14. Sundown (2:16)

[In_The_Annexe]

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This track's beginning sounded very similar to the likes of "Corsair" from Geogaddi.

Sundown was a pretty nice track... in terms of mood and feeling, it starts out with a sense of solace and slight melancholy but finishes in a dense hard hitting kick in the head that makes me feel a little uneasy after being drowned in the warm textured synths and washed out cadence that the track starts out with.

I found, that the album really picked up on the second half (even though the whole album was very engaging )

jacquard causeway is still my best buddy.

[honeypower]

yeah this song was beautiful

[In_The_Annexe]

the beginning actually sounds EXACTLY like the beginning of "CORSAIR" from Geogaddi

I swear it's even the same sample.

[re-phaelam-ed]

the beginning actually sounds EXACTLY like the beginning of "CORSAIR" from Geogaddi

I swear it's even the same sample.

i just came on to post re: that same thing re: this track.
remember they said they did something like 400 tracks while making geogaddi.
perhaps sundown was the track that was gonna follow corsair on one of the versions of the geogaddi while they were in the mixing process.

[In_The_Annexe]

definitely a possibility and an interesting idea. I swear, hearing it again made me shoot up and check the track I was listening to.

[IanRedpoint]

Great track but I found the start of it uncannily like a track I did as French Curves a couple of years ago (and Corsair obviously). Not saying they copied me (they undoubtedly didn't) or that mine is better (it's not) but it made me smile.

https://soundcloud.com/french-curves/failure-rate

[In_The_Annexe]

Great track but I found the start of it uncannily like a track I did as French Curves a couple of years ago (and Corsair obviously). Not saying they copied me (they undoubtedly didn't) or that mine is better (it's not) but it made me smile.

https://soundcloud.com/french-curves/failure-rate

it really is uncanny how much the beginning sounds like Corsair.

[sithlord999]

There's a moment toward the end of this track that sounds exactly like the beginning of that Reforestation Area video that was brought up during the whole RSD code hunt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wns8vsbJ7Ls

Just thought that was kind of neat.

[IanRedpoint]

Great track but I found the start of it uncannily like a track I did as French Curves a couple of years ago (and Corsair obviously). Not saying they copied me (they undoubtedly didn't) or that mine is better (it's not) but it made me smile.

https://soundcloud.com/french-curves/failure-rate

it really is uncanny how much the beginning sounds like Corsair.

True. A subconscious influence to be sure.

I think it was the chord sequence on Sundown as much as the texture that sounded familiar.

[thinkdontpray]

was sitting outside at work tonight listening to nothing is real and watching this sunset



then sundown came on and it all hit me hard

what a song. what an album.

[CorsairOnRepeat]

Corsair! Yes. Beautiful sunset..your photo makes me think of a distant nuclear disaster.

[GeogEddie]

I could do with a whole album of BoC tracks like this. No beats or vocals or quirky samples, just dark, moody ambient. I think this track will have staying power long after the hooks in the catchier tracks have started to wear a bit thin.

[thinkdontpray]

when i took that picture i kept thinking it looks as if theres a fire in the sky

but combine that view, with this song.

wowzers

and yes i just said wowzers

[GeometricPish]

Sundown really reminds me of something Oneohtrix Point Never would have done on his early records

[radiateme]

was sitting outside at work tonight listening to nothing is real and watching this sunset



then sundown came on and it all hit me hard

what a song. what an album.

Must have been amazing! Nice pic.

[egbdf]

This song doesn't seem to be getting as much discussion. So far I've found the more ambient tracks are the better ones on this album. Sundown is no exception. As folks have mentioned, starts out sounding exactly like Corsair. Ends up being more serene and barren and 80's sci-fi sounding, and less sad than Corsair.

[In_The_Annexe]

This song doesn't seem to be getting as much discussion. So far I've found the more ambient tracks are the better ones on this album. Sundown is no exception. As folks have mentioned, starts out sounding exactly like Corsair. Ends up being more serene and barren and 80's sci-fi sounding, and less sad than Corsair.

I adored Sundown from the very beginning, it's opening is a nice reference to Geogaddi and you really can't hear anything quite like it in their discography(except the opening of course) ;P

The bass synth gives it a sort of insurgence that has a lot of hidden meaning.

[mc10101]

It was going to be Corsair at my funeral, but now I'm slightly torn
This piece is a great example of BOC's exquisite sense of pace within the album. In fact the whole construction of TH is masterly

[Parameters]

My favourite track. It's beautifully... 'organic'. I think it is also their greatest talent, the soundscape. A pared-back album of tracks like this, Slow This Bird Down, etc, would be incredible.

[Amo Bishop Roden]

I'm in a toss up between this and Jacquard Causeway as my favorite new track. Seriously though, BoC are the masters of the synth-drone. This song floors me with emotion.