Red Mosquito

Brett wrote:Am I the only one who isn't compelled by that little snippet of "Who Ever Said"? I really like the ambient intro stuff, but when the band comes in, it sounds super clumsy. Almost like someone literally tripped over the drums while holding a plugged in guitar. Maybe it's just the crappy video quality?

I agree. I feel like I'd prefer that ambient intro to build into something, not awkwardly switch gears into a rocker.

Maybe it'll work better once we can hear the whole thing in context.

I like the snippet - very Floyd like intro
As for where the band kicks in...too short of a clip to even form an opinion.
It's like a kick of a drum and a distorted bass note...not much to go by here

Everyone that heard the album who went to that Tequila shindig in Hollywood said it was a standout track

So...I'm holding out hope that this will be good.

I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird

still, I'm intrigued not worried

Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird

still, I'm intrigued not worried

Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good

Clem Halibut wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird

still, I'm intrigued not worried

Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good

yup!

Ms Harmless wrote:

Clem Halibut wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird

still, I'm intrigued not worried

Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good

yup!

Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.

But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).

I really like what I'm seeing of how this album is tracked

two "rockers" to start (with WES having the most energy, I'm assuming) and then DOTC taking the pace down a little but not stopping it dead, like, say, "Parachutes" did (a good song that I was convinced was terrible for a long time because of its momentum-killing placement); and then it sounds like we have a mix of standard rockers, weird "abstract" songs, and what sounds like mid-tempo Floyd-esque things; it doesn't look like there are any pure ballads until the final two songs, if I'm reading the descriptions right

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Clem Halibut wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird

still, I'm intrigued not worried

Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good

yup!

Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.

But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).

yeah that's true, not recently; Breakerfall is not a Binaural highlight

Life Wasted is the best!

stip wrote:Life Wasted is the best!

I like that song a lot, even if they haven't played a good version in years.

Ms Harmless wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Clem Halibut wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird

still, I'm intrigued not worried

Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good

yup!

Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.

But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).

yeah that's true, not recently; Breakerfall is not a Binaural highlight

*shakes fist*

Juvenal wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Clem Halibut wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I can't hear a drum in that clip, just a hi hat; and that must be a bass note but sounds a lot like a low piano note to me, weird

still, I'm intrigued not worried

Song #1 on PJ albums have always been pretty good

yup!

Not recently, and I'm not crazy about Breakerfall either.

But I remain very interested to hear this whole record, if not quite at the initial level of fevered optimism I had after Dance of the Clairvoyants (probably for the best).

yeah that's true, not recently; Breakerfall is not a Binaural highlight

*shakes fist*

only love!

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:Life Wasted is the best!

I like that song a lot, even if they haven't played a good version in years.

I rarely listen to live stuff so I base most of views on studio performances.

I wouldn't get our hopes up too much for that ambient opening. I mean, it's only like 20 seconds and then it's gone. Cool for what it is.

evenslow wrote:I wouldn't get our hopes up too much for that ambient opening. I mean, it's only like 20 seconds and then it's gone. Cool for what it is.

I'm excited that that song is 5+ minutes long; does that ambience come back somewhere? is it included over any of the guitar parts? I miss PJ having real dynamics instead of just balls-to-the-wall one-dimensional speed

these songs are produced to have some texture in them

awesome

Question: At what time in the album (if at all) will you open up RM, upon first listen of The Giga?

Ms Harmless wrote:

evenslow wrote:I wouldn't get our hopes up too much for that ambient opening. I mean, it's only like 20 seconds and then it's gone. Cool for what it is.

I'm excited that that song is 5+ minutes long; does that ambience come back somewhere? is it included over any of the guitar parts? I miss PJ having real dynamics instead of just balls-to-the-wall one-dimensional speed

i highly doubt it comes back in that song. it's been described as a rocker of sorts.

Leatherhead wrote:Question: At what time in the album (if at all) will you open up RM, upon first listen of The Giga?

probably halfway through the first song.

Leatherhead wrote:Question: At what time in the album (if at all) will you open up RM, upon first listen of The Giga?

The Giga!!