TSIS Reviews the 7 Leaked Songs

covered in bliss

no thanks for posting, get this crap out of here.

Big Bank Hank

this is better than the PDF of Deep Magazine 2012 that none of us ever received

Dr. Delight

covered in bliss wrote:

no thanks for posting, get this crap out of here.

I'm sorry?

DewieCox

I thought it all seemed pretty legit, even though I'm pretty leery of an April Fool's joke. After reading the song descriptions I have more doubts. Most of them seem like they're trying to hard to make people believe that they have something.

covered in bliss

rearviewross wrote:

ckravitz wrote:

After thinking about this a bit more, I think the only way this is legit is if the band themselves wanted this leaked. And the only way I can see that being the case is if either:

They have no intention of using most of these demos.

OR

They are planning to release a double album and these demos make up no more than a third of the material. Now that you all have stopped laughing, let me explain. The one point to hang our hats on is that a large chunk of their classic rock influences.... Beatles, Who, Zep, Springsteen, Stones .... all had one or more "epic" style albums that reached high in to the teens and beyond in terms of song quantity. Now I am not saying they should cobble together 20+ songs, quality be damned. Rather, just trying to rationalize how this "leak" could be real. The way I see it, if they had a 20+ song bomb in the hopper, they might be willing to release some demos to get folks excited, particularly ahead of some lives shows.

Who knows.

the more I think about it, you're right. PJ needs free advertisement.

OR

They are doing it to build hype and talk about the new album. Free advertisement. If they dont use them, then there will be talk about the unused songs. I think the idea of a double album is a reach. Getting them to record 12 songs has taken how long?

PU38569

Dr. Delight wrote:

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/

Okay here we go.

3,2,1
Not the kind of song I have come to associate with Jeff. This is a fast, heavy number, but it is dirty, rather than glossy. Think Comatose or Habit (which, other than the outro, was what I was reminded of a bit more), not Supersonic. Very loud, very aggressive. Overall the sound is really pretty cool. The guitar equivalent of tires tearing up a muddy field is what I pictured (actually, imagine if You Are was sped up quite a bit). The chorus is a bit slower, and really churns in place---slow, but like it is revving up to take off again. There is a cool baseline driving the whole thing, thick and dirty. No bridge to speak of (or at least it is not so differentiated from the rest of the song that I was aware it was a bridge), but a longish outro with a pretty blistering mike solo. Fast playing, no outro jam like Habit (reminded me of an extended Comatose solo). Jeff isn’t actually singing on the verses (no one is) but he does on the chorus, which does have the lyric cold concession repeated each chorus, alongside a few other ‘adjective/noun couplets’. ‘ It’s a cold concession, it’s a bitter pill... (there were 4 or 5 phrases and then a countdown 5,4,3,2,1’ before exploding back into the verses. Not sure if this will be political or not--the chorus seemed ambiguous enough that it could go either way. I guess we’ll see how the verses are written. I’m really excited for this one. Quite possibly the thing I enjoyed the most. Granted some people don’t love how eddie sings the aggressive songs these days, but I think this is where he may be at his best right now, and with a good performance I picture this being great.

This was about three and a half minutes long.

continued on the site..........

Thanks to the masked leaker-hero!!!! Can I return the favor of your having shared that unferifiable subjective drivel by describing to you what my dinner tastes like? Or perhaps how I put my pants on in the morning? Hint: both involve skidmarks :P

brianlux

In my 50 some years of listening to rock and roll I can't remember one time I've ever wanted to hear the songs from an upcoming album by a band I'm a fan of or read a description of the songs, or hear another person's opinion of them... until after I have heard the record myself. I like the experience of discovering the sounds on an album fresh out of the sleeve the first time I listen to it and if it's a major band for me, this is like a ritual. I don't let anyone light the incense or burn the candles for me.

Paul Andrews

brianlux wrote:

In my 50 some years of listening to rock and roll I can't remember one time I've ever wanted to hear the songs from an upcoming album by a band I'm a fan of or read a description of the songs, or hear another person's opinion of them... until after I have heard the record myself. I like the experience of discovering the sounds on an album fresh out of the sleeve the first time I listen to it and if it's a major band for me, this is like a ritual. I don't let anyone light the incense or burn the candles for me.

Agree 100% Let the band release the album and songs they want and listen to that.

Anyone who is stealing and leaking stuff against the will of the band is a piece of shit. This is not wikileaks whistleblowing against shitty government actions - it is revealing an artist's work before the creative process is complete.

Good on TSIS for reviewing and getting the conversation going - as a 'media' organisation - this is their role and their right and I understand people wanting to get a taste, especially since the last album was almost four years ago, but as I see it, I spoilt a lot of Xmas mornings by sneaking though my parent's cupboards to see what they were getting for me. I'm not about to spoil the upcoming album by listening to demos, leaks and maybe hoaxes.

dimitrispearljam

btw..no matter the review,or what the article says,im pretty sure ill have my way to listen,feel the songs,no matter what i read..ill have my way to express how i feel those songs,so this review,doesnt change much..

now,what really matters,is to let God,destroy our minds with his divine guitar playing..

come on..the guy is unreal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8g_7CDwbmI

Spencer

Paul Andrews wrote:

Anyone who is stealing and leaking stuff against the will of the band is a piece of shit. This is not wikileaks whistleblowing against shitty government actions - it is revealing an artist's work before the creative process is complete.

If this is genuine, and I believe it is, I'm sure the band (or their management) know about it and either don't care or have arranged this themselves to build some excitement for the new material.

If this material was stolen or otherwise unauthorised by the band, you can bet this thread would've disappeared immediately.

Paul Andrews

Spencer wrote:

Paul Andrews wrote:

Anyone who is stealing and leaking stuff against the will of the band is a piece of shit. This is not wikileaks whistleblowing against shitty government actions - it is revealing an artist's work before the creative process is complete.

If this is genuine, and I believe it is, I'm sure the band (or their management) know about it and either don't care or have arranged this themselves to build some excitement for the new material.

If this material was stolen or otherwise unauthorised by the band, you can bet this thread would've disappeared immediately.

You are right, 'stolen tapes', leaks and all sort of hi-jinx have been used by bands to build up publicity prior to albums being released.

Remember, it is good Friday, people are out of the office - plenty of things have lasted longer than this during normal office hours.

It's only idiots like me who work IT from home who manage their clients websites 24/7/365. :fp:

Daron Oshay

It's an April fools joke. 100%

ckravitz

Spencer wrote:

Paul Andrews wrote:

Anyone who is stealing and leaking stuff against the will of the band is a piece of shit. This is not wikileaks whistleblowing against shitty government actions - it is revealing an artist's work before the creative process is complete.

If this is genuine, and I believe it is, I'm sure the band (or their management) know about it and either don't care or have arranged this themselves to build some excitement for the new material.

If this material was stolen or otherwise unauthorised by the band, you can bet this thread would've disappeared immediately.

I agree. It's either complete BS or the band was in on it. Back before BS was released someone got a recording of a couple of songs from a live rehearsal and posted it on the web. Some of the micro blogs picked it up. Within a few days EVERYTHING was gone, like it didn't exist as the band management/reps swung in to action. As we are not seeing that in this case one can only assume either complicity by them or utter BS.

Dr. Delight

ckravitz wrote:

Spencer wrote:

Paul Andrews wrote:

Anyone who is stealing and leaking stuff against the will of the band is a piece of shit. This is not wikileaks whistleblowing against shitty government actions - it is revealing an artist's work before the creative process is complete.

If this is genuine, and I believe it is, I'm sure the band (or their management) know about it and either don't care or have arranged this themselves to build some excitement for the new material.

If this material was stolen or otherwise unauthorised by the band, you can bet this thread would've disappeared immediately.

I agree. It's either complete BS or the band was in on it. Back before BS was released someone got a recording of a couple of songs from a live rehearsal and posted it on the web. Some of the micro blogs picked it up. Within a few days EVERYTHING was gone, like it didn't exist as the band management/reps swung in to action. As we are not seeing that in this case one can only assume either complicity by them or utter BS.

These arent recordings. They are worded descriptions of songs....big difference.

ckravitz

Dr. Delight wrote:

These arent recordings. They are worded descriptions of songs....big difference.

Don't get me wrong, I am actually leaning towards it being legit, but I just think the band is well aware of it because it just seems anyone close enough to them to get these demos ("a friend") would never violate their trust like this. That said, the person on TSIS did get to listen to demos.

mcgruff10

as much as I'd love to believe the tsis they've been known to pull these stupid april fools jokes in the past. I'll take it with a grain of salt.

Spiritual_Chaos

Has there been a PJ album that hasn't been leaked?

And why do people get so hostile. I don't really feel like listen to leaked songs but I think it cool that people descibe these songs - true or not. It doesn't destroy my experience of the album and it's nice to get something.

It's Pearl Jams responsible to not have things leak. It's not the ones listening to the leaked stuff.

DewieCox

I couldn't believe in a million years that PJ leaked music intentionally, be it demos or finished product.

DewieCox

Spiritual_Chaos wrote:

Has there been a PJ album that hasn't been leaked?

I can't remember the last album from any band that didn't leak at least a few days early. So much so, that if an album can make it to an NPR first listen type thing or physical products reaching the store I don't even view as a leak.

ckravitz

DewieCox wrote:

I couldn't believe in a million years that PJ leaked music intentionally, be it demos or finished product.

Probably true. I do believe it is even less likely that TSIS and this thread would be left alone if the demos are real **AND** it wasn't intentional which means this thought process leads back to the whole thing being bullshit. That would be a really really lame joke by TSIS.