Red Mosquito

darthvedder81 wrote:PJ albums always take a while for me to formulate a final opinion but so far I'm pretty negative.

When Sleeping By Myself came on I thought it was generic Spotify streaming commercial jingle music. It's pretty hideous and has no reason being on a full PJ album. Swallowed Whole has no place here either. It's an Ed solo tune and nothing more.

I was surprised how half-baked the whole thing feels. Infallible, Pendulum and Yellow Moon all show promise but they don't seem finished to me (YM comes closest to sounding done).

LB has no character or coherence. It sounds exactly like an album done in two sessions 18 months apart because well...

I like Getaway and Sirens a lot and I don't hate MYM anymore. The rest is just blah. 5 or 6/10. Weakest PJ album.

PJMosquito wrote:

darthvedder81 wrote:PJ albums always take a while for me to formulate a final opinion but so far I'm pretty negative.

When Sleeping By Myself came on I thought it was generic Spotify streaming commercial jingle music. It's pretty hideous and has no reason being on a full PJ album. Swallowed Whole has no place here either. It's an Ed solo tune and nothing more.

I was surprised how half-baked the whole thing feels. Infallible, Pendulum and Yellow Moon all show promise but they don't seem finished to me (YM comes closest to sounding done).

LB has no character or coherence. It sounds exactly like an album done in two sessions 18 months apart because well...

I like Getaway and Sirens a lot and I don't hate MYM anymore. The rest is just blah. 5 or 6/10. Weakest PJ album.

Oh, wow. I had quite a different reaction. Trying to temper my immediacy in saying that I feel confident that this album will land in my top three...

I'm really impressed that they are able to pull of this strong of an album 24 years into their career as a band. I'm happy.

darthvedder81 wrote:PJ albums always take a while for me to formulate a final opinion but so far I'm pretty negative.

When Sleeping By Myself came on I thought it was generic Spotify streaming commercial jingle music. It's pretty hideous and has no reason being on a full PJ album. Swallowed Whole has no place here either. It's an Ed solo tune and nothing more.

I was surprised how half-baked the whole thing feels. Infallible, Pendulum and Yellow Moon all show promise but they don't seem finished to me (YM comes closest to sounding done).

LB has no character or coherence. It sounds exactly like an album done in two sessions 18 months apart because well...

I like Getaway and Sirens a lot and I don't hate MYM anymore. The rest is just blah. 5 or 6/10. Weakest PJ album.

Juvenal wrote:

CupidStunt wrote:I think My Father's Son sounds quite Binaural-ish, bits of God's Dice in there.

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HardTI wrote:I don't know if hearing 2/3 of the album is causing this or what, but the sequencing is really odd to me. It's just all over the place.

stip wrote:

Juvenal wrote:

CupidStunt wrote:I think My Father's Son sounds quite Binaural-ish, bits of God's Dice in there.

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I wanted to punch you in your god's dice loving balls for not loving lightning bolt.

harmless wrote:

PJMosquito wrote:

darthvedder81 wrote:PJ albums always take a while for me to formulate a final opinion but so far I'm pretty negative.

When Sleeping By Myself came on I thought it was generic Spotify streaming commercial jingle music. It's pretty hideous and has no reason being on a full PJ album. Swallowed Whole has no place here either. It's an Ed solo tune and nothing more.

I was surprised how half-baked the whole thing feels. Infallible, Pendulum and Yellow Moon all show promise but they don't seem finished to me (YM comes closest to sounding done).

LB has no character or coherence. It sounds exactly like an album done in two sessions 18 months apart because well...

I like Getaway and Sirens a lot and I don't hate MYM anymore. The rest is just blah. 5 or 6/10. Weakest PJ album.

Oh, wow. I had quite a different reaction. Trying to temper my immediacy in saying that I feel confident that this album will land in my top three...

I'm really impressed that they are able to pull of this strong of an album 24 years into their career as a band. I'm happy.

TOP THREE!?

thelurkertoo wrote:Anyone catch a REM Nightswimming vibe to the piano on Future Days?

LetMeSleep wrote:Getaway
MYM
MFS
Sirens
Infallible
Pendulum
Swallowed Whole
Yellow Moon

These are good songs (MYM at a stretch). Thanks PJ for enough to keep me happy. 5 from session 1 and 3 from session 2.

Juvenal wrote:Bored of Future Days. Christ almighty I'm falling asleep

theplatypus wrote:

Blenheim Augustine wrote:Like SBM on this - never listened much to Uke Songs.

Yellow Moon sounds a little like a b-side from the period between Ten and Vs. I mean that in a nice way.

Also - neither of these is the Vine song. So what the hell was the Vine song? Scott Stapp? B-side? Stray Cats 2019?

I think SBM is the Vine song.

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theplatypus wrote:

Blenheim Augustine wrote:Like SBM on this - never listened much to Uke Songs.

Yellow Moon sounds a little like a b-side from the period between Ten and Vs. I mean that in a nice way.

Also - neither of these is the Vine song. So what the hell was the Vine song? Scott Stapp? B-side? Stray Cats 2019?

I think SBM is the Vine song.