Members iodine74 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I was walking thru Target on Tuesday and a buddy of mine called me to tell me about Band of Horses coming to town, and also mentioned "oh hey I think the new Bloc Party is out". I hadn't heard anything. I knew a couple tracks had been getting played on XM... just didn't know a release date. Wandered over to the music section and picked it up. Kinda surprised no one has mentioned it yet. I know there was some love for the last album. I'm still warming up to it. I don't really like the production.. it's abit too produced. They went from one extreme to the other with the first being abit too thin for my taste and this being abit too thick. And like the first it's got it's hit and miss tracks IMHO. Definately a couple new guitar tones there for leads... some old ones as well. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steve Howe Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 It {censored}ing blows. I've had it since December I believe and it was such a {censored}ing let down. They had so much energy on their first album and then they make this hunk of {censored}. That's my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theweight Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 It hasn't hit me yet. The one song I heard before I got it sounded like a huge TV on the Radio ripoff, too. I'm bummed. New Dinosaur Jr is leaked though, and that's slowly growing on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inscho Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I like a lot of the music, but the vocals are pretty meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jalfredprufrock Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I posted a thread about this a few days ago. I love it in that guilty pleasure kind of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iodine74 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I posted a thread about this a few days ago. I love it in that guilty pleasure kind of day.Man I missed that... I should have been paying more attention. I grabbed the Dinosaur Last night when whoever it was posted it (thanks for that btw).Not sure how I feel about it. I can see how those who didn't like Without a Sound or Where You Been? might not like it, but it definately also has a vibe of something like Bug.Interesting guitar tones. They tend to sound alot like the live rig he was using last year. I hear some cleans that I bet are probably from the AC30cc head he'd been using... they're just clean tones that you wouldn't have associated with him previously.Losta different fuzziness too I noticed in comparison to Without a Sound or Where You Been?Anyways.. yeah for the Bloc Party. I know it's kinda cheesy, but I like "I Still Remember"... that was the first new track I'd heard so it sticks out to me the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aeonrevolution Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Whats Dinosaur Jr ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members aeonrevolution Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 The tunes on their myspace suck Am I not "getting" a really huge band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 the new dinosaur jr album/ first track kicks ass. the tone is way good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BloodTypeBlue Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Got it back in November or something when it leaked, but went out the day it came out for real and dropped dollars on it. I'm pretty into the band in general, though, although it blows my mind how big they got and how fast...I saw them at the Black Cat in DC in 2005, and I don't think they'll ever play a venue that small again...whatever. It's also funny how badly Russell Lissack wants to be Jonny Greenwood (sort of). The lyrics are cheesy more often than not, but you have to give Kele credit for being so uncleverly sincere. Plenty of amazing backing vocals courtesy of Matt and Gordy. And "Hunting for Witches" is a real powerhouse, from the samples that fade into the rhythm section to Matt's backing vocals, which surprised me when I realized all he was doing was saying "do do do do, do do do do do." Finally, I'm almost certain this album is going to make everyone and their brother go out and buy a Digitech Whammy. Hell, I want to (not that I didn't want to before). Listening to Dino Jr's "Beyond" now. The production's cleaner than You're Living All Over Me or Bug. Too clean for Mascis? Probably, but you really can't expect anyone to use the same production values as they did almost 20 years ago. I'll make up my mind on the songwriting in the morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i51423 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I haven't given it much of a chance. It didn't strike me to be as good as the last so I kinda blew it off. I'll have to give it a few more listens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The*Ataris Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I listened to the myspace "leak" the other day and I was impressed. I totally thought they were going to be a "one album wonder" band, just repeating the same formula. Props to any band trying to, at least, push their OWN boundaries...I think I'll go buy it...I think I'm going to have to find a way to get their first CD back from the bitch who stole it and moved to Florida too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whitepapagold Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I was walking through Target today and all I thought was, " Damn, this place is full of beautiful women...." No joke! My buddy turned to me and said, " Target makes me horny". So they sell music too huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The*Ataris Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Well, the bitch who stole my Bloc Party CD worked at target when she lived here. So Target steals CD's too apparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nico de Roode Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/33077480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ben Glass Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I really like the new bloc party album, had it since nov or dec i thinkthinks the lyrics are really good, compared to the last album,I like a lot of the music, but the vocals are pretty meh.i think the vocals appeal to me cos he's so obviously from london, but not in a stupid cockney way, but i guess thats only good for me cos i'm from london. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jo_to_2 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 It took me quite a few listens to get into it, and now I really like it. But it is very much a London record, so i guess those of us who know it and have lived it can relate to it a bit more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dangerous dan Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Bloc Party = {censored}. Worst band going at present IMO. And the singer just has a {censored}ing aweful voice. Over hyped and soon to be wiped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jo_to_2 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Bloc Party = {censored}. Worst band going at present IMO. And the singer just has a {censored}ing aweful voice. Over hyped and soon to be wiped. Nah. The Fratellis, The Kooks, Razorlight, The View, Kasabian, Little Man Tate, and all the other lad-rock {censored}e bandwagon-jumping bands are infinitely worse than Bloc Party could ever be. Bloc Party rise well above the rest of the NME-endorsed tosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members krish Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Bloc Party = {censored}. Worst band going at present IMO. And the singer just has a {censored}ing aweful voice. Over hyped and soon to be wiped.Thats just about the most accurate description ive seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gorebuc Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Does Bloc Party get played at all on mainstream American radio? The only place I've heard them in pop culture is on that one Tony Hawk game... That said, I think the new stuff is pretty good; its generally a departure from the dancerocl Gang of Four influence and a move towards well written, tension building pop songs, which I thought they were really good at on Silent Alarm (This Modern Love, Pioneers, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angelhair0 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I hate it. I love the old one so much. It's so {censored}ing good. The new one is lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joncyberboy Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Nah. The Fratellis, The Kooks, Razorlight, The View, Kasabian, Little Man Tate, and all the other lad-rock {censored}e bandwagon-jumping bands are infinitely worse than Bloc Party could ever be. Bloc Party rise well above the rest of the NME-endorsed tosh. I think Kasabian are ok. The rest are awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angelhair0 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Got it back in November or something when it leaked, but went out the day it came out for real and dropped dollars on it. I'm pretty into the band in general, though, although it blows my mind how big they got and how fast...I saw them at the Black Cat in DC in 2005, and I don't think they'll ever play a venue that small again...whatever. It's also funny how badly Russell Lissack wants to be Jonny Greenwood (sort of). The lyrics are cheesy more often than not, but you have to give Kele credit for being so uncleverly sincere. Plenty of amazing backing vocals courtesy of Matt and Gordy. And "Hunting for Witches" is a real powerhouse, from the samples that fade into the rhythm section to Matt's backing vocals, which surprised me when I realized all he was doing was saying "do do do do, do do do do do." Finally, I'm almost certain this album is going to make everyone and their brother go out and buy a Digitech Whammy. Hell, I want to (not that I didn't want to before). Listening to Dino Jr's "Beyond" now. The production's cleaner than You're Living All Over Me or Bug. Too clean for Mascis? Probably, but you really can't expect anyone to use the same production values as they did almost 20 years ago. I'll make up my mind on the songwriting in the morning... You're from Baltimore, and you play bass. If you want a new band, I know a Baltimore band that NEEDS a bass player bad. I just kind of left the band recently, and I'm trying to help them find someone new. PM if you have any sort of interest or questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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