#541
Gav wrote:
Exiles and Somnambulit are my faves - but the album as a whole is very, very strong
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 13:52
#542
kossu (Petri Koskiniemi) wrote:
Clowns galore, Exiles, Crooked timber, I told you I was ill, Somnambulist; there is a TOUGH fiver! Those are deffo my fave ones! Blacken the page is the “weakest” IMO but I like that one too. Yeah, this album is a winner and it would be great to hear all of the tracks live in that order they are on the album or random. But I´m pleased if they play those five tracks or some of them live on the forthcomin tour!
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 14:20
#543
vagabond wrote:
my short song-wise review:
- the head … : perfect opener, more like an intro to the whole album, kinda sets the mood. works like a charm on the album, don’t know about live though
- enjoy the struggle: love the intro, the song is good, but i’m glad they didn’t use it for the video. will be a live banger for sure!!
- clowns galore: now this is the real stuff!!! that drum-pattern is insane! it keeps me happy! ;) andy sings very cool and that guitar slide is great!
- exiles: great intro. really cool bass! the chorus has almost a gothic-feeling, kinda paradise lost. love it!
- crooked timber: man, this song really got me. it’s a narcotic! those overtones are really cool, hope they can recreate that live. i know that’s hard with one guitar, but it’s possible (loop-station …)
- I told you I was ill: great song. love that chorus, especially the last when andy sings higher! gives me shivers down the spine!
- Somnabulist: great song. love the lyrics!
- blacken the page: love it. specially the verses and that pre-chorus cause it’s so trancy. i don’t know why it doesn’t get too much love here, if that song was by QUOTSA they would be handed a grammy for it …
- Magic mountain: i love Isis, so i love that one. maybe a bit too long though.
- bad excuse for daylight: some parts are very cool, others are bit too much out there i think. but works very cool as a album closer.
overall:
lads, this album is up there with the best! i just love it, the songs are well thought out but still seem spontaneous! and they rock big time! the running order works perfect with all those different moods going on. the production kills. andy gill should produce the next metallica, and the next album by my band by the way … :)
this album combines all aspects of what i love in therapy? - so i’m very happy and i’ll be even happier when the vinyl arrives … and then seeing you live again! got my tickets for the jazzfest in austria and hope to make it to a club show too!
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 14:59
#544
Ronald wrote:
I don’t know any more what topic it was about Andy’s accent, but have other people noticed Andy’s lyrics sometimes sound very Irish, especially in Clowns Galore? Nothing wrong with it, it sort of emphasises the lyrics in my opinion
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 18:26
#545
drummerbecca (Becca) wrote:
Andy Gill told him to sing like he would talk, because he’d developed too much of a “singers voice” or something like that. He’d become too Americanised. I say good on him. Andy vocals sound much more intense with his own accent, I think.
Bad Excuse For Daylight is one of my absolute favourite tracks on the album. I wouldn’t say it was weak at all. I think the whole album is immense though.
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 18:40
#546
Alan wrote:
Definately. It’s the most Northen Irish he has ever sounded - “…try something nuuuuuew” :-D
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 18:43
#547
Ronald wrote:
My faves for now are Crooked Timer, Blaken the page and Enjoy the struggle, thanks for that info Becca, I didn’t know that, must be in one of the interviews I ahve not yet gotten through!
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 18:43
#548
3ddo-on-the-balcony (eddo) wrote:
Crooked timber was worth while waiting for. What a way to start spring!
Posted on Thu, 26 March 2009 at 20:39
#549
! (Fuzzeh) wrote:
I am really happy they put Magic Mountain on the CD, and I hope they do release the 22 minute version on the website! Hint hint! :D
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 11:05
#550
Gav wrote:
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 11:33
#551
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 12:54
#552
Gav wrote:
where did that come from?
Its easy to forget there is a web site attached to this messageboard…
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 13:02
#553
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
well there was even a forum post about it.
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 13:36
#554
Gav wrote:
well… its easy to forget there are messages attached to this messageboard
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 14:23
#555
Gav wrote:
Besides - the other link wouldn’t have the insane ramblings of internet fools attached to the bottom - you get that for free with Blabbermouth.
I have no idea what the poster is on about in that first (and so far only) comment.
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 14:24
#556
drummerbecca (Becca) wrote:
“They should have stuck around longer.”
Umm, not entirely sure what this person thinks they’ve been doing since 1989.
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 14:31
#557
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
Im surpised their aint comments yet saying, ‘WHO THE FUCK R THEYZZZ? I LISTEN TO MAYHEM ONLI BND WRTH LISTEN 2 CUS I AM METULLLZZ!!!”
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 14:49
#558
KJC Dublin (Karl) wrote:
I check Blabbermouth for news, but must admit that that most posters are complete tools.
I have a feeling that someone on this board is posting the T? news and fair play to that person.
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 15:57
#559
Squall wrote:
I cant watch that video - is it on you tube ? its like a slide show for me :(
Posted on Fri, 27 March 2009 at 22:50
#560
caffeinebomb (Caffeine Bomb) wrote:
I’ve struggled to get a good listen this week because some scrotum pinched the CD player out of my car, but now I have, I am really impressed with this album. I found the first half frantic and focussed and intense, gravitated around Clowns Galore, which is immense, Magic Mountain for me is a perfect half time break - a foil if you will, much like Heroin is on Endless Nameless Before the sonic apocalypse of Thunderfuck.
I love the Northern Irish accent coming through, I think it’s given the record real character. it’s a definite top third of the collection CD - up there with NANE, Suicide Pact & Troublegum. I might end up getting quoted on this to disprove myself but I think Therapy? are at their best when they are dark and urgent and focus on these insistent drum patterns and repeating riffs (Teethgrinder, So Much For The Ten Year Plan, Brainsaw) I think it’s great that the band are still innovating and surprising us at every turn. The gulf between this and OCFA is unrecognisable - it’s like there are 2 Therapy?’s out there - one doing this stuff, the other concentrating on the melodic, commercial stuff.
I CAN NOT wait til Newcastle - this is going to ROCK!
Posted on Sat, 28 March 2009 at 01:46
#561
MoldenWibe wrote:
Good to see nearly everyone loves this album… I am amazed how good it is. I think Andy’s voice / accent sounds as good as ever, and if as someone posted this is due to Andy Gill saying sing as you speak then fair fucks to the man…
Well done T?… see you in London, and Dublin…
Posted on Sat, 28 March 2009 at 07:47
#562
mfgeorge wrote:
personally i really love Magic Mountain, but it doesn’t sound like the rest of the album at all
It either should have been a bside, or even better, the closing track, which is what I did with the mp3s
Bad Excuse For Daylight sounded tacked on after Magic Mountain
i also agree Blacken the Page is the weakest song
i don’t care for how it opens, but once you’re into the track it’s fantastic
Posted on Sun, 29 March 2009 at 16:10
#563
Beefgrinder wrote:
Just finished listening to it, first impressions are very good, really impressed
Though I agree too, Magic Mountain is good, but would maybe have been better as a b-side. Maybe I would have been more ready to accept it if I hadn’t read everyone else’s (magazine reviews included) comment on it…
But over all, a really great album!
Posted on Sun, 29 March 2009 at 16:41
#564
Auto_Surgery (Andy) wrote:
Posted on Mon, 30 March 2009 at 12:22
#565
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
That is pretty cool, except that they’ve been beaten by Nickelback. Twice. :s
Posted on Mon, 30 March 2009 at 12:43
#566
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
hah theyre doing miles better than youmeatsix who are one of these ‘next big thing’ bands radio 1 are playing all day. And its higher than the new my dying bride.
Posted on Mon, 30 March 2009 at 13:15
#567
Shade wrote:
I’ve only listened to Enjoy the Struggle and Crooked Timber as of yet, having found them on the site. After listening to Enjoy the Struggle I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it; I figured it was a ‘grower’ that makes more musical sense when fronted and backed by the other songs on the album. However, after seeing the new video a single time just now, I’m convinced this is an excellent album.
The titletrack is a mesmerising tour of brilliant mayhem. I love the rhythm, the dynamic song structure, the creepy little noises and, most notably, the lyrics. Excellent. I’m thinking that the short break of battery charging was well worth the effort. I’ll be sure to pick up the album and see what it does to me.
Posted on Mon, 30 March 2009 at 21:55
#568
summer_of_hate wrote:
Magic Mountain was put on there because it sounds cool - maybe it “doesn’t sound like Therapy?” to some, but that’s even more of a reason to have it on there. I bet MM would have got more love it was just a “hidden track” at the end of the album!
It’s important for established artists (in any realm) to keep f**king with people’s expectations, which seems to be what Crooked Timber is all about: Don’t follow a plan, make it up as you go along and don’t be afraid to try out odd ideas. That’s why this record blows the last three out of the water on every level.
Just got the white vinyl through the post- it’s a thing of beauty that will be doing some serious damage to my speakers this evening!
Finally, a question: are those Any’s lungs on the back of the insert? I know he had a health scare there a while ago which had a big influence on the lyrical content of the record.
Would be cool if that was his x-ray, it would make a nice back-print for a t-shirt. Love the way it kind of looks like a Rorschach blot - very Therapy?!
Posted on Tue, 31 March 2009 at 12:43
#569
summer_of_hate wrote:
Posted on Tue, 31 March 2009 at 12:44
#570
drummerbecca (Becca) wrote:
If you look closely though, it has the old double question mark hidden in there. Like on Infernal Love, but they aren’t joined up.
You’re right though, that woold be pretty cool :D
Posted on Tue, 31 March 2009 at 13:13
