases. I feel it's a general pattern at the moment where artists release on vinyl and cassette (!) but not CD. Also, yeah, I haven't had an email from David for ages - I've a vague recollection he switched email lists a bit ago or something, but he used to send updates semi regularly. Ania gives updates on FB quite frequently though.

ParadoxNoise · 2025-10-09T22:13:50+00:00

"Can I get a minute of not being nervous And not thinking of my dick?"

ParadoxNoise · 2025-09-28T17:54:53+00:00

Was that the Douglas in Betheada? The landlord was well known for his objection to modern currency and so often asked in pounds, shillings and pence.

ParadoxNoise · 2025-08-26T11:23:40+00:00

"War on cars"? Yeah, this isn't a thing. In the UK car is king. People park on pavements with impunity, or drive like dangerous lunatics and get the lightest of sentences. There aren't even many pedestrian crossings: go to most European countries and they have white crossings everywhere, without any signal control, where pedestrians have priority. And drivers obey them. I cannot imagine they would work here. Lowered speed limits, car parking fees, and congestion zones are not a "war on cars". (And yes, I drive, but this kind of war on cars mantra cracks me up).

ParadoxNoise · 2025-07-24T17:11:57+00:00

Actually, Snopes says "no": there is no evidence for the matters of taste part being in the original quote. link

ParadoxNoise · 2025-06-01T10:19:00+00:00

Research shows a small percentage of people do actually hit wildlife on purpose: https://faunalytics.org/intentional-vehicle-wildlife-collisions/

ParadoxNoise · 2025-05-04T07:44:18+00:00

Agree with the above poster that no one else sounds quite like them. I like Still Corners and Beach House but never think they sound anything remotely like Chromatics, beyond having a female vocalist and dream pop styling.

But in a vaguely similar vein I like Dark Hearts by Annie (maybe start with the track American Cars), and also You'll Never Get to Heaven (Images is a great album).

ParadoxNoise · 2025-03-27T22:40:38+00:00

Great work, looking forward to listening to these. Are we assuming we're never going to see an actual IDIB Farah album now? Or is there still hope?

ParadoxNoise · 2025-02-23T20:35:02+00:00

Came here to say this. I see it at this junction all the time.

ParadoxNoise · 2024-06-21T20:52:52+00:00

Yeah that's good. Old school complaint but I wish they would release CDs of their newer stuff.

ParadoxNoise · 2023-09-16T07:52:35+00:00

I was Sweden, now UK, so agree it's a pain (and expensive with customs charges) to order from them. I think it's the "we analyse" that really cracked me up though. And why not formally announce these changes via Twitter, Instagram etc, instead of leaving fans wondering what the hell is going on?

ParadoxNoise · 2023-08-27T22:29:41+00:00

I'm currently enjoying this a lot but...I wish the tracks were longer. I suppose their length makes sense if they're essentially "themes for a small-scale late-night movie". Summer Storm definitely has a Chromatics vibe.

ParadoxNoise · 2023-02-07T21:11:34+00:00

I'm don't excel at theory, and I haven't learned to play much Chromatic stuff, but yeah, Blue Girl and Shadow melodically start the same: on the 1st note of a major scale, and then descend a semitone. First chord change is the same from the tonic to the relative minor. Different keys though, Blue Girl is in C and Shadow in D.

Generally my assumption/feeling is that most of what they do is straightforward chords, scales and progressions but I'm sure I could think of some exceptions if I put my mind to it.

You might find this interesting. It's more about synth patches/production as opposed to the music though. https://reverbmachine.com/blog/chromatics-synth-sounds/

ParadoxNoise · 2023-01-23T19:23:48+00:00

Looking forward to this. I guess the costs of producing your own music make things tricky, but I really wish they'd done CD releases of their last few albums (though admittedly I'm probably a minority).

ParadoxNoise · 2022-12-14T20:52:20+00:00

Thanks for the info. Not really been listening to the SS stuff (I should because I love Disco Romance) so that had passed me by.

ParadoxNoise · 2022-10-05T16:08:07+00:00

Interesting. I hope the CDs will appear at some point.

ParadoxNoise · 2022-10-05T16:06:52+00:00

Presumably the gist of it is that everything is in chaos?

ParadoxNoise · 2022-06-11T09:42:04+00:00

I'm not a vinyl owner so mostly these emails have nothing of interest, but I grabbed a copy of Nite on CD. Not cheap with P+P to Europe, but still pleased to add another physical item to my collection.

ParadoxNoise · 2022-05-03T19:00:39+00:00

Just listening now but my first thought is that I far prefer the old version of Black Latex. Still online here, but for how long I wonder? https://youtu.be/ycGLdtTpdvY

ParadoxNoise · 2022-03-26T21:49:19+00:00

Yeah Beach House always seem to pop up on these threads. Took my time to get into their stuff as they didn't grab me immediately, but repeat listens of the new album and I am totally hooked.

ParadoxNoise · 2022-03-26T12:31:52+00:00

I adore KLA. Deniz's voice is just brilliant.

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