Thank you!:)
Thank you!:)
Remember buying that when it came out.. fireball, was probably my fav of theirs. Not heard it for years. Think it was a matt gatefold, possibly textured?
It is indeed!
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Chilling out to the sounds of amethystium.
https://youtu.be/4Tb3Ax7Nt7o
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Swans - 'To Be Kind'
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Pretty intense.
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
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...and what a listen it is. Been trying to get a copy at a decent price for 4 months and it arrived yesterday (Mint). :)
The Mars Volta are very difficult to categorise, you will either love or hate them. They are certainly thought provoking. Some I suspect will consider them pretentious or execessive. if anyone asked me who I would compare them with then I would answer "A modern King Crimson".
The Bedlam of Goliath is their 4th album, which I came across by chance and is my entry point to them, I have been told that their first De-Loused at the Comotorium is the best to start with, but I like a challenge. Bedlam is certianly a challenging listen, with lots of cross rhythms in places, with soaring hi and lows from the vocals. The dynamics of the music stretch the hi-fi big time. After a listen through once I would say the songs paint a picture of what the band say they experienced when on tour playing around with a ouija board purchased in a junk shop in Jerusalem. Whether true or just a clever bit of publicity the songs and feel of the music are certainly menacing in places and paint a vivid and intense frightening feeling of fear and control.
if you like a challenge and interesting music, get your pennies out.
Thanks for the heads up Adrian, I'll give that a go.