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RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:09 pm
by the-voice-of-reason
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=9246

have to say i agree , the tunes are average at best

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:24 pm
by maxism
completely disagree, think both tracks are big.

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:22 pm
by fractal
maxism wrote:completely disagree, think both tracks are big.
It's like the reviewer hasn't been on a dancefloor in the past year

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:27 pm
by Dub_freak
maxism wrote:completely disagree, think both tracks are big.

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:41 pm
by mIrReN
Ignorance is bliss :H:


Now I'm going to listen to some more Jamie :i: :U:

lol Jamie XX is from the XX? That explains why I found the XX at suggestions xD

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:43 pm
by Words
mIrReN wrote:Ignorance is bliss :H:


Now I'm going to listen to some more Jamie :i: :U:

lol Jamie XX is from the XX? That explains why I found the XX at suggestions xD
reviewer seems more elitist than ignorant

1.5 is petty, takes away from the review even if it makes some sound points

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:45 pm
by gnome
I completely disagree.

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:50 pm
by tacospheros
fractal wrote:
maxism wrote:completely disagree, think both tracks are big.
It's like the reviewer hasn't been on a dancefloor in the past year


seriously. and i'm no jamie xx fanboy, but Far Nearer kills it on the dancefloor EVERYTIME, and i think it has soul. melancholy soul. the steel drums DONT push it over the edge, they actually give the tune some character. I think it's the reviewers own distorted worldview that has him hearing some Burial every time someone pitches a vocal down. i wouldn't give this tune a 10/10 but come on now. 1.5 out of 5? i don't even know what to say. save all the bile and hate for skrillex reviews.


also the comments section is equally nauseating. i dont know what those people's problem is...

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:04 pm
by Words
a point the writer doesnt acknowledge is that the tracks were made long before the elements that sound sort of obvious now became post-dubstep cliches... the checklist the writer refers to at the end was practically part written by jamie xx was it not?

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:45 am
by fractal
^exactly my thoughts. Just goes to show how silly it is to critique aesthetics as they are relative to the audience. What's funny is people get paid to spout such drivel

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:00 pm
by kentnz
This is bollix

edit: the review that is

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:37 pm
by Phyalow
I like it.

Re: RA Reviews: Jamie XX - Far Nearer

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:21 am
by Staley
The song is mediocre at best. The vocals really annoy me. That being said, it's still not deserving of the uber harsh criticism the reviewer dished out.