[Lacrimosa]

Tropic of Cans wrote:

Well.


Only disappointment so far is Come to your Senses and the interludes. CtyS the first boot I heard off this and the drop was so perfect. I always assumed Jabberwocky didn't make the album and Crosswords was shortened because PB didn't want too many 'drops' in this thing. So I was sure that CtyS' drop was gonna make it. Oh well.

[whats that twitching]

god damn it's so expansive. feels like so much. each song more than ever some level of dante's inferno. in some kinda video game world ha ha. when he uses the boys latin echoes that's his special clone-jump move

[amber]

today is definitely going to be my day to sit down and listen while reading lyrics so excited for this

[amber]

btw foxtrot i REALLY enjoyed reading ur first experience again. it was really great being there for that lol

[clayton]

I can also say I do miss the buildup in Crosswords

I don't think I'll listen to boots again.

[michael]

'drops' probably make more sense in a live setting

[amber]

im really glad with my decision to keep my boot listens to a minimum definitely not dissappointed.

[FAF]

michael wrote:

out of curiosity, what are the tracks that have breen played live and haven't made it onto this or mr. noah?

popadam (previously known as wazzup)
???? (previously known as faces in the crowd until ms pacman became faces in the crowd. alternately called tribe vibes or please don't go before that)
jabberwocky (previously known as heart and soul)
cosplay (previously known as make my day)

plus the new version of the preakness which may or may not have been recorded

[nevermind]

michael wrote:

'drops' probably make more sense in a live setting

Sorry man but that is a weak argument. How does it not make sense or not give a song more dynamics if it was left in?

[face plant]

the vocal performance on tropic of cancer is so operatic but intimate at the same time. the reverb works well because there's such pointed emotion it's able to really fill the space and with the sounds, it sounds so complete. it doesn't really sound like AC or the rest of his stuff to me, but it doesn't sound like anyone else either. excited to play it for my mom.

also the debussy sample blew my mind because i'm learning that piece right now.

[Hellomark]

Kiiiiinda wish the vocals on Boys Latin had less reverb, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. I agree about the last "in the darkness" being really beautiful.

[northernchild]

I know a lot of people like transitions, but I kinda like the abruptness of this album. Also, looooooove how for most songs panda's vox sound like they do live (i.e. human, vulnerable, beautiful).

[michael]

FAF wrote:

popadam (previously known as wazzup)
???? (previously known as faces in the crowd until ms pacman became faces in the crowd. alternately called tribe vibes or please don't go before that)
jabberwocky (previously known as heart and soul)
cosplay (previously known as make my day)

plus the new version of the preakness which may or may not have been recorded

thanks, is old faces in the crowd just an alt + longer version of current faces in the crowd?

nevermind wrote:

Sorry man but that is a weak argument. How does it not make sense or not give a song more dynamics if it was left in?

okay woah, im not really familiar w/ the boots, just listened a couple of times for a 'taste', so im not comparing any of the songs to live versions. i was just suggesting a possible reason and i said it made more sense in a live performance, i guess i meant that as the purpose of live performances are to be more fun/get people to dance ('drops' being a v dance/club music centric thing)

[FAF]

michael wrote:

FAF wrote:

popadam (previously known as wazzup)
???? (previously known as faces in the crowd until ms pacman became faces in the crowd. alternately called tribe vibes or please don't go before that)
jabberwocky (previously known as heart and soul)
cosplay (previously known as make my day)

plus the new version of the preakness which may or may not have been recorded

thanks, is old faces in the crowd just an alt + longer version of current faces in the crowd?

nah, it's a completely different song that was only on the earliest boots and was usually in one track w/ jabberwocky. it's the one that goes "please don't, please don't cry, give awake another try". here's the lyrics: http://lyricalcollective.wikispaces.com ... +the+Crowd

[flare]

a snippet of the old Faces in the Crowd also appears in Panda's mix ticks mix at around 34:45 into the mix

[popadam]

even just putting on the itunes bass booster equalizer preset makes these songs sound soooo much better... almost perfect quality for some

[michael]

listen to the songs w/ bass boost if you want the flacs

[michael]

FAF wrote:

nah, it's a completely different song that was only on the earliest boots and was usually in one track w/ jabberwocky. it's the one that goes "please don't, please don't cry, give awake another try". here's the lyrics: http://lyricalcollective.wikispaces.com ... +the+Crowd

oh damn i was really confused w/ ms pacman being faces in the crowd. i have heard tribe vibes! all makes a lot more sense now, thanks a lot

[Andrew_VB]

popadam wrote:

even just putting on the itunes bass booster equalizer preset makes these songs sound soooo much better... almost perfect quality for some

only a dumb toad would do that

[amber]

Andrew_VB wrote:

popadam wrote:

even just putting on the itunes bass booster equalizer preset makes these songs sound soooo much better... almost perfect quality for some

only a dumb toad would do that

well i am a dumb toad so HA!!!

[rampface]

Sequential Circuits through Acid Wash is damn near perfect

[amber]

last last section of Tropic, the syncopation reminds Over the Rainbow from Wizard of Oz.

SomeeDayy I'll Wish UPon A Star Aand Wake Up Wheree The Cloudss Are Farr BeeHind MEeeee

even though it's more of an echo in ToC it still has this same feel to me

[whats that twitching]

i didnt get acid wash at first but now i love it, it feels like a giant wind up into the greatest home run (2:45; i'm PAAAST) (Congratulations!)

[amber]

whats that twitching wrote:

i didnt get acid wash at first but now i love it, it feels like a giant wind up into the greatest home run (2:45; i'm PAAAST) (Congratulations!)

yes@@! exactly@!

[Gool Aid]

me and my gf were jammin last night. then i check my phone and see all yall freakin out. we then both lay down and put this on..couldnt lay still for long, we both got up and danced around my room the whole record. this album is great..everything has so much soul. cant wait for my package, gonna wear that t shirt so proud

[amber]

Lonely Wanderer is so beautifully somber. Fits sooooo nicely after Tropic. I want these both played at my funeral. So so so beautiful, makes me feel blue-purple all over. :deakweep:

[Cussing Bum]

Just want to say, in case Noah and Pete read this, that I have no complaints at all.

[whats that twitching]

GoodCarrot wrote:

Lonely Wanderer is so beautifully somber. Fits sooooo nicely after Tropic. I want these both played at my funeral. So so so beautiful, makes me feel blue-purple all over. :deakweep:

yeah it's incredible. i love how the Interrupting Loom of the song starts to become like scary after a while, when you're first listening. hard to keep track of how long the debussy phrase is, and the lyrics make it so you can't really tell when the phrase will end and that hammer'll drop...

[Lacrimosa]

Hiff Cluxtable wrote:

Just want to say, in case Noah and Pete read this, that I have no complaints at all.

except for Come to your senses. didn't expect not to die while listening to it, especially that "drop" wich isnt there. expect the unexpected indeed.

[Gool Aid]

wat you tryna say

[amber]

Acid Wash sounds like a triumphant ballad.

Spoiler: show

Kinda like lifting u up after ToC and Wanderer where it's about death and looking back on someone's life.

With a yell
As you've won against
The dark


great lyrics definitely will go into my "lyrics that would be good to have as a tattoo" archive

[dance avey dance]

Acid wash = beautiful people by the books

[Andrew_VB]

can't get over lonely wanderer

[Tropic]

Acid Wash has some of my favourite lyrics.

"As a flame
Gives a ruin a new name

With a yell
As you've won against
The dark"

[amber]

Andrew_VB wrote:

can't get over lonely wanderer

cant get over pbvsgr

[meys]

some of the initial weirdness from hearing these songs with no intro is starting to wear off - we're so used to hearing the live recordings but this is how these songs have been since they were recorded at the beginning of the year, before all the live shows, so i guess we're all wrong?

[lucasmoreira]

FAF wrote:

michael wrote:

out of curiosity, what are the tracks that have breen played live and haven't made it onto this or mr. noah?

popadam (previously known as wazzup)
???? (previously known as faces in the crowd until ms pacman became faces in the crowd. alternately called tribe vibes or please don't go before that)
jabberwocky (previously known as heart and soul)
cosplay (previously known as make my day)

plus the new version of the preakness which may or may not have been recorded

sonic said that are 3 songs recorded that he didnt played live, two of them are now Lonely Wanderer and Acid Wash, but the third one we don't know... (or maybe was just Davy Jones Locker/Shadow of the Colossus)

other live elements missing are: 50/50 sample, Apocalipse Now sample, and the THX sound

[Stanshant]

Tropic of Cans wrote:

Acid Wash has some of my favourite lyrics.

"As a flame
Gives a ruin a new name

With a yell
As you've won against
The dark"

Must be a Dark Souls reference about lighting the bonfire in Anor Londo after killing Dark Sun Gwyndolin and cheering with relief. It can only be that, basically.

[CampfireBeast]

I would love to hear from pete about how they are handling the troubling news of this freebird. I hope they aren't taking it too harshly. Feelin real bad for our boy Noah.

[ROYGBIV]

how does somethin get freebirded so hard? i dont get how that stuff works. I hope hes not mad at me