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Author: tantan on April 29 2008 Viewed 1281 times. 9 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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What do you think?
My thoughts:
This album is audaciously mopey.
There are many moments that impress me, mostly instrumental and production choices. They're not afraid to overdo it, and indulge themselves in some interestingly extreme effects and timbres. When the album soars, its when they really lay it on, piling on overdriven beats, overdriven bass, overdriven guitar, overdriven samples. Sense a theme?
So yeah, it definitely has its moments. It is occasionally beautiful. I have to say, however, that the aggressive monotony of their songs gets on my nerves. They clearly delight in the idea of making their listeners uncomfortable, and I'm cool with that. However, the plodding drudgery of their song-writing makes for dull going at times, and I don't feel as much of the emotional focus and intensity that some of their best previous work had.
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05/01/08
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claudia
I just listened to it last night, start to finish, i liked it quite a bit, very brave in parts to me, i need to listen to it more but i think it will continue to grow, i am just impressed w/ their beats, i like them
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mlbot
I thought they were the Vampires that only wore outrageous constumes and spoke with silly accents, whose exploits were broadcast by Elvira.
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Roshi
No, that's a hampire
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tantan
thread killaz
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Roshi
no, that's a spampire
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tantan
argh
roshi wins
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monty
i only ever heard the first album, which i liked.
i saw them live in 97.
she is the best singer i ever heard live.
hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
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claudia
yea i cant wait to see them live, see'ing radiohead in august and them whenever they play LA
i just put it on at work, hahahahaha, not the best thing to put on w/ a bunch of people in a small room, i love it
plus, their song structures are very odd to me, i really like that as well
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tmns
i think it's a great album, I didn't ever think I'd like them again.
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tantan
I really hope they come to pdx, I'd love to see them too
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my3BIKaHT
i heard it and thought every track was great
05/02/08
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Roshi
Seriously, "We Carry On" is pretty much Silver Apples with Beth Gibbons
Which is f'in awesome
05/04/08
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KimJongEel
tantandumdum said: " I have to say, however, that the aggressive monotony of their songs gets on my nerves. "
YOU must not like Pan sonic then, dumdum
05/04/08
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tantan
don't you have babies to eat or something
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Dizzygotheca
i really like how it has very unexpected moments in it.. like the clockwork orange sounding synths at the end of machine gun..
i also love the muddly, lofi-ness of it all..
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