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Mosis 
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 Topic: am I listening to the same Oceansize...
Posted: August 25 2009 at 16:51 |
...as everyone else, or do I just have a different definition of psychedelic rock?
I'm two songs into their "Frames" album, and I really can't hear a hint of psychedelia and definitely no spaciness. It sounds like some commercial metal. I mean, Opeth is more spacy than this so far. I want to keep going to see if this 4 star psychedelia shows itself, but I'm having a little trouble stomaching this blaring, uninspired sound. I mean, it sounds like heavy Oasis or something!
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Atavachron
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Posted: August 25 2009 at 17:44 |
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I wasn't thrilled with Everyone Into Position
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King Crimson776
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Posted: August 25 2009 at 18:02 |
Hahaha, yeah, I hear you. They should probably be in Heavy Prog. It's not great but there are a couple of tunes that I've enjoyed by them.
"heavy Oasis" :P
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russellk
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Posted: August 25 2009 at 18:38 |
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I suspect the categorisation of this band came from their debut 'Efflorescence', but since then they have de-emphasised any space-psych leanings and gone on to metal with a healthy dose of post-rock. I infinitely preferred their debut over the subsequent albums.
You know, I wouldn't lean too heavily on genre classification. Many of the best bands either straddle genres or change from one to another during the course of their careers. Read the reviews before you buy :)
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: August 25 2009 at 21:19 |
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As russellk says their debut does have it's spacey sections combined with that heavy alternative sound.Even the second one "Everyone Into Position" but less so. "Frames" is my least favourite. Your right though,it's tough to make a case for them being a Psychedelic band.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Johnny_Tsunami
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 11:19 |
Yeah, they should really be switched to the 'heavy prog' category to avoid confusion. They do have some spacey elements, but not enough to be dubbed a space-rock or psychedelic band.
They are, however, a great group of musicians and perhaps you should listen to the album again with the new mindset that they're not intending to produce psychedelic music.
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I likes musics
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Citizen Erased
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Posted: October 26 2009 at 16:05 |
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To be honest I prefer their newer direction and yes, they should be in heavy prog.
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And lo, the mighty riffage was played and it was good
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aapatsos
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Posted: October 26 2009 at 16:58 |
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I only have frames and the psych elements are few; I can hear a lot of POST ROCK and bits of heavy prog but in my dictionary they are considered post rock. Frames is a great album!
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jampa17
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Posted: October 26 2009 at 17:24 |
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I'm more into O.S.I. kind of music.. do you think I'll would like them...??? some friend of mine advice me to hear them... but I'm not sure... what do you say...???
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