[kj] MMXII first listen:

[GREG SLAWSON]

I still can't figure out how to find a KJ file of the album. All the links do is install some software but no files show up. ANyone know how to make this work?
 > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:18:22 +0200

> From: bo.krogsgaard at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII first listen:

> 

> Pole Shift - What the fuck is this? Already here it's easy to hear

> Youth had WAY much control over the mixing of the album. The song

> itself is pointless too. Fuck, i hate the keyboards.

> 

> When The Levee Breaks AKA Fema Camp AKA "oh no not more keyboards" -

> Arh, gimme a fucking break. Just because Enigma once sampled Jaz

> Coleman, doesn't mean they have to pay the favour back.

> 

> Exorcism II AKA Rapture - Not sure it dawned on them they already

> wrote this song once.

> 

> Colony Collapse - Okay, this is ALMOST getting good. Less keyboard

> wankery is a GOOD start, mixed with 70s glitter rock, it's actually

> quite catchy, but not really what i'd consider a Killing Joke song.

> 

> Corporate Elect - Now THIS is more like it. This could easily become a

> frequent player!

> 

> In Cythera - Pop song, yet masterpiece. My fave song of the album, hands down.

> 

> Primobile - The beginning sounds like Gary Numan. Not an annoying

> song, but not my thing either.

> 

> Glitch - Ballsy, but pointless, and the vocal effects completely ruin

> the little good the song is in itself. Plus, isn't this Intravenous

> over again?

> 

> Trance - Whoa, so many bits here and there lifted straight off of

> Pssyche, while the vocals remind me of Intellect. If it wasn't for

> those fucking annoying keyboards, this would be my second fave of the

> album. Ten bucks says Youth wrote the majority of this.

> 

> On All Hallow's Eve - No thanks, my lighter is nearly empty.

> 

> Total rating based on first listen: 5/10, in other words "as average

> as it fucking gets". Fuck, what a disappointment after In Cythera ..

> 

> 

> b

> 

> 

> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 20:46, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> > That;s a weird tracklisting you got going on there Jon...and what is

> > this "In The Fields Of Light" song you got?!  Do you mean Trance?

> >

> > For me personally, Trance is the only song that I am not at all warming to.

> >

> > On 26 March 2012 19:42, jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> >> Glitch starts off very Brighter than a thousands suns.

> >>

> >> 1. Poleshift

> >> 2. Corporate Elect

> >> 3. Fema Camp

> >> 4. Glitch

> >> 5. Primobile

> >> 6. Colony Collapse

> >> 7. In cythera.

> >> 8. Rapture

> >> 9. All Hallows Eve

> >> 10.In the fields of light.

> >>

> >>

> >> 1-8 are alright - 9 and 10 are fucking awful.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> ________________________________

> >> From: kjlist at live.com

> >> To: gathering at misera.net

> >> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:33:03 -0500

> >>

> >> Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII first listen:

> >>

> >> yeah, I had to go out to my car in the parking lot and listen at high

> >> volume.

> >>

> >> Now I love the whole thing.

> >>

> >> Also, the first two seconds of "Glitch" sound exactly like "Born To Run."

> >> ________________________________

> >> From: kjlist at live.com

> >> To: gathering at misera.net

> >> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:56:55 -0500

> >> Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII first listen:

> >>

> >> First listen gut check:

> >>

> >> Loving six of ten tracks; haven't connected yet with:

> >>

> >> FEMA Camp

> >> Rapture

> >> Primobile

> >> Trance

> >>

> >> But that's probably because I'm listening in a relatively non-private area

> >> at low volume.

> >>

> >> I've burned a copy and will be cranking it in the car on my way home

> >> tonight.

> >>

> >> Best so far: Glitch, In Cythera, Corporate Elect, Colony Collapse.

> >>

> >> Pole Shift reminds me of "Termite Mound" and All Hallow's Eve is a slow but

> >> shouty closer.

> >>

> >> I am content.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> ________________________________

> >> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:05:48 +0200

> >> From: rob.moss at gmx.com

> >> To: gathering at misera.net

> >> Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII album leak:

> >>

> >> Found it on Piratebay

> >>

> >> It's fucking amazing!

> >>

> >> Glitsch sounds like Extremities era, MASSIVE!

> >> Corporate Elect - FUCK ME - This is the next planned single I believe

> >>

> >> Make sure you buy it everyone because music this good demands to be heard!

> >>

> >>

> >> Thanks all for the heads up and sharing!

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

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

> >>

> >> From: Nick Scott

> >>

> >> Sent: 03/26/12 05:17 PM

> >>

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

> >>

> >> Subject: Re: [kj] MMXII album leak:

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Thanks for the heads up, can confirm have checked on

> >> Rutracker.org...and just downloaded it from there, it has indeed

> >> leaked as 320Kbps CBR MP3s.

> >>

> >> I urge anyone thinking of fleecing it to buy it, although really I

> >> expect no less from you fellow gatherers.  Anyone that has been to the

> >> gigs, listened to any of the tracks live on youtube, and the samples

> >> on Amazon should already know it's the best album they have done in

> >> aeons.

> >>

> >> The only thing this means to me is I get to hear it a week early, I

> >> don't have to rip the CD myself, and can look forward to it when it

> >> finally is released next week totally uncompressed.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> On 26 March 2012 16:28, Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com> wrote:

> >>> Additional reports indicate it is also available on Spotify.

> >>>

> >>> FYI

> >>>

> >>> ________________________________

> >>> From: kjlist at live.com

> >>> To: gathering at misera.net

> >>> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:24:39 -0500

> >>> Subject: [kj] MMXII album leak:

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Downloading is morally wrong; every time you download an album illegally a

> >>> kitten dies etc.

> >>>

> >>> I've already bought the album in multiple formats and it comes out next

> >>> week

> >>> anyway. Anyone feeling ambitious can check Bunalti, Torrentzap, Bitsnoop

> >>> etc. and let us know what they find.

> >>>

> >>> The sites appear to have the full album but I am unable to check myself.

> >>>

> >>> Again, I do not condone theft; I condone hearing an album I have already

> >>> bought in multiple formats a week early.

> >>>

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