New Album: Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future (March 18, 2016)

[Dino3D]

I especially love that the japan's back cover doesn't mention 23 as a bonus track (just on the obi strip), so it feels like more a proper album track.

[ThingInABook]

hello, i came to float.

in fact, i decided to appear today cos i got my book+cd version yesterday (i used to wait months for my underworld records and now...). when i opened the mailer, the first thing i read was:

"written & recorded in Essex & Chile"

look at that. my fave band recorded in my home country and i had no idea. i was totally freaking out. look at me, a regular adult hugging a record somewhere in montreal. so yeah, when i got back home, i realized that the things i used to point and laugh from the record (the luna, luna, luna lyrics and the "santiago cuatro" name) made loads of sense.

The "luna, luna, luna/in love with" in If Rah might be a direct translation of the chrous of this song:



luna, luna, luna/tu sabes que la quiero (moon, moon, moon/you know i love her)

so yeah, this is a popular song in chile, i think it's played in every party. i know the lyrics by heart, i'm not joking. it's an old saund song (saund is the phonetic pronunciation of the word "sound", which was popular genre of tropical music during the '90s) and some people even chant the chorus when they see a full moon (me included). probably karl overheard the lyrics somewhere.

also, i said during my rants in twitter of how much i dislike Barbara, Barbara that Santiago Cuatro sounds like a Nueva Musica Chilena/Neofolklor track, cos it honestly sounds like that. oh yeah, another coincidence.

i think i've overlooked Barbara for what it is. i think i'm gonna sit down, shut up and listen the thing during the weekend.

[Dunwho]

That is a fantastic bit of information that gives a whole new light to Karl's lyrics and further links to Chile. Thanks for that, really fantastic! Would never have known

[Mike]

It looks like If Rah could be the next "single" release:

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by Mike

It looks like If Rah could be the next "single" release:

Actually, it looks like it's going to be Nylon Strung on April 8, at least in Japan:

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/ny...e/id1097002677

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Actually, it looks like it's going to be Nylon Strung on April 8, at least in Japan:

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/ny...e/id1097002677

Hopefully we'll get some remixes of Nylon Strung. Looks like the single for I Exhale wasn't released on iTunes Japan - guess that's why the Koze mix is included. I'll save my ¥300 for something else...

[BishBash]

Nice that they're releasing the DJ Koze remix of I Exhale as part of the single.

Originally Posted by amhilde

Karl signs stuff like an artist would a painting or any other piece of art.

That box set is lovely!

Speaking of art, what do we know about the front cover artwork? Who did it?
The face looks a bit like Nancy Sinatra. I'm can't decide if that's a photo under the paint stokes..

[holden]

Whether its "If Rah" or "Nylon Strung" or both as singles, would be great if they came with some B sides or UW alt mixes...

[skyscraper101]

I'd love a more upbeat remix of If Rah with those stabby chords. Be nice if they would provide the stems

[Dino3D]

Finally my japanese CD arrived today!!!