[geraldine]

I like Modern Days E.

[leaf_dwelling]

No one is sending PMs for this? Sharing is caring folks, help a member out. All this talk makes me want to listen.

[jfw7]

sent

[Vovenarg]

A Sender is seriously my jam though

seriously

[real slippi]

If Slasher House (minus Roses) > CHz,

Slasher House (with Roses) > _____ ?

[dio]

mpp?

[dio]

We really need to get lyrics going. Might be the first time I'm really wanting a lyric sheet with a release. There's just this weird push/pull between the catchiness of the tunes and the indecipherable nature of a lot of the lyrics. like wtf is the strange colors chorus? In Modern Daze E, "people at the.... of distraction/destruction"? Or Your Card's "You can learn how to play the game.. but it'll still only lead to something something.." (best moment on album?) so many...

[StrangeClams]

"bright color strong color yellow color, yeah i need a bright color strong color yellow color, yeah i need a"

[leaf_dwelling]

3rd time's a charm. Can anyone send a PM? Please & Thank you.

[Vovenarg]

strange i feel the colors getting warmer/moving forward
in the fine little line when i open your face
bright color strong color yellow color silver metal (???)
nice is that you look like a day (!?!)

[Vovenarg]

"YOU'RE FIRED!"

[Ethmin]

When the night said I'm ready yeah but the day said I'm not ready yet.
When the feet said I'm ready but the hand said I'm not ready yet.
When the friend says I'm ready yeah but the soul says I'm not ready yet.
When the legs say I'm ready yeah, but the heart says I'm not ready yet.

please correct my mistakes, this is my favorite moment on the album

[dio]

Yeah I only listened to the boots a few times last summer, but I remember that reeeally kicking my ass^ great here too. That's what I get, though hand/head

And yr prbly joking Vovenarg, but it's probably "You're Fire," right?

[TubbyTurdner]

At the end of the Strange Colores chorus, I hear "something mellow".

[ballparkmanatee]

My first thought was "sentimental" but it might be "something mellow" too, i dunno its pretty hard to hear.

[El Camino]

I just don't care what the lyrics are mainly

[Vovenarg]

Diomedes wrote:

And yr prbly joking Vovenarg, but it's probably "You're Fire," right?

hehe i prefer You're Fired!!!

[lucasmoreira]

Ethmin wrote:

When the night said I'm ready yeah but the day said I'm not ready yet.
When the feet said I'm ready but the hand said I'm not ready yet.
When the friend says I'm ready yeah but the soul says I'm not ready yet.
When the legs say I'm ready yeah, but the heart says I'm not ready yet.

please correct my mistakes, this is my favorite moment on the album

The last one i think it is 'When the lips say I'm ready yeah, but the heart says I'm not ready yet'

[alvin]

lucasmoreira wrote:

Ethmin wrote:

When the night said I'm ready yeah but the day said I'm not ready yet.
When the feet said I'm ready but the hand said I'm not ready yet.
When the friend says I'm ready yeah but the soul says I'm not ready yet.
When the legs say I'm ready yeah, but the heart says I'm not ready yet.

please correct my mistakes, this is my favorite moment on the album

The last one i think it is 'When the lips say I'm ready yeah, but the heart says I'm not ready yet'

that's what i hear as well
this is also one of my favorite moments on the album so far

[giraffacus]

first impression: i feel like a lot of the strengths of this album were it's weaknesses. I love the drum sound, they sound huge and he's an amazing performer, but with the exception of Little Fang and the first track (barely) they're like that across the whole album. I also feel like the hooks get buried underneath a ton of panned low-range mud. (side note: I feel like Feels is a somewhat similar format to this album setup wise, and the production on that album hit the bell curve right on the chaos/live feel)
It definitely makes me work to listen and there's some nice stuff under there but I also cant remember a lot of each song...Which makes me feel like the biggest point with this album is that like chz a lot of the songs go from one to another without much distinction, there's no reprieve, no slow song or stripped down song. every AC album had it's Loch Raven or Too Soon. I just dont remember any dynamics being there in the songs. I definitely want to check it out again, it's worth a lot of listens.

[dio]

what are the lyrics for the duplex chorus

[rampface]

giraffacus wrote:

first impression: i feel like a lot of the strengths of this album were it's weaknesses. I love the drum sound, they sound huge and he's an amazing performer, but with the exception of Little Fang and the first track (barely) they're like that across the whole album. I also feel like the hooks get buried underneath a ton of panned low-range mud. (side note: I feel like Feels is a somewhat similar format to this album setup wise, and the production on that album hit the bell curve right on the chaos/live feel)
It definitely makes me work to listen and there's some nice stuff under there but I also cant remember a lot of each song...Which makes me feel like the biggest point with this album is that like chz a lot of the songs go from one to another without much distinction, there's no reprieve, no slow song or stripped down song. every AC album had it's Loch Raven or Too Soon. I just dont remember any dynamics being there in the songs. I definitely want to check it out again, it's worth a lot of listens.

I understand your point but I disagree. This is the first record since Feels to deliver dynamics and unpredictability and a stripped human quality. There are no machines holding the tracks together which is the reason the dynamics exist. As for the lack of variation from track to track...it jumps from A Sender (steady beat) to Duplex Trip (swing dance) to Blind Babe (punk) to Little Fang (glam rock) and so on and so on. The second half of the record is a bit consistent with sound, but each song still has it's own identity. Took me three or four listens to truly appreciate what was going on. Give it more time.

[foxtrot]

also, as far as slow/stripped back songs, this album definitely has sections that provide that change of pace/space. lots of the tunes have chilled mid sections before kicking back in and melting your face.

[northernchild]

gah i love your card from "some folks are sane and some folks are not so sane" to the end of that part. so great.

[SlashingGoodTime]

Gotham would have fit in well on this album!

[thegasprices]

I have been one to beg for a link for an album that I really wanted to hear on a public page. But the fact that I have pointed out numerous times that if you message me I will help you makes me sad for some.

"I understand your point but I disagree. This is the first record since Feels to deliver dynamics and unpredictability and a stripped human quality. There are no machines holding the tracks together which is the reason the dynamics exist. As for the lack of variation from track to track...it jumps from A Sender (steady beat) to Duplex Trip (swing dance) to Blind Babe (punk) to Little Fang (glam rock) and so on and so on. The second half of the record is a bit consistent with sound, but each song still has it's own identity. Took me three or four listens to truly appreciate what was going on. Give it more time."

This once again I agree with 100%

[dio]

northernchild wrote:

gah i love your card from "some folks are sane and some folks are not so sane" to the end of that part. so great.

Agreed. Your Card is so sweet. Most mysterious track here

[thegasprices]

And that the album is missing one of it's catchiest tracks, apparently, makes me even more excited I preordered the album the other day after I listened to it, haven't done that in a while. Usually pretty piratey about it. This album though, I really really like

p.s. if you guys were a fan of turntable and are up and wanna play some music join this room

http://plug.dj/radiothread/#

[thegasprices]

^ I love this very much

[thegasprices]

For some reason I feel like some people refuse to get into the greatness of the album when I read the posts on here, and I don't understand you guys' behavior ... wtf

Anyone that hasn't accepted it give it another listen, it is Dave at his best as some points imo

[dio]

nice write-up dude. 'Play the Game' is crazy for me too, never been to LA though, reminds me a bit of burial. And ya Feels is a good reference point for a lot of this, Catchy could nearly be on the People EP or something. The fact that this isn't AC exactly is weird, cuz it seems so representative of the band as a whole to me, parts remind me of spirit, feels, chz and down there as well. The guitar tone at different points will make me think of any given different period pre 2007

[thegasprices]

I read what you wrote and I really liked reading it. but I am just too fucked up to respond properly to it, I have to admit that

[thegasprices]

... I wonder if this is what Avey wishes CHZ was lol

[dio]

Not to say this doesn't sound totally fresh. i think the actual songwriting at its core is super idiosyncratic in his career. some weird post chz LA vibe

[thegasprices]

I dunno. I have only visited L.A. I got a pretty decent tour of a real good fun part of it though. Couldn't say I understand what you mean by the L.A. vibe other than I know something like that exists (even though I couldnt spot it out) and that when I think of a L.A. vibe, I think of Elliott Smith so I never seem to get it

[dio]

la vibe can mean almost anything. dave lynch, fly lo, a pink, guns n roses, fleetwood mac's rumours, doors, love etc

[thegasprices]

I see.... I will continue your list and pls tell me if I get the vibe right or not but silver jews, pavement, silver jews, and silver jews?

[thegasprices]

Listen to this song at your dog's funeral and make your friends much more sad than they thought they would be at the funeral of your dog that you invited them to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-SjFM6XlM

[dio]

kind of Pavement, from cali but wiki doesn't say la, but silver jews is from ny. Brighten the Corners is kinda LA vibe. The line from range life "range rovin with the cinema stars" is la vibe obvs

[thegasprices]

I ... I miss my dog. Damn you Silver Jews