I'm ~4/5 of the way through the second to last track and shit is . I LUV U S. DUBZ. Album of the year. Sorry if I missed an earlier thread or if this belongs in the ysi megathread but whatever. If this hasn't been posted here yet then I consider it penance enough to balance out having spent my freshman year of college trolling you guys. DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD:

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Is this the new album?!!

*speechless*

nice work! i've been wanting to hear this since I heard he signed to 4AD...

still downloading right now - can't wait to hear it!

Yeah, no doubt... nice job! I'm just getting started listening to this right now.
Sounds VERY eccentric so far.

i don't know who you are but i love you.

Oh I used to be Jerkass if you were wasting your life on this board about a year and a half ago. Man, track nine is such an awesome freakout. Scott Walker you crazy son of a bitch don't ever change, except maybe to lose the combover.

i vaguely remember you.

he was a good looking lad back in the day. thanks again for this, i've been anxiously awaiting it.

Today is a good day in the history of leaks. I've already heard this once (I got it elswhere and I think it's better than Tilt. the lyrics are more fun, scary and "I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY" made me lol

In 20 years time will people not say things like "Did you know OK Computer and Ladies and Gentlemen.. came out on the same day" but say "Didi you know that album A and album B leaked on the same day"

Do you mean The Raconteurs also leaking today? Or something else?

yeah Raconteurs, two albums i've been waiting to hear for a while.

i have never heard Scott Walker, is this going to be a good starting point?

*and shortly there after Phil realized that it did not matter if this was a good starting point, and decided to click the link, and will find out for himself if he will digs this. opinions may soon follow*

you might want to start with scott 2. it was in the ysi thread a while ago, i'm sure someone will re-up it for you if you ask politely.

hmm... whatever i was expected it wasn't what I got in "Cossacks Are"
but i still am really digging it.
is his earlier stuff that much different? for some reason I always assumed he was just this acoustic crooner. kind of makes me think of Nick Cave (vocally at least)

I am going to upload Scott 4 which features two of my favorite songs ever, "Dutchess" and "Rhymes of Goodbye."

scott is a weirdo. sometimes brilliant. other times, unbearable.

TPC you are amazing.

Scott 4:

hxxp://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2SN8ES2CIG8183SICMTHHS1K6J

The link to The Drift is now dead, a re-up would be nice...

wow! I need to get up earlier.

Hopefully it's on .

Like the Clipse said: REUP PLZ

I really don't understand the rampant popularity this guy has recieved as of late. However, carry on.

So, is Dan Bejar sitting in a room somewhere jerking off to this as we speak (or board or whatever this is called)?

this album kinda sucks.

This album is nuts! It really is a tough listen. I think Scott has been in seclusion for too long.

I'm willing to re-up it, but I can't until I get home tonight.

Does anyone have Scott's first solo album? I can't seem to track down my copy.

yeah, this is getting filed under "unbearable."

I have nothing better to do so I'll re-up Drift and do Scott as well. They probably won't be done before I leave for class though. I also just had an unholy itunes fuckup yesterday so if anyone can up Scott 3 or Tilt I would luv u.

I'll throw Scott 3 up tonight (probably sometime after 6:00)

Thanks mang. Scott O.G. went up really fast so let me know if I accidentally uploaded an art history paper or something.

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and the drift:

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He is the O.G.! Thanks a lot.

Look for Scott 3 shortly.

For those of you looking for more...


"Scott 3"
hxxp://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1PN9YKKO8YXHF3EG8NZQF510PB

I don't think i am in love with this, but i certainly will keep listening to it, and try to understand what the hell is going on.

I'm really liking this new one so far...

New Scott Walker interview:

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/BT/scott_walker.wmv

re-up of the new album, "The Drift":

hxxp://s56.XXXsendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DTVYNQWNJ5EC25HDZ5A48KVPM

(change "XXX"'s in URL to "you")

Bumping this thread in acknowledgement of the sheer brilliance of this album. After downloading it last month and realizing to my horror I had missed out on one of the year's very best titles, I bought the CD on Boxing Day, and continue to be spellbound. So much so, that I downloaded Tilt and 5 Easy Pieces, too. It's truly extreme music (so much so that Decibel magazine was completely warranted in listing it in their top 40), it out-goths every single goth band alive, and should have placed in my top ten.

pow......pow

This has been out (leaked) since April? Wow.

I haven't heard anything else he's done so I'm hesitant to say anything other than another the typical "this is so disturbing!" comment. I probably owe it a real listen instead of the low volume treatment I've been giving it, but maybe I'm too scared.

"Cossacks Are" is one of the most hypnotic opening tracks I've heard in ages.

This album has really grown on me. Kind of an acquired taste.

It's amazing to me how Walker has evolved as an artist. Hard to believe he got his start as a teen idol doing a pseudo British invasion thing in the 60's. Then he moved on to the heavily orchestrated crooner work of his first 4 solo albums. Now he's releasing the most uncompromising music of his career at age 63.

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Who would have thought that this guy would ever make an album of him beating slabs of beef and yelling "I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT ALIVE!!!!!!"

And Undo, you need to crank this shit. One of the best sounding records I've heard this decade. Dude must have used some kickass mics for this shit. It just sounds so wide open or something. Wonderful.

I was going to mention that I thought it was interesting that they used sides of beef as percussion.

The Drift was probably my favorite record in 2006. It was exactly the kind of record I want from Walker at this point.

The Wire Q&A with him was pretty good too. A little short but good.

Timeless.

This is just the best shit, isn't it.

I was in the car with my bro and I had my iPod on shuffle and "Hand Me Ups" came on and it was totally boss. As would be expected.

Walker's probably the only guy capable of making you feel sympathetic towards Mussolini. "Clara" is both harrowing and heartwrenching.

Where were you all during EOY voting? I had this at #1 and still do. I think it and the Liars album are the only two that came out from last year that have a shot at becoming some kind of "classics." Brilliant, difficult albums.

I was about eight months late to the party. Better late than never!

i want to party.

I'm probably getting annoying with requests, but i still haven't heard this.
anyone care to re-up?

what rip quality do you need?

i just received the cd in the mail. great packaging by the way. similar to brian wilson's "smile", with a nice thick booklet.

i was annoyed with my copy of the drift, for some reason i got the first half of the booklet twice, i only have the lyrics up to 'hand me ups' then its all repeated

but yes, i can imagine its a great package in its proper form, tis a great cd anyway

If anyone happens to have Scott2/3, I'd really like to hear those.