The production is stunning, maybe even more so than Armor On, but the songwriting is seriously spotty. With the constant stream of "prepare for battle"/"I gave all I can"/"I'm gonna break down these walls"/"see my scars"/"you did this to me" messaging it's like she's just stealing Linkin Park lyrics
― Evan and I'm Gettin' It (Evan R), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
i can't get this to stream... doesn't work in canada maybe?
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
works for me
the switch-up in "gleaux" >>>>>>
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
i have seen 300 but role models was the first film that came to mind initially
nah joeks i'm being cruel
evan r is the enemy of r&b, pour boiling oil and fire catapults at this bitch
― r|t|c, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
listening party : http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds#/2
― rusty_allen, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
^^ repost. sorry - must have been the excitment or something...
― rusty_allen, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
I WANT TO CRY
― sisilafami, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
ok somebody jog my memory: Goldenheart (Outro) -- what is that piano piece?
― goole, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
i need to figure out how i feel about these 'rock' drum sounds (tug of war, ode to you)
― goole, Monday, January 14, 2013 12:00 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not really very rock and not a problem at all either way
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
thank you for the help
― goole, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
Claire De Lune - Debussy
― DJP, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
eh i'm just sayin you had me expecting some session player bombast and instead i just heard drum machine snares that sound like actual snares xp
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
yeah well drum machine snares that sound like actual snares get me wrinkling my nose instinctually
thx DJP -- i was off hunting for ryuichi sakamoto youtubes lol
― goole, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
love "Break Of Dawn," so shamelessly gooey
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
Four tracks in and this is already such an ridiculously well sequenced album!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah sequencing is great
― sisilafami, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously, flows like no tomorrow. Currently on "Gleaux."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
300 is so good
― sisilafami, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
this is kinda cheesy in parts. i cant deal with 'in your eyes'
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:44 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
no air, air
― r|t|c, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
haha that is what i was trying to figure out what it reminded me of
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
woah, good ear!
― Evan and I'm Gettin' It (Evan R), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
doesn't work in canada and i am SO UPSET.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 January 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
This album's length really works in its favor; this is a satisfying one to lose yourself in. So much beautiful empty space, especially in that final stretch
― Evan and I'm Gettin' It (Evan R), Monday, 14 January 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's not quite as sprawling as Last Train To Paris but it's probably more immersive.
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
we could have parted seas just / to walk on the floor of oceans / ohhhh
― r|t|c, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
like damn yo
hah classic example of the alleged iffy songwriting that actually sounds rad i guess
― r|t|c, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
and this love could've built up armies / of nations unstoppable / ohhhh
so apt that the album ends with dawn actually forming her own nation state
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
xp eh, I still think her battle motifs are tacky and not very imaginative, but I can let that slide since that's not really the hook here, and it's carry-over criticism from Armor On
― Evan and I'm Gettin' It (Evan R), Monday, 14 January 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
the opening line of "300" is "i feel like leonidas / battling the titans / a thousand soldiers against one sword" which appears to be a reference to either the film or to some sort of role playing game
the more OTT the battle motifs the better, i don't know how you can have an issue with this
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
It's the film, yes.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
(Strictly speaking the comic but anyway.)
battle motifs: Tacky? or tactical?
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
a comic, of course it is
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
strictly strictly speaking Greek history and legend
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
i cant be the only one who finds this a lil samey relative to LTTP
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 14 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
xp the greek king leonidas (historical) never fought the titans (mythical) though
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Dawn's stuff feels pretty distinct from Dirty Money to me at this point -- if any 2 records risk crowding each other's space it's Golden Heart and Armor On
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'm not pretending to be an expert. did frank miller invent that part of the myth though? xp
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
i think she threw those together just for the rhyme.
― goole, Monday, 14 January 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
like that she interpolates both phil collins and peter gabriel over the course of the record, so i can just think of it as prog
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 14 January 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
at a couple of points there are these almost old-agey computer music stabs, an ancient-future music, then with the 300 deal, yes, what a progger would be mining these days, if they existed.
which they don't.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 14 January 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
30 seconds in and I CANNOT WAIT TO DROP MONEY ON THIS ALBUM
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oh thank god. i have finally found a way to make this work.
and In the Hearts Tonight ALONE ugh wow ugh wow what
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 January 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
Proggers exist, but they think Dream Theater is hip and cutting edge.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 January 2013 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
(Obviously not every one but...too many.)
really happy how much clapping there is on here
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that's why i fux with you bb
― ;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝;⃝‿⃝ (乒乓), Monday, 14 January 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
midtempo clapping, too!
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 14 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link