Red Mosquito

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

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

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.

Sounds like the Vine clip was indeed SBM.

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

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.

Pendelum

theplatypus wrote:Sounds like the Vine clip was indeed SBM.

Thank you.

HardTI wrote: MFS sounds very much like a Soundgarden song from DOTU

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

Can't say I hate it.

theplatypus wrote:Sounds like the Vine clip was indeed SBM.

I'm still convinced it was a Beck clip.

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

Farmer John wrote:

harmless wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

klvitalogy wrote: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

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.

"Yellow Moon" is nice-ish.

Blenheim Augustine wrote: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.

McParadigm wrote: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.

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

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