Dublo7
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I was just in the middle of studying genetic engineering, I got bored (as I do), and started to listen to De-loused in the Comatorium.
The Mars Volta are one of the few bands nowadays that truly embrace the album. Albums like De-Loused and Frances the Mute are made to be listened to, from start to finish. It feels wrong to arbitrarily choose and listen to a single song within the album without listening to what came before and what will follow.
I believe that a well formed album can be just as affecting as the most beautiful of paintings and most insightful of novels, which is why I do my best to pay attention to artists that still believe in the album as a means of expression.
In this thread, I don't really want to talk about past artists that have utilised the album as an art form. Instead I think we should talk about the current artists that are doing it.
Yesterday, for the first time in a long time, I listened to Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree. This is a perfect example of an album that flows, sticks to a concept/theme, and of whose songs just aren't the same unless they're played in complete succession of one another.
Another honorable mention goes to Opeth. Albums like Still life, Watershed, and Ghost Reveries, I feel, are albums that must be listened from the beginning to the end to be totally appreciated.
Who are your favourite contemporary artists that are still sticking with the album?
The Mars Volta are one of the few bands nowadays that truly embrace the album. Albums like De-Loused and Frances the Mute are made to be listened to, from start to finish. It feels wrong to arbitrarily choose and listen to a single song within the album without listening to what came before and what will follow.
I believe that a well formed album can be just as affecting as the most beautiful of paintings and most insightful of novels, which is why I do my best to pay attention to artists that still believe in the album as a means of expression.
In this thread, I don't really want to talk about past artists that have utilised the album as an art form. Instead I think we should talk about the current artists that are doing it.
Yesterday, for the first time in a long time, I listened to Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree. This is a perfect example of an album that flows, sticks to a concept/theme, and of whose songs just aren't the same unless they're played in complete succession of one another.
Another honorable mention goes to Opeth. Albums like Still life, Watershed, and Ghost Reveries, I feel, are albums that must be listened from the beginning to the end to be totally appreciated.
Who are your favourite contemporary artists that are still sticking with the album?