Flume - Hi This Is Flume MIXTAPE REVIEW

Listen: • Hi This Is Flume [Mixt...
Flume's full-length followup to 2016's Skin takes a very welcome turn for the experimental.
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FAV TRACKS: ECDYSIS, HIGH BEAMS, JEWEL, DREAMTIME, VOICES, WORMHOLE, MUD, 71M3, VITALITY, HOW TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP, DAZE 22.00, SPRING
LEAST FAV TRACK: AMBER
FLUME - HI THIS IS FLUME / 2019 / FUTURE CLASSIC / WONKY, GLITCH HOP, TRAP, DECONSTRUCTED CLUB
8/10 www.theneedledrop.com/loved-li...
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

[@lakshyaprasher132]

Now we realise metal jacket over red flannel is actually the yellow flannel

[@noelc8927]

We need a conversion chart stat

[@chadless7216]

But what about Tyler’s last Grinch EP? He wore the same outfit, but still gave it a 3.

[@lakshyaprasher132]

Exceptions persist in the melon dimension

[@LightYagami-wt1jw]

New Yellow fannel

[@LightYagami-wt1jw]

@@lakshyaprasher132 ur mom also exists there

[@tahakamran6196]

An 8 with the red flannel? Wait, thats illegal.

[@marverak]

Yeah but the metal jacket counters it, so its fine

[@tahakamran6196]

cjh3005 yea ive seen his older reviews but I thought he made the flannel scores melon law by now

[@juansantos752]

The Metal Jacket is a shield

[@LucasXavierReis]

Burial's Kindred was rated 8 and iirc in the video he was wearing the red flannel

[@TheCamSays]

He wore the same flannel/jacket combo in that Sleater-Kinney Classic Week review.

[@dylanmcmahon4902]

-8/10 -Red flannel PLAYTHONY TRICKSTANO

[@thyartismurder6352]

HAHA! PRANKED! lets see a slow-mo replay of your reaction on flannel-cam!

[@LeMac-12]

THE INTERNET’S TRICKIEST NERD

[@nickcarlascio]

I loved this mixtape so I got super nervous when I saw the red flannel. Thank God I don’t have to change my opinion now

[@GoogleUser-ms6hr]

Baithony baittano

[@Samizsm23]

It's the napalm death shirt

[@noahschippers3596]

Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the most creative and cutting edge projects they’ve heard in a super long time? Feeling a decent to strong 9 myself

[@lolitsajoke77]

Noah Schippers yes especially if you see all the traps he got himself into in regard to the mixtape. He also reinvented his sound specifically because he thought people stole his sound. Very impressive IMO.

[@JoeLongo20]

this mixtape is what separates himself i think. very experimental and we hear a lot of unique sounds/ rhythms that make this mixtape stand out. coupled with the mixtape visualizer this project really makes u realize how much of an artist flume really is

[@peterspeeder6973]

Same. This album was life changing for me.

[@fruitygranulizer540]

imo: strong 9 in terms of creativity for flume's ability to pretty much say "fuck you" to every single 'rule' in edm at the time, but still come up with a coherent album that sounds amazing. but when you consider things like its replay value and just the overral noisy vibe that some people may not like, i think the light 8 is a fair review, especially for someone who i know isn't into edm music.

[@electrichawk7982]

Cool bit of info about this new Flume project: The official opening track, "Ecdysis", after the intro, means "the process of shedding the old skin". He's evolving from his last album, "Skin".

[@jbndavid]

yoo that's crazy...😨 thanks for sharing

[@TisonWithAnI_]

AWWWWW THANKS, SONS CRYING NOW

[@astroot6629]

ElectricHawk thanks for the info

[@BxBxProductions]

Lmao you fuckin copied this comment from the main vid

[@electrichawk7982]

pousXB i learned it and shared it in my own way, not really anything original to copy since it's a simple google.

[@jimpy2175]

A red flannel for an 8/10? Geez game designers, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING

[@FreezingMocha]

You know whats bullshit?

[@AWM05]

His intro name is flashing colors... IS HE THE POLICE!?

[@MCBeastiness]

this review is a bunch of poopy ass drippings covered in faeces

[@humphreybutterclump8742]

MCBeastiness ...poured over a fat girls tiddies

[@LakeWorthBeck]

*sighs* looks like you’re the music guy now *hangs up phone*

[@scoott8605]

2 years later and I’m honestly feeling a strong 9 to a 10 on this one

[@xdendordx]

The only vinyl I've ever bought. I don't even have a record player-

[@gaigzean]

A 10 for me I love this album with my life

[@96flows73]

even after almost 3 years listening to the entire mixtape still gives me goosebumps. Flume is without doubt one of the best, if not the best electronic music artist ever.

[@arizonateagod8491]

@@96flows73 I love flume but OPN is arguably the GOAT electronic musician.

[@illkissyourightnow]

@@96flows73 alright, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here… listen to aphex twin if you wanna learn about your favorite artist’s favorite artist.

[@Dude-ng3gy]

The song transitions are some of the best I’ve ever heard, i didn’t even notice when new tracks came in. I thought “damn this song is so long but it’s really good” and then I checked my phone and saw that I’ve listened to five tracks already.

[@benkauffman7054]

The people here haven’t heard or seen really good edm shows live and this shows it lol

[@user-vg1tt3vg9y]

​@@benkauffman7054 are you attempting to shame people for not being avid EDM listeners? Bit odd

[@benkauffman7054]

@@user-vg1tt3vg9y shame them? Wtf? I’m saying there’s more where that came from and this isn’t rare if you expand your horizons.

[@diego_wagner]

@@benkauffman7054 I think it's also worth noting that this project succeeded at creating an experience that felt like each song was a continuation of that last, not just a neat and seemless transition. Electronic sets usually aren't going for the former, and usually are going for a more long-form narrative with creative transitions between each track

[@ikeysokol7344]

Peggy and SOPHIE on the same mixtape? We really are in the future!

[@proddelle]

classic

[@joehall2671]

Don't forget Slowthai

[@evantuazon]

thought you ment peggy gou lol

[@ULchiZ]

They both produced on big fish theory as well!

[@pranavmanie1479]

DAMNNNNN PEGGYYYYYYY

[@itsdanielmac]

My top 3 favorite albums

[@aaronencinas6307]

This guy knows what's up. Immaculate production.

[@1800SADDAD]

Easily Flume's best project ever.

[@loganwelty7094]

No question

[@greyemrednus]

Agree, plus the other projects aren't exactly settings a low standard

[@kevk4908]

Scott Grant Maybe, maybe, maybe

[@mattsutherland3521]

Honestly thought it was horrible. Only good song is jewel

[@samihawili8078]

Genuinely could not get into this, it undoubtedly does flow well together and suits the visualiser but it's just a bit grating imo

[@versetylevty946]

Turn that red upside down, now it's yellow

[@Brian-sh5ne]

That would be green

[@IveGotToast]

Harvard: Nigga you want a scholarship?

[@stormdrainstormdrain]

Holy shit it's Tupac

[@bremensims6086]

I'm sad to say I flipped my phone to see if it would work

[@r2micro373]

Gave Flume an 8 for JPEG and SOPHIE, I see

[@JoshWuzHeer]

Boi you better put some respek on eproms name

[@Ritvik117]

💯

[@topbins2883]

The 8 fo today

[@Haltboy]

@@JoshWuzHeer bro slowthai too man bumps hard

[@MrJfergs]

But not for arca

[@balmainrichard1335]

Anthony probably got ranch cream on his yellow flannel. So he fixed this up last minute...

[@IveGotToast]

That doesnt sound vegan

[@chrisb8698]

Yeah, we all know how tough it can be to get "ranch cream" stains out sometimes...

[@cringeproof100]

Follow Your Heart has great vegan ranch cream

[@Marco-er4ql]

😏

[@balmainrichard1335]

@@Marco-er4ql you got what I meant

[@lokir8250]

RED FLANNEL ON A LOVED LIST TAPE?!? Truly melon has lost his mind

[@GuntherBovine]

"Electronic album.." _angry melon photo_ "Featuring SOPHIE and JPEGMAFIA.." _ok melon photo_ "Experimental" _yellow flannel melon_

[@eightytwo8282]

OU Sash in what universe is flume experimental lol

[@Blaver]

eighty two flume makes some of the most unique electronic music out there

[@Supremita]

@@eightytwo8282 how can he not be expreimental?

[@drater5935]

You know I didn't like this album at first but after you told me what to think this album is really like this now

[@OVXX666]

how could you not like this album what

[@Keithamiller]

OVXX it’s just not like his old music I like that this experimental sound is weird to me but maybe it’ll grow on me I really do like flume

[@OVXX666]

@@Keithamiller hmm yeah its not for everyone ig. i love idm, esp when its blended in with some hip hop. this album really does it right. some songs like that first one is still undeniably very flume

[@cubixmem]

I liked the album when I first heard the premiere live on KZbin, but as I listened to all of the songs from this album from time to time and it's now my favorite album of not yearly but all time

[@howskore54]

Red flannel+metal jacket=artists that improved ?

[@azure5644]

Tyler’s Grinch EP got a 3 and he was wearing the same thing

[@howskore54]

@@azure5644 artists that got a higher score than previous projects or a lower score than previous projects??

[@ominouswonder5912]

flume was always great

[@lukec1471]

Flume was always great tho

[@howskore54]

@@ominouswonder5912 Anthony says not

[@bozi5805]

8/10 but no yellow flannel I'm having trust issues now

[@protoman1114]

The metal jacket + red flannel = yellow flannel now

[@lokuendog]

It's not unpredecented, really. What IS unprecedented is a red flannel for a 8/10

[@bbcroc]

The Peggy song was fucking insane. I was headbobbing until I had brain damage

[@Jeremyfrommn]

YOU BAITED US WITH THE RED SHIRT

[@isaac2559]

god damn melon I love you for this one

[@mikedavidson6454]

Literally the first thing after i stopped gushing all over this mixtape was hoping fantano would give his 2 cents on it

[@aarongilks4854]

strong 10

[@roguesonly]

That Instagram meme really predicted it huh?

[@gabrielsinclair5941]

Imma let you finish but That was Kučka singing lead on Voices, SOPHIE was co-producer

[@MrCalist3r]

Gabriel Sinclair I love the metallic hits that she adds to the song. It’s so unique and was one of my favorite sounds littered across her album

[@gabrielsinclair5941]

@@MrCalist3r Oh god yes, instantly recognisable production. Un-insides was fantastically jarring.

[@noblenobull8484]

Red Flannel on thumbnail but ultimately a positive score: “They had us on the first half not gonna lie.”

[@joedorben3504]

I actually liked Skin a lot but this project is something else

[@leonardoteles9236]

Skim is underrated and people are only realising it bow. Thw fact that at the timw they got pissed because they were expecting something less comertial, and the album ahould be rearengwd for shure, the order of the songs i mean. Appart from that almost all aongs are great, appart from like 2 songs, and to have at least 14 good songs should already make it worth it

[@MisterRawgers]

I saw the red flannel and was triggered lmao

[@earthsaunders7739]

Hi, Flume here, the industry's busiest music producer

[@ayeg-dp5to]

it's a nine anthony. you know its a nine.

[@streetlightsglowing3809]

I just heard Melon say woah Kenny My life is complete

[@50zezima]

This mixtape was super weird for me when I first heard it. At the time I heard it I came away from it thinking (okay that's cool, I guess). Fast forward a year and a half from then as in now. I think it's the single most creative electronic album that flume has ever created. It's just endless vibes that you really can't ever get sick of. It feels more like a transcendental experience listening to it now for some reason, but before it felt kind of too experimental. Idk man all I know is that my liking for the album changed somehow in the time period.

[@skinnyhobo5166]

that's the thing with these experimental edm artists coming out, you'll listen to it once and kinda think it's weird at first because there is so much going on but when you listen over and over again you find more and more details that might've been glossed over on your first listen. It really is a masterpiece in a way that you can listen to it for years and still find something new and interesting. It takes very long time to get sick of compared to a lot of other music, I've got a lot of love for projects and sounds that are presented in this way :))

[@50zezima]

@@skinnyhobo5166 Well said. It's rare to find artists that talented and having the sound designs that brings you back over & over again. I love witchhouse a lot because of that, There's so many amazing witchhouse artists.

[@marco316727]

I have never related so much to something. It feels like you wrote this for me

[@ascendium]

my exact thoughts haha

[@Tommylee207]

Was just thinking I’d like to see u review this, searched it up, and it was uploaded 10mins ago. Awesome

[@ecoista1373]

It's not a deep experience if you only hear the music. The visualizer tells a lot about what's going on. I might be nuts but I think this work tell the story of his life. Walking alone, trying to help someone, being stuck and burying yourself in the sand (you can tell the other side of him also feels sort of a pleasure by being supressed because of the honey). The missing pieces in his puzzle... It's everything there. I found it a solid 5/7

[@twentydollarz7185]

i think it represents what its like to drive home high and how long it seems to take

[@Twocogsmontgumry]

Rianthony Johnsontano here, your expectations' busiest subverter.

[@IveGotToast]

Its like poetry

[@rianmsin]

Heyy my name is rian

[@durianhead]

trickstony uphissleevetano really thinkin about how to fuck with our expectations in the thumbnail with that beet-red flannel of his

[@Nomida2]

Thanks for introducing me to this mixtape/artist! The 'visualizer' they made for the project is amazing!

[@leonardogeorgete112]

Ok y’all this is a strong 9 to a light 10 for me

[@tebi64]

HOWWWW CAN YOU DISLIKE AMBER? that's like one of the best song in the mixtape

[@patk2412]

True, for me it's the best one from the album.

[@gwonam2]

he has some dud opinions. like mind mischief being his least fav on lonerism somehow

[@sideslide43]

@@gwonam2 mind mischief is like one of the best tame impala songs what was melonhead smoking

[@kanji6376]

This project is insanely good. Well done to Flume and all others involved.

[@tysak4]

This “Mixtape” will DEFINITELY sell tickets. I (and probably many other Flume fans) want to see this live so bad

[@bradleyknoll6420]

This is a 10

[@fatguineapig9536]

Anthony you reviewed it!! I'm so happy

[@darkfiasco]

Good to see Fantano shoutout Eprom, maybe we'll get a Shades/Eprom review in the future *wishful thinking*

[@itsmesnacks]

holy shit please, In Praise Of Darkness is so good

[@totanpotato]

Shocked u didn’t like amber as much! One of my favorites in the project

[@loganwelty7094]

Same

[@balynsus]

Oh yeah the space trash lid banging sounding song . I made that my favorite as well

[@cuxnt7798]

@@balynsus L

[@balynsus]

@@cuxnt7798 🙃

[@Dead_Mow]

@@balynsus that isnt what it sounds like but you go listen to the shitty 128 bpm house beats 24/7 on the radio

[@jons5756]

So the red flannel is hidden behind a jacket? Does this mean that you like this album but you secretly want him to die?!? Oh this is so confusing!!!

[@egoleo6693]

The red flannel has taken control of melons body like a symbiote. He can only try to hide it now

[@ultrainstinctegogogeta2816]

How do you not know how to spell red

[@BlizzardX1K]

No it's not because it doesnt matter

[@keithprice7119]

Just watched Hi This is Flume and the 40 video for it. Incredible as a whole project with the visuals.

[@jixxcrayola1]

Really nailed this review! Heard he had isolated himself for this project (whether to avoid industry influence or develop his sound). I'm glad.

[@globaljad-9286]

still the best

[@jefferygotem7705]

You should’ve saved the Red Flannel & 8/10 combo for April Fools Day

[@marikoth]

Little did he know, billie got said treatment

[@MatthewHiltner]

I would say that the audio is only half of this albums experience. Watching the "Mixtape Visualizer" really makes this a fascinating project

[@brodybowls]

Loved the album, purchased the record. Can't wait!

[@LeBeautiful]

Jacket + Red Flannel + a bit of MDMA = yellow flannel

[@lemao69]

I almost had an attack seeing that red flannel in the thumbnail, damn Melon.

[@ArthurSeidel]

Love this one!

[@drummerAVA]

This was one of my favorite releases in a long time.

[@jAyDeN30111]

Thanks for adding the pre-review n word chants to the video Anthony! Good to see a behind the scenes look of you before each review

[@csgo755]

Mr Fantano, your self-admitted envy of Flume’s full head of hair does NOT justify the 6-minute spiel about the upcoming race war

[@justjack6886]

Almost 5 years later and this mixtape still sounds fresh and unique. 9/10 imo

[@mrjonathanvella]

I am literally listening to the mixtape, and this is uploaded

[@longlive1722]

It’s weird hearing Anthony say transition in one word at 6:34

[@Hazorracks]

Please review more electronic albums! I would love to see you cover Getter's Visceral or G Jones' the Ineffable Truth!

[@mukesh_bombay]

really dug this album, was weary about your review when I saw red flannel. the slowthai verse is insane

[@riley6875]

just read the description. amber is one of my favourites, its funny that he put it at the bottom. those synth chords really are amazing

[@gachacraystallised5889]

I honestly would of given it a full 10

[@loganwelty7094]

Honestly, a fucking incredible mixtape. Also Amber was one of my favorites from the album lol

[@cashoyboy]

now this puts a smile on my face

[@djsickbeatz4005]

Was going to comment on how I didn’t expect much anyway but now I have to enjoy the album 🤯

[@madeleinep.828]

I was just reading the tweet where you said you would review this today and the notification popped up, I am cursed.

[@xruffel]

Guys, come on. Refer to the apparel equation: Red Flannel - (Metal Jacket + Black T Shirt) = Yellow Flannel

[@noabes5261]

Scruffel wrong he’s worn this before and it was negative

[@delicrux]

Wow your descriptions are so visual

[@forestskilbred9461]

So far, this is my favorite release of the year.

[@yannwohlrab8968]

Nice Vinyl in the Back! Black Sabbath is awesome 👏🏻

[@sommelierofstench]

what would the predicted rating be for an album if fantano wore no shirt at all?

[@quatreunhuit]

Man, the flannel is throwing away all theneedledrop lore!

[@CheckeredFedora]

Glad you liked it! I think I'm not quite as high on it as you are, but it's certainly enjoyable and interesting. There are just a few tracks that I found to be a bit generic in terms of their melody and chord progressions, giving me the feeling that I'd heard them before. Mostly it's a fun and inventive project!

[@NerfHerdsman]

I'm not at all surprised by the direction flume has gone in. The majority of Skin's songs were somewhat experimental, with only Never Be Like You purely commercial. Flume is at his best when the vocals take a backstage and he lets his amazing talent at building progression. Wall Fuck, while probably the least commercial song of Skin, is incredible in how it takes two completely alien strings and weaves them into a conclusion rivaling Jamie XX's Gosh. But even then it's so experimental it borders on not being complete. The first time I heard Skin I thought he'd benefit from another 6 months of tuning and I think this album has gone even further into experimental snippets which IMO is a bit of a shame. He's never done long songs but I'd love to see what he could build with a 7min goal and commitment to that build like 2012 Flume.

[@ryandavis7070]

Make sure to do some research and review Slowthai's album when it drops in May pls

[@nickokriba5308]

yo he just reviewed it the other day

[@dariondubiuos123456]

Glad Flume & I’s sound is getting some recognition!

[@ThunderHOWL16]

this mixtape is an instant classic

[@SergioCamor]

Dear Mr. Needledrop, Would you mind reviewing anything by DJ Metraton aka. DJ Healer aka. Traumprinz aka. Golden Baby (recently released) et cetera? I would like knowing your opinion on it. Thank you very much. Nice review here, btw.!

[@patrickbiernat4039]

Only if Melon Head watched the movie for this tape

[@lilclout7958]

I listened to paranoid today. Nice!

[@austinegy]

You really got me with that red flannel

[@ianblackburn2645]

Yoooooo melon you need to listen to more slowthai you will like him once you get over his UK accent

[@Rishiyisus]

LISTEN TO ME MELON IF AMERICAN FOOTBALL'S LP 3 HAS A 8/10 I WILL CRY

[@butterface2005]

HELL YEEEESSSSS THANK YOU MELON MAN

[@michaelangiuli428]

Bro Amber is my favorite. At about 40 seconds in, when it transitions into that heavenly gliding synth, shit gets me

[@jackcorbett3137]

You gotta listen to Shades if you fw this melon. EPROM and Alix Perez are on another level.

[@512lines]

Iv literally emailed this dude like three times now telling him to review shades/eprom (new stuff) . Fantwon turned me on to eprom when he reviewed metahuman and He’s been my favorite artist ever since .

[@chretienli6405]

Me: loves this mixtape Melon: *red flannel* Me: 😧🔫 Melon: 8/10 Me: ☺️❤️

[@templarexemplar35]

This mixtape got me back into flume

[@illford6921]

Love this mixtape, pretty sweet.

[@dylanfallon6720]

Amber kinda reminds me of Elle by SOPHIE.

[@RashaadJustice]

I hope my music gets a red flannel review one day 😩

[@MiskyWisky]

Loved this one, glad Anthony had a correct opinion this time!

[@justin45789]

This is def one of my favorite albums of the year so far

[@rabidrabbittt]

kenny beats better use that tag on a single. especially on a cal chuchesta single.

[@Nyx-ml5sr]

Flume is a top 3 electronic producer in the game.

[@zeyfuller]

Nyx other two?

[@thewoat6589]

nova official. Lol big nope

[@lepythagore3288]

@@NoahDitlefsen get the fuck out

[@TheGabrielPT]

Top 1.

[@Kyoko_]

lol

[@sashalevi7947]

Gracias 👏👏

[@brettbri5694]

I was listening to this in the car the other day and I just knew you would give it an 8. I liked it a lot as well. Please review the new Tamaryn album!