I've waited this long i can wait another two weeks.
I read a review in paste magazine that tore the new album apart though :(
fuck the critics! they can't rock, just write
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It's very...well almost...poppy. It's a lot brighter than the rest of their albums in terms of mood, style, and production.
Metatron, Agadez, and Ouroborous are the best, IMO.
But man, Thomas Pridgen is a fucking beast.
THe review i read said in parts it had almost a funky feel that just did not gel well. tHe reviewer said that undeniably some songs had parts that they bring it but many of the songs were not solid all the way through.
Does it sound a little funky to you?
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THe review i read said in parts it had almost a funky feel that just did not gel well. tHe reviewer said that undeniably some songs had parts that they bring it but many of the songs were not solid all the way through.
Does it sound a little funky to you?
No so much funky...maybe a couple of tracks.
I feel like this is Cedric's album to shine. His vocals are probably one of the best aspects of the album other then the drumming.
I don't like his weird pitched voice... he acquired that during Amputechture and kind of stuck with it... I just don't like it, maybe I'll appreciate it more when I see them live... but, it just annoys me. Really sounds like a five year old on crack singing... other than that, the new drummer is fantastic!
The album flowed nicely, had nice lead ins and outs, but the songs did sound alike at times... but, it was a decent album, definitely better than Amputechture... I did like Ilyena a lot, and also liked Goliath/Soothsayer.
I fucking HATE what they did with the vocals on this album. The music and instrumentation is as stellar as ever, but I think the songs themselves are lacking a bit, and a big part of that is the crap distortion they did to the vocals. Absolutely horrible.
--"I'm like an opening band for the sun"
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
I fucking HATE what they did with the vocals on this album. The music and instrumentation is as stellar as ever, but I think the songs themselves are lacking a bit, and a big part of that is the crap distortion they did to the vocals. Absolutely horrible.
I agree somewhat. Maybe I'll get use to it, but there's times when he sings really high and it kind of annoys me. Either way I love the music and can't wait to see them live. I think Cedric it much better live. His voice is all over the place - should be an amazing show.
After a few more listens. Cavalettas is by far the best fucking thing on the album, and also one of the best things the Volta have ever done. The song is a fucking scorcher.
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I read a review in paste magazine that tore the new album apart though :(
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Ohana Festival 24 x2
fuck the critics! they can't rock, just write
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2009: Berlin * Manchester * London
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2012: Amsterdam I & II * Berlin I & II * Stockholm * Oslo * Copenhagen
EV 2012: Amsterdam I & II
2014: Amsterdam I & II * Milan * Trieste * Vienna * Berlin
EV 2017: Berlin
2018: Amsterdam I & II * Prague * Krakow * Berlin
2022: Berlin- Vienna - Prague - Amsterdam I - Amsterdam II #
2024: Berlin I & II
~~~
“It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the one (and only) guaranteed way to prevent all the suffering of their children is not to bring those children into existence in the first place.”
― David Benatar - Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence
I like it.
It's very...well almost...poppy. It's a lot brighter than the rest of their albums in terms of mood, style, and production.
Metatron, Agadez, and Ouroborous are the best, IMO.
But man, Thomas Pridgen is a fucking beast.
THe review i read said in parts it had almost a funky feel that just did not gel well. tHe reviewer said that undeniably some songs had parts that they bring it but many of the songs were not solid all the way through.
Does it sound a little funky to you?
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Ohana Festival 24 x2
No so much funky...maybe a couple of tracks.
I feel like this is Cedric's album to shine. His vocals are probably one of the best aspects of the album other then the drumming.
The album flowed nicely, had nice lead ins and outs, but the songs did sound alike at times... but, it was a decent album, definitely better than Amputechture... I did like Ilyena a lot, and also liked Goliath/Soothsayer.
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
I agree somewhat. Maybe I'll get use to it, but there's times when he sings really high and it kind of annoys me. Either way I love the music and can't wait to see them live. I think Cedric it much better live. His voice is all over the place - should be an amazing show.