New Squarepusher album - 'Just A Souvenir' - monster bass album

[urb]

Hey there

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up on the new Pairsquasher album - it's absolutely awesome - I've been a fan of some of his older stuff and his last album 'Hello Everything' was good but a bit safe sounding - but I have struggled with his electro heavy drum and bass albums like 'Big Loada'... anyway....

This is staggering as he's once again played everything including great drums, classical guitar and of course loads of bass - in fact I think this is his most bass-heavy album to date. Not only that he uses distorted bass loads - slapping the hell out of it on a monster tune called 'Delta-V' - it's just rocking and sounds immense.

There are some contrasting bits of sub-classical on acoustic guitar, there's some messed up jazz and the album actually kicks off with two really hard funk tunes with some amazing picked bass lines - there's also a mad vocoder tune called 'Open Society' that has a full vocal track that sounds really kitsch - a bit like Air - really funk and psychedelic too.

As you can probably tell - I think it's awesome - and it's great to hear Tom on such hot form - playing how he likes on what he likes - his intention was to make a 'band' album and it's really worked.

I'm not sure when it's out but if you like what he does I think you'll dig it too.

Mike

[fumps]

Niiice

Caught the mighty Pusher at Glastonbury this year .......he was amazing. I danced like a bugger & was amazed at his bass lines. When he did Hello Meow i stood stock still all the way through.

I'll check this out

[jmesa]

Counting the days for this one. Saw him in Camber Sands recently and it was totally sick. The new stuff is silly good.

The guy is a legend and massively underrated round these parts..

[Alastair]

Ooo, howd you get a copy? Muso copy?

Cant wait. Hope it comes out on vinyl, I'll be buying it fo' sho'.

[jmesa]

[url="http://www.bleep.com/?bleep=WARPCDD161"]Some nice samples here[/url]

...until they took them down earlier.

Edited September 12, 2008 by jmesa

[urb]

[quote name='Alastair' post='282470' date='Sep 12 2008, 11:23 AM']Ooo, howd you get a copy? Muso copy?

Cant wait. Hope it comes out on vinyl, I'll be buying it fo' sho'.[/quote]

Sorry I was sent a 'watermarked' preview copy so even I'm barely allowed to even 'look' at it or the copyright police will come knocking - but seriously I'm a music journo so I was lucky to get a white label - though SP is one artist that I will happily pay for Cds and gig tickets... he's on scary good form on this one.

M

[ZMech]

Damn you! I would have been perfectly happy not knowing about this album until the day it came out, now instead i have to wait in anticipation for over a month!

[quote name='fumps' post='282453' date='Sep 12 2008, 11:11 AM']Caught the mighty Pusher at Glastonbury this year .......he was amazing. I danced like a bugger & was amazed at his bass lines. When he did Hello Meow i stood stock still all the way through.

I'll check this out[/quote]

definitely didn't know he was playing at Glasto, may have actually gone if i had. lucky sod.

[Alastair]

[quote name='urb' post='282498' date='Sep 12 2008, 11:44 AM']Sorry I was sent a 'watermarked' preview copy so even I'm barely allowed to even 'look' at it or the copyright police will come knocking - but seriously I'm a music journo so I was lucky to get a white label - though SP is one artist that I will happily pay for Cds and gig tickets... he's on scary good form on this one.

M[/quote]
Fair play

[fumps]

[quote name='Zach' post='282516' date='Sep 12 2008, 11:57 AM']Damn you! I would have been perfectly happy not knowing about this album until the day it came out, now instead i have to wait in anticipation for over a month!



definitely didn't know he was playing at Glasto, may have actually gone if i had. lucky sod.[/quote]


Awww dude........he did the Glade.......my god it was orgasmic at points. The crowd was going mental at parts.

This year was the Best Glastonbury i've been to Ever!!!!

[dr.funk]

Thanks for the heads up I am looking forward to this. I have been really enjoying listening to the BBC Proms set at Koko (although annoyingly the videos have been removed from youtube) and was going to get Feed Me Weird things but this sounds good

[dr.funk]

Delta V is here: [url="http://www.myspace.com/warprecords"]Warp Myspace[/url]

Reminds me of Primus

Edited September 12, 2008 by dr.funk

[jmesa]

Feed Me Weird Things is a classic

[urb]

[quote name='dr.funk' post='282628' date='Sep 12 2008, 01:40 PM']Delta V is here: [url="http://www.myspace.com/warprecords"]Warp Myspace[/url]

Reminds me of Primus[/quote]

It's WAY better than Primus... dare I say

[wotnwhy]

thanks for the heads up! whats the official release date?

[wotnwhy]

just listened to Delta V. wonderfull!!

[velvetkevorkian]

Sounds like Pitchshifter.

[Scorchin]

Damnit, why are you doing this to me?!?!

[jmesa]

This is available now on [url="http://www.bleep.com/?bleep=WARPCDD161"]download[/url].

This album is SICK. All there is to it really.

[urb]

[quote name='jmesa' post='284472' date='Sep 15 2008, 07:30 PM']This is available now on [url="http://www.bleep.com/?bleep=WARPCDD161"]download[/url].

This album is SICK. All there is to it really.[/quote]

Cool man - glad you got it - it's killing isn't it?

M

[Kiwi]

[url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2008/nov/10/squarepusher-session-live"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2008...er-session-live[/url]

This clip he did for the Guardian is quite nice.

[acidbass]

I got the album last week from the internet and was largely disappointed (as discussed in another thread somewhere on here!). I'd never heard his music before, and decided to give it a listen after many good reviews on BC, but sadly the first track on the album is the only one I'd go back to.

I'm not normally a fan of Jazz-tinged music though, so perhaps I jumped in at the deep end!

Oh well, horses for courses I suppose