Red Mosquito

Anders wrote:Nothing better than when an album grows in esteem with time.

so true

veddar10 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Actually, I just checked my own vinyl copy and sure enough! Right there in the groove on Side A. I didn't know that was there. Thanks for the heads up, evenslow.

Does yours also say "Eat your veggies?"

I don't think so. Just the two etchings that I can see. Unless there's one hiding from me.

putting the vinyl sleeves back in the case is a pain in the ass

OK done it

Ms Harmless wrote:putting the vinyl sleeves back in the case is a pain in the ass

Absolute nightmare.

Obbster wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:putting the vinyl sleeves back in the case is a pain in the ass

Absolute nightmare.

thank you for the empathy haha

So I guess we're not getting an EPK?

definitely disappointed pretty much all we got was the simmons podcast. was hoping for at least a rolling stone interview with ed or something.

veddar10 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Actually, I just checked my own vinyl copy and sure enough! Right there in the groove on Side A. I didn't know that was there. Thanks for the heads up, evenslow.

Does yours also say "Eat your veggies?"

Is this a reference to SMiLE?

mine says "eat your veggies"

There is so much to love on this album

evenslow wrote:definitely disappointed pretty much all we got was the simmons podcast. was hoping for at least a rolling stone interview with ed or something.

that'll all open when they release the second half

Farmer John wrote:So I guess we're not getting an EPK?

yeah, thats a bummer. Also no fucking interviews...what is this 1996?

VinylGuy wrote:

Farmer John wrote:So I guess we're not getting an EPK?

yeah, thats a bummer. Also no fucking interviews...what is this 1996?

Once again...just let the music do the talking.

Love it.

Strat wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

Farmer John wrote:So I guess we're not getting an EPK?

yeah, thats a bummer. Also no fucking interviews...what is this 1996?

Once again...just let the music do the talking.

Love it.

i would kill for an epk.

I'm in the enviable positions of having dug their work and believing they have never put out a bad record. Some better than others, but mostly accomplishing a reasonable level of success in impacting me. Shockingly, though, I was having some trouble with SuperBlood, an now I'm really digging it. How did this happen? Seven O'clock is really nailing for me the feeling that I had in the first months after Orange Cheetoh got elected. That feeling of drowning and gasping for air and trying to find a way out of an impossible situation, I finally found a soundtrack to it. Retrograde is going to be a monster live, very Gigaton-y but also has a classic PJ build up. While I've really musically and vocally enjoyed the last few albums, I haven't felt a lyrical impact in a long time, and the lyrics are really cutting through me this time out. Still having some trouble finding my way in with Who Ever Said an Buckle Up, but even those feel worthwhile having on the record. Last time out, I pretty much discarded Let the Records Play and SBM and never looked back. I don't have any of those this time out.

Sleeping by myself is great, T. Give it another shot

stip wrote:Sleeping by myself is great, T. Give it another shot

Phew, I dunno about that .... but who knows ...

I haven't reached for the lyric book so much since Yield or No Code. Last couple albums I just cast aside the lyrics (or just never felt the urge to dig in) and let the music flow into me. And it easily did and it was fun (for Backspacer alot of fun) and rewarding. Gigaton I'm pulling the lyrics out and really poring through them, I forgot about that whole experience.

Sleeping By Myself was a nice Ed song. While I’ve enjoyed the PJ version, it always sounds like a Christmas album song to me. Very pop with those jingles. I feel now that BO’B was going for pop heartstrings way more than the band was.

RockPusher wrote:Sleeping By Myself was a nice Ed song. While I’ve enjoyed the PJ version, it always sounds like a Christmas album song to me. Very pop with those jingles. I feel now that BO’B was going for pop heartstrings way more than the band was.

This. The ukulele songs version is a really nice little tune. Should've left it at that.