[ROYGBIV]

we can all write a big apology card like when someone was sick in kindergarten and everyone signs it

[cody]

disengaged wrote:

where's the "sooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO" in BBCM?! I loved that part

yeah! it got summertime clothes'ed

[CampfireBeast]

ROYGBIV wrote:

we can all write a big apology card like when someone was sick in kindergarten and everyone signs it

^I am all for that

I think people get ahold of press copies for review and then someone plops it on the web. thats how stuff freebirds right?

[amber]

lets make a card plx

[ROYGBIV]

in the card we can be like "ARE YOU MAD? LOL"

[CampfireBeast]

I think Lonely Wanderer is my fav song Panda has made besides Carrots

[amber]

lol

[CampfireBeast]

ROYGBIV wrote:

in the card we can be like "ARE YOU MAD? LOL"

haha

[popadam]

with a wig on that taint tit

[michael]

freebirds are just a reality of the music biz today (sadly), i think noah and pete have more important things to worry abt, it's not as tho it freebirded in an unfinished form (which would be v sad and I wouldn't listen)

if its a bitrate issue, it's not like it's so bad that its full of artefacts and sounds like a polyphonic ringtone. the quality people listen to is completely out of the artists' hands, 5 years ago a bunch of people would have been listening to 128kbps standard itunes rips, when I get the cd im gonna rip it at 64kbps and listen to it on the earphones I got w/ one of those free fm radios that u get sometimes

[Andrew_VB]

CampfireBeast wrote:

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.

i wonder if they even know? they aren't monitoring the internet for stuff like that like we are. and i kind of doubt domino is going to disturb him on a sunday like, "oh, btw, we accidentally let your album freebird 2 months early. sry bout that."

[Lacrimosa]

streetfright wrote:

wat you tryna say

I expected CTYS to be as good as I thought it would be, according to the live version, with that drop. but instead i feel underwhelmed by it.unexpectedly

[rohcti]

First off, I'm probably gonna sound like a lunatic here. But I feel like it needs to be said.

Spoiler: show

First thing I see when I got on this site was the jump in pages. I thought it was a single release (Boys Latin?) so I clicked the last page. The only thing I've seen was someone complaining about the Tropic of Cancer vocals. First off, it's debatable whether listening to the freebird at this point in time is disrespectful to the people that have worked so hard on this record and those that are actively doing a phenomenal job promoting it. But I'm not one to judge that since I listened to the album last night. However, actually COMPLAINING about the freebird on a forum where the producer of said album has been frequenting for the last year plus, while keeping us all entertained and informed along the way is very disrespectful in my eyes. Say what you will about the album, but don't create negativity on top of negativity. Plus it just aint true that Tropic of Cancer vocals are bad, they are wonderful.

I haven't read any other posts other than the one saying there's a freebird and another person complaining. Let me just say that this album is Jesus. After having a so-so experience with Mr Noah EP (sorry) and not really liking Tomboy (lord knows I tried), I was having my doubts about the album. But after listening to the album last night stoned out of my gourd I must say that this is the most visual and most uplifting music I have ever heard that just twinkles and creates a universe of its own (something only AC records have done for me previously). Now, I seriously had my doubts about listening to it this early, but I couldn't ask for a better experience than last night. Usually after smoking I am very critical of EVERYTHING (I had this problem with the albums You're Dead and Syro) so much that I have to avoid listening to new stuff. But this feels like the perfected form of the live versions (hearing them previously only enhanced the experience for me) and I have zero complaints. I let the music flow through me and the images and colors coalesce in my mind. Also I had never heard CTYS before and that was nuts and I swear to god I felt like I was gonna have a heart attack when Tropic of Cancer followed byShadow of the Colossus and Lonely Wanderer came on.

All you people that haven't listened to the freebird (if there are any out there), choose for yourself whether to listen early and don't listen to what other people say (but again BUY THE ALBUM, otherwise you are scum). I would stay away from this thread for a while. I know I'm going to. I don't dare read what others are saying about this because every little opinion makes this music stop being a dialogue with two kindred souls and prematurely invites analysis into something sacred that should be FELT, not judged. Don't have any doubts in your mind about its quality going into it. But buy the album for God's sake. PBvsGR is beautiful and has so many layers and surprises in it that I want everyone to have the experience I had, with or without the help of mind altering drugs. Don't wait for reviews or other people (on this forum or otherwise) to tell you what to feel (that goes for everything).

Anyway, I'm sorry to Pete and Noah and everyone else if it is offensive to listen to this album so early. But I don't regret what I felt last night and I'm so glad I preordered the deluxe ver. It's gonna be a while before I listen to it again because it just feels too special to make it a regular thing just yet. Sorry for clogging up the tubes with this ramble but just give it some thought.

Thank you guys for this gift! I look forward to the coming months of fun. You and the AC crew are my inspiration for creating music and I wish you the best.

(I put it in a spoiler because it's a lot longer than I expected )

[michael]

okay what im trying to understand is why people abstain from freebirds if they have no problem w/ illegally downloading albums/they are buying the record? i dont get why an artist would be bummed out if people were enthusiastic enough to want to listen to their record before it came out? they worked hard and put it out for people to hear? isnt a release day completely arbitrary / just something the label decides if ur lucky enough to be on a label?

[Tap]

You guys I just heard skrillex is gonna remix every song on the album so all of you who are waiting for the drop, oh man, get rdy. There's gonna be so many drops.

[Stanshant]

The key change on 'plugin' in Butcher gets me so excited every time, it's like HERE WE HERE WE GO. Amazing. Crosswords is probably the best song he's written since My Girls. Unbelievable, note perfect.

[robgnarr]

People please at least wait til a better quality freebird comes out to complain ok??

on another note, I dont see how anyone that has been a fan of pb's previous work can not like this album. Maybe if you had no idea what he sounded like this album could be a little too confusing, but for those who do know his sound, this is just a perfect continuation of what he has been doing. Lovely pop ballads dosed in his psychedelic, heavy-layered production.

[rampface]

Kinda weird that I've already heard my favorite two records of 2015 in 2014 (Viet Cong is the other).

[clumsy342]

Love the album. I've been listening to the live boots this whole time. And now I'm really hoping 'Tribe Vibes' and 'Jabberwocky' get released so I can make a tracklist to match the ATP bootleg.

[captainhowdy]

Spoiler: show

[Stanshant]

Is that The Last Post sampled at the start of Tropic? Whatever it is, the transition into the harp sample is so beautiful. Never heard him sing like this on record. So live and fragile.

[amber]

Tap wrote:

You guys I just heard skrillex is gonna remix every song on the album so all of you who are waiting for the drop, oh man, get rdy. There's gonna be so many drops.

[JohnsonNoise]

Upon waking-sober-pre-coffee listen: BBCM and Principe Real still surprise the hell out of me.

The only thing I haven't "come around" to yet is:

Spoiler: show

The lack of "toOOOOoooooo DAAAY DAY AFTER DAY" the way he sings it really high with all of that energy live. I mean, it's sorta there, but it didn't hit me as hard as I thought it would.

But yeah, like a lot of y'all have said. I'm getting more and more used to these versions and I love 'em more and more after every listen

I absolutely LOVE this album. My strategy for not wearing it out is waiting until the email comes with my download before I let it enter my vehicle lol

also, V stoked to flaunt my t-shirt!

[dud]

lucasmoreira wrote:

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

you sure about the 3 songs thing? link/quote? i thought it was just 2 (I know that we thought he had 3 at one point, because that list of 20 tracks that sonic posted on his photobucket had acid wash, lonely wanderer, and 'g-yeah' on it, and we were all like 'omg 3 new songs' and sonic was like 'actually only 2, g-yeah was a working title for garage/crosswords' that's what i remember at least

[meys]

dud wrote:

lucasmoreira wrote:

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

you sure about the 3 songs thing? link/quote? i thought it was just 2 (I know that we thought he had 3 at one point, because that list of 20 tracks that sonic posted on his photobucket had acid wash, lonely wanderer, and 'g-yeah' on it, and we were all like 'omg 3 new songs' and sonic was like 'actually only 2, g-yeah was a working title for garage/crosswords' that's what i remember at least

there's that but i recall him saying there were a couple of songs not on that list

[robgnarr]

this is such an uplifting album! haven't listened much to the boots and now i'm starting to understand the lyrics and draw so many personal connections

[Stanshant]

I just listened to the whole thing in bed in the dark and had a moment I haven't had with music since the MPP freebird. Acid Wash kicked me in the nuts. The chord changes in the chorus type bit are so gorgeous. Almost sounds like an updated sea shanty. Nadir blew my trousers off and out of the window. NOW WE REALLY MAKING NOISE. I fucking love that so much. Also the beat on Butcher absolutely bangs. Ugh, the plugin chord change.

Lonely Wanderer gave me a moment I haven't had since walking through the crunchy snow with a pork bun in one hand and a lychee beer in the other, tears streaming down my cheeks, the blurred neon of the Wuhan traffic smeared across my retina. This is the best AC release since MPP.

[lude]

Guys..... what the hell happened to Tribe Vibes......

[Ethmin]

Spoiler: show

Get just what you need
Just what
Want more than you need
Want more
Dread follows that lead
Follow the lead

Near as far from
A ship as the oar
(Come on)

More than you can see
See more
Seeds become a tree
Because you can't
Be a growth
And the same as before
(Come on)

Get just what you need
Just what
Want more than you need
Follow the lead
Near as far from
A balm as the cut
..........................................

This dog got bit on a leg
He got a really big chip on a leg
Don't want to get out of bed
Less he feel like it justified

Here comes the loaf again
Drip a lot, drop a lot
Become an oaf again
Trip a lot, trip a lot
So wide to the other side
Shuts an eye
But he stays like a stump inside
Hey hey hey

Upon the gusts he glide
Brittle mind, gentle mind
Toward a bigger sign
Every time, every time
So much for the safest vibe
Tossed aside
But he burns like a blaze inside
Hey hey hey

You're so cool
.....................................

Ain't fate
Just me
Come a cropper for the weak stuff that you stew
Ain't fate
Just me
A cripple on his feet again you say

Stay there
While I move
Stay scared
While I improve

But it don't mean I'll do it like you want me to
But it do mean I'll do it like you need me to
But it don't mean I'll do it like you want me to

So good
So good
You got it so good
So good
So good
Damn it so good
So good it's so good
So good

Get it day to day
Day after day
So good
..............................

God my god
My dog has a broken leg
Grip this grab that have that
An empty bag
Grip this grab that have that
An empty plug in

And one's a friend of mine
And one's a Gemini
And one's a friend of mine
O wait I'll wait a while

Really shouldn't bring that other guy

Dig begin
This pad has a bigger grid
Grip this grab that have that
An empty bag
Grip this grab that have that
An empty plug in

At once a bend of mind
And one gets left behind
At once a bend of mind
O wait I'll wait a while

Really shouldn't bring that other guy
......................................................

Beasts don't have a second to think
But we don't appreciate our things

Dark cloud
Descended again
Has a dark cloud descended again
And a shadow moves in the darkness

Dark cloud
Descended again
Has a dark cloud descended again
And a shadow moves in the darkness

Beasts don't have a second to think
But we don't appreciate our things
.......................................................

Are you mad?

Yeah I'm mad
With a treat
You made a bunch you bet
And you'll make more
Go on make some more
But you won't
Nope you won't
Ever make that one again
You don't make that one again
Don't make that again
This the last time
It's inside the one and all

Are you mad?

Yeah I'm mad
With a treat
And you made a bunch you bet
And you'll make more
Go on make some more
But you won't
Nope you won't
Ever make that one again

You dont make that one again
Don't make that again
This the last time
It's inside the one and all

Are you mad?
......................

It's all in the family
And then
You sneak it all away

When they said he's ill
Laughed it off as if it's no big deal
What a joke to joke no joke

It's all in the family
And then
You sneak it all away
Sick has to eat well too
And dumb it on down

And you can't get back
You won't come back to it
You can't come back to it
And you can't get back
You won't come back
You can't come back to it
And you can't get back
You won't come back to it
You can't come back to it
And you can't get back
You won't come back
You can't come back to it

Its all in the family
And then
You sneak it all away
Sick has to eat well too

Got to like it all
Got to like what kills
It kills just to like what kills
Got to like it all

So it goes to show what
All things know just
One thing keep it live
Keep it live
Dead or alive
These guys kill to live on
And you give up on the upside
Give it up on the other side
..........................................

If you
If you
If you
Look back

Would you
Would you
Would you
Look back

What have you done?
Have you done
Have you he said

What did you do?
Did you do
Did you he said

How do you feel?
Do you feel
Do you he said

Was it
Was it
Was it worthwhile?

Was it
Was it
Was it worthwhile?
..............................

Sheep dog
Been nipping at your heels all day
Sheep dog

Tsk tsk tsk

Leapfrog
Don't have a way to stay in line
And so you're mine

So close
As gentle as a sleeping baby boy

You can see a sheep where she lay
You can keep a temptress at bay
To break what's in the DNA
You should lead them to a new place
Cocoon a space to say so simply
Fool these ugly thoughts what are they

So you're mine

Sheep dog
Been nipping at your heels all day
Sheep dog

Tsk tsk tsk

Good guy
Don't know you when you hide away
You stay inside

So close
As gentle as a sleeping baby boy

You can see a sheep where she lay
You can keep a temptress at bay
To break what's in the DNA
You should lead them to a new place
Cocoon a space to say so simply
Fool these ugly thoughts what are they

So you're mine
.........................

Just now I see it so clear
Total shift in the unconscious

When at times it seems like fates
Have set it up like so much magic
Just a ruse to get you in there

Seems like a spell
And all they talk as if it's come to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean

That ain't it

If it comes to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean

That ain't it
Touch a hand
That ain't it
It's a promise from some lips
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
Making noise not making songs
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
It might seem they making songs
Now they really making noise

Total shift in the unconscious

When at times it seems like fates
Have set it up like so much magic
Just a ruse to get you in there

Seems like a spell
And all they talk as if it's come to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean
That ain't it

If it's come to fill those spaces
Only you can fill those spaces

So when the party goes
It breaks a brittle back
They back they back
And they keep on rubbing in
How a proper chest is clean

That ain't it
Touch a hand
That ain't it
It's a promise from some lips
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
Making noise not making songs
When you touch a hand
That ain't it
With a wig on
That ain't it
It might seem they making songs
Now they really making noise

Total shift in the unconscious

You'll trip up again
Go get up again
...........................

On a rope
Strung a crossing
The gulf

As a ship
On a sea
Cuts the froth

With a yell
As you've won against
The deep

Laugh (into) the chasm

From afar
For a frame changes course

As a flame
Gives a ruin a new name

With a yell
As you've won against
The dark

Graph the spasm
I'm past
.............

To my guy
'Til I die

If it's real good or it's lame
It's you
Still you looking back

Look into the mirror
It's a game
You like it or you don't

Go ask why
No reply
.............

There is a song
You're on it for so long

There is a sound if you listen in
There is a sound if you listen in to it

Now you know
What it is you should forget
Now you must know
What it is you should forget

Time for a new one
...............................

Every fish that swim in the sea, don't eat it
See what you can and you can't do

Give the road a good look over
Then make it golden with your common sense
Sold
Give your boy a grip on the shoulder
Build up a totem like a common sense
Mold

Like a sinking ship on the ocean

[Gool Aid]

Stanshant wrote:

This is the best AC release since MPP.

[captainhowdy]

GREAT

[Lacrimosa]

tropic of cancer made me cry.

[lucasmoreira]

dud wrote:

lucasmoreira wrote:

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

you sure about the 3 songs thing? link/quote? i thought it was just 2 (I know that we thought he had 3 at one point, because that list of 20 tracks that sonic posted on his photobucket had acid wash, lonely wanderer, and 'g-yeah' on it, and we were all like 'omg 3 new songs' and sonic was like 'actually only 2, g-yeah was a working title for garage/crosswords' that's what i remember at least

the song listed as G-Yeah became Garage/Crosswords, so the one listed as Garage we don't know what it is...

sonic boom wrote:

There's a Petek fukup ......g-yeah is the old name for garage which is the old name for....
The rest ??? Whu knows ....
Unexpect the expected Pkx

[jerry wonder]

Acid Wash is an Enya song, in all the best ways.

Everything sounds so slick and spacey.

Butcher Baker reminds me of Cocteau Twins.

Come to Your Senses has this amazing spooky windy noise whispering through it.

Really digging a the little intros and outros; so much better than those on CHz.

People have been saying that this album sounds uplifting; I feel almost the opposite. It sounds heavy and hard and sterile. I wouldn't describe many sounds on here as warm.

Scary beautiful stuff.

[dud]

oooo okay, i just assumed g-yeah/garage/crosswords was listed twice under two of its working titles, that's all

[lucasmoreira]

yeah but since he never posted a lyric to that song, is probably just a instrumental..

[paralleoneirdwell]

well! Panda and SB love people and love music and how they connect.

i think they are probably happy that some of us don't want to hear it until later, and, are also happy that some people have heard it unexpectedly! There may be some type of stream of the album in january or december and even for people who have heard it already, i am sure they will find it to be a new experience, and relate to everyone who is hearing it for the first time then or when the album is released, bringing up feelings for them from this time period!

i think in some senses they would just put this stamp on what has happened! i am optimistic and mushy but they are different among musicians and artists in that they really understand people and how much music changes them!

[cledbury]

Kinda off topic but I listened to this album last night and then fell asleep and had a crazy dream. I was walking down a staircase and halfway down, I saw a black cloaked hooded figure resembling the grim reaper and then it looked up at me and it's face was super smudged and blurry, white and demonic looking and the second I saw it's face I heard a really loud banging noise that sounded like it was coming from the wall behind my head as I was sleeping. I woke up immediately afterwards and the noise stopped. I then tried to research what happened and it's called the exploding head syndrome. It really freaked me out. so now I guess I can say that I met the grim reaper in my dream last night.

[yoyoyoyoy]

does anyone else hear what sounds like a little glitch after the peak of ToC (4:15)? gotta be something with the upload/download right? no way that could be in the actual song? right? right?

[Frumpkin]

i love the robot voice going "whyyyyayyyywhayyyy" in my ear at the end of sequential circuits