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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:40 pm
by stip
B wrote:harmless wrote:Apparently this FD artwork links to iTunes? Might it go on sale soon?
No, it just links to the album. FD isn't listed on the tracklist. Do we have any indication that they're doing this in order?
'we've been assuming that. I forget why. If you check the first few pages of the artwork thread it would be there
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:41 pm
by stip
Birds in Hell wrote:Lament wrote:harmless wrote:It all depends on the tracks themselves. Backspacer's artwork was very thought-provoking until the slight blandness of the lyrics cheapened the art in retrospect. I guess we'll only know how much it 'speaks' when we have the songs. Until then we're only responding to the style. I love the consistent black / red / grey / white colour scheme, and I like the dark moody style set against little touches of humour. Stylistically I prefer it to the Backspacer artwork, which I found far too bright and garish in the context of PJ's past artwork. This stuff suits the "canon" more, imo.
I'll be completely honest. When the artwork for Backspacer came out, I had no problem with it (and honestly, I still don't...it's the music itself I don't care for). It wasn't an avocado, so I felt good about that.
Yeah, I always quite liked the Backspacer artwork (if not much else about the record).
I really dig everything we've seen from the Lightning Bolt art.
you know, I basically spent zero time thinking about the backspacer art, which is surprising, given me.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:44 pm
by stupidmop
B wrote:stupidmop wrote:I thought the backspacer art looked badly drawn, and even if it wasn't i didn't really like a lot of the images, they were all traced anyway weren't they? There was a lot of stuff going on, shoulda stuck with just the anatomy model thing.
Disclaimer: i don't have the cd so i haven't actually seen it in real life.
I don't know how Tom Tomorrow comes by his style, but Backspacer looks exactly like a Tom Tomorrow comic.
Yeah,
fugly
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:46 pm
by harmless
Tracing is common in comic book art, but generally frowned upon. So even if you don't like it, I guess it was fine that Tom Tomorrow did it.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:49 pm
by stupidmop
That its traced isn't really my problem with it, i suspect if i liked the outcome i wouldn't give two shits. I'm not saying its atrocious or anything, just was never drawn to it.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:50 pm
by B
stip wrote:B wrote:harmless wrote:Apparently this FD artwork links to iTunes? Might it go on sale soon?
No, it just links to the album. FD isn't listed on the tracklist. Do we have any indication that they're doing this in order?
'we've been assuming that. I forget why. If you check the first few pages of the artwork thread it would be there
I feel like Future Days is gonna be a shitty album opener. To date, Sometimes is the lowest tempo album opener, and even that wasn't a ballad.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:54 pm
by Birds in Hell
B wrote:stip wrote:B wrote:harmless wrote:Apparently this FD artwork links to iTunes? Might it go on sale soon?
No, it just links to the album. FD isn't listed on the tracklist. Do we have any indication that they're doing this in order?
'we've been assuming that. I forget why. If you check the first few pages of the artwork thread it would be there
I feel like Future Days is gonna be a shitty album opener. To date, Sometimes is the lowest tempo album opener, and even that wasn't a ballad.
I really doubt it's the opener.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:55 pm
by stupidmop
Maybe it'll be the cheesy calm before the kickass storm that is the rest of the album.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 10:58 pm
by Sgt. Crackpot
Birds in Hell wrote:B wrote:stip wrote:B wrote:harmless wrote:Apparently this FD artwork links to iTunes? Might it go on sale soon?
No, it just links to the album. FD isn't listed on the tracklist. Do we have any indication that they're doing this in order?
'we've been assuming that. I forget why. If you check the first few pages of the artwork thread it would be there
I feel like Future Days is gonna be a shitty album opener. To date, Sometimes is the lowest tempo album opener, and even that wasn't a ballad.
I really doubt it's the opener.
I agree. However, PJ seem to be doing of a lot of the unexpected lately, so I wouldn't put it past them to open the album with something unconventional (for them anyway). Majority of their last few albums started with short, upbeat 'punkish' songs. I have a feeling this album is going to be different in many ways.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:02 pm
by harmless
I really think a cheesy, short, mellow opener into MYM could work. I would rather have surprising and quirky than downright predictable, and it would be nice if this album wasn't totally front-loaded with fast songs, leaving the rest mid-tempo.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:27 pm
by Revelator
harmless wrote:This artist is infinitely better than the Backspacer guy imo.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:29 pm
by Revelator
stupidmop wrote:Maybe it'll be the cheesy calm before the kickass storm that is the rest of the album.
This what I'm hoping for cause I haven't been a fan of the Wrigley version of FD. Who says this is the opening track though? Did I miss something?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:32 pm
by HardTI
This is off topic, but do you think if Backspacer had a different art style we might like it just the tiniest bit better?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:32 pm
by Sgt. Crackpot
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:42 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
What the?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:44 pm
by broken iris
E.H. Ruddock wrote:What the?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:45 pm
by Hypnos
What´s the deal with all the hearts?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:46 pm
by Lament
Hypnosomnia wrote:What´s the deal with all the hearts?
They fade away. Not unlike thoughts.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:47 pm
by @SkitchP
I am really starting to enjoy the postings of Lament.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon August 26, 2013 11:47 pm
by stupidmop
The connecting thread throughout the album will probably some 'only love can save the world' bullcrap. I'm calling it.