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Originally Posted by Europa Gluten Free
When was the last time a first song really surprised? Peeled Apples?
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Not a first studio recording but I was pleasantly surprised upon first hearing Europa Geht Durch Mich live. Also didn't the song Rewind the Film end up on Amazon or something, before Show Me the Wonder came out? Or is my memory failing me now. I love RtF anyway so that was a pleasant surprise too.
However, songs like Show Me the Wonder, It's Not War, International Blue, Orwellian, I've found cheesy, unimaginative and/or lazy. This new one is most definitely closer to the latter three for me. Very 'Manics on autopilot'. I'll see what the album's like at least, I still loved about half of TUVL.
One thing I did find interesting was the line 'divide and dissolve'. Divide and Dissolve is the name of a loud, droning doom band from Australia. I wonder if Nicky knows them and pilfered the name for a lyric.