the forthcoming Arca album 'Xen' available November 3rd (4th in US) on Mute.
the forthcoming Arca album 'Xen' available November 3rd (4th in US) on Mute.
1. Now You Know
2. Held Apart
3. Xen
4. Sad Bitch
5. Sisters
6. Slit Thru
7. Failed
8. Family Violence
9. Thievery
10. Lonely Thugg
11. Fish
12. Wound
13. Bullet Chained
14. Tongue
15. Promise
01. Now You Know
02. Held Apart
03. Xen
04. Sad Bitch
05. Sisters
06. Slit Thru
07. Failed
08. Family Violence
09. Thievery
10. Lonely Thugg
11. Fish
12. Wound
13. Bullet Chained
14. Tongue
15. Promise
 
Hyped!
Limited vinyl release for this – very interesting and pre-ordered already :):
“Limited edition deluxe vinyl, includes exclusive 10″, with Arca material unavailable elsewhere or digitally. This vinyl edition of only 500 copies is sealed in a hand numbered PVC bag.”
http://arcalightbox.sandbaghq.com/arca-xen-pre-order.html
Just did the same.
did you get yours? Sandbag sent me the standard vinyl and the limited is now sold out! super, super p*ssed >:0(
It’s been sent out, so expecting it to get here early next week. But you ordered yours before me, and still didn’t get the limited version? That’s crazy, especially since the store seems to imply there are copies left.
so has this leaked? I’ve checked all the websites and haven’t seemed to have found it yet, so either I’m stupid and I’m missing something or it hasn’t leaked
I also checked all the regular leak websites, no leak
I can confirm that the leak is legit.
where at though?
Very weak to me. I had such high hopes for this album and was definitely the most anticipated record for me this year. After one listen i felt so disappointed. To me i feel like Arca isn’t capable of conceptualizing his sound without making it monotone. I miss the schizophrenic feel that was present at Sketch 1 and 2. I hoped that he would have done a masterpiece like HudMo’s Butter or something like that where he just goes with his guts, but this just left a weird empty feeling inside me.
i’m generally not “that girl” but i can’t help but be disappointed that he’s stopped integrating vocals like he used to. without it his songs feel.. flat? & didn’t have much in the way of vocals but it still had a different energy than this. i guess i need to listen more because i’m not really all that impressed so far
There are definitely a few gems but this is pretty spot on. It feels like a movie soundtrack at times, like we’re missing the visuals to complete it and without them the music just feels hollow. Really hoping the final master and/or repeated listens changes this feeling.