[kj] So new album..where does it stand
Andy M
kj at misera.net
Mon Sep 13 11:15:50 EDT 2010
I love almost all of it - Depthcharge and This World Hell being the ones
I find a bit boring after repeated listening. But The Great Cull,
Endgame, Ghost of Ladbroke Grove, ESS, Singularity and especially The
Raven King are AWESOME!
To me, three things separate this album from the last few:
1) It is arranged properly - nice breaks, much more dynamics than on,
say Hosannas etc
2) Jaz _sings_ which is really great. And he growls when it's appropriate
3) They sound like a band, not like some musicians recording songs
independently of each other
On the downside, I learned on the weekend that I won't be able to come
to the London gig (some family thing, don't ask). Are tickets for
Hamburg or Köln still available somewhere? I can't NOT see them on this
tour!
Cheers,
-Andy
n0153 jr schrieb:
> the only one I am failing to love right now is Depthcharge, all the
> others are excellent IMHO.
> some being future classics indeed!
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> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:58 PM, <LONESTYLE at aol.com
> <mailto:LONESTYLE at aol.com>> wrote:
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> Those too are great songs indeed.
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> ~ LB
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> In a message dated 9/11/2010 11:28:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> gregslawson at msn.com <mailto:gregslawson at msn.com> writes:
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> Yes, WOrld Hell is probably the only real dud on the album. I
> think Honour the Fire, Singularity, Great Cull, Raven King,
> and the title track are all future classics.
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> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com <mailto:LONESTYLE at aol.com>
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:06:41 -0400
> To: gathering at misera.net <mailto:gathering at misera.net>
> Subject: Re: [kj] So new album..where does it stand
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> I think This "World Hell" is terrible! It is a bit repetitive
> and far too long., They better not do that on the tour for it
> is real weak song.
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> Dig most of the album otherwise.
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> "The Raven King" after listening to it brought tears to me and
> my wife's eyes. The lyrics are deep and the song grows more
> and more on you listening to it a few times.
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> ~ LB
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> In a message dated 9/10/2010 1:18:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight
> Time, vassifer at earthlink.net <mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net>
> writes:
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> I like "Depthcharge," but it did seem a bit reminiscent
> of, say, "Asteroid." Not a bad thing, but no ground broken.
> Here's a bold thread. Least favorite song on new album?
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> I'll say "Honour the Fire."
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> Yours?
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> Alex in NYC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: GREG SLAWSON
> Sent: Sep 10, 2010 3:07 PM
> To: gathering
> Subject: Re: [kj] So new album..where does it stand
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> My take on the album (listened to on crappy computer):
> Great, except for--
> This World Hell & Depthcharge: kind of dull (mostly
> tuneless metal sludge)
> Ghost of L.G.--quite dull (not as good as "Another
> Cult Goes Down" in terms of Joke-reggae)
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> From: paulwady at hotmail.com <mailto:paulwady at hotmail.com>
> To: gathering at misera.net <mailto:gathering at misera.net>
> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:24:28 +0100
> Subject: Re: [kj] So new album..where does it stand
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> Has anyone else got rather emotional listening to The
> Raven King? Unexpectedly so?
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> I will be buying this.
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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 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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> *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net
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> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net
> <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 at the end and
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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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> *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net
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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
> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> *Subject:* Re: [kj] So new album..where does it stand
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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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