active child

[ameraal]

after his resounding success in the last song for moopy , i think active child deserves a thread

i love his entire EP and his latest single with its weird, weird video

Active Child - I'm In Your Church At Night from Active Child on Vimeo.

[Win_the_game]

I literally just posted this in my countdown.

I've been listening to this and said slated asfm entry loads recently.

[ameraal]

it's magical

[ameraal]

new album is coming
i'm currently in love with hanging on

[Mats]

sounds great. could you put some choice cuts in the church?

[northernlad]

Oh ameraal, it would seem you and I are very much on the same page musically, at least in regards to current music. I love this guy. "When Your Love Is Safe" was probably my favourite song of last year... I think I put "Wilderness" in my top 20 list too. This is the first time I'm hearing the new single though, it's good. And yay Mats for taking an interest.

[ameraal]

yay, northern lad
i've literally been living on active child the last few days, i didn't think it would, but his music works a treat for long, stress free days by the pool

[northernlad]

He's had the new album streaming on HypeM since Monday. Reviews are similiar to Washed Out for the most part - a few brilliant tracks, but everything else sort of blends together with little depth. So far I think it's one of the most beautiful albums I've heard in ages... and the lowkey tracks seem like growers.

http://activechildmusic.com/2011/08/...-hype-machine/

[ameraal]

had this on repeat over the weekend
love it

the album trailer is wonderful

[ameraal]

i can't stop listening to this record
his wonderful falsetto/harp/synth combo is so very lovely and so very him

amazing

[northernlad]

God he's just everything, isn't he? I think this will definately end up my favourite album this year. Did you get the bonus track, "Call Me Tonight", Am? It's a bit more upbeat and pop than his usual fare but just amazing.

[Mats]

boo it's not on Spotify

[ameraal]

God he's just everything, isn't he? I think this will definately end up my favourite album this year. Did you get the bonus track, "Call Me Tonight", Am? It's a bit more upbeat and pop than his usual fare but just amazing.

no! thanks for the heads up

i can't single out a favourite they're just all quite amazing, but if i had to besides 11/10 track hangin' on it'd have to be boombastic see thru eyes and the knife-esque way too fast (the bass on that is subtly mindblowing)

[ameraal]

oh and high priestess obviously!

and johnny belinda

[Mats]

had a slow start but practically living for this album now. Johnny Belinda is such a great closer

[Johnkm]

I'm about a year late, but I am loving I'm In Your Church At Night, I rediscovered it on a blog recently and I'm loving it, despite the video which I have no idea what it is supposed to mean at all. Anyway I'm downloading the new album NOW, is it more of the same then?

[ameraal]

yup, but darker

[Win_the_game]

I've got a muscial backlog at the moment so I've just got round to listening to this. I absolutely love it. I can't stop listening to 'Hanging On' and 'Ivy'. The harp-synth combo is so lovely on the latter, it really doesn't require any vocals.

[Mats]

I just gave the official remix of Hanging On a whirl. wow

[Ozymandias]

That remix makes me swoon

I think everything they have done is lovely.

[northernlad]

^It's a ONE MAN SHOW (unless you generally include producers in such pronouncements). That remix is tied with the original for my favourite song of the year now. I just don't know which is better. More black chorists please. Also further investigation reveals he's not bad on the eyes either... he looks entirely COMMON in photographs but rather nice in motion. Now to see him live (as the current tour is just ending).

[Ozymandias]

Oh I know. I always say 'they' even in the singular for some reason

I might try and get tickets for them also.

[Mats]

I think he's playing in London in mid-October

why do they never make the trip across the pond? BOO

[ameraal]

new video for johnny belinda



it makes me so sad that so few people have heard about this guy
he is amazing

[funky]

I seem to have missed this thread

I hope I remember to check it out properly when I get back to London

[Mats]

he was absolutely breathtaking live. aural bliss (and quite the eye candy )

[Mats]

where did Ozymandias go?

[Madison]

Try looking in the desert.