Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[darth_vedder]

After one listen...

Best song:
Pendulum

Likes:
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Lightening Bolt
Getaway
Sleeping By Myself
My Father's Son

Not Sure About:
Yellow Moon
Future Days
Infallible
Swallowed Whole

Dislikes:
Let the Records Play

[Blenheim Augustine]

Infallible is underwhelming first time through. That's probably a good thing.

[McParadigm]

Ironically, having heard the core song with minor to no additional accompaniment, it becomes clear that most of what makes Future Days sound listenable here comes down to Brendan's production.

[Jorge]

Sounds like the Vine clip was indeed SBM.

[bada]

I'm obviously doing something wrong I can only get a minute preview of MYM.

[Walker Bait]

I'M IN LOVE WITH PENDULUM!! the whole album is really strong for me but damn...pendulum struck a chord in me. Its my new FALL (the season) song.

[Strat]

Pendelum

[epilogue]

Sounds like the Vine clip was indeed SBM.

Thank you.

[oneway23]

MFS sounds very much like a Soundgarden song from DOTU

My interest level isn't uncontrollable enough right now...yeesh!

[Jorge]

Can't say I hate it.

[EJ]

Sounds like the Vine clip was indeed SBM.

I'm still convinced it was a Beck clip.

[LetMeSleep]

Can't wait to sequence the end of the album myself. Haha.

[harmless]

It's a minor point, but why fade out the piano on Future Days to end the record? It could have very elegantly been played to a definitive end.

O'BRIEN'D

That's my favourite fadeout on the album.

Let's rank the fadeouts!

I just think it lends the thing a nice finality, and to be honest I don't want any more bars of that piano like at Wrigley, and neither do I want one of BoB's "happy endings".*

*anticipating this being used in the quotes out of context thread

[Blenheim Augustine]

Liking the production a lot better than Backspacer - Guitars haven't sounded this good since Riot Act. Lots of percussion going on as well and little riffs and fills everywhere. Lots to warrant replaying.

[Jorge]

"Yellow Moon" is nice-ish.

[LetMeSleep]

Liking the production a lot better than Backspacer - Guitars haven't sounded this good since Riot Act. Lots of percussion going on as well and little riffs and fills everywhere. Lots to warrant replaying.

I want to get to know this album. The remaining tracks have pleased me.

[Mike]

[harmless]

Ironically, having heard the core song with minor to no additional accompaniment, it becomes clear that most of what makes Future Days sound listenable here comes down to Brendan's production.

I agree, and it makes me feel somewhat dirty.

[Tuolumne]

Immediate impact:
Getaway
Mind Your Manners
My Father's Son
Lightning Bolt
Yellow Moon
Future Days

Grower's:
Infallible
Sirens
Pendulum
Sawllowed Whole
Let The Records Play
Sleeping By Myself

[Juvenal]

Infallible. Not getting into it so far. It's that chorus (again!)