Dance of the Clairvoyants

[tree_]

Wow, this song really does open up when you listen with headphones, doesn’t it? How about that production?

I can’t believe this is happening

With this and the new SW takes, you don't even sound like you anymore. Is it you, or is it them that have changed?

[Kevin Davis]

The obvious and wise choice for a band that made this song is to recognize it as a template for building a cohesive, fertile departure album. When your whole career has been rock songs and “face melt, bro” solos, you could jump into these waters and find a dozen varying and enjoyable ways to splash around.

This band’s history is so much more inclined towards experiments being one offs I don’t know what to expect. Like, if this album is Dance, the pipe organ song, one or two other surprises, two Ed acoustic solo tracks, and a half dozen “it sounds like Pearl Jam” shruggers, that’s gonna be such a drag downward from where this song starts me out at.

I think it's true that their real left-field experiments ("Stupid Mop," "Arc," etc.) were one-offs, but whenever they've put out something comparatively left of the middle but still within conventional "song form" expectations as a lead single (I'm primarily thinking of "Who You Are" and "Nothing As It Seems"), I think they ended up being good predictors of those albums' respective musical languages. I don't know -- I think it's a good sign

[oneway23]

I always had a sneaking suspicion that he had cybernetic parts, but, Matt Cameron has quite literally morphed into a drum machine. What a beast.

[WaitingForBluey]

This is definitely not the official lyrics, so many things wrong with this

[Strat]

Damn. When mikes guitar kicks and Ed lays into the “save your predictions” - right there is classic spine tingling pj. Just love that.

[Monkey_Driven]

Damn. When mikes guitar kicks and Ed lays into the “save your predictions” - right there is classic spine tingling pj. Just love that.

Absolutely.

[WaitingForBluey]

Song reminds of Interpol a bit

Yeah, that was my immediate reaction as well

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Damn. When mikes guitar kicks and Ed lays into the “save your predictions” - right there is classic spine tingling pj. Just love that.

I think thats my favorite moment so far

[Bi_3]

It's great that they dropped the whole Strokes cover band thing, but this song... it doesnt fit. Unless the shows are slowed down to a crawl this is a set killer with below average lyrics and a different (for PJ) but still derivative sound. Ed sounds so weak here, I just dont get the love.

[WaitingForBluey]

I think it's true that their real left-field experiments ("Stupid Mop," "Arc," etc.) were one-offs, but whenever they've put out something comparatively left of the middle but still within conventional "song form" expectations as a lead single (I'm primarily thinking of "Who You Are" and "Nothing As It Seems"), I think they ended up being good predictors of those albums' respective musical languages. I don't know -- I think it's a good sign

Word

[Bammer]

when is DcT going to weigh in on this?

Please let the rest of us enjoy this at least for a little while longer

[Strat]

I like to think that “save your predictions and burn your assumptions” is ed addressing his fans and we should all hang on to our butts for this album.

[Anders]

Man Eddie sounds good. I didn’t think he still had it in him.

Song reminds of Interpol a bit

You are right in both regards. Ed hasn’t sounded better in years.

[VinylGuy]

Stone plays bass in this one?? Fuuuuuuuck...That funky guitar is Mike? Damn guys.

It kinda reminds me of something from Emotional Rescue from The Stones. Not the song per se, but the overall looseness and at the same time tightness..

[WaitingForBluey]

It's great that they dropped the whole Strokes cover band thing, but this song... it doesnt fit. Unless the shows are slowed down to a crawl this is a set killer with below average lyrics and a different (for PJ) but still derivative sound. Ed sounds so weak here, I just dont get the love.

I couldn't care less about whether this works in a setlist and I'm glad the band has finally moved past that direction for writing new songs.

[EJ]

It's great that they dropped the whole Strokes cover band thing, but this song... it doesnt fit. Unless the shows are slowed down to a crawl this is a set killer with below average lyrics and a different (for PJ) but still derivative sound. Ed sounds so weak here, I just dont get the love.

I couldn't care less about whether this works in a setlist and I'm glad the band has finally moved that past that direction for writing new songs.

+1

[Anders]

I think it's true that their real left-field experiments ("Stupid Mop," "Arc," etc.) were one-offs, but whenever they've put out something comparatively left of the middle but still within conventional "song form" expectations as a lead single (I'm primarily thinking of "Who You Are" and "Nothing As It Seems"), I think they ended up being good predictors of those albums' respective musical languages. I don't know -- I think it's a good sign

Word

It’s more true for Who You Are. NAIS is just so different.

[VinylGuy]

Im humming the melody like crazy

[given2trade]

Better than anything they have put out in 10 years I guess? Interested to hear the whole album.

[WaitingForBluey]

The worst part about this song... are the songs that come up on shuffle afterwards