Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Mike]

Looking at the yellow moon
*atmospheric guitar lick*
I'm surfing the universe

[stip]

I feel a bit let down to know that I logged off and we only had 3 new pages. This thread is filling a void I didn't know i had

[Mine]

My Father's Son
doesn't feel like methadone
One uninvited chromosome
rhymes with megaphone
also cornerstone

[harmless]

Before I finish the chorus of Pendulum
Let me add this little addendulum:
I am no fan of Obama's actions
Nor of some PJ fan factions.
Yeah yeah yeah!

[Mike]

[Sgt. Crackpot]

[Mine]

bromance?

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Very Nice

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I feel a bit let down to know that I logged off and we only had 3 new pages. This thread is filling a void I didn't know i had

it is a bit disheartening

[Mike]

What's the next regarding Lightning Bolt that we're looking forward to? What is this big announcement some people talk about?

[harmless]

I'm kind of embarrassed at my posting lately, that's all. So sometimes I open this thread and I just staaaaaaare. (But I'm still alive.)

[harmless]

What's the next regarding Lightning Bolt that we're looking forward to? What is this big announcement some people talk about?

That was a Bridge School announcement I think, not PJ (hence nothing I'm excited about).

[harmless]

If I like the second single, the real possibility that I'm in with a chance of liking this album goes up.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

If I like the second single, the real possibility that I'm in with a chance of liking this album goes up.

its gonna be a great album
though i most likely wont listen to the next single unless its lightning bolt since ive already heard that

[harmless]

Yeah I guess I've committed to that too. If it's LB or FD, I'm on it. I'm looking forward to reading opinions, though, unless everyone is going to pretend they hate it.

[Mike]

Time for some speculating. The album might break down like this for me (All speculation stemming from the reviews and the three songs we already know):

Very good:
My Father's Son
Infallible
Pendulum
Yellow Moon

Good:
Getaway
Lightning Bolt
Swallowed Whole
Mind Your Manners
Let The Records Play

Mediocre:
Future Days

Undecided:
Sirens - Might be beautiful or a huge cheese-fest.
Sleeping By Myself - I love the Uke song but the reviews are so bad. I'm still tending towards good.

I'll be incredibly happy if its going to be like that.

[harmless]

Time for some speculating. The album might break down like this for me (All speculation stemming from the reviews and the three songs we already know):

Very good:
My Father's Son
Infallible
Pendulum
Yellow Moon

Good:
Getaway
Lightning Bolt
Swallowed Whole
Mind Your Manners
Let The Records Play

Mediocre:
Future Days

Undecided:
Sirens - Might be beautiful or a huge cheese-fest.
Sleeping By Myself - I love the Uke song but the reviews are so bad. I'm still tending towards good.

I'll be incredibly happy if its going to be like that.

I'm the same as this, except that I hope to put MYM and Getaway up on the top category. Musically I'm expecting Getaway to have elements of older songs, but I think that accusation is overplayed; PJ has always written songs containing elements of older ones. I'm still liking what I'm hearing in terms of arrangement, and interplay between Matt and Jeff.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

i think those are the exact impressions i get from what i read, but i think the only reason people might be a little undecided on sirens is because of all the talk of it even before we knew for sure it was on the album, ill be its a fantastic song, but nothing can live up to the hype some of us create

[harmless]

Brendan O'Brien made such a stupid move, saying it was the best song the band has ever written. If it is, wonderful, but it won't be; all it will be is a 5-minute masterclass in BO'B's music taste, which will backfire on him.

[stip]

If I like the second single, the real possibility that I'm in with a chance of liking this album goes up.

You are going to like it. It is a question of whether or not you love it