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

[Neil Perry]

I admire your restraint... I just couldn't hold out.

There has been a slight sense of disappointment I think that Big Paul
hasn't returned to his more tribal style, but to counter that I would just
say... listen to Depthcharge! Mammoth, massive, immense intense drumming!

And of course enjoy the gigs, you lucky bastards

n

On 17 September 2010 11:22, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:


> Likewise, I've resisted the temptation to download.  Not for moral reasons,

> but just to savour the anticipation... maybe to hear stuff live before

> hearing studio versions... anyway.

>

> Totally agree re the return of Big Paul.  I remember seeing him playing

> with Youth as Transmission several years ago, and thinking that it was the

> first and possibly the last time I'd see the original Joke rhythm section on

> stage together.  (First time I saw the Joke was July '83, i.e. with Big Paul

> but without Youth.)  They were a blinder, really powerful - so it's

> fantastic that we now have them reunited with Jaz and Geordie.

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

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

> From: nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com>

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 9:30

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

>

>  I haven't heard it yet, only the 'In Excelsis' EP, which I love.

>

> But it seems that we can safely say BPF's return has been the most positive

> move in KJ land for many years and I'm not just talking about nostalgia

> value.

>

>

>

>

>

> ------------------------------

> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:46:57 +0200

> From: 65snoopy at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

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

>

> For all of us who've been listening to Killing Joke for such a long time,

> Absolute Dissent

> is like being fired back and forth through time. I think I can hear bits of

> almost every

> previous album on this one - in the best possible way.

>

> Now I've lived with it for a week I think its the best thing they've done

> since Night Time.

> And considering how our expectations have taken such a battering over

> recent years, how

> most of us were maybe only hoping for something slightly better than

> Hosannas, and how

> the return of Big Paul could have proved disastrous considering how long

> he's been away,

> there is an argument for saying this is the best Killing Joke album ever.

>

> For once, they got the songs AND the production right! Most everything else

> gels too - the

> running order, the range of styles, the mixture of light (ish) and heavy.

> The only turd in

> the swimming pool for me is Endgame, which I skip. And In Excelsis is still

> a bit wishy-washy,

> but its growing on me.  Singularity is top of the list at the moment,

> followed by Cull,

> title track, Fresh Fever, ESS - which I thought I might get tired of but

> absolutely haven't - and This World Hell.

> A whole album of songs like this would have been grim, but in the context

> of the LP I love it. This Is

> Madness for 2010.

>

> The Raven King is OK but its all a bit Coldplay/wave your lighters in the

> air innit?

>

> But the song that has really grown on me is Depthcharge. On first listen I

> dismissed it, on

> 2nd and 3rd listens I started loving that twisted loping reggae beat and I

> have kept

> returning to it like an itch I can't scratch. Then it hit me - Big Paul. I

> think this is the

> song where he comes into his own. There is a roll around the 1.45 mark that

> just builds

> and builds and explodes into the chorus, followed not long after by some

> delicious little

> twists from Geordie. But Paul is just on fire on this song. And It has a

> Dominator/Sun Goes Down

> vibe that keeps dragging me in...

>

> Anyway, enjoying reading everyone's comments. I'd agree with Geordie

> sounding a bit

> marginalised on this one but it is joyous to hear Jaz singing again.

>

> The lads went and did it!

>

> N

>

>

>

>

> On 10 September 2010 09:48, Steve Hackett <thepunisher at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

>

>  stylistically?

>

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

> back to??

>

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