Post your unpopular opinions.

[magma]

matthew macconaughey is a bit overrated.
He is huge in true detective, dallas buyer club etc and all but he always make the same role, looks like the same character in different films. And when he does a different thing like a bit of comedy he is horrible

My lady said this to me the other day and I argued before realising that I was rolling Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Gosling into one.

He's good, but not a great.

[jrkhnds]

I ran out of space for records.

[hubb]

matthew macconaughey is a bit overrated.
He is huge in true detective, dallas buyer club etc and all but he always make the same role, looks like the same character in different films. And when he does a different thing like a bit of comedy he is horrible

My lady said this to me the other day and I argued before realising that I was rolling Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Gosling into one.

He's good, but not a great.

who?

btw I reckon acting is overrated and that it's only about directing.

[garethom]

This might be the dumbest thing of late in underground music.

New label from Vessel & Ossia, called "FuckPunk" ( ), who operate under the ethos "Get off your ass and stop making vanilla music". Not sure you can say shit like that when your first release is a Pulse edit, just cos it's on a transparent 5" dubplate.

Maybe I would've once thought this was cool, but it's just... dumb. I've only heard the tune on this instagram post, but it honestly sounds awful b2b just like any of the hundreds of other Pulse edits. But fair ones, if people like that, then that's cool. However, then to restrict it to something that will seriously degrade after a few plays is just beyond dumb. This isn't a vinyl vs digital thing, as that's been discussed many times, and I'm all in support of labels doing what they want. This just seems needlessly disrespectful tbh.

Perhaps I'm just jaded, but this is just a bit "my first cultural rebellion" for my liking. "Hur hur, let's put Bob Marley on Pulse X. Hur hur, it's the first release, but let's make the catalog number 003. Hurrrr, we're better than anybody else putting out music on dumb vinyl or digital which people will actually be able to listen to." I just wonder why they're even bothering to release it at all.

[Liam92]

Pulse X needs to fuck off tbh

[RKM]

like i'd add my thoughts but really you've nailed it garethom, how many years back did percy come out and bristol's still getting gassed off youngstar

[Riddles]

Pulse X needs to fuck off tbh

[nowaysj]

Pulse X needs to fuck off tbh

Which iteration of the fractal are we at with this?

[jrkhnds]

am I the only one who thinks this "label" wants to ridicule all these "cultural revolution" guys? it's ironic-ironic?
rwdfwd said this:

You’ll look best playing this record whilst wearing your favourite blackmarket ‘Marley’ tshirt, an old cape from your fancy-dress box and a pair of old socks, slung around your neck to keep you warm whilst you look good.

imho just an expensive pisstake.

[garethom]

Perhaps, in which case, it's even more cringey and disrespectful to fans of theirs imo.

Update: The tune runs for 50 seconds.

[nowaysj]

[jrkhnds]

how is it disrespectful? they're offering a shit product at a shit price. it's not their fault some punters like to spend $$$ on crap.

[garethom]

Because of exactly that. Tape-Echo crew is well respected, has a lot of fans, and they're either putting out a dumb product (no problems with that, I just think it's dumb), or willingly putting out ship to rip them off for jokes. If you go out to get an expensive laugh out of your fans knowing they'll buy it and further fund their job (which is a dream job for many of their fans), that's pretty disrespectful to them imo.

[jrkhnds]

I see your point and I can agree with most of it, but I don't think it was about cashing in... the production costs must've easily hit ten quid per unit, no? even if they make three quid with each item sold, that's a grand total of 60 pounds, which might be just enough for a beer per person involved. (I'm aware most vinyl labels are happy to break even, but that's not the point now.)
and spending 30£ on a 12" testpress with hand-drawn artwork on it (looking good imho) wouldn't be the dumbest thing either of us have ever done when it comes to our music purchases, I'm sure.

[Phigure]

i think its funny

no one is forcing anyone to buy it

[Shum]

^ yeah free market innit.

[OGLemon]

this instagram post

WACK

[wubstep]

It is indeed a bit lame, but the other releases could be really good.

Stuart Argabright/Pete Swanson/Vessel
MX LX
Giant Swan

Looking forward to them.

[hubb]

The absurder the format the better tbh
...like you would have to 'crack it' to get to listen.

For example

getting a puppy to eat a usb drive and sell that

or draw a qr code on a manhole cover and sell that

[RKM]

imo buy it and hit up next young echo night, dash your copy at the decks and spend rest of night gobbing on the djs
let em know you think punks back too