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

[khouri]

HC's Moon in Water on Barking is one of my favorite UW tracks ever, and I would welcome more along those lines. But "I Exhale" leaves something to be desired.

[Oxheart]

I Exhale is sweet. High Contrast is a talented producer who can turn his hand to lots of different styles. But he can certainly churn out party happy d&B when the bank manager needs him to

[skyscraper101]

Not really sure about I Exhale. It's a bit electro pop, LCD Soudsystem-esque. Not really my bag. Prefer the atmospheric synths, banging b-lines and techno beats of old. I really hope there it's not all like this on the album.

[holden]

"Shining Future part 2" sampler appeared on Rhapsody this morning. I haven't seen an announcement elsewhere yet....Anyone else come across it?

Contains excerpts from "I Exhale", a nylon guitar number (Santiago Cuatro?) that morphs into a subtle blippy beats with a humming/chant underneath, and third track that has some comforting, echoed vocals, more acoustic guitar and a hypnotic synth pattern.

Overall, i'm pretty excited for this album. All the except tracks (save the first of pt 1 and "I Exhale") remind me very much of the mood of the RiverRun series.

[TheBang]

Preview here (if you're not a subscriber):

http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/under...ng-future-pt-2

Definitely Santiago Cuatro, with the guitar sounding very much like the radio show version.

[holden]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Preview here (if you're not a subscriber):

http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/under...ng-future-pt-2

Definitely Santiago Cuatro, with the guitar sounding very much like the radio show version.

Too funny...Rhapsody offers a 30 second sample of a sampler track! Reminds me of the radio show where UW played snippets of the new album (was it OWB?) that were seconds long, at best.

Full Shining Future pt 2 is 3:37. Listening on repeat on headphones, it's good!
Wonder why this made it to Rhapsody of all places without announcement?

(p.s. am i the only person left on earth with a Rhapsody account? It's not great, used to be better when you could purchase tracks, but now its essentially unlimited tracks on your device with monthly subscription).

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by holden

(p.s. am i the only person left on earth with a Rhapsody account?).

It's quite possible. FYI - It's up on Spotify now here in the States. (Headphones on - pressing play) I'm sure this will make its way to Soundcloud very soon.

[gcoleman99]

Originally Posted by holden

(p.s. am i the only person left on earth with a Rhapsody account? It's not great, used to be better when you could purchase tracks, but now its essentially unlimited tracks on your device with monthly subscription).

No, you're not. I actually discovered this track before I saw this post.

[TheBang]

Yeah, agreed. I think it's just slowly rolling out across the platforms.

Here's the Spotify link:

https://player.spotify.com/album/797NuNHVTW349p9j9RpLRS

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Yeah, agreed. I think it's just slowly rolling out across the platforms.

Here's the Spotify link:

https://player.spotify.com/album/797NuNHVTW349p9j9RpLRS

the Play button is greyed out for me.