[kj] America/Hosannas is great

[Jiri]

Thankfully (for me anyway), I'm really enjoying the mood of the new 
album. It's a great set of jams echoing their roots -- no recipe for a 
masterpiece but still great for my ears.

But it's funny, with Invocation, I oscillate widely between loving it 
and needing it to go away -- it really depends on my mood at the time. 
It is like Madness to me: beautiful ugliness that is sometimes glorious 
and at other times too much for me to stomach.

pssyche23 wrote:

> at the end of the day Neil, Invocation seems to be a bit like Marmite 
> ... you either love it or you hate it ... did anyone clarify why they 
> really detest it ? just curious ...
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Perry" 
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> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [kj] America/Hosannas is great
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> S'funny how it goes... I think Invocation is one of
> the greatest KJ songs of all time.  To me it's a
> natural progression, a line that goes from Reqiuem and
> takes in Madness, Termite Mound, Pandemonium.
> Definitely up there in my top ten anyway. And
> strangely, the atmosphere around this album when I
> listen to it reminds me of the first album. I feel
> sorry for anyone not enjoying Hosannas! Sure the sound
> could be better blah blah blah, if we're going to get
> all Mojo reader about it, but it reminds me of why I
> ever liked KJ in the first place. I think it is full
> of passion and that ol' KJ voodoo in a way that 2003
> wasn't.
>
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