heatjd
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Post by heatjd on Dec 27, 2004 12:08:32 GMT -5
meh i finally got it off irc didnt listen much cause the quality was jus shit. i'll actually wait for real album in order to hear ;D
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Post by motherprussia on Dec 28, 2004 1:42:02 GMT -5
it has potential to be better than de-loused...i'll say that much, i'm still working on it
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Post by tremulant on Dec 28, 2004 2:22:24 GMT -5
well motherprussia, it is my opinion that it's better to wait for the album to be released. Maybe you just have to be the first one to hear new stuff cuz you have an inferiority complex. Either way, the link didnt even work for me so fuck off.
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Post by soniktruth on Dec 28, 2004 21:19:12 GMT -5
Maybe you just have to be the first one to hear new stuff cuz you have an inferiority complex. inferiority complex or penis envy?
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Post by tremulant on Dec 29, 2004 1:50:12 GMT -5
haha, burrrrrn!
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piesore
Full Member
i see you.
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Post by piesore on Dec 30, 2004 21:57:30 GMT -5
I'll agree w/ prussia, in terms of waiting for leaks, I don't see what's such a big deal with listening before the actual release date. If it takes time to get used to, like most albums, then it's good you get a peek at it before hand so you aren't suprised and dissapointed on release day. Or it just might suck, and you wouldn't want to waste your money on it. I'm sure a band wouldn't want you to buy their product if you didn't like it. If it's good the first listen, give it a few more to see if it wears out quickly. It really matters what you think on listen 20, not the first few.
I think Mute it kind of a goofy album. The more the band talks about avoiding getting tagged with the prog rock label, the more they seem to fall into it's cliches. I don't think it's a horrible record, but just kind of silly; it's getting harder for me to take them seriously. A lot of the arrangements with strings and trumpet come off more goofy than overwhelming for me, as does the spanish singing. The production is not as polished as deloused, but it's not raw either, it has this weird dichotomy with certain things being too mixed and others not mixed enough, it makes it feel a little cartoony to me.
Also, they've brought over a lot of the stuff they do live, which is expected, but I didn't really like that bloated classic rock direction they were heading in. Cedric's voice has more of a drawl, and his lyrics are more random than poetic.
I don't think any of the tracks need to be as long as they are, the album probably could have been cut in half and not lost it's core ideas. To it's credit, the long songs work better than on deloused, the jam structure feels more natural. I just think the album could have more ideas...I guess I just really wanted to hear caught in the sun and plague upon your hissing children on there.
The band are much better players now though, so they pull off the technical stuff way better than they did on deloused, I just don't think the quality of the ideas match the improvement in their musicianship.
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