Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Rank Lightning Bolt

5 stars
1
1%
4 stars
4
5%
3 stars
29
37%
2 stars
30
38%
1 star
14
18%
 
Total votes: 78

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stupidmop wrote:All these reviews make me think, is that if they do knock off another album fairly soon it might be an "interesting" one. Assuming it is a logical extention of the stranger stuff on this album.

Half the yellow moon descriptions describe something really cool and the other half describe something fairly normal. Same with MFS.
Yeah, that's true. Maybe it's to do with the reviewers' expectations?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Remember that music journos usually just name check other bands in their reviews to show they have listened to 'the good stuff' but also to fit it into the only frame of reference they have.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stupidmop wrote: Half the yellow moon descriptions describe something really cool and the other half describe something fairly normal. Same with MFS.
That's exactly what has me excited. I would describe most of their best stuff this way.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm a bit worried about the whole album now.
Why now?
Because of the review of the ones that we haven´t heard. Sounds meh, at least in words.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Blenheim Augustine wrote:
WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
how can you gauge a tempo from less than a second of audio?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Blenheim Augustine wrote:
WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
Yeah, the whole band kicks in and there's brushed drums there.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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WtOB? wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:
WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
how can you gauge a tempo from less than a second of audio?
You hear two snare hits when the violin comes in before the clip stops.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:
WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
how can you gauge a tempo from less than a second of audio?
You hear two snare hits when the violin comes in before the clip stops.
are you shore thats a violin??? i mean, absolutely shore?? :?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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unLEASHed wrote:
harmless wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:
WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
how can you gauge a tempo from less than a second of audio?
You hear two snare hits when the violin comes in before the clip stops.
are you shore thats a violin??? i mean, absolutely shore?? :?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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unLEASHed wrote:
harmless wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:
WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
how can you gauge a tempo from less than a second of audio?
You hear two snare hits when the violin comes in before the clip stops.
are you shore thats a violin??? i mean, absolutely shore?? :?
I think so yeah.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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ABNorman wrote:
unLEASHed wrote:
harmless wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:
WtOB? wrote:don't we kind of already know that the vine video is future days?
Tempo is way too fast.
how can you gauge a tempo from less than a second of audio?
You hear two snare hits when the violin comes in before the clip stops.
are you shore thats a violin??? i mean, absolutely shore?? :?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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All this is fucked until this band gets Eno in for the next record.

Bet my life there'd be no scapegoat/vitriol thread if he was at the helm.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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dimejinky99 wrote:All this is fucked until this band gets Eno in for the next record.

Bet my life there'd be no scapegoat/vitriol thread if he was at the helm.
If RM had no one to blame, it'd be God's fault.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Eno is god.

And you can't blame god if that's the case :)
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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i'd be so god damn excited if i heard the band had gone with eno for the next record.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:I like their take on LTRP, the God as a DJ thing.
me too. hadn't tried that angle yet.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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WtOB? wrote:i'd be so god damn excited if i heard the band had gone with eno for the next record.

You and me both.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Hypnosomnia wrote:
harmless wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm a bit worried about the whole album now.
Why now?
Because of the review of the ones that we haven´t heard. Sounds meh, at least in words.
that was a very positive review. He said it's not a groundbreaking record, but it's very good. Mine said they give it 4/5 stars.
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