Josh: oh shit, this
is happening
Judd: wait for me,
let's listen together
Josh: okay. I NEED
SUPPLIES
Judd: omg me too...
just preparing a beverage and possibly a sarnie. now is the time for the toilet
break
Josh: YEAH
Judd: I'm ready.
Josh: Truly?
Judd: you tell me
when to countdown. unless you're preparing a full dinner or something. which is
totally understandable
Josh: I cut up an
apple and got some peanut butter crackers
Judd: ahhh perfect
Josh: okay
Judd: phew
Josh: count
Judd: right. 3, 2,
1 - - -
Nikes starts.
Josh: here goes;
what we waited two years for... or something
Judd: so would
this be around the 8th or 9th time you've listened to this song today
Josh: yeah
Judd: nice
Josh: except this
is different cuz it doesn't have the deeper voice
Judd: oh yeah... "I
got twooooo versions"
Josh: right. ouch,
that out of key
Judd: bit more
straightforward without the deep voice
Josh: I think I
like the deep voice version more; I like what it added. I don't like this one
as much
Judd: no, me
neither.
Ivy starts.
Judd: this sounds
like country next to Nikes
Josh: apparently
Kendrick is on here
Judd: oooooh
Pink + White starts.
Josh: I'm sort of
bummed the rest isn't as experimental as the first song
Judd: yeah :/
Josh: this isn't a
bad song, though
Judd: I like
what's going on here. I guess that's Beyonce
Be Yourself starts.
Josh: i guess that
was his mom telling him not to be a weedhead
Judd: aye
Solo starts.
Judd: he does have
a lovely voice
Josh: it's not
blowing me away so far
Judd: nah, me
neither. still a good chunk of album left, it's still got time to drop a train
on Coloring Book
Skyline To starts.
Josh: Kendrick was
supposed to have been on that last one
Judd: seriously
Self Control and Good Guy start
and end, then we're onto Nights.
Josh: there's some
nice harmonies here and there, like towards the end of "Skyline To"
Judd: yeah, and
that last one especially
Josh: this album
sounds like shit, though - tons of clipping and stuff. this is sorta weird. a
lot of this seems really similar
Judd: it's all
kinda low-key, but not really ballads
Josh: it's one
song after another of Frank singing pretty consistently; the features are
buried
Judd: yep. I think
so far my favourite moment has just been the first five seconds...
"niKEEEEEEEE". ooh, I didn't realise this was the same track
Josh: they all
sound like demos. how did this take 4 years
Judd: it's
probably crappy to say, but damn I wish I could hear the influences more
Josh: what were
the influences? I couldn't find that part
Judd: "Influencers"
- Prince, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The
Beatles, The Beach Boys
Solo starts.
Josh: ooh, there's
Andre 3000
Judd: ooh yes
Josh: he might be
my favorite moment of Channel Orange
Judd: ah, he's
great on it. man, I want to listen to Super Rich Kids or something.
Pretty Sweet starts.
Judd: whoa what
the fuck... cripes, alright then. I wonder what Beach Boys and Beatles he was
listening to? you can hardly hear any of those people in this. it does seem to
get weirder as it goes along, but it's all a bit dreary
A few tracks down the
line to White Ferrari.
Josh: this one is
supposed to be good.... twiddles thumbs. that's a reference to the Beatles, "spending
each day of the year"
Judd: ooh, good
choice of song there, if I may be so snobbish
Josh: how is this
the song that's supposed to be so good
Judd: yes, this
sounds like every other song. gawd.
Josh: apparently
the popup shop version of the album was different
Judd: ah
Josh: what the
fuck, why did you just have a cool beat like that and just put it in the
background for 5 seconds
Judd: ikrrrrrr, that
made me think the tables were about to be TURNED
Seigfried starts.
Judd: but here's
this now
Josh: so, maybe
the album is better... if you got it... from the store
Judd: perhaps -
maybe this is punishment
Josh: maybe
Judd: maybe the
popup version actually has Kendrick. I wouldn't be surprised if he deliberately
sabotaged this, tbh. that seems almost exactly like something he'd pull
Josh: I'M SO BORED
Judd: grunt. I
didn't go into this thinking Nikes would be the most fun thing on here. this one's
a little nicer to listen to than usual even though it's murky as balls
Josh: is this a
joke. are you hearing this
Judd: what
happened to the high frequencies... if you played this on speakers they'd blow.
josh this can't be the album. that's my deduction
Godspeed begins.
Josh: the pop up
one has to be better, right
Judd: surely...
surely.
Futura Free starts.
Judd: was it last
August (albeit earlier in the month) where a consensus was agreed between the
two of us along the lines of "FUCK YOU FRANK"? poetically, we may be
coming close to reaching a similar consensus almost exactly a year later
Josh: sigh. oh,
there's, like, a beat this time
(dead air)
Judd: oh, I SEE
Josh: really,
you're doing this again, Frank? all right, we'll wait
'Hidden' track starts.
Judd: I quite like
that little track he's using for all the spoken word stuff
Hidden track
continues.
Judd: make it stop
Hidden track
continues.
Judd: frank
Josh: what the
fuck, there's one Apple Music version and then there's three different versions
that come with the magazines
Judd: he's a step
ahead of Kanye. I bet he really has made this the crappiest version on purpose.
what could be worse than this ffs
Josh: it's just
painful static
Judd: man, I thought this would be some kinda Pyramids-style
closer
Josh: "On my
version of Nikes, its a rap verse in Japanese by someone I dont know. Its also
completely different than track in the music video". no, this can't
seriously be happening
Judd: it's over. well,
I have no words
Josh: HOW CAN IT
POSSIBLY SUCK
Judd: you wouldn't believe how good Channel Orange sounds
right about now
Josh: Oh, I'm
listening to "Pink Matter"
Judd: lovely stuff
Josh: I'm
listening to "Forrest Gump," and I slightly feel like shedding a tear
Judd: I'm on Pilot Jones and it's depressing me that it
could actually come from the new one
Josh: where's the
"Bad Religion," Frank? what happened to that? NO. IT'S JUST... SO
SUBSTANDARD. IT'S LIKE A COLLECTION OF DEMOS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE ALBUM
Oh well.
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