[Stories and Games]

SPIRIT RERELEASE OOOOHHH

[meys]

lmao josh this rocks

[destiny]

OH SHIT, FUCKIN BOMBSHELL: spirit they vanished plans to touch up/remaster the album?

[destiny]

which one of you asked if prester was abt the group ending

[BORCHENKO??]

Grand Scream

[Stories and Games]

grand scream is the title of the next album actually

[Stories and Games]

oooohh we're getting more musicccc

[Slippi's Applesauce]

Deakin is so sweet what an amazing broadcast

[Stories and Games]

listening to him talk about creativity and struggling with art is so lovely and inspiring <3

this is such a special broadcast thank u if ur reading josh

[opposite field]

Holy shit, couldn’t listen when it started and I just checked and he’s still going! Gonna wait until I can hear the full thing but this rules

[blindmowing]

oh piano defeat i'm ascending

[Stories and Games]

holy shit early defeat ending this is amazing what

[Me Tiger]

Josh you forgot to turn it off

[Stories and Games]

never totally occurred to me that these are bagpipe samples in defeat (at least they really sound like it)

[Slippi's Applesauce]

I thought that was Dave on melódica. Idk if they kept that for 2021 tho

[Hellomark]

Gdi I lost service for a moment and missed the early voice memo he mentioned. Listening again now, this is beautiful.

[Stories and Games]

oh oh yeah melodica checks out that makes sense

petition to make this defeat ambient jam a looping 24/7 broadcast, it's pure aural therapy

[phodicae 2]

Spoiler: show

deakin the best
release an album already!!!! 1/3 this beauty, 1/3 extra kings grit, 1/3 2018 drone

[blindmowing]

thank you Josh / AC

beautiful music and words

feeling nourished

[Tropic]

Did he answer my question

[opposite field]

Just started this, king's improv sounding like danse manatee i

[speen]

The magicians intro is so fucking cool. So classic AC. Magnificent

[opposite field]

The middle section of Defeat is HUUUUGE, totally was not expecting that vibe there. Hearing the bass there really makes me excited to hear this in a live setting.

[evan6032]

Loved this. Defeat continues to be a song that can bring tears to my eyes. Magicians sounded great here as well, sleeper favorite of this batch of songs. Really loved the ambient piece at the end too. Working on a research paper right now and really zoned out on it making some
Citations.

Thanks again josh for doing these. You spoiled us

[foxtrot]

finally listening rn and writing a fucking 3000 word annotation cause this is just the best.

[nothingmaster]

is it just me or did Deak super verbally italicize "very soon" when he was talking about recording the unrecorded jams

[Slippi's Applesauce]

Yeah he definitely did. I’m thinking they’re going into the studio early 22 based on that. Like before the tour maybe

[Fovrodi]

So the boys must've done this bc Domino wouldn't budge on a February release (vs. earlier) right?

[KidEatsKeyboard]

got a youtube rip up! https://youtu.be/hDzd67KgB-I

[nothingmaster]

Slippi's Applesauce wrote:

Yeah he definitely did. I’m thinking they’re going into the studio early 22 based on that. Like before the tour maybe

the emphasis had big "before the tour" energy

[zarya]

KidEatsKeyboard wrote:

got a youtube rip up! https://youtu.be/hDzd67KgB-I

thanks so much. the stupid blast website just doesn't work on desktop i guess.

[foxtrot]

KidEatsKeyboard wrote:

got a youtube rip up! https://youtu.be/hDzd67KgB-I

thanks man! been playing your rips all the time. really appreciate it!

[KidEatsKeyboard]

foxtrot wrote:

thanks man! been playing your rips all the time. really appreciate it!

no problem o7

[dio]

Cool info in the q & a I had to miss when it was first broadcast..

I think the fact that Gem and Broke we're worked on a lot remotely but didn't end up as good as they wanted it prove how confident they were with everything that DID show up on the LP and how the they got the remoteness to work. Reassuring

[Strange_Clams]

Josh man... thank you. Its all love

[Strange_Clams]

What he's saying about "there's no perfect version" is perf. Not worth complaining when we're going to keep hearing stuff evolve

[ingenue]

Me Tiger wrote:

that “oh no not now” part is like a bad trip, it feels desperate. anyone feeling the same while listening to it?

Yes! I've said this before in one of these threads. The "Oh no, not now / DEFEAT" part—the vocals, that descending moan—somehow channels that part of the psychedelic experience where you're clearly far out but have some inkling of the world you left behind and a creeping terror that you'll never make it back there. You're in deep space, in a huge void, looking for a foothold. Freaking eh, yes.

[destiny]

STAY GROUNDED LIKE THE SPRUCEEE

Oh my God is the middle section of defeat fucking insane? I don't remember the intro jam banging like that That shit just kicked me on my ass.

[raininbabies]

Ahhhhhhh, this is what I’ve been waiting for. Perfect end to these broadcasts. About to listen through. I assume someone has recorded again, think I’ll be listening to this one quite a bit.

[foxtrot]

Have finally got a chance to start this. Been so excited for this all day.

Many thoughts:

So pleasing to hear Josh say that they all love Defeat as much as we do. Makes me very confident it’ll get the treatment it deserves.

KINGS WALK! Such clarity! The boy’s voices are sounding tip top here. A couple of live versions have been a little pitchy but this is so satisfying and spot on. The studio version of this will be sublime. Interesting that Josh said that Dave wrote all the parts because there are Noah parts that sound so much like they were written by him. Maybe Dave was writing with Noah and Josh’s voices/styles in mind?

DEFEAT.
Fuck me. This will clearly go down as one of their greatest ever. It already is. The intro here (with the harpsichord?) is gorgeous. That intro could comfortably go another couple of minutes on its own. Dave’s melody weaves so beautifully in and out of the harpsichord and synths. Love Noah’s bass drum hits too. Makes it feel like the song is gathering momentum from the very start. That first chorus sent goosebumps up my spine. Even with the mics peaking. I’m just so overwhelmed by the majesty of this song. The ‘earth is quiet’ line is possibly Dave’s most precious and beautiful lyric ever. If this song was just the first section, it’d still be among their best ever. Was Dave always going down so low in the chorus previously? Feels like a slightly new version of his chorus part. The transition into the middle section is so much more EPIC now!! The building, walking bass notes, the drums building and those sparkling synths… holy shit. HAVE MY BABIES AC! This section is so much more funky now. It has this real groove to it! Wish the recording was a bit clearer but man this is amazing. Its no longer renaissance fair. Its now this carnival space jam! Like a big top being caught by the wind and swept up into the stratosphere. The 3rd section is so much more textural and intense here. Drums skittering and spluttering, Brian adding lots of tension, bass hitting hard. This whole song has been given such a rich reworking. All the best elements retained and so many new elements fleshing it out. The final stretch is so all consuming. The way Dave and Noah just soar off each other then collapse into the final ‘isn’t it now’ part is like all the best ‘AC melting into the pavement’ parts (Daffy Duck etc.) just turned up to maximum emotional impact. That sighing/crying (guitar?) sound at the very end has even more weight here too. This song. This fucking song. It basically has everything the band have ever done well inside it.

MAGICIANS! Love the way the bells ring around after Panda’s crash in this first section. Chorus hits hard in this version! As too does the transition into the second half. Noah’s drums sound huge. Dave seems full of energy here, on the cusp of chucking in a scream. This song is growing on me more and more. Absolutely love the way the different sections flow here. Feels more unified than ever. They’ve really tightened up this track. Magnificent stuff.

Listening to these three (Kings, Defeat and this) back-to-back makes me realise that they really deserve an album to themselves. Sticking stuff like Gem & I and Broke in amongst these behemoths will just dwarf them. These three would make an absolute stone cold 5 star classic 38 minute-ish album.

Deak chat:

Lol’d when he said ‘Avey and Jolliest’.

Loved hearing him talk about how songs evolve and grow. Them sharing songs before recording like they do is obviously a big part of them enjoying the process of evolution. Keeping it fresh and novel. One of the reasons I love this band so much.

Also awesome to hear him chat about the parents and being faced with months of quarantine so that they could record together. Can totally relate.

Is going to be very interesting to hear the rest of TS considering the remote recording. Prester still feels really organic and ‘band in a room’ to me so feel like they’ve done really well with it so far.

Crazy to hear him open up about MPP and where he was at. Really appreciate the honesty and vulnerability shown here. Shows his incredible maturity and strength.

End bits and pieces were a nice way to finish. Defeat piano demo snippet was awesome. Would love to hear the full thing. The Defeat ambient jam was fantastic! Real Indian classical meets interstellar vibe. Loved it. Looks like Josh might be composing on piano for his next batch of songs? A piano based Deakin album would be pretty rad.

Whole broadcast was a joy. Especially Defeat. I got to the end and went straight back and listened to that again. Sorry about the lengthy blabber.