Collected Animals

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.

Sooooooo this broadcast expires in 7 hrs. It will be gone when I get off work, need this Defeat/magicians to be be a permanent part of my life….Hunks where ya at?! Anyone else have time/ability to record?

Sooooooo this broadcast expires in 7 hrs. It will be gone when I get off work, need this Defeat/magicians to be be a permanent part of my life….Hunks where ya at?! Anyone else have time/ability to record?

raininbabies wrote:

Sooooooo this broadcast expires in 7 hrs. It will be gone when I get off work, need this Defeat/magicians to be be a permanent part of my life….Hunks where ya at?! Anyone else have time/ability to record?

Youtube rip here. I think there was someone who had a download a few pages back too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDzd67KgB-I

Love how the broadcasts have so much noise in the mix like Ark and hollinndagain, I wish all of their music was still at least processed through a crummy DAT at the final stage. Imagine MPP compressed via tape and recorded lossless from there. Might be cool Idk. I’ve just always felt like that level of clarity suits the murky dreamworld their best stuff seems to come from. Better quality makes it more like a “pointing at”, rather than a “coming from” (unless the high quality mix hits that goldilox zone of course, then it’s pure magic)

damn i should have asked josh if they could upload the original files that were played on blast. thank god we got a hunk on our side to get us as close as possible to that

Week 4 is up. It's been a pleasure, y'all.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/v1jgg9 ... sions+2021

damn i should have asked josh if they could upload the original files that were played on blast. thank god we got a hunk on our side to get us as close as possible to that

Now that these sessions are done and dopesick is done I’m not really sure what to do with my Wednesday’s anymore