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pjl44 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

That said, I'm kind of underwhelmed after listening to both tracks.  They sound basically the same and lyrics are heavily subdued in both of them.  Really hope the album doesn't end up being 10,000 Days II.

I stopped listening to Invincible after a minute because the sound was so bad. Kinda with you on Descending, as it is squarely from the Tool playbook. Which I guess is ok if you're only putting something out every decade+. I'm with those other guys and will wait for the singles/album before listening to anything else. 

I really liked invincible a lot.  The talking throughout the video didn’t help. I thought the sound was ok. Wasn’t great or anything.

HesCalledDyer said:

pjl44 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

That said, I'm kind of underwhelmed after listening to both tracks.  They sound basically the same and lyrics are heavily subdued in both of them.  Really hope the album doesn't end up being 10,000 Days II.

I stopped listening to Invincible after a minute because the sound was so bad. Kinda with you on Descending, as it is squarely from the Tool playbook. Which I guess is ok if you're only putting something out every decade+. I'm with those other guys and will wait for the singles/album before listening to anything else. 

Yeah, hope they limit any shows to these 2 songs for now.  Would like a surprise when the album hits, and I will buy it on release day because... it's tool.

Oh...don't get me wrong...I will buy this in every super deluxe format bundle they make available 

I will wait until official release of these songs, but I am not thrilled about the comparison to 10,000. That album was good, but it's a deep dive even for Tool. Based on the rumors of song length though, it sounds like this album will be very similar track wise and probably consists of a lot of Wings for Marie/10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2) songs. I feel like Lateralus was the right mix of old school Tool song formats and the new style, while 10,000 was weighted too heavy on instrumental, set building parts. I absolutely love the slow builds they have done with songs like Flood, Eulogy, Parabol/Parabola and Intension/Right in Two, but about one of those an album is perfect.

tbergs said:

I will wait until official release of these songs, but I am not thrilled about the comparison to 10,000. That album was good, but it's a deep dive even for Tool. Based on the rumors of song length though, it sounds like this album will be very similar track wise and probably consists of a lot of Wings for Marie/10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2) songs. I feel like Lateralus was the right mix of old school Tool song formats and the new style, while 10,000 was weighted too heavy on instrumental, set building parts. I absolutely love the slow builds they have done with songs like Flood, Eulogy, Parabol/Parabola and Intension/Right in Two, but about one of those an album is perfect.

10,000 days was their best album to me.  A masterpiece.

If they make a 10K Pt2 I'd be tickled.  When these guys play their instruments is when I get all giddy.

tbergs said:

I will wait until official release of these songs, but I am not thrilled about the comparison to 10,000. That album was good, but it's a deep dive even for Tool. Based on the rumors of song length though, it sounds like this album will be very similar track wise and probably consists of a lot of Wings for Marie/10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2) songs. I feel like Lateralus was the right mix of old school Tool song formats and the new style, while 10,000 was weighted too heavy on instrumental, set building parts. I absolutely love the slow builds they have done with songs like Flood, Eulogy, Parabol/Parabola and Intension/Right in Two, but about one of those an album is perfect.

That's pretty much spot on with my feelings.

HesCalledDyer said:

eeriepadave said:

HesCalledDyer said:

That said, I'm kind of underwhelmed after listening to both tracks.  They sound basically the same and lyrics are heavily subdued in both of them.  Really hope the album doesn't end up being 10,000 Days II.

You didn’t like 10,000 days? 

I don't dislike it, but I'd easily rank it 4th out of all the full-length albums.  And only because Opiate is pretty dated and premature in the evolution of the tool sound does it outrank it.

my2hands said:

If you don't like Jambi, you need new ears

I'm taking my girlfriend to her first Tool show, and so I've been playing a lot of Tool for her lately.  Your comment was pretty close to what I told her about "Jambi" haha.

Vitalogensia said:

my2hands said:

If you don't like Jambi, you need new ears

I'm taking my girlfriend to her first Tool show, and so I've been playing a lot of Tool for her lately.  Your comment was pretty close to what I told her about "Jambi" haha.

Last tour I drove and drove to see them in VA then they added a show slightly closer to me in Hershey

Glad I caught both. 2 highlights:

They played Eulogy the only time since 2001 with Maynard. This was the week Chris Cornell died.

And during the Jambi solo, Adam's talk box wasn't loud enough. As the solo ended and the band was moving on in the song, Adam leaves his normal spot and walks center stage with his back to the crowd to get the band's attention.  They seamlessly go back to the solo which Adam plays in standard fashion without the talk box effect

Very cool show.

Lerxst1992 said:

Vitalogensia said:

my2hands said:

If you don't like Jambi, you need new ears

I'm taking my girlfriend to her first Tool show, and so I've been playing a lot of Tool for her lately.  Your comment was pretty close to what I told her about "Jambi" haha.

Last tour I drove and drove to see them in VA then they added a show slightly closer to me in Hershey

Glad I caught both. 2 highlights:

They played Eulogy the only time since 2001 with Maynard. This was the week Chris Cornell died.

And during the Jambi solo, Adam's talk box wasn't loud enough. As the solo ended and the band was moving on in the song, Adam leaves his normal spot and walks center stage with his back to the crowd to get the band's attention.  They seamlessly go back to the solo which Adam plays in standard fashion without the talk box effect

Very cool show.

My buddy & I toyed with the idea of driving down the coast to VA for the Hampton show on Friday... sadly, it wasn't meant to be, but some fall shows will ease the sting (fingers crossed).