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15-05-2021, 00:28
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I love Nixon, but on an album that was always going to be a difficult sell to fans due to its production, the fact they went and put out the one actual synthpop song - on which James doesn't even sound like James - as the lead single was utter fucking madness.
Singles aren't a market for them anymore, so it's mostly just a case of what might get some airplay on Radio 2 or daytime SixMusic, and Orwellian makes total sense in that area. edit: literally managed to start a new page with the phrase "I love Nixon". Well done me. 
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15-05-2021, 00:35
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Orwellian is the single bait that'll get played on your radio 2s and such like but it does that classic manics trick of coldcocking you with a somewhat gentle tune tied to lyrics where everything is fucked, it reminds me a lot of lifeblood in that sense. I say gentle tune but there is something off-kilter and discordant with the music which i hope there is more of on the album.
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Please, he prayed, now - A gray disk, the colour of Chiba sky. Now - Disk beginning to rotate, faster, becoming a sphere of paler gray. Expanding - And flowed, flowered for him, fluid neon origami trick, the unfolding of his distanceless home, his country, transparent 3D chessboard extending to infinity. Inner eye opening to the stepped scarlet pyramid of the Eastern Seaboard Fission Authority burning beyond the green cubes of Mitsubishi Bank of America, and high and very far away he saw the spiral arms of military systems, forever beyond his reach. And somewhere he was laughing, in a white-painted loft, distant fingers caressing the deck, tears of release streaking his face. Last edited by Tim; 15-05-2021 at 00:39.
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#453
15-05-2021, 02:30
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A Short Interlude From Me To You
With the usual new-release boost to visits and lots of old familiar names, an alternate and personal message to you all in the context (and ideally to the tune, if you like) of the new song, and where we are and
well I think it speaks for itself
(long live FD, long live forums!)
We live in A whale of a time It feels *quite* possible Were left behind Following crowds That tick and like Safe spaces gone Sponsored to die Everyday I post: silly stuff like this Are forums now the past? But shall we reminisce? Ill walk you through the a-Porco-lypse Where cheesy puns and gags exist Everyday I post: silly stuff like this If forums ever pass theyre something I would miss Social media sucks, streaming isnt bliss Ill walk you through the a-Porco-lypse We live in One feed at a time A sad slow sunset Threads of decline A cartoon avatar Or verified rock star I ultra vivid lament Digital homes we loved Everyday I post: heartfelt words like this Will forums survive? Lets hope they can persist Ill walk you through the a-Porco-lypse Where I can feel more me than this Everyday I read: lots of fellow fans With far more words to say, from critics to the stans I loved you all, as sparse as this place is Ill walk you through the a-Porco-lypse Every time I post, daft or serious A forum was escape, not ads-for-contact-lists Ill walk you through the a-Porco-lypse I sigh Forever for what might drift Everyone on here: whichever it is If forums ever die, I blow you all a kiss Thank you for the music, and the comradeship Ill walk you through the a-Porco-lypse
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15-05-2021, 03:00
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15-05-2021, 04:38
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15-05-2021, 07:56
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15-05-2021, 07:57
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I'm getting confused with the album title "The Ultra Vivid Lament" and former 4AD band from the late 80's Ultra Vivid Scene. Very close to each other. I wonder if the title is a nod to the band in some way. Probably not.
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15-05-2021, 08:07
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Actually works really well as a punk pop thing. Better even. Having listened to it a dozen times now, I think from an objective viewpoint its certainly an above average post 2000s Manics single/album opener whatever - improved further by its unashamedly du jour political lyrics. Which are surprisingly rare these days with Manics singles. If we cant have proper rock/punk guitars Im glad theyve at least done away with the big anthemic stuff rock concert sound of the last album. Not what I was expecting production wise, but I like it.
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#460
15-05-2021, 08:27
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15-05-2021, 08:30
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15-05-2021, 08:41
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I was surprised the tangent the lyrics took. I was expecting the title to refer to surveillance capitalism. Or failing that, the debate on limits of free speech which has, righty or wrongly, seen stuff like the leader of the world's strongest democracy getting silenced and cancel culture etc. Instead seems it's just about conflicting narratives and being unable to trust what you read. Important sure, but it's a problem as old as human history.
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#463
15-05-2021, 08:44
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I like it. It's a good single. Love the Lifeblood vibes.
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15-05-2021, 08:44
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Pre-ordered fucking everything. Again.
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15-05-2021, 08:56
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