***OFFICAL Dance of the Clairvoyants Reaction Thread!***

Hagrid7575 said:

FYI.... volume matters. Louder you play it, the better it sounds 

Hagrid7575 said:

FYI.... volume matters. Louder you play it, the better it sounds 

tempo_n_groove said:

PB11041 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

tdawe said:

-Like a lot of people here, I’m glad heard trying something new and, even if this song hasn’t fully grown on me, it makes me much more excited to hear the album than previous lead singles. 

-For whatever reason, Matt’s drums sound a lot better on the version I’m streaming through Spotify than they did on the BS and twitter clips. Makes a big difference, and they’ll only be more muscular live. 

-With any PJ song, to me the question isn’t how much I like the studio version, it’s “how will this play live?” Sometimes you can tell off the bat which songs will be killers live, but I really don’t know here. It might be a really solid live song, but the best part to me is the layered vocals at the end which tend not to translate really well, because nobody in the band other than Ed can really sing. Definitely looking forward to seeing it though. 

This isn't a drum machine?

It is not.  The demos started that way between Matt and Stone.  But when they went to record it, Matt insisted on laying down the drum track even though there was some resistance to change the machine sound.  It sounds like the compromise is that Josh Evans engineered it in a way that sounds very Bowie/Talking Heads late 70s, midi and synth to get a feel of greater syncopation 

If Matt can play this way live without a backtrack I will be impressed.  It sounds layered and very much like a drum machine.

maximumlawman said:

Very funky. I hear  „It‘s ok“ being tagged when they play it live. 

tdawe said:

tempo_n_groove said:

PB11041 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

tdawe said:

-Like a lot of people here, I’m glad heard trying something new and, even if this song hasn’t fully grown on me, it makes me much more excited to hear the album than previous lead singles. 

-For whatever reason, Matt’s drums sound a lot better on the version I’m streaming through Spotify than they did on the BS and twitter clips. Makes a big difference, and they’ll only be more muscular live. 

-With any PJ song, to me the question isn’t how much I like the studio version, it’s “how will this play live?” Sometimes you can tell off the bat which songs will be killers live, but I really don’t know here. It might be a really solid live song, but the best part to me is the layered vocals at the end which tend not to translate really well, because nobody in the band other than Ed can really sing. Definitely looking forward to seeing it though. 

This isn't a drum machine?

It is not.  The demos started that way between Matt and Stone.  But when they went to record it, Matt insisted on laying down the drum track even though there was some resistance to change the machine sound.  It sounds like the compromise is that Josh Evans engineered it in a way that sounds very Bowie/Talking Heads late 70s, midi and synth to get a feel of greater syncopation 

If Matt can play this way live without a backtrack I will be impressed.  It sounds layered and very much like a drum machine.

Also Matt can one million percent play this live. And like with the Strokes, it will play so much better in person because of the live drums. 

tdawe said:

It might be a really solid live song, but the best part to me is the layered vocals at the end which tend not to translate really well, because nobody in the band other than Ed can really sing. Definitely looking forward to seeing it though. 

jwc6160 said:

High Fidelity 2000 said:

karl_chihiro said:

Kind of like it.

I must listen this more.

Same here.
I'm hoping this is the You Are of the album, sandwiched amongst a lot of rock.
You call your album Gigaton it better have a lot of heavy shit on it, not just processed drums, hip hop high hats, and 80s synth. But they also used those processed drums for Can't Deny Me, so who knows!

This is where I am after first listen. Just OK for me and I’m wondering if I would like it at all if it wasn’t PJ. Probably not, but I’ll give it a few more listens. Completely agree with what you said above, if this is the “You Are”, I’ll be thrilled. If the rest is “computer” sounding, I’ll be disappointed. Still more than happy to have new music though. 

tempo_n_groove said:

tdawe said:

tempo_n_groove said:

PB11041 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

tdawe said:

-Like a lot of people here, I’m glad heard trying something new and, even if this song hasn’t fully grown on me, it makes me much more excited to hear the album than previous lead singles. 

-For whatever reason, Matt’s drums sound a lot better on the version I’m streaming through Spotify than they did on the BS and twitter clips. Makes a big difference, and they’ll only be more muscular live. 

-With any PJ song, to me the question isn’t how much I like the studio version, it’s “how will this play live?” Sometimes you can tell off the bat which songs will be killers live, but I really don’t know here. It might be a really solid live song, but the best part to me is the layered vocals at the end which tend not to translate really well, because nobody in the band other than Ed can really sing. Definitely looking forward to seeing it though. 

This isn't a drum machine?

It is not.  The demos started that way between Matt and Stone.  But when they went to record it, Matt insisted on laying down the drum track even though there was some resistance to change the machine sound.  It sounds like the compromise is that Josh Evans engineered it in a way that sounds very Bowie/Talking Heads late 70s, midi and synth to get a feel of greater syncopation 

If Matt can play this way live without a backtrack I will be impressed.  It sounds layered and very much like a drum machine.

Also Matt can one million percent play this live. And like with the Strokes, it will play so much better in person because of the live drums. 

I hate the sound that it made on the song but live I am sure will be much better because it is a killer beat.  I never understood making a song that wouldn't sound the same live.  Makes no sense to me.

tempo_n_groove said:

tdawe said:

tempo_n_groove said:

PB11041 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

tdawe said:

-Like a lot of people here, I’m glad heard trying something new and, even if this song hasn’t fully grown on me, it makes me much more excited to hear the album than previous lead singles. 

-For whatever reason, Matt’s drums sound a lot better on the version I’m streaming through Spotify than they did on the BS and twitter clips. Makes a big difference, and they’ll only be more muscular live. 

-With any PJ song, to me the question isn’t how much I like the studio version, it’s “how will this play live?” Sometimes you can tell off the bat which songs will be killers live, but I really don’t know here. It might be a really solid live song, but the best part to me is the layered vocals at the end which tend not to translate really well, because nobody in the band other than Ed can really sing. Definitely looking forward to seeing it though. 

This isn't a drum machine?

It is not.  The demos started that way between Matt and Stone.  But when they went to record it, Matt insisted on laying down the drum track even though there was some resistance to change the machine sound.  It sounds like the compromise is that Josh Evans engineered it in a way that sounds very Bowie/Talking Heads late 70s, midi and synth to get a feel of greater syncopation 

If Matt can play this way live without a backtrack I will be impressed.  It sounds layered and very much like a drum machine.

Also Matt can one million percent play this live. And like with the Strokes, it will play so much better in person because of the live drums. 

I hate the sound that it made on the song but live I am sure will be much better because it is a killer beat.  I never understood making a song that wouldn't sound the same live.  Makes no sense to me.