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    Posted: January 05 2007 at 19:40
I'm not quite sure if this is true, but it seems legit. 
 
 
(Quoted from Prodigal_Son at the PTF Forum) "It's called "Fear of a Blank Planet." SW is putting the finish touches on the album this week in Belgium for the album, set for release on April 24, according to a press release I just received via email. It also says that the lyrical content of the song cycle on the album is a "21st century cocktail of MTV, sex, prescription drugs, video games, the internet, terminal boredom, and subsequent escape. The title track, propelled by nervous, jittery energy, sums up many of the album's themes: 'Xbox is a go god to me. Finger on the switch/my mother is a bitch/my father gave up ever trying to talk to me.' " ("The press release was from Shore Fire, the PR agency in the US that is handling both PT and Blackfield publicity. They're a pretty big PR firm with clients such as Norah Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, etc., so that's good news for the band.") 

 
The album title is obviously a riff on Public Enemy's "Fear of a Black Planet."
 
 
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Into this wild Abyss the fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while,
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 05 2007 at 19:45
Thanks for that news, seems perfectly plausible.
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Points: 40 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 05 2007 at 20:44
Clap Noice. I dunno about the theme of the overall album, it seems kinda... Stupid. But, I guess it isn't that bad. Makes sense. Anyway, cool stuff.
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Points: 1324 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 04:12
Interesting title and concept, I'm looking forward to this album (and seeing them play bits of it live in April Big smile)
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Points: 339 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 04:17
Can't wait!!Wacko
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Originally posted by Gravity Eyelids Gravity Eyelids wrote:

Originally posted by Fuzz Fuzz wrote:

Clap Noice. I dunno about the theme of the overall album, it seems kinda... Stupid. But, I guess it isn't that bad. Makes sense. Anyway, cool stuff.
 
To be honest I don't really like the description given above either. I think "stupid" is the right word to describe it, but form what I read these are supposed to be some of Steve's best lyrics...
 
 
We'll see, patience is a virtue LOL
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Points: 507 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 08:52
"Stupid"?... Maybe. We can only hope it's not just another whiner's album, like Scarsick.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 09:15
Actually that's supposed to be "X-Box is a God to me".  Maybe slightly less stupid that way? Wink

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Well Gravity even SW is one of my idols I have to say 'please'. Don't program ur brain to like whatever SW does :D I assume you did. You don't have to defend SW's lyrics to others etc.

Anyway I adore SW too. But for example sometracks from Blackfield II are not that good.

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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 13:57
I don't know about stupid, but I'm very interested in listening to the album specially the 20 minute epic.

But why April 24? January 7 looks like a better release date. Wink

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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 13:59
Originally posted by swilson swilson wrote:

Actually that's supposed to be "X-Box is a God to me".  Maybe slightly less stupid that way? Wink

SW

He has posted!WinkLOL
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Points: 1864 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 15:27
Can't wait!!! I, for one, find the topic intriguing. I was just discussing with someone the paradigm shift I'm sensing in our societies, and how several elements (the convenience of instant global communications, a constant barrage of throwaway marketing, the rise of "ADD" and ADHD") all seem to be inter-related, and slowly changing the way we relate to each other.

In fact, I'm currently writing a song that's more or less about this topic.

Thanks for beating me to it, Steven! Angry

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Cant wait!!Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by swilson swilson wrote:

Actually that's supposed to be "X-Box is a God to me".  Maybe slightly less stupid that way? SW

    

Welcome to the blank generation , Steve

The lyrical themes seem perfectly sensible to me,as maybe some comments on this forum might suggest

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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 15:43
I don't care if the subject is the Great Wall of China, I can't wait to hear what they come out with next!
"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Points: 8191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 15:46
Originally posted by Chicapah Chicapah wrote:

I don't care if the subject is the Great Wall of China, I can't wait to hear what they come out with next!
 
Agreed!
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by swilson swilson wrote:

Actually that's supposed to be "X-Box is a God to me".  Maybe slightly less stupid that way? SW

    

Welcome to the blank generation , Steve

The lyrical themes seem perfectly sensible to me,as maybe some comments on this forum might suggest




LOL

One name in particular springs to mind Wink
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Points: 572 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 18:16
Can't wait for it!!! When I saw them play the new material live it was quite impressive, I don't think it will disappoint! I just hope it doesn't leak because it will be very hard to avoid temptation...
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 18:20
Originally posted by Fight Club Fight Club wrote:

Can't wait for it!!! When I saw them play the new material live it was quite impressive, I don't think it will disappoint! I just hope it doesn't leak because it will be very hard to avoid temptation...

    
Yeah Deadwing leaked but I managed to be a good boy and resisted temptation. What gets me is that it can only be someone associated with the record company who is leaking these albums onto the internet.

Which reminds me, I am presuming that when we buy from "Burning Shed" more of the money gets back to the band.
http://www.burningshed.co.uk/ptshop.asp
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Points: 137 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2007 at 18:50


GREAT NEWS!!
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