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I'm finally listening to this new God Is An Astronaut in full and it feels like they haven't been able to come up with a good/original idea in years so they're just repeating themselves at this point. I'll probably forget I even listened to this by tomorrow. Their first decade or so of output was extraordinary & will never stop being great, but maybe it's time for them to hang it up. In high school, I couldn't shut up to anyone who would listen about how great and revolutionary they were, but I can't see myself recommending this album to anyone. They've made such better/more interesting music in the past that this just pales in comparison so much. It bums me out because they seriously used to be one of my favorite bands of all and now they aren't even on that list for me anymore. Oh well, times change I guess.
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God is an Astronaut is one of the few big post rock bands I've barely touched really, even though I loved them when I saw them last year. What's the definitive album?
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Junkenstein posted:God is an Astronaut is one of the few big post rock bands I've barely touched really, even though I loved them when I saw them last year. What's the definitive album? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uevKxa6sjFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR0UXVhynmY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh8QtCO-wQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOnL5CcYbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78m_mYvYUsE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCnD4QCLJlU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKvBHwh5lP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jZ4kFXlAqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgc9g7OB6Jc They just had so many loving great songs in a short period of time, then it seemed like they really didn't after that. I remember Age of the Fifth Sun had this dope-rear end post-metal-ish track on it that seemed to be signaling a new direction for the band, but I don't think they ever really expanded on it after that. Or maybe they did. I don't even remember. If they did, it wasn't very memorable for me. But this new album definitely ain't a post-metal album, at least. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcZ8MKYkMaY Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 09:53 on May 3, 2018 |
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May 3, 2018 09:50
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bes tgod is an astronaut tracks are first day of sun and darkfall. i never really liked any of their albums from start to finish
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Being Irish, I have no idea how God is an Astronaut don't have the same level of success and critical acclaim anyone else from here who makes music seems to get. Someone needs to hire them to make a movie soundtrack.
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May 3, 2018 12:39
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There are now two bad GIAA albums
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Rhgr posted:Being Irish, I have no idea how God is an Astronaut don't have the same level of success and critical acclaim anyone else from here who makes music seems to get. I believe they were hired for a game soundtrack but it seems to have died in production hell.
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GIAA has always been weird for me because it is really technically competent music that sounds incredibly good... I just don't find it all that interesting after the nth or so listen. I did have a phase with them for a while though, with their self-titled release being the peak.
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I too feel the same about GIAA. it just plods along a bit, you know?
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I'm finally listening to this new God Is An Astronaut in full and it feels like they haven't been able to come up with a good/original idea in years so they're just repeating themselves at this point. I'll probably forget I even listened to this by tomorrow. same, but Explosions in the Sky
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Yeah the new GIAA was super weird. The production was a big downer for me.. it felt like 90% of the album was low pass filtered or something? Like..skip to the middle of 'Seance Room', compare that to any guitar part off Helios Erebus or the older albums. The songwriting was really similar to Helios Erebus too. Really underwhelming for such a great band :[ Maybe it's bad karma from using axeFX?
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I don't know if this is considered post-rock, but I came across this band and I liked this album enough to pick it up and their other one. I like the eclectic instrumentation and just general cheeriness to the songs. Sounds like a great album for spring/summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zpbPb804ds&t=831s
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GrandpaPants posted:I don't know if this is considered post-rock, but I came across this band and I liked this album enough to pick it up and their other one. I like the eclectic instrumentation and just general cheeriness to the songs. Sounds like a great album for spring/summer: Human Pyramids are a loving joy. They're spun off from Axes (totally worth your time), and by spun off from I mean it's Axes with like ten more members. They have the record at ArcTanGent for most musicians on stage with 20+.
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20 is nuts. Best I can manage was being in the crowd for this 7-piece: https://youtu.be/Sn88pCY9Ig4 Vessels before they completely changed genre plus 3... I can’t remember. I wanna say they were the support but it was ten years ago. A+ video
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Lmao wait I’ve seen GY!BE ignore me
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Cymbal Monkey posted:Human Pyramids are a loving joy. They're spun off from Axes (totally worth your time), and by spun off from I mean it's Axes with like ten more members. They have the record at ArcTanGent for most musicians on stage with 20+. when i saw Polyphonic Spree they definitely had more than 20, unless choir singers are not considered musicians, in which case yeah i guess they only had about 12 people playing instruments same with spiritualized, actually
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Mono (4) + Holy Ground Orchestra (23)
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It always blows my mind that Mono only has four members.
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Jakob are arguably louder and are a trio
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strap on revenge posted:Jakob are arguably louder and are a trio Generally the fewer members a band has, the louder they play to compensate
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Vasudeva released acoustic versions of three of their songs and it's pretty rad: http://smarturl.it/3-Acoustics
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precision posted:It always blows my mind that Mono only has four members. Yeah but they bring in a goddamn orchestra for every album.
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strap on revenge posted:Jakob are arguably louder and are a trio Yesterday I learned that they had several music videos done for some of their earlier stuff. Very cool, but the quality is a bit shite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpj8za4b_pc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q727j0yXSt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFBr526oq9c That last one made me loving weep. I have no idea why, I really love the song though.
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Yeah so I'm gonna have to disagree hard that Epitaph is a bad album in any way. Right now it's probably my second favorite album of theirs. "Epitaph" and "Mortal Coil" especially are phenomenal.
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https://twitter.com/pelicansong/status/1000976982719393792 New Pelican album is being worked on!
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seeing godspeed tomorrow in portland, anyone have anything to say about their tour thus far? never seen em live, am very excited
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doctorthefonz posted:seeing godspeed tomorrow in portland, anyone have anything to say about their tour thus far? never seen em live, am very excited
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yeah i'm extremely stoked; unrelated, but may i ask what your av is from? looks like either trent reznor or a super excited george michael 
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doctorthefonz posted:yeah i'm extremely stoked; unrelated, but may i ask what your av is from? looks like either trent reznor or a super excited george michael  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QczxCxFRUf0
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well hell yeah NIN/trent is on my short list to see while i'm still living in this great city, thanks!
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gently caress yeah I thought Pelican broke up!
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precision posted:gently caress yeah I thought Pelican broke up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjf3ZmVrC5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuN569Jv0QI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0J7wOAR0rI Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Jun 1, 2018 |
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Booked in to see this: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/monumental-with-live-music-by-godspeed-you-black-emperor
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doctorthefonz posted:seeing godspeed tomorrow in portland, anyone have anything to say about their tour thus far? never seen em live, am very excited It was very good!!
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doctorthefonz posted:seeing godspeed tomorrow in portland, anyone have anything to say about their tour thus far? never seen em live, am very excited i saw them in oakland and they're incredible
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yep, really glad i jumped on the opportunity to see them finally. hearing bbf3 live was super cool
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doctorthefonz posted:yep, really glad i jumped on the opportunity to see them finally. hearing bbf3 live was super cool The crowd getting hype at the first word of sad recordings of anonymous rambling was my favorite part of the show
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I'm reasonably certain I met the guy they recorded on BBF3, at the 2000 poetry slam nationals in Providence. I mean, if it wasn't him, it was someone who was doing literally the exact same thing, he did an open mic where he did the lyrics to "Virus" and then hung around talking to any poets who would listen. He looked exactly like you imagine he would.
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bbf3 is almost indistinguishable from most of my day to day conversations working with mentally ill homeless folks edit:not to imply that 90% of what he and my guests are saying is wrong
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El Ten Eleven has a new album on the way and they released the first single from it called Phenomenal Problems. Unsurprisingly, it's rad as hell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-F43er251g It always astounds me what a rich, full sound they're able to get from just being a band of 2 people 
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