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Bought it as a present for someone later in the year. Get dem sales in the first week yo!
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I think we need to fix this chart in some way.... fuck it, I'm going to hmv tomorrow to buy the vinyl, and I don't even own one of those record player things!! I WILL NOT LOSE to Hugh fucking Jackman
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I'm hoping Martin Hall walks into chart offices at the last minute and says here's an extra 5000 pre orders you haven't accounted for.... FUCK YOU HOLLYWOOD!!!!
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Just listened to Concrete Fields and A Soundtrack to Complete Withdrawal.
So beautiful
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Oh, it sounds great (intro especially, I see what you mean!). Feeling better about that pricey package heading my way from Japan now!
Glad to see you got to the heart of the matter
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Is there any way to listen to Holding Patterns or Mirror Gaze online yet?
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I don't know what I was expecting really, was hoping for it to be more defiant than resigned but suppose that's just life. People get tired, people get old eh. I dunno though... Alright, I've got no more idea what it's like growing up in the valleys in the 80s than they have the struggles people face today and alright I was 9 in 92 but feel like there must be more fucked up shit in the world to get pissed off about today than there was then. Maybe it's just a primacy/recency thing, and the fact I was 9.. I do take encouragement from a few things. They've got form for reacting against themselves anyway so wouldn't expect the next album to be in a similar vein to this. Read a bit the other day about Wire waxing lyrical about Stormzy's performance at the Brits and even though what I've heard of his music isn't my thing, I loved the passion and energy of it and if that's going to inspire Nicky I think that's got to be a good thing. Then there was the Absolute Radio thing with James doing Garageland - the lad looked absolutely in his fucking element, still got the punk in him, maybe it'll come out next time.
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Well Today's the day I play "A Song For The Sadness" over and over then!
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After a few listens I'm struggling to get into this album, but I will give it a bit more time before giving a final judgement. Dylan & Caitlin being on it doesn't help. Already in my top 3 least favourite manics tracks.
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Me today!
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He has said in interviews, things that are very close to him in his life life have changed and are changing in unimaginable ways, much like the Japanese samurai in the cover picture. I guess there comes an acceptance that trying to resist those changes is indeed futile, but that there can still be a sense of defiance and pride. I think the album perfectly captures that conflict of acceptance / rage that he has written about before. |
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for me:
high points = Hold Me Like a Heaven, obviously Distant Colours People Give In Concrete Fields being an actually listenable (dare I say enjoyable?) Nicky vocal low points = Vivian - can't get the love some have for this one at all Dylan & Caitlin - strings still too much for me, although quite enjoy the live acoustic take all the bits where it sounds like Queen doing a Lloyd-Webber musical haven't listened to the demos yet, need to be 100% familiar with the album proper before I'll be able to recognise / appreciate the differences.
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There is so much depth in this album - both in terms of lyrical content and the craft of the songs. I still do think that the sound of the album is very close to PFAYM - and this I blame on the Dave Eringa and Jimbo combo - but there is an earnestness in RiF that puts it on another level. It just doesn't seem or sound as calculated as PFAYM or even Futurology. |
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And I logged in to say it has been AMAZING to hear so many interviews with the guys separate and together over the days. With all the different shows, they seem less rehearsed or less guarded (or less soundbite-y). The 5 live interview yesterday was fantastic and Jo Whiley asking about Richey caught Jimbo off guard a bit I thought.
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