Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[evenslow]

I just want ten fucking seconds. That's it. I can't believe none of you fucks can get that for me.

Spoiler: show

[harmless]

I just want ten fucking seconds. That's it. I can't believe none of you fucks can get that for me.

Spoiler: show

[lecherouslittlestump]

I just want ten fucking seconds. That's it. I can't believe none of you fucks can get that for me.

Spoiler: show

I wish I hadn't listened to those Verizon snippets when they came out. I got so hyped for that song based on the clip, but the album version took a long time for me to come round to. I dunno why.

[harmless]

The intro is misleading. Like the intro of Severed Hand, it doesn't really signpost what's to come very well.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Mirella fucking posted in here and you assholes blew her off. There goes our review of the new album after she hears it Tuesday.

Fucking n00bs.

[Norah]

groetjes!

[harmless]

Mirella fucking posted in here and you assholes blew her off. There goes our review of the new album after she hears it Tuesday.

Fucking n00bs.

What? I didn't blow no one off. I saw her post. Others saw her post and responded. I hope she gives us her feelings on the album, regardless of what I do or don't say to her.

[Heathen]

Mirella fucking posted in here and you assholes blew her off. There goes our review of the new album after she hears it Tuesday.

Fucking n00bs.

I gave her an honest answer.

[Release_Me]

I think the 'fight to get it back again' was exactly that. Maybe it was the hardcore's message from the band; this is what we're doing now. You can be on board or get off at this stop. So maybe Backspacer was an anti-No Code.

The fight to get it back again was, for me, the fight to get back relevance. Fame, fans, money? Not so much. PJ had become the band people knew once existed but didn't really know was active anymore. You'd get responses like, "Yeah, I know them. They're that grunge band from the 90s." I think PJ, more than anything, want to be relevant in the present day. The era from No Code-Riot Act might have satisfied the cult following that they had developed, but it completely took them away from the spotlight in every sense of the word. I'm sure they enjoy not being hounded by the press and being able to lead more private lives. But I don't think the fact that the new generation doesn't know of their existence sits well with them. They'd rather be relevant than live in a cocoon. Whether it's Ed who wants to talk about issues close to the band/himself and for these to be heard and talked about by a larger audience or whether they simply feel the need to make their voice heard now, knowing that there's no 'danger' of them being the biggest band in the world again. The music scene today is completely different from the 90s. I think PJ is just trying to find their rightful place in it and they don't want it to be in the last row.

[harmless]

I think the 'fight to get it back again' was exactly that. Maybe it was the hardcore's message from the band; this is what we're doing now. You can be on board or get off at this stop. So maybe Backspacer was an anti-No Code.

The fight to get it back again was, for me, the fight to get back relevance. Fame, fans, money? Not so much. PJ had become the band people knew once existed but didn't really know was active anymore. You'd get responses like, "Yeah, I know them. They're that grunge band from the 90s." I think PJ, more than anything, want to be relevant in the present day. The era from No Code-Riot Act might have satisfied the cult following that they had developed, but it completely took them away from the spotlight in every sense of the word. I'm sure they enjoy not being hounded by the press and being able to lead more private lives. But I don't think the fact that the new generation doesn't know of their existence sits well with them. They'd rather be relevant than live in a cocoon. Whether it's Ed who wants to talk about issues close to the band/himself and for these to be heard and talked about by a larger audience or whether they simply feel the need to make their voice heard now, knowing that there's no 'danger' of them being the biggest band in the world again. The music scene today is completely different from the 90s. I think PJ is just trying to find their rightful place in it and they don't want it to be in the last row.

That's fair enough. I just feel the change was very abrupt. Or maybe it just seemed that way. There have been 4 years between albums, after all... since Riot Act - S/T? A lot of growth and changing of mind happens in 4 years.

[harmless]

This freaking gem of a soundcheck song is just around the corner, folks.

[Mike]

I hope its Swallowed Whole.

[harmless]

I want Swallowed Whole to be as far away as possible from Unthought Known. That would work. The chorus is so droll. I love how the chord sequence falls instead of rising.

[Blenheim Augustine]

I want Swallowed Whole to be as far away as possible from Unthought Known. That would work. The chorus is so droll. I love how the chord sequence falls instead of rising.

On the rise and rise and fall.

[VinylGuy]

Just realized i dont really care about how "good" or "bad" this album is....im happy we are about to hear 12 new songs from this band.
This month and a half is going to be awesome.

[harmless]

Just realized i dont really care about how "good" or "bad" this album is....im happy we are about to hear 12 new songs from this band.
This month and a half is going to be awesome.

Come on, do you mean that? It won't be awesome if we find out it's terrible.

[VinylGuy]

Just realized i dont really care about how "good" or "bad" this album is....im happy we are about to hear 12 new songs from this band.
This month and a half is going to be awesome.

Come on, do you mean that? It won't be awesome if we find out it's terrible.

How terrible can it be? even if i dont care much, like Riot Act, i know there is going to be at leat one song i like (mym) and some other cool things there..

[LetMeSleep]

Wish I was in Berlin this week. That's one party to gatecrash.

[VinylGuy]

Should we expect this album to leak this week? I mean, there is going to be some promo cd thing there...

[harmless]

Just realized i dont really care about how "good" or "bad" this album is....im happy we are about to hear 12 new songs from this band.
This month and a half is going to be awesome.

Come on, do you mean that? It won't be awesome if we find out it's terrible.

How terrible can it be? even if i dont care much, like Riot Act, i know there is going to be at leat one song i like (mym) and some other cool things there..

I guess I don't want an album with one or two good songs on anymore. The world's full of good songs. I really want to hear this album, like now, but less because I'm excited for a good one, and more because I'm nervous about a bad one.