Brett wrote:Am I the only one who isn't compelled by that little snippet of "Who Ever Said"? I really like the ambient intro stuff, but when the band comes in, it sounds super clumsy. Almost like someone literally tripped over the drums while holding a plugged in guitar. Maybe it's just the crappy video quality?
I agree. I feel like I'd prefer that ambient intro to build into something, not awkwardly switch gears into a rocker.
Maybe it'll work better once we can hear the whole thing in context.
I like the snippet - very Floyd like intro
As for where the band kicks in...too short of a clip to even form an opinion.
It's like a kick of a drum and a distorted bass note...not much to go by here
Everyone that heard the album who went to that Tequila shindig in Hollywood said it was a standout track
So...I'm holding out hope that this will be good.
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski
Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird
still, I'm intrigued not worried
Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good
yup!
Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.
But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).
I really like what I'm seeing of how this album is tracked
two "rockers" to start (with WES having the most energy, I'm assuming) and then DOTC taking the pace down a little but not stopping it dead, like, say, "Parachutes" did (a good song that I was convinced was terrible for a long time because of its momentum-killing placement); and then it sounds like we have a mix of standard rockers, weird "abstract" songs, and what sounds like mid-tempo Floyd-esque things; it doesn't look like there are any pure ballads until the final two songs, if I'm reading the descriptions right
Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird
still, I'm intrigued not worried
Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good
yup!
Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.
But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).
yeah that's true, not recently; Breakerfall is not a Binaural highlight
Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird
still, I'm intrigued not worried
Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good
yup!
Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.
But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).
yeah that's true, not recently; Breakerfall is not a Binaural highlight
*shakes fist*
stip wrote:I wanted to punch you in your god's dice loving balls for not loving lightning bolt.
Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird
still, I'm intrigued not worried
Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good
yup!
Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.
But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).
yeah that's true, not recently; Breakerfall is not a Binaural highlight
evenslow wrote:I wouldn't get our hopes up too much for that ambient opening. I mean, it's only like 20 seconds and then it's gone. Cool for what it is.
I'm excited that that song is 5+ minutes long; does that ambience come back somewhere? is it included over any of the guitar parts? I miss PJ having real dynamics instead of just balls-to-the-wall one-dimensional speed
evenslow wrote:I wouldn't get our hopes up too much for that ambient opening. I mean, it's only like 20 seconds and then it's gone. Cool for what it is.
I'm excited that that song is 5+ minutes long; does that ambience come back somewhere? is it included over any of the guitar parts? I miss PJ having real dynamics instead of just balls-to-the-wall one-dimensional speed
i highly doubt it comes back in that song. it's been described as a rocker of sorts.
