Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Tj]

Deep
Getaway
Release

Pretty jarring dude

Really ? I get the middle of the song feeling that way but the jam at the end into Release seems to merge well
Like Leash to Indifference is not a little jaring

[harmless]

To be fair, their setlists are always jarring in several places so you could anything PJ together with anything else PJ and some people would like it.

[dimejinky99]

Every one of these songs are better than CC/LIR.

We need spenno here, stat

Has he heard it?

I doubt it. I'm expecting a sternly worded series of posts even were the band to play the songs live in his living room haha

Not if Jack Irons was on drums!

(No, I haven't heard them.)

Do you have your name on an rss alert? Really?

Good move.

We need you right now Spenno. Seriously.

[dimejinky99]

To be fair, their setlists are always jarring in several places so you could anything PJ together with anything else PJ and some people would like it.

Paddy patronising alert

Nnnnnnnot true. I've been at pj gigs where it hasn't worked and been alarming for the juxtaposition. And I like that more than when it's vanilla and just does what's expected.

[harmless]

OK I'm ranking them (don't try and stop me):

Mind Your Manners
Swallowed Whole
Getaway
Lightning Bolt



Let The Records Play

[dimejinky99]

OK I'm ranking them (don't try and stop me):

Mind Your Manners
Swallowed Whole
Getaway
Lightning Bolt


Cray cray
Let The Records Play

[dimejinky99]

Let the records play.. That chorus is undeniably good

[harmless]

To be fair, their setlists are always jarring in several places so you could anything PJ together with anything else PJ and some people would like it.

Paddy patronising alert

Nnnnnnnot true. I've been at pj gigs where it hasn't worked and been alarming for the juxtaposition. And I like that more than when it's vanilla and just does what's expected.

OK, but 'jarring' could also mean unexpected, quirky, anything else. PJ's weird setlists can work amazingly, or badly, but they're pretty weird. That's what happens if you're a band with such diverse material. Not many bands would play (for example) 'Animal', 'The Fixer' and 'Of the Girl' together. PJ would.

[harmless]

Let the records play.. That chorus is undeniably good

It is. I like them all, I just place LTRP at the bottom.

[Mirella]

Not to derail the bitch slapping of my new brethren but how in the f'ck did those people write detailed reviews after one listen to all 12 songs in a crowded room??? Very impressive. I've listened to these 4 songs about five time and I still could barely write shit about them.

Thanks! I am surprised myself that what we wrote still makes sense, even though the leaked songs sound totally different after that first time .
Most reviews were written right after the listening sessions, only I did not have time yet, so I wrote it Monday night after the Wednesday night session in Amsterdam. So I feared some fantasy might have sneaked in. But apart from a couple misheard lyrics, which is okay after only one listen, it still holds.

groetjes,
Mirella

p.s.: my notes were really badly written. I should write more, you know, with a pen on paper .

[harmless]

Not to derail the bitch slapping of my new brethren but how in the f'ck did those people write detailed reviews after one listen to all 12 songs in a crowded room??? Very impressive. I've listened to these 4 songs about five time and I still could barely write shit about them.

Thanks! I am surprised myself that what we wrote still makes sense, even though the leaked songs sound totally different after that first time .
Most reviews were written right after the listening sessions, only I did not have time yet, so I wrote it Monday night after the Wednesday night session in Amsterdam. So I feared some fantasy might have sneaked in. But apart from a couple misheard lyrics, which is okay after only one listen, it still holds.

groetjes,
Mirella

p.s.: my notes were really badly written. I should write more, you know, with a pen on paper .

So your feelings are pretty similar after hearing the leak?

[Birds in Hell]

Every one of these songs are better than CC/LIR.

We need spenno here, stat

Has he heard it?

I doubt it. I'm expecting a sternly worded series of posts even were the band to play the songs live in his living room haha

Not if Jack Irons was on drums!

(No, I haven't heard them.)

Do you have your name on an rss alert? Really?

Good move.

We need you right now Spenno. Seriously.

That post was on the most recent page when I opened the thread today, so, here I am.

Like I said earlier, I'm not holding out for the official release but I am waiting until better quality versions are circulating. I'd prefer to hear the album as a whole too.

[Mirella]

Not to derail the bitch slapping of my new brethren but how in the f'ck did those people write detailed reviews after one listen to all 12 songs in a crowded room??? Very impressive. I've listened to these 4 songs about five time and I still could barely write shit about them.

oh yeah that reminds me we should go back and judge all the reviewers on a scale of idiot to dumbass. I think we have enough information to go on now.

Go ahead, I dare you
But seriously, I know most of these people for real, and you can never judge us for YDKSAU

groetjes,
Mirella

[Mirella]

Not to derail the bitch slapping of my new brethren but how in the f'ck did those people write detailed reviews after one listen to all 12 songs in a crowded room??? Very impressive. I've listened to these 4 songs about five time and I still could barely write shit about them.

Thanks! I am surprised myself that what we wrote still makes sense, even though the leaked songs sound totally different after that first time .
Most reviews were written right after the listening sessions, only I did not have time yet, so I wrote it Monday night after the Wednesday night session in Amsterdam. So I feared some fantasy might have sneaked in. But apart from a couple misheard lyrics, which is okay after only one listen, it still holds.

groetjes,
Mirella

p.s.: my notes were really badly written. I should write more, you know, with a pen on paper .

So your feelings are pretty similar after hearing the leak?

Feelings have changed, but I try and separate feelings from impressions. I am still 40 pages behind here, so it may take another while before I will add more about the leaked songs. At this moment, Swallowed Whole is my favourite of these four. But that keeps changing .

groetjes,
Mirella

[gems and rhinestones]

OK I'm ranking them (don't try and stop me):

Mind Your Manners
Swallowed Whole
Getaway
Lightning Bolt



Let The Records Play

Sirens



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

[harmless]

OK I'm ranking them (don't try and stop me):

Mind Your Manners
Swallowed Whole
Getaway
Lightning Bolt



Let The Records Play

Sirens



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

So you're heard it?

[Heathen]

OK I'm ranking them (don't try and stop me):

Mind Your Manners
Swallowed Whole
Getaway
Lightning Bolt



Let The Records Play

Sirens



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

Doug Getaway









everything else

[dimejinky99]

Ok

It wouldn't be like me at all to start a shit storm, bit nobody else has said it.

Drummer debate.

Cameron is completely under the radar here. And I love it. He's finally found a groove that works with Pj.

Discuss


In that he's really the only thing we can hear 100% and know what's going on with.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Lots of outrageous claims being made about songs only listened to for two days.

[harmless]

Matt doesn't do nearly enough on MYM to put fire in my loins.

But on everything else, he's good. His drum tone and the feel of his playing (especially the "groove" he has found on Getaway) reminds me quite a lot of Riot Act. There's more "Can't Keep" in his playing than S/T or Backspacer, for sure. I don't think he's finally found a groove that works with PJ, he's got back a bit of what worked during Binaural and Riot Act.