[kj] It's here

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Fri Oct 8 04:11:07 EDT 2010



I loved The Raven King at first - might well have been my favourite track on the album. I don't think I'm tiring of it as quickly as Neil, but there are definitely some much stronger tracks.

Jamie






-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:41
Subject: Re: [kj] It's here


Ah, laughter and argue, ever the same...

Tiring quickly of Raven King - feel like I'm being ordered to get all dewey-eyed and wave
my lighter in the air. Appreciate the sentiment and all, but its all a bit gloopy sickly sweet.
Whereas the brutality of This World Hell is fast growing on me - listen loud on headphones,
it gives me the chills.
Currently playing the album with Endgame dropped and Kali Yuga in
its place - perfect. Kali Yuga has some of the best Big Paul flourishes of all the new
material. Without Endgame stinking up the place, its in their top 5 albums no problem.

n


On 7 October 2010 16:47, Matt Tibbits <matt_tibbits at hotmail.com> wrote:

"Raven King sounds like KJ doing latter day U2" Geordie would disembowel you with a sharpened guitar pick for that!




> From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 07:43:23 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] It's here




>

> Matt Tibbits wrote:

>

> They happened to be recording Endgame on one of the days I was lucky enough to visit the studio and the origins of the "who-hoo"

> sound was Youth doing a bendy high-note thing on his Vox Cheetah V267. I was quite surprised when the finished article had a more

> vocal sound on it but I agree it does hark back to Revelations/Fire Dances days when there were a lot of revelrous/celebratory

> "whoos" and suchlike scattered around the songs.

>

> I'm very much in the pro-Endgame camp. A gloriously catchy stomp and gleeful doom-mongering in the great KJ tradition. Love the

> lyrics. The only song I struggled with is This World Hell but that's grown on me, too. Best album since Extremities for me and in my

> top five. The new songs are excellent live as well.

>

> ++++++++++

>

> Interesting. I always thought it was Youth doing a harmonic tap n' bend note on bass, much like a similar thing going on at the

> beginning of the original studio version of Wardance.

>

> I'm also in the camp that loves Endgames. The only tunes I don't really care for are Raven King and Honor The Fire. Raven King

> sounds like KJ doing latter day U2. I too rank this album up in their top 5 best.

>

> T.B.

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