DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019

[dubman]

Originally Posted by khouri

Very crudely and broadly, I think the result of Rick and Karl so explicitly explaining what it is about their work that interests them is the realization that what they like and what we (or at least I) like about Underworld are not really the same thing.

started realizing this around the time of OWB and pretty much confirmed it for myself from then on. it sucked realizing that why I fell in and got so hyped were not for the reasons that rick and karl (mostly rick, eh) are in the game for. my high school brain bought into the idea of dirty, and with emerson's departure and an escalating fuss over perfectionism, polish, and control, subsequent albums seemed... less and less that. it was frustrating, and Barking saw me out of the fanboy zone for good. after the initial annoyance that kindred creative spirits aren't that so much, it's healthier to separate your POV and allow your heroes their own agency as to what their own work means! doesn't mean the processes you went through with it are less valid. if anything now you know it's a more original expression of where you were leaning towards anyway.

Originally Posted by khouri

Indeed, the guys seem disdainful and even hostile towards the limitations that IMO have actually resulted in their best work.

interested in hearing more on this. i was not surprised to hear their dim view of the Riverruns, but it caused some indigestion nonetheless, especially as some of us have been saying it was their best work until all of this.

[iamneorev]

Did some Photoshop work to recreate the boxset cover art digitally... for folks who like that sorta thing. 3000x3000.

[purlieu]

'Do Breakers Trip'. I don't understand why this was released. I've tried so many times and it still sounds absolutely bloody horrible. Even as someone who likes Hundred Weight Hammer and Ring Road and Molehill and various other un-Underworldy tracks, I can't find any pleasure from this track at all.

[iamneorev]

Originally Posted by purlieu

'Do Breakers Trip'. I don't understand why this was released. I've tried so many times and it still sounds absolutely bloody horrible. Even as someone who likes Hundred Weight Hammer and Ring Road and Molehill and various other un-Underworldy tracks, I can't find any pleasure from this track at all.

I actually like "Do Breakers Trip," prefer it over "Hundred Weight Hammer, "Molehill," and a few other Drift songs.

[holden]

Yeah, Karl's downtrodden vocal on "Breakers do trip" brings the track down. But as an instrumental, there's a lot going on. I wish I could clock it all, but I find it a bit of a throwback and interesting.

[iamneorev]

Originally Posted by holden

Yeah, Karl's downtrodden vocal on "Breakers do trip" brings the track down. But as an instrumental, there's a lot going on. I wish I could clock it all, but I find it a bit of a throwback and interesting.

I even have an alternate CD length Drift playlist with Do Breakers Trip

[dubman]

Originally Posted by iamneorev

I actually like "Do Breakers Trip," prefer it over "Hundred Weight Hammer, "Molehill," and a few other Drift songs.

yeah, same. it's kind of the best case scenario when it comes to that kind of track they do imo.

[potatobroth]

i like Do Breaker's Trip & Molehill but hate Hundred Weight Hammer

[Jamiel]

Really enjoying the ‘Drift’ box set, a lot to digest which I suspect will take quite a while.

I have the extra downloads burned to 5 CDs, and have made some artworks and put them on my website in case they are any use.

https://www.jamielochhead.co.uk/uwde1.html


They follow Simon Taylor at Tomato’s designs (fairly) closely. The fonts I used to match are Compacta (with a manual italicisation, forwards and backwards) and the wonderful OCR-B 10 bit. The Compacta seems to be a slightly different version as the bar on the T and similar features is slightly thicker on the album. Not sure if anyone has mentioned the fonts before in the thread.

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Do Breakers Trip sounds a lot like something Karl would've done during that brief solo phase when he was working with Brian Eno. you can practically hear his voice on the track