[kj] Hosannas: what's not to like?

[Christof hamille]

For me

at first (leaked mp3s) I was nto to fond of it.

It then grew on me

After a while of listening to it regularly I intentionally stopped listening 
in anticipation for the actual release.

By the time it got here the party was over.  The hang over was gone and the 
liquid shits had passed.

That doesn't mean I'll never listen to it again (or stop drinking for that 
matter) but I will not repeat that excess for quite some time.

Chris


>From: "Mark Kolmar" <mkolmar at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: [kj] Hosannas: what's not to like?
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:03:08 -0500
>
>To Alex and others who aren't too fond of the new record -- Has it
>grown on you at all?
>
>Alex, after I read your comment to remind me that "Whiteout" and
>"Exorcism" are among his favorite tracks on _Pandemonium_, I was all
>the more surprised that you don't particularly care for _Hosannas_.
>Large portions of the new record have a similarly insistent,
>oppressive character as those two tracks.
>
>I listened to it on my small system last night.  With regard to the
>mix and mastering, it worked equally well on the bedroom system (teeny
>amp and little Klipsch speakers) as the big stereo in the living room
>(preamp into 4x125w bi-amped into big B&Ws).  It still sounds a little
>dodgy, and parts seem to have significant tape saturation or similar
>issue where low bass imposes itself on the whole rest of the mix.
>
>I was impressed that the synth parts seem more "keyboardy" for lack of
>a better term (VdGG or Hawkwind maybe), and less dance/techno
>certainly than on _Pandemonium_.  The synths seem all the more alien
>because they do not reference current and recent trends the way they
>did on _Pandemonium_.  You'll notice if you listen closely that the
>synth parts offer a lot of textural support for Geordie's guitar.  Do
>you suppose the synths were Jaz's work?
>
>--Mark
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