Red Mosquito

Ms Harmless wrote:it's just occurred to me that PJ might have done the record store listens to encourage the bootlegs

Arthur Morgan wrote:I wonder if we will have any special packaging for the album

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Arthur Morgan wrote:I wonder if we will have any special packaging for the album

Zombie heads or bust

Hatfield wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:it's just occurred to me that PJ might have done the record store listens to encourage the bootlegs

Is it the general consensus that the metal door leak was sanctioned by them and intentionally released?

Release_Me wrote:I've had the bluestate recording on repeat and I think it's very listenable as phone recordings go. Honestly, as someone who really liked Gigaton and was thrilled to have it as the soundtrack of the pandemic, I think DM is significantly the better album. I have a sentimental attachment to Gigaton and appreciate how it got me through that time in my life, but DM just has the better songs overall, imo. Of course, I still await a good audio quality listen, but I don't see that changing my mind. I was happy with Gigaton but I'm euphoric after listening to DM.

Vindicator wrote:Europeans already complaining about sound issues at the movie theater events. God damnit. It's probably a crapshoot if your theater is gonna have good sound

Hatfield wrote: It's been so long since I let my freak flag fly, I don't know what my wife will say when I suggest I go hear the new PJ album by myself at a theater tonight.....but I'm gonna do just that!

RockPusher wrote:Won’t Tell>Upper Hand>Waiting For Stevie

=best run of three songs since

Faithfull>No Way>Given to Fly

RockPusher wrote:Won’t Tell>Upper Hand>Waiting For Stevie

=best run of three songs since

Faithfull>No Way>Given to Fly

evenslow wrote:Won't Tell > Upper Hand > Waiting for Stevie

I can confidently say they haven't had a three-song stretch this good since... Yield?

And I feel that way off a phone recording.

Hatfield wrote:

DDWJMUVW wrote:

Release_Me wrote:I've had the bluestate recording on repeat and I think it's very listenable as phone recordings go. Honestly, as someone who really liked Gigaton and was thrilled to have it as the soundtrack of the pandemic, I think DM is significantly the better album. I have a sentimental attachment to Gigaton and appreciate how it got me through that time in my life, but DM just has the better songs overall, imo. Of course, I still await a good audio quality listen, but I don't see that changing my mind. I was happy with Gigaton but I'm euphoric after listening to DM.

Though spring 2020 was not a tough time in my life (nothing close to it), I will always associate Gig with the beginning of COVID and the sort of apocalyptic vibe I felt living in a big city at the time. It was truly surreal. Escaping the city on the weekends for the countryside, running in my neighborhood past closed businesses after working from home each day, walking/scootering (ha - lame) the national mall and being one of only a few people out (especially early on), while listening to those tracks, will cement Gigaton's potency in terms of being a very memorable record for me. But with the passage of time, a more balanced assessment of the tracks has bubbled to the surface and there are only a handful I listen to with any regularity.

Here's hoping DM contains more in the way of sustainable quality. Looking forward to my theater experience at 8pm!

What a wonderful connection to that record. What Gigaton songs have maintained their quality for you? Take the Long Way and the last 2 tracks are the only songs I don't reach for.

evenslow wrote:haha rockpusher just saw your post. great minds...