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Started by Stecks, October 11, 2012, 02:59:58 PM

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Stecks

After a first listen, its meh, OK, not my favorite by him, but it has its moments...  Love "Pigtail" 

Trey just won't let go of "Let Me Lie" now will he?  ;D
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"Remember:  information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; music is THE BEST." - FZ

fulltone1989

Quote from: Stecks on October 11, 2012, 02:59:58 PM
After a first listen, its meh, OK, not my favorite by him, but it has its moments...  Love "Pigtail" 

Trey just won't let go of "Let Me Lie" now will he?  ;D

It's out now? Itunes says 10/16
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ColForbin

I've heard some good things about "Land of Nod" via Twitter.  How is that one Stecks?  Did you get the pre-order?
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sour d

I did the preorder and I haven't got it yet. I know they played it on sirius radio and Trey went track by track telling the story of each song. They have replayed that a few times.
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MomaDan

Just started listening to Scabbard, reminds me a little of YES. Wow this song is beyond cheesy, is the whole album like this?
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Happyorange27

I'm going to have to listen to it more than once to get the acquired taste.  The percussion is the hardest to swallow.
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Stecks

Overall?  Not impressed.  It has a series of moments, but the mix sounds way horrible to me on MANY songs.  A few songs are very YES or Zappa influenced, only more disjointed and less inspired.  But there's some decent hooks, the lyrics are growing on me a little bit....

But if you're looking for our boy doing what he does best - wait for MSG New Years Run.  Pigtail to me is the highlight, perhaps Land Of Nod...  he brings in some very different musicians than he's played with in the past - to the album's credit, and also to its detriment.  Its probably more ambitious than anything he's put out - a valiant effort, but sometimes even A-Rod gets benched in Game 5....
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"Remember:  information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; music is THE BEST." - FZ

raisingfreen

Listen to the opening of Corona carefully an imaging 4 guys playing keys at the same time. Remember?
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