Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[Kaius]

O-o

[Tuolumne]

yellow moon is much > swallowed whole.

I agree but i love both of them

that's why you're the doc.

This album is holding up extremely well, my least favorite is probably sleeping by myself and i still really like that one too

I'm playing the whole album minus SBM, and it sounds great. No big 180 slowdown. Take out SBM and it works great. I think Backspacer was great when listening top to bottom in one consecutive listen, but I'm finding more meat on the bones with LB and I find myself repeating certain songs over and over again. Didn't do that with Backspacer as much as I dug that. SBM should have been a b-side. Fuck BoB.

[Coach]

On my way to work, I typically go:

Pendulum: Crank this really loud....a nice start to the morning drive

Swallowed Whole: Chiefly because it comes after Pendulum and I like it

then I skip to:

Sirens

then I skip back to:

Pendulum

then I skip to:

MYM or My Father's Son

[hlniv]

Interesting, My drive in the morning has been:

Pendulum
back to My Father's Son
skip to Lightning Bolt
Infallible
Pendulum
Swallowed Whole

Then I'm usually there. If I have more time, I'll cut back to Getaway and MYM after Swallowed Whole. I'll end up hearing some of LTRP, and say to myself "what the fuck?" and skip back.

I probably have given SBM and Yellow Moon less than 10% of spins that I've given the tracks above, and I actually enjoy both. I've heard each only 4 or 5 times. They are still fresh for me, anyway, just rarely in the mood for either. I think I've only listened through all of Future Days maybe twice

[PHATJ]

Man, I really like Swallowed Whole. I think it's their best song in awhile!

Yes

Oh no. God no.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

I've probably hammered this album a little too much, so I've been giving it a break for a while. Usually after some hibernation, and an album resurfaces again, either: I find a new love for the album/it doesn't improve any more/I start to dislike it. We'll see what happens when it seems like the right time to give it another go.

[Rangi Guy]

I've probably hammered this album a little too much, so I've been giving it a break for a while. Usually after some hibernation, and an album resurfaces again, either: I find a new love for the album/it doesn't improve any more/I start to dislike it. We'll see what happens when it seems like the right time to give it another go.

I'm trying to give it a break till I have my physical copy...

[Sgt. Crackpot]

I've probably hammered this album a little too much, so I've been giving it a break for a while. Usually after some hibernation, and an album resurfaces again, either: I find a new love for the album/it doesn't improve any more/I start to dislike it. We'll see what happens when it seems like the right time to give it another go.

I'm trying to give it a break till I have my physical copy...

Still? Jesus, fuck Tenclub.

[Rangi Guy]

I've probably hammered this album a little too much, so I've been giving it a break for a while. Usually after some hibernation, and an album resurfaces again, either: I find a new love for the album/it doesn't improve any more/I start to dislike it. We'll see what happens when it seems like the right time to give it another go.

I'm trying to give it a break till I have my physical copy...

Still? Jesus, fuck Tenclub.

Yup still! Although I did see this morning that they've given me my membership renewal for free this year.... So I guess that's something

[Tuolumne]

I'm pretty fixated on Getaway and Pendulum. I totally dug Backspacer, but I forgot what it was like to get so immersed in a song like that. I'm doing endless repeats of those two and Yellow Moon and Sirens. Then, when I really wanna rock out it's MYM and MFS. Then, when I wanna sig deeper into the album, it's LB and Swallowed Whole. And now finally, I full run through (minus SBM) is starting to make sense. I just had to eliminate SBM from the equation and all was well with a full album play. This album looks like it'll have more than enough staying power for me.

[stip]

sleeping by myself is pretty great, guys

[harmless]

It is. When I read that people are enjoying LTRP and FD even more than SBM, first I'm like WTF and then I feel very envious.

[Tuolumne]

It could be. It just doesn't fit with the song sequence. With it, the album slows down considerably when you have that followed by Yellow Moon and then Future Days. I was feeling like it loses momentum and missing some rock. But when you take it out, LTRP serves that rock purposes and Yellow Moon is midtempo enough to hold onto some pace and Future Days closes it out. SBM is like this quicksand that slows the pacing, and doesn't make sense lyrically on the album.

[stip]

it's not even that slow a song though--it moves along at a nice clip.

[Birds in Hell]

When I listened to the album a few days ago I felt as though that song really derailed the record. I actually quite like it removed from the context of the album but it felt totally incongruous when placed with the rest of the material.

[swan]

This is how I've been listening to it:

Getaway
Mind Your Manners
Infallible
Pendulum
Swallowed Whole
Let the Records Play
Sleeping By Myself
Yellow Moon

Loving that

[Birds in Hell]

I still think My Father's Son is one of the band's best post-Binaural songs.

[EJ]

I still think My Father's Son is one of the band's best post-Binaural songs.

agreed

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

sleeping by myself is pretty great, guys

So much better then i expected

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

It is. When I read that people are enjoying LTRP and FD even more than SBM, first I'm like WTF and then I feel very envious.

I do enjoy them more, but that isn't a knock on sbm, this whole album is great