Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Mon August 19, 2013 8:52 pm

Will wrote:Love that MC MYM video. I guess I never realized he tuned his snare that high.

He doesn't on the studio version, by the sounds of it. Nor does he live very often.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon August 19, 2013 9:22 pm

harmless wrote:
Will wrote:Love that MC MYM video. I guess I never realized he tuned his snare that high.
He doesn't on the studio version, by the sounds of it. Nor does he live very often.

That's what I initially thought, but then again, I wonder if with the bass and guitars in the mix it can sound lower than it really is, or if they ever use any pitch-shifting with it on albums. Or maybe its just a different snare/set all together in that video. Nevertheless, very cool to hear him just by himself and how his drums sound.

Blenheim Augustine · Mon August 19, 2013 9:28 pm

EJ wrote:
harmless wrote:I think that to base anything on drums by themselves, you first have to establish a groove that people can get behind. You can stampede like wildebeest and go crazy if you want, but not for the first two minutes of the track or people will just be put off right away.

IMVHO.
What would your advice be for a Bassgasm album?

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Tue August 20, 2013 2:07 am

Alex wrote:mind your manners sounds like a song that was written by a band that lost a battle of the bands bar tournament in round one in 1995

I voted for that band

darthvedder81 · Post by **darthvedder81** » Tue August 20, 2013 2:42 am

harmless wrote:
darthvedder81 wrote:Someone asked earlier if I was excited about S/T or Backspacer leading up to their release (unlike "Lightning Bolt" which the music of so far does nothing for me). The answer is yes (BS less so but I ended up liking it a lot anyway).

I liked WWS a lot but after hearing "Severed Hand" on SNL I was really jazzed for the Avocado.

Oh and I don't agree the band wasn't fighting on Yield. They were fighting. They were fighting against fighting...
And on Backspacer they were 'fighting to get it back again'. It's not that they're not fighting, it's just that you think some opponents are more interesting to watch than others. Maybe on Backspacer they were fighting against darkness, and certain hardcore fans who were going to accuse them of selling out.

Fighting against people calling you a sell-out by signing an exclusive album distribution deal with the Target Corporation? Interesting.

I'm not a Backspacer hater so I'm not sure what you're driving at. I like that album a lot. As a one-off/upbeat/poppy sounding record I'm OK with it. As a permanent new direction for the band I'm not OK with it. The big question for me is if LB is more of the same or not. No Code is great because it's the only PJ album that sounds like No Code. Sgt. Pepper's is great because it's the only Beatles album that sounds like Sgt. Pepper's. If every album after No Code sounded like No Code I would have quit PJ in 2002.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue August 20, 2013 4:19 am

darthvedder81 wrote:
harmless wrote:
darthvedder81 wrote:Someone asked earlier if I was excited about S/T or Backspacer leading up to their release (unlike "Lightning Bolt" which the music of so far does nothing for me). The answer is yes (BS less so but I ended up liking it a lot anyway).

I liked WWS a lot but after hearing "Severed Hand" on SNL I was really jazzed for the Avocado.

Oh and I don't agree the band wasn't fighting on Yield. They were fighting. They were fighting against fighting...
And on Backspacer they were 'fighting to get it back again'. It's not that they're not fighting, it's just that you think some opponents are more interesting to watch than others. Maybe on Backspacer they were fighting against darkness, and certain hardcore fans who were going to accuse them of selling out.
Fighting against people calling you a sell-out by signing an exclusive album distribution deal with the Target Corporation? Interesting.

I'm not a Backspacer hater so I'm not sure what you're driving at. I like that album a lot. As a one-off/upbeat/poppy sounding record I'm OK with it. As a permanent new direction for the band I'm not OK with it. The big question for me is if LB is more of the same or not. No Code is great because it's the only PJ album that sounds like No Code. Sgt. Pepper's is great because it's the only Beatles album that sounds like Sgt. Pepper's. If every album after No Code sounded like No Code I would have quit PJ in 2002.

Agree with all of this (except for maybe the last sentence; I can't promise I wouldn't be here after 9 No Codes).

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue August 20, 2013 12:03 pm

Has this leaked yet?

Post by **Alex** » Tue August 20, 2013 12:48 pm

at this point i just hope eddie dies

Post by **Dr. Van Nostrand** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:13 pm

Alex wrote:at this point i just hope eddie dies

that would make things better for you?

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:23 pm

I'm pretty sure that would do nothing good for the world at all.

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:45 pm

Alex wrote:at this point i just hope eddie dies

C'mon Backspacer wasn't that bad.

KurtLeon · Post by **KurtLeon** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:46 pm

harmless wrote:I'm pretty sure that would do nothing good for the world at all.

Just put Stone to sing everything.

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:51 pm

I wanna hear stone sing even flow.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:53 pm

OK. Stone can sing, Eddie's free to go.

KurtLeon · Post by **KurtLeon** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:54 pm

I wanna hear Stone sing Habit

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:57 pm

He would've made Unthought Known sound cool.

Post by **Dr. Van Nostrand** » Tue August 20, 2013 1:57 pm

KurtLeon wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm pretty sure that would do nothing good for the world at all.
Just put Stone to sing everything.

im trying to hear it in my mind, and it could be good

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Tue August 20, 2013 2:00 pm

It'd be brilliant. I never knew how much i want this this album till now.
Stone should have sang on backspacer, it would have given everything an air of sarcasm.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue August 20, 2013 2:02 pm

stupidmop wrote:It'd be brilliant. I never knew how much i want this this album till now.
Stone should have sang on backspacer, it would have given everything an air of sarcasm.

Absolutely.

Post by **stip** » Tue August 20, 2013 2:05 pm

darthvedder81 wrote:
harmless wrote:
darthvedder81 wrote:Someone asked earlier if I was excited about S/T or Backspacer leading up to their release (unlike "Lightning Bolt" which the music of so far does nothing for me). The answer is yes (BS less so but I ended up liking it a lot anyway).

I liked WWS a lot but after hearing "Severed Hand" on SNL I was really jazzed for the Avocado.

Oh and I don't agree the band wasn't fighting on Yield. They were fighting. They were fighting against fighting...
And on Backspacer they were 'fighting to get it back again'. It's not that they're not fighting, it's just that you think some opponents are more interesting to watch than others. Maybe on Backspacer they were fighting against darkness, and certain hardcore fans who were going to accuse them of selling out.
Fighting against people calling you a sell-out by signing an exclusive album distribution deal with the Target Corporation? Interesting.

Yup. Noting more punk rock then selling your records through many major corporations instead of one

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