major organ & the adding machine

[everythingfallstogether]

what does this band sound like, i have heard they are good and would like to have a listen

[Christophe dininski]

I too would like to order this album but for some reason ( and usually this dosen't stop me) but I have heard such varying comments regarding it.
is it basically studio wanking by the said performers or is there actual substance of quality

[el topo]

It has patches of brilliance in it, and I wish the Athens folks would put out more albums like it. It's collaborative by nature, a project passed among different Athens bands as an experiment. It has a warm, let's-make-something-special-whether-or-not-anyone-likes-it feel. It feels like the last true Elephant 6 album. And everyone on these boards seems to hate it, which is depressing and which is probably why we're not going to get a sequel.

If you like the Music Tapes and the more experimental Olivia Tremor Control stuff, you might like it. It's a few songs and some noise and some weird things. Personally I think it's full of charm, and I enjoy listening to it.

[Lusitania]

I love Major Organ, as long as I'm in the right mood. It seems like a holiday album to me.

[Harnk]

I like it for what it is. Buried in the 'songs' you can hear strokes of Of Montreal, Music Tapes, NMH, and some OTC. I don't listen to it often, but I'm glad its there.

[thecauseofgauze]

i love it as well. i lent it to someone, and it was never returned to me... i want it back! and i like to get stoned when i listen to it.

[DrinkTeaEatBooks]

I like it, because it's like a big Elephant 6 Family Album.

Everyone always goes on about Jeff Mangum's input on this record, but there's so many points on this record where you just hear a vocal and just think 'Wow, that's Kevin Barnes!/Julian Koster!/Andrew Reiger!' etc etc etc. Sure, it's hardly a clear indie-pop masterpiece, but then, at no point does it try to be so.

And I do really like 'Water Dripping on Bread Makes Bread Taste Not So Tasty.'

[patman?]

I've heard so many bad things about it, that I stopped wanting to hear it. But now I want to again.

[boyindrag]

yeah, you relly must hear this album. it's a bit strange, bt it's really great.

[Harnk]

Originally posted by patman?
I've heard so many bad things about it, that I stopped wanting to hear it. But now I want to again.

Definitely buy it. Half-handed does not really like sound-collage/experimental/musique concrete...so don't listen to his opinion. It's pretty exciting, as far as silly albums go.

[WandaLeeandtheDrumMachine]

Right, I have always been a staunch supporter of the album, however I do find myself skipping tracks (which is of course heresy). Sometimes its too much, but sometimes... O man its unbelievable.

Speaking of sound collages Ive always assumed that Major Organ was simply a lighter poppier version of Frosted Ambassador or Black Swan Network... is this true?

[airplane]

major organ is silly. i would call it self-indulgent (not that thats bad), rather than innovative or experimental or anything. its pretty frightening though.

black swan network is great..

[Salman]

Frosted Ambassadors and the Black Swan Network are a lot more ambient. The Major Organ album is just a lot of fractured sounds, but there are a few tunes in there ie. verse/chorus/verse arrangements. It's a pretty decent record though. Get alone just for "Barry's Lung".

[wingedfeetxc]

I personally like it alot; it's...different. You have to be in the right mood for it. I kind of view it as the follow up album to "1st Imaginary Symphony for Noman". I hear a lot more of Julian Koster in there then I do Jeff or Kevin.

[hypecity]

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[charrrddddd]

It's quite a good album in my opinion. But you do have to be in the right mood.

[ObsoleteTimeMachine]

On weekends I like to blare "Life Form (Transmission Received)" from my car stereo and climb trees at breakneck pace, leaping from limb to limb and hoping for a parachute appendage to finally sprout from my back.

[yayablahblah]

francisco
francisco!
Youre truly
An angel!

[typewriters]

i love major organ
on the album there are about 3 or 4 actual "songs" and the rest is sound collage ala E6. its all really good