The unfamiliarity makes it so we can’t process what we hear. Maybe we feel the tickle of an emotion we can’t place. We’re not always ready for a sound at the moment it comes out. We need to grow, ruminate and then revisit. I have the internet’s content saturation to thank for my liberation from my obligation to comment on albums at the time of release. This is the kind of evolution I can get behind, and this is is why I come back to albums I may have originally ignored, dismissed or – if I was still an on trend critic – been non-positive about. That’s OK – I wasn’t ready for ‘Les Jardins de Minuit’ then. When they came out, I lost the hooks they hid in their tracks regardless of how often I listened to them and I’d go back ‘home’ to Souvenirs and Ecailles. Shelter, Voyages and Kodama sound different but I couldn’t tell you why. I can understand that perspective today, in the light of my own take on their debut but I wonder if that view has changed (I’m too lazy to go find out). I maintain they’re masters of this technique, though from memory I can recall metal message boards being vehemently opposed to the change in style from Amesoeurs. But I don’t want to float anymore, I want to sink under the weight of noise.īack to Alcest. It’s not that surprising either – the appeal of shoegaze was always the ‘beautiful noise’ and the ‘search’ for a delicate melody under waves of distortion. Yet here I am today, talking about Alcest while listening to Møl and I KNOW I would not have been able to appreciate the latter 5 years earlier (so it’s convenient that they only came into existence 4 years ago…) when I was more into the sweetness and light, and not yet ready for the acid and lead. It’s nothing new – I’ve been loyal to HANL and Jesu for a while – BUT metal and scream vocals were a different beast. I’m really getting into music with more WEIGHT. I’ve been vibing more ‘heavy’ these past few months, and dreampop isn’t doing it for me (shoegaze is fine, as always). I wonder if it’s because Alcest and I have walked a similar evolutionary path, and while Souvenirs and Ecailles are what spoke to me back in 2010, it’s Voyages and Kodama that resonate with me today. Sure, I’d listened to Les Voyages de l’Ame, Shelter, Kodama, Spiritual Instinct and Le Secret several times over shortly after their release, but never with the same presence I reserved for the first two releases. This is a reality that I only accepted recently when I moved on from Souvenirs d’un Autre Monde and Ecailles de Lune – the two albums I know by heart – and decided to more mindfully listen to the four albums and one EP that they released after. That said, let’s talk about Alcest, who REALLY haven’t made a bad album in the decade+ that I’ve been following them. I still love the bands, I’ll still go see them if the opportunity presents itself, and I still want them to do well. Best let the ones who like it like it and keep my subjectivity to myself. There is way too much music available and accessible to spend time on putting down someone’s work. I never finished those posts, because I’m no longer a subscriber to the opinion that critics need to criticise. Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 11 More than 6,000 sound files make MAGIX Soundpool DVD Collection 11 fantastic for turning your music projects into breathtaking audio experiences.I started a lot of posts about bands who I once felt were incapable of making a flawless album, who have then gone on to do it anyway. Also ideal for slideshows, videos, and even your own website. Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 10 MAGIX Soundpool DVD Collection 10 gives you the choice of more than 8,000 samples from many different genres to enrich your music. Choose from more than 10,000 samples to complete your projects with the perfect sounds. Collections of 12 libraries by MAGIX Included: Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 9 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 10 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 11 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 12 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 14 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 15 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 16 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 17 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 18 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 19 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 20 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 2005 Magix Soundpool DVD Collection 9 Put the final polish your music projects with MAGIX Soundpool DVD Collection 9.