[kj] MMXII first listen:

[Chris Williamson]

Have to agree with Alex on this one.  I didn't rip AD and I won't rip this.  It goes against my principles (as far as Killing Joke are concerned anyway) and I can wait a week. Not even tempted to be honest
 From: vassifer at earthlink.net
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:07:00 -0400
Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII first listen:


As I've been laboriously documenting in some recent blog posts (notably the two linked below, if you give a flying fuck), I'm becoming more and more Luddite-ish and resentful as I grow older, lamenting the old days when we'd anticipate a new album and then finally get our hands on it (as a tactile artifact), and then immerse ourselves in it, track by track and in the chronological order as was intended by the band. Nowadays, everything is about immediate gratification and uber-convenience. God forbid you should have to wait for anything or take your time to experience something in its uninterrupted wholeness. 
As such, I've resisted downloading the leaked record. Sure, I've heard "Rapture" and the mighty "In Cythera," but I've managed to eschew hearing anything else. I really want that pristine experience wherein I am able to enjoy the album from back to front while holding the artwork in my hands. Call me old fashioned. I don't give a fuck.
But, as I go through my e-mail, I can't help but read some of the comments from those who have listened. I think it's indeed a testament to the versatility of Killing Joke that opinions are so divided. After all, consider the relatively vast shifts in style and sound within the band's own catalog -- from stentorian guitar crunch and barely human vocals to elegiac melodies, danceable rhythms and the graceful tolling of "the bell."  Unlike, say, AC/DC, Motorhead or the Ramones (great bands, all), Killing Joke have never simply been about one solitary thing.
I'm trying to shut out the opinions until I get my hands on it and hear for myself ... but hear it the right way.
http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2012/03/retromania-and-the-return-of-the-joke.html
http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2012/03/the-virtual-line.html
Alex in NYC



On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Neil Perry wrote:oooh, harsh words... ;)

Have been blasting it for most of the day and I'm liking everything to varying
degrees aside from Pole Shift and Fema (finally coming round to Glitch). A few tracks
are stunning, a few are great and some are ok. But I'm enjoying the variety - AD was
 many versions of the same song plus ESS and Ghosts - whereas this is coming
from many different directions. Half of these songs and half from AD would have made for
a stunning album -  for my tastes, anyway. For now, Trance, Primobile, Hallows, Cythera and Colony are
 on heavy rotation, songs that I think piss all over most of the last 2 albums. 



On 27 March 2012 14:24, Stephen Robinson <heiferboy at robinsonworld.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
 Weakest album since Democracy, there, I've said it.
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