Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

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Getaway
42
13%
Mind Your Manners
8
2%
My Father's Son
38
12%
Sirens
23
7%
Lightning Bolt
21
6%
Infallible
38
12%
Pendulum
88
27%
Swallowed Whole
21
6%
Let the Records Play
7
2%
Sleeping By Myself
7
2%
Yellow Moon
32
10%
Future Days
4
1%
 
Total votes: 329

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One of my dearest friends mocked the shit out of Sirens for a few weeks. Couldnt believe PJ would do that. Actually, he wasnt surprised because he thought backspacer was a joke, along with their playing and decisions the past 4 years, however....

Today I got a message "I think I might Like Sirens"


Yup 8-)
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Strat wrote:One of my dearest friends mocked the shit out of Sirens for a few weeks. Couldnt believe PJ would do that. Actually, he wasnt surprised because he thought backspacer was a joke, along with their playing and decisions the past 4 years, however....

Today I got a message "I think I might Like Sirens"


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you've have just been SIRENSED!
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This song has crossed into "I do not know how I feel about it anymore" territory.
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Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
:lol:
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Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
This actually makes it sound like Sirens is a con or something.

Like it's built to pull you in, and then in the final act it just Breakfast Can Waits all over the place.

Which would actually be kind of amazing, if it happened.



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Thejambi wrote:This song has crossed into "I do not know how I feel about it anymore" territory.
Where was it before?
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Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
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Someone needs to photoshop Ed into these sirens btw. One with long hair and one with short hair preferably.
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Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
What is it to be Future Day'ed? Put aside until way into the future to maybe enjoy it under different circumstances?
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EJ wrote:
Thejambi wrote:This song has crossed into "I do not know how I feel about it anymore" territory.
Where was it before?
Held high above, True

Now it's over










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sward wrote:
Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
What is it to be Future Day'ed? Put aside until way into the future to maybe enjoy it under different circumstances?
My read of being Future Day'ed is much more dystopian.
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McParadigm wrote:
Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
This actually makes it sound like Sirens is a con or something.

Like it's built to pull you in, and then in the final act it just Breakfast Can Waits all over the place.

Which would actually be kind of amazing, if it happened.



Reference point begins at 3:25 or so
This is awesome.
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Yeah, fuck it. I'm changing my favorite in the poll from Pendulum to Sirens. It's just true.
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evenslow wrote:
sward wrote:
Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
What is it to be Future Day'ed? Put aside until way into the future to maybe enjoy it under different circumstances?
My read of being Future Day'ed is much more dystopian.
My issue with FD is that it should be more dystopian. The album has a religious / apocalyptic theme, generally. The keyboards on the outro should sound like people are being taken away by aliens at the end of the world, and they're not that pretty.
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Jaeti wrote:Yeah, fuck it. I'm changing my favorite in the poll from Pendulum to Sirens. It's just true.
Hands down the best song on the album. Not the coolest song on the album, but the best.
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harmless wrote:
evenslow wrote:
sward wrote:
Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
What is it to be Future Day'ed? Put aside until way into the future to maybe enjoy it under different circumstances?
My read of being Future Day'ed is much more dystopian.
My issue with FD is that it should be more dystopian. The album has a religious / apocalyptic theme, generally. The keyboards on the outro should sound like people are being taken away by aliens at the end of the world, and they're not that pretty.
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harmless wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Yeah, fuck it. I'm changing my favorite in the poll from Pendulum to Sirens. It's just true.
Hands down the best song on the album. Not the coolest song on the album, but the best.
Objective < Subjective
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evenslow wrote:
harmless wrote:
evenslow wrote:
sward wrote:
Strat wrote:you've have just been SIRENSED!
What is it to be Future Day'ed? Put aside until way into the future to maybe enjoy it under different circumstances?
My read of being Future Day'ed is much more dystopian.
My issue with FD is that it should be more dystopian. The album has a religious / apocalyptic theme, generally. The keyboards on the outro should sound like people are being taken away by aliens at the end of the world, and they're not that pretty.
Yes! That's what this album needs!
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Re: Sirens

It's not as if it's some sappy ballad - there's some heart to it and it's musically, for lack of a better word, complex. It's got a really interesting melody, which is something this band has kind of been lacking in the last decade or so.

I'll even go as far to say I think it's the best PJ ballad since Thumbing My Way.

Still... :oops:
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