[kj] So new album..where does it stand

[Andy M]

Oh yes. Great song.

Paul Wady schrieb:

> Has anyone else got rather emotional listening to The Raven King? 

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> I will be buying this.  

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> From: j at jlancaster.info

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:36:52 +0100

> Subject: Re: [kj] So new album..where does it stand

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> <<<One thing I meant to say and forgot is that even the song In 

> Excelcis, which I wasn't crazy about upon listening to it in the 

> single, fits and works perfectly in the context of the album...>>>

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> I’ll agree with that 100%.

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> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] *On Behalf Of *n0153 jr

> *Sent:* 10 September 2010 12:15

> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] So new album..where does it stand

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> One thing I meant to say and forgot is that even the song In Excelcis, 

> which I wasn't crazy about upon listening to it in the single, fits 

> and works perfectly in the context of the album...

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> And, again, Big Paul puts Dave Grohl's drumming on 2003 to shame...

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> These are happy days for us KJ fans (provided you didn't buy tickets 

> to some of their gigs). :)

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> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:08 AM, jon chapman 

> <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk <mailto:jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk>> wrote:

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> Haven't listened to it - still in a Mardy/Angry huff over the Warsaw 

> cancelled gig.tossers.

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> Life is like a movie,if you've sat through more than half of it and 

> its sucked every second so far,it probably isn't gonna get great right 

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> No one should blame you for walking out early.

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> From: j at jlancaster.info <mailto:j at jlancaster.info>

> To: gathering at misera.net <mailto:gathering at misera.net>

> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:23:34 +0100

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> Subject: Re: [kj] So new album..where does it stand

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> <<< But it's a great album - really enjoying the melody in there and 

> the fact that Jaz sings on some of the tracks!>>>

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> Agreed, it is a bloody great album!  Fave tracks at the moment are ESS 

> and The Great Cull.  And Endgame.  The Raven King is quite moving, as 

> expected.  Needs a few more listens before I can rank it with the others.

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> Only got to play it twice through last night: I rushed home, fired up 

> the laptop, and was about to press play when “the missus” came home 

> from work and wanted to talk about her day.  Women – they can be so 

> selfish. ;-)

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> Cheers,

> Janean

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> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> <mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>] *On Behalf Of *Rob Moss

> *Sent:* 10 September 2010 08:56

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> I think it mostly sits in with 2003 personally. It's got an uptempo 

> vibe - nowehere near as dark as Hosannas.

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> But I can definitely see the pre-first album influences there, mainlu 

> the guitar, as well as a couple of Night Time and even BTATS 

> references (The Raven King reminds me a bit of Sanity).

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> Don't see much in the way of Revelations/Fire Dances in there. The 

> drums are not very tribal.

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> But it's a great album - really enjoying the melody in there and the 

> fact that Jaz sings on some of the tracks!

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> Good work fellas!

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>     ----- Original Message -----

>     From: Steve Hackett

>     Sent: 09/10/10 08:48 AM

>     To: A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)

>     Subject: [kj] So new album..where does it stand

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>     stylistically?

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>     Early days but for those who've downloaded it, what do you reckon

>     it harks back to??

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