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I like it a lot. They were never gonna match the manic energy of their music 20 years ago, so I'm perfectly happy getting enjoyable to listen to, well performed music from them after all this time.
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It's only 2:55. Have their "singles" EVER been anything special? They are forever a "whole album or nothing" band for me.
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hatelull posted:It's only 2:55. Have their "singles" EVER been anything special? They are forever a "whole album or nothing" band for me. They had singles?
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BigFactory posted:They had singles? Isn't this like their "biggest" song to date? I think it even popped up in one of the Guitar Hero games. Of course this is only like 1/3rd as long as the album version, which I prefer to the single version. Also, here's their tour: https://twitter.com/themarsvolta/status/1539247300450652162 Of course they aren't coming here  Oh well, at least I got to see Cedric and Omar on ATDI's reunion tour a handful of years ago, which was awesome.
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Jun 21, 2022 18:25
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Wax Simulacra was the song they won the Grammy for, and that's sub-3 minutes.
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I was today years old when I learned "L'Via ..." got edited and released as a single. I knew "The Widow" from that record was getting radio play.
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hatelull posted:I knew "The Widow" from that record was getting radio play. It's really hard to imagine someone getting further interested in TMV based on that song alone.
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Incoherence posted:Wax Simulacra was the song they won the Grammy for, and that's sub-3 minutes.
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Colonel J posted:It's really hard to imagine someone getting further interested in TMV based on that song alone. actually, that's literally me. completely missed deloused, caught the widow video on tv (fuse? i think that was the channel) and bought the cd within the week.
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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but IMO the best track off Frances the Mute is the unreleased first track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBI0UdAlcg
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Snow Cone Capone posted:Sorry if this has been discussed before, but IMO the best track off Frances the Mute is the unreleased first track
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Jedit posted:Final preview from C/C. Having just listened to the album through twice, so far this one, Harridan and Herd Culling are the 3 big banger tracks. Of the New Day has been out for a while, it's decent but those kinds of soft emotional PT songs are usually skips for me on repeated listens (see also: Lazarus) Dignity is great - a little SW solo-ish, but sprawling and reminiscent of some of the better older stuff Walk the Plank is like a mishmash of the most recent SW album, a bit of PT, and a bit of post-In Rainbows Radiohead. Sounds real cool, I'd like to see them or SW alone explore this a bit more too. Chimera's Wreck I need to listen to a couple more times but my initial impression is "The Incident in 9:39" A couple of reviews I've read mention that like The Incident, the as-yet-unreleased bonus tracks are just as good or better than the album itself, so there's that to look forward to as well! An interesting thing to me is how great the basslines are on Harridan and Rats Return - I think I like SW on bass more than I like him on guitar. I wonder if he'll be on bass when they tour? e: I dunno if this was posted but they did finally break the silence on why Colin Edwin isn't in the band anymore - long story short, the other 3 stayed in touch all this time but Colin never really did, and the initial jam sessions for this album were SW and Gavin jamming, and Gavin only had a bass lying around, and apparently SW was having a lot of fun with it: https://metalinjection.net/news/steven-wilson-explains-why-colin-edwin-isnt-part-of-porcupine-trees-reunion Snow Cone Capone fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Jun 22, 2022 |
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Here's a new thing that's pretty cool. Prog-metal band from China, very distinct sound. Ethereal vocals with a mix of traditional prog and 'djent'-esque rhythms. Hangs together quiet well if that's your jam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoKL23zNg7w
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In true Mars Volta fashion, the full single carries on for some time. It embraces a latino style but lacks the rock fusion of L'via. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYAR6bpf85Q We probably wont ever get Deloused or Frances again, a fact we've all made peace with at this point. I still never made it through the rest of the albums though.
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Pontificating rear end posted:In true Mars Volta fashion, the full single carries on for some time. It embraces a latino style but lacks the rock fusion of L'via.
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Noct starts a little shaky but its second half is incredibly strong. The last 3 tracks on it are an insanely good run
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Rageaholic posted:Amputechture is excellent and has some insane lyrics (for example "The kiosk in my temporal lobe is shaped like Rosalynn Carter"). Bedlam has some great tracks (like the above mentioned Wax Simulacra) even though it's not their best. I also gave Noctourmiquet another try yesterday after not listening to it in years and it's much better than I remember. Octahedron is still my least favorite TMV album by a lot. Amputechture and Bedlam are definitely the next ones I'm getting into, I listened to Frances in 2005 but then slept on it for 15 years and I'm obsessed with these guys now
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I think coming back in this kinda-post-pandemic world is a great opportunity for them and others like them actually. I like the new single, it feels like I'm ready to open up and discover some new music and be less picky after the past few years' drought. I'm part of those who didn't hang on after Frances the Mute (but obsessed about it back then), but now I'm kinda curious as to what I missed.
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Snow Cone Capone posted:Having just listened to the album through twice How did you get the album early?
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This seems best here? The Billy Cobham / George Duke Band – "Live" On Tour In Europe (1976) i cleaned it and wideded it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od9h-Q3ANW8&t=716s This is really a worthwhile 50mins regardless. Where it goes. I made it as nice as I could Billy Ray Blowjob fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Jun 23, 2022 |
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Billy Cobham was so good
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Billy Ray Blowjob posted:This seems best here? Thanks for this. This is excellent.
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The other night I was listening to a new Mars Volta track and now I'm listening to a new Porcupine Tree album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-sm9r0_q5o
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While we're on the Mars Volta, I found this great live recording from 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WdmMdpJBY hard to find good-quality live material on youtube from these dudes
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instrumentally they're spot on there but dang they needed to adjust the key of some of those tunes for Cedric
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I wish Scabdates was on Spotify. Assuming it's the label that never allowed it?
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What a day. Both Coheed and Cambrias and Porcupine trees new albums really slap. I also listened OUs debut album for the first time and it is very interesting. It needs few more listens so I can decide whether I like it, but it is definitely somethin fresh. Issaries fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Jun 24, 2022 |
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I'm rewatching my copy of Arriving Somewhere now since it had been way too long since I'd last watched it. This DVD kicks rear end.
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Hawklad posted:Here's a new thing that's pretty cool. Prog-metal band from China, very distinct sound. Ethereal vocals with a mix of traditional prog and 'djent'-esque rhythms. Hangs together quiet well if that's your jam. Love this. Good fun music. Thanks for the rec.
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I STEP AWAY FROM THE INTERNET FOR A WEEK AN THERE'S A NEW TMV SONG? TF?!?! Also has anyone (who pre-ordered) gotten their Closure/Continuation yet? Mine's still ain't here.
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Way back in the day when Frances the Mute came out, a goon edited it to remove the completely wanky spacy parts and it made the album so much god drat better. No more four minutes of ambient frogs just so I can start a song, things like that. It really transforms the album, and now that I don’t use an iPod and have all mp3s as my library, it’s sad that I can’t just have it as my default anymore.
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SgtScruffy posted:Way back in the day when Frances the Mute came out, a goon edited it to remove the completely wanky spacy parts and it made the album so much god drat better. No more four minutes of ambient frogs just so I can start a song, things like that. That's what turned me off to the album in 2005, but I missed out. As off-putting as they are, they give the album a truly unique pace, and I listen through the whole thing now. Someone on youtube made a similar edit though which would be a lot easier for new listeners to get into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2puUdO4YBg
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new Coheed absolutely slaps. perfect progressive blend of rock and modern popular music. I think "A Disappearing Act" might be my favourite track because of that perfect hybridization. good work, Claudio et al. lots of absolute fuckin bangers on this record. 10/10
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Kazinsal posted:new Coheed absolutely slaps. perfect progressive blend of rock and modern popular music. I think "A Disappearing Act" might be my favourite track because of that perfect hybridization. came here to post this. They did an EDM song and it kind of owns??? e: I'm only on my first listen and it just keeps amping up. Love Murder One is a banger
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HOLY poo poo CONCEPTION'S ENTIRE BACK CATALOG HAS BEEN SAVED FROM LICENSING HELL https://open.spotify.com/artist/25612xyhRN1JRqXVlmghpr?si=zw2DmLPIT_Wgf7CFTQakqg&utm_source=copy-link
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Metacritic lists Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind as C&C's best-reviewed album, and hell, it's possible they're right.
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Edward Mass posted:Metacritic lists Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind as C&C's best-reviewed album, and hell, it's possible they're right. How do you think it compares to the classic Gonna Make You Sweat?
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BigFactory posted:How do you think it compares to the classic Gonna Make You Sweat? I said C&C, not C+C.
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Edward Mass posted:I said C&C, not C+C. eh they'll never top Hell March IMO
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