Strawberry Hotel - new album out 25th Oct

[aphasein]

Interesting acoustic track - final version was mentioned to be rougher, scuffed-up and will probably have reverb. Would assume it's Karl, but hard to tell - the little bit of face briefly in top corner doesn't seem right.

[Dino3D]

European release is 11.15. That sucks.

[dubman]

Whoa, wait. Physical or digital too?

[dubman]

Originally Posted by dubman

All this talk of it finally has me picking up my copy for an actual read instead of a casual flip down memory lane of the old uwlive. I also haven't played out the entirety of Drift in some time so this all seems appropriate in the week leading up to the album release.

Finished this last night. Says enough to unlock a new view on a deep catalog, but holds back enough to not be a tell-all. the contrast between the struggle to land somewhere meaningful, and the diary of someone who has landed (more or less) is lovely. Really glad I went in on this in the days before release.

[TheBang]

Full album has been posted for mailing list subscribers

[negative1]

i like it.

it has a lot of variety, and interesting songs.

i don't like all of them... but there's a lot of strong ones there.

later
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[TheBang]

Originally Posted by Dino3D

European release is 11.15. That sucks.

Originally Posted by dubman

Whoa, wait. Physical or digital too?

The physical formats, unfortunately. The digital is still tomorrow though.

[evwhitton16]

I've given it a very brief skim but I think I'm actually gonna wait till tomorrow still, build the anticipation

[potatobroth]

Honest first reaction at 530am after seeing the email…. What did I just listen to?

We obviously know the tracks already released; I love Black Poppies and Denver Luna, and Colour Red is decent. However I’d have a very hard time listening to King of Haarlem or Ottavia again. Theyre conceptual for sure, but I found myself wanting them to be over. The first half of Lewis in particular… I was actually off put by the screaming. But loved the drums that kicked in. I’m so torn.

Gene Pool was lovely. Techno Shink was decent. Stick Man Test is beautiful. I’m coming around to Hilo, but something about Karl’s tone feels off a bit. Growing on me tho.

And I’m sure I’ll eat my words after a dozen listens. As usual :P

[Resolute]

i really like the whole album and will now be allowed to shuffle it among everything else they've ever done