HotterdanArul
Krazier
I like white food but you don't catch me writing a song about salad and cheese
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Post by HotterdanArul on Mar 29, 2014 0:31:04 GMT -8
Just had a listen to Deloused in the Comatorium and I liked it a lot more than when I first listened to it. DrebWin was a big fan of The mars Volta and was always disappointed in me because I found Deloused in the Comatorium uninteresting so I haven't tried it for 3 years. I do want to listen again to finalise thoughts but here's what I have got: it feels like a sensible incarnation of modern prog music as instead of just trying to recreate what prog sounded like 20 years beforehand, they have carved out their own sound for themselves. I want to give a shoutut to these lyrics which are actually mental:
Last night I heard lepers Flinch like birth defects Its musk was fecal in origin As the words dribbled off of its chin
I find it hard to talk about the album but it is basically like if At the Drive In went prog which is all I could expect. Decent 7
1-Deloused in the Comatorium (Mars Volta)
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Post by magusthesexy on Apr 4, 2014 7:01:04 GMT -8
Deloused was, well, At the Drive-In except proggy. Idk what to say on it, it had some pretty good moments, although it failed to really stand out for me on first listen. Will revisit, however, for I see a potential grower in it. The Iron Butterfly album was nothing special, really. Not bad at all, but it failed to stand out moreso than the other two albums of this round. Gentle As It May Seem and and Fields of Sun were slightly better than the rest I suppose, but overall it was all kind of the same nice, somewhat inoffensive psych rock. If I want some really solid psych jams from the late 60's I'd rather go with Pink Floyd or better yet, The United States of America, though. 1: At the Drive-In - We Are Doing Prog Now! 2: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3: iron butt I figured it's my turn now so here goes: The Angels of Light - How I Loved YouNow here's a little somethign I recently discovered. Remember Michael Gira from Swans? During the time that Swans were away, he decided that it was time to stop doing post-punk and go in a more neofolk direction, resulting in an album that sounds more sincere than any Swans album I know of. A couple of elements from Swans are still present: Gira has no problem making atmospheric, sprawling +10-minute tracks that reek of post-rock even in this folk setting. What makes this album so great to me is how it's very varied: There are some heartfelt, stripped down songs on here (Evangeline, Untitled Love Song), the previously mentioned gloomy sprawlers (New City In the Future) and rousing, merciless tracks (My True Body). The album is on one hand very dark, but also knows its beautiful, hopeful moments and it's just one of the best albums I've recently listened to.
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Post by X17Clones on Apr 4, 2014 22:37:03 GMT -8
Oh right, my thoughts on my chosen album. Right well, needless to say I find it a bit repetitive save for like three songs on it. Part of the reason I even have it on my iPod is to break up some of my other songs so it's nice for that. There's a lot of lost potential in it I find. If the group just sort of expanded on many of its ideas the album could have been great, but sadly it falls into the "nice to listen too" category. Possession is my favourite song on it.
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Post by X17Clones on Apr 7, 2014 14:01:39 GMT -8
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