Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:18 am
what does "form factor" mean
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Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:25 am
I think he means a record that contains Habit and Off He Goes, Brain Of J. and Low Light.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:25 am
We should probably ask him, though.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:27 am
That Spin review makes it seem like Stone sings Buckle Up and Matt sings Take the Long Way.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:30 am
so would it be accurate to surmise that this album is a return to form factor?
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:32 am
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:50 am
Can't speak to professional reviews around the time, but the initial Backspacer takes around here were beyond exuberant.dimejinky99 wrote:Would love to have a gauge based on previous album reviews and how they were received here vs actual response to albums here. In the immediate and aftermath
For your own money which outlet has nailed how you feel about the last say three records.
To go back further is unfair and wouldn’t work
We can all get excited or bummed or excited about reviews but let’s look back.
Remember those?
They were the sweet meats
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 12:54 am
I like the Spin review because its talking about how lukewarm everyone felt with LB. Or most people...and how difficult it was for the band to actually release some new music all these years.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 1:11 am
I don't remember which, but one of the recent Gigaton reviews made mention of the fact that they could prove how mediocre an album LB was by how bored the band looked every time they played those songs live.VinylGuy wrote:I like the Spin review because its talking about how lukewarm everyone felt with LB. Or most people...and how difficult it was for the band to actually release some new music all these years.
Don't concur, just found it funny.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 1:25 am
It also destroyed Can't Deny MeVinylGuy wrote:I like the Spin review because its talking about how lukewarm everyone felt with LB. Or most people...and how difficult it was for the band to actually release some new music all these years.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 1:53 am
dimejinky99 wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:well the obvious answer is which outlets hated lightning bolt, but graded S/T appropriately?
I don’t care for reviews. In fact the desperation to read them here is a bit strange. I get it. We do the same before a new Star War. (I don’t personally)
But the guy writing does this for a living. In whatever outlet. How much do you trust him not to be tired and cynical and dead to music? Or not?
Womp womp.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 1:55 am
Ms Harmless wrote:I don't read reviews for "opinions" or overall judgments as much as descriptions, to pick up the general energy of the album; a review might slate something they've made sound enjoyable to me, or vice versa; I think it's fine to say don't depend on reviews, but to say they have no purpose beyond telling you what to think is a bit naive; after all, multiple reviews is multiple feelings and perspectives, especially for a band to whom nobody realistically feels they owe anything anymore
This.
I'm just a tourist, but Ms. Harmless seems to be a voice of reason.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 2:56 am
I’m not gonna go back like 60 pages to figure this out: One of the songs is sung by Stone and another by Matt? Whoa.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 2:57 am
Ha.verb_to_trust wrote:That Spin review makes it seem like Stone sings Buckle Up and Matt sings Take the Long Way.
I’m not gonna go back like 6 posts to figure this out.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 2:58 am
That seems like a mistake given no other review mentioned it.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 3:29 am
A perk of 2 week mandatory work from home is i’m home when it comes out
Getting excited to hear this. Good or bad
Getting excited to hear this. Good or bad
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 7:08 am
I think it was just poorly worded in the article or perhaps I read it wrong. It would be hilarious though if Ed only sang half the songs.scrub12 wrote:That seems like a mistake given no other review mentioned it.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 8:52 am
I'm in the same situation. I suspect most of that 2 weeks will be spent searching for Gigaton leaks, so I hope I find it early for my work's sake.gardenparty wrote:A perk of 2 week mandatory work from home is i’m home when it comes out
Getting excited to hear this. Good or bad
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 9:31 am
Gigaton. Singabit.verb_to_trust wrote:I think it was just poorly worded in the article or perhaps I read it wrong. It would be hilarious though if Ed only sang half the songs.scrub12 wrote:That seems like a mistake given no other review mentioned it.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 14, 2020 10:33 am
Hey, hey....what is this, an early-period Queens of the Stone Age record?verb_to_trust wrote:I think it was just poorly worded in the article or perhaps I read it wrong. It would be hilarious though if Ed only sang half the songs.scrub12 wrote:That seems like a mistake given no other review mentioned it.