[kj] Perceptions so far.

iPat pmdavies at gmail.com
Sat Apr 8 02:44:47 EDT 2006


i was saying to a friend last night that it seems to have come full
circle, but you put it more eloquently than i ever could

On 4/8/06, Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> wrote:
>..
> I must say I am enjoying Hosannas greatly, and there
> is something in there that most definitely gives me a
> Bloodsport/Change/early days vibe. Being on the other
> side of the great Extremities schism, I believe it
> pisses all over that LP, which I've never really liked
> or rated (save for Termite Mound and a few others),
> and which much of to me is bad thrash metal. I am
> positively stoked by Majestic, Walking With Gods,
> Lightbringer, Judas Goat and Invocation, and coming to
> terms with the rest. Geordie's playing and sound has
> got back some of that old cheese-wire-to-the-neck
> tone, and as for the occasional burst of daft lyrics,
> well, that's been a given for some years now. Jaz's
> throatiness is a shame but doesn't spoil my enjoyment,
> not when the music is this good.
>
>......KJ may well be imploding before our eyes
> (ears), but if this is their swansong then it couldn't
> have been much better.
>
--
Pat


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