Gigaton: Official album thread

[bodysnatcher]

it's probably all of those Youtube videos strung together and streaming in 4K

[Thurman Murman]

it's probably all of those Youtube videos strung together and streaming in 4K

And in Dolby Atmos...

[bodysnatcher]

An album for the 1%

[smallest_oceans]

Still listening to this album everyday and loving it. Discovering more layers and textures all the time. Long Live PJ!

[Rob]

Still listening to this album everyday and loving it. Discovering more layers and textures all the time. Long Live PJ!

Love the username

[stip]

Will it be a stream of the "cinema experience" originally planned before the cancellations?

im guessing this

Wasn’t that just the visualizers?

[VinylGuy]

Will it be a stream of the "cinema experience" originally planned before the cancellations?

im guessing this

Wasn’t that just the visualizers?

I think the original cinema experience had more minutes. Maybe this is that reel...all the visualizers mixed in dolby atmos with some message from the band?

[evenslow]

all the visualizers mixed in dolby atmos with some message from the band?

"Hey everyone enjoy the visualizers! "

[Ms Harmless]

if they're just playing the visualizers they'd better do one of SBWM

[VinylGuy]

all the visualizers mixed in dolby atmos with some message from the band?

"Hey everyone enjoy the visualizers! "

¨ey mmehhh im ed, and we....did some visuals...from our mmmm album. There some cool shots of the ocean¨

[ABNorman]

I can now pretty confidently say that, for me, Gigaton is better than:

Binaural (as released)
Self-titled
Lightning Bolt
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Riot Act

[VinylGuy]

Its hard to rank it for me. Its the only pj album i have been listening and its a front to back listen.

[numbers]

I'm gonna wait a few months to rank the albums, but I feel like I would put Gigaton in the top 5 right now.

[oneway23]

Had years, and, in many cases, decades with their albums. No way I could possibly make any "all-time" proclamations after a month of living with this.

Let's see if I keep returning to it year after year, and if its messages resonate with me in differing ways as time proceeds

[VinylGuy]

I'm gonna wait a few months to rank the albums, but I feel like I would put Gigaton in the top 5 right now.

Oh yeah. Its probably in my top 3 right now.

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

I came across this video and starting at 12:30 they discuss Brendan O'Brien and how the band's relationship with him has evolved over the years. I'm sure it's old news but thought I'd share just in case. Lots to unpack but basically what I hear is that BOB became more of a Rick Rubin type of producer over time, as well as the band going from a more improvisational style of songwriting to pre-production/demos and the like.

[liebzz]

Had years, and, in many cases, decades with their albums. No way I could possibly make any "all-time" proclamations after a month of living with this.

Let's see if I keep returning to it year after year, and if its messages resonate with me in differing ways as time proceeds

I agree with this in many ways. Each new album I am very enthusiastic, and as I become more comfortable it slides into its position on how I feel about it. Right now, it would be very high on the list but it’s because I will reach for before any of the others because it is so fresh to me and currently speaks to me loudly, but there’s no guarantee that continues to happen in the long term. It probably will though.

[scrub12]

[RockPusher]

Nice. Thanks.

[bodysnatcher]

He looks like a candle