Red Mosquito

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Wow, this song really does open up when you listen with headphones, doesn’t it? How about that production?

I can’t believe this is happening

McParadigm wrote:The obvious and wise choice for a band that made this song is to recognize it as a template for building a cohesive, fertile departure album. When your whole career has been rock songs and “face melt, bro” solos, you could jump into these waters and find a dozen varying and enjoyable ways to splash around.

This band’s history is so much more inclined towards experiments being one offs I don’t know what to expect. Like, if this album is Dance, the pipe organ song, one or two other surprises, two Ed acoustic solo tracks, and a half dozen “it sounds like Pearl Jam” shruggers, that’s gonna be such a drag downward from where this song starts me out at.

Bi_3 wrote:

Strat wrote:Damn. When mikes guitar kicks and Ed lays into the “save your predictions” - right there is classic spine tingling pj. Just love that.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Song reminds of Interpol a bit

Strat wrote:Damn. When mikes guitar kicks and Ed lays into the “save your predictions” - right there is classic spine tingling pj. Just love that.

Kevin Davis wrote:I think it's true that their real left-field experiments ("Stupid Mop," "Arc," etc.) were one-offs, but whenever they've put out something comparatively left of the middle but still within conventional "song form" expectations as a lead single (I'm primarily thinking of "Who You Are" and "Nothing As It Seems"), I think they ended up being good predictors of those albums' respective musical languages. I don't know -- I think it's a good sign

stip wrote:when is DcT going to weigh in on this?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Man Eddie sounds good. I didn’t think he still had it in him.

Song reminds of Interpol a bit

Bi_3 wrote:It's great that they dropped the whole Strokes cover band thing, but this song... it doesnt fit. Unless the shows are slowed down to a crawl this is a set killer with below average lyrics and a different (for PJ) but still derivative sound. Ed sounds so weak here, I just dont get the love.

bluestate wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:It's great that they dropped the whole Strokes cover band thing, but this song... it doesnt fit. Unless the shows are slowed down to a crawl this is a set killer with below average lyrics and a different (for PJ) but still derivative sound. Ed sounds so weak here, I just dont get the love.

I couldn't care less about whether this works in a setlist and I'm glad the band has finally moved that past that direction for writing new songs.

bluestate wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:I think it's true that their real left-field experiments ("Stupid Mop," "Arc," etc.) were one-offs, but whenever they've put out something comparatively left of the middle but still within conventional "song form" expectations as a lead single (I'm primarily thinking of "Who You Are" and "Nothing As It Seems"), I think they ended up being good predictors of those albums' respective musical languages. I don't know -- I think it's a good sign

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