The Only Toby Driver et al Thread You'll Ever Need

__On Limpid Form is still one of my very favorite Kayo Dot songs. The tension is palpable, and the repetition is incredibly intense. The beginning is beautiful, and the way it dissolves and transforms so seamlessly (at least in my eyes)...it's awesome, I think.

I enjoy Amaranth a lot as well, just not as much as __On Limpid Form.

Point of this post was: I love __On Limpid Form.

And T, even if you hate the ending, how can you deny the beauty of the first 5-6 minutes of the song, which contain, in my opinion, some of the best Kayo Dot has to offer by and far.

The T wrote: My review of BLD is up. You won't believe it. And you can't say I didn't justify what I'm saying there. It's a little long but The Dot deserved it.

should be interesting

checking it out

I still love everything this band has ever done. The best part is that none of it is even comparable to each other because they're all so radically different.

The warm, beautiful, atmospheric metal of Choirs of the Eye, the slow, doomy, droning dirges of Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue, and the terse, avant-jazz balladry of Blue Lambency Downward.

Excellent review T, I once again find that we are in close agreement about a Kayo Dot album.

I think its clear that Dowsing Anamone with Copper Tongue is a highly devisive album, your either going to love it or hate it. Well, having said that I'm split as I love a lot of the first half of the album and hate the second half.

sleeper wrote: Excellent review T, I once again find that we are in close agreement about a Kayo Dot album. I think its clear that Dowsing Anamone with Copper Tongue is a highly devisive album, your either going to love it or hate it. Well, having said that I'm split as I love a lot of the first half of the album and hate the second half.

I more like the middle and dislike the bookends
sort of
its not really grouped for me
Gemini Becoming the Tripod seems to drag for me and the vocals are somewhat annoying at times
that said Aura on an Asylum wall is one of their best, and the first part of ___On Limpid Form and the other tracks are great

still, the T should try Choirs of the Eye now....its more "post-metal" though but a tad more accessible

schizoid_man77 wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: sleeper wrote: Excellent review T, I once again find that we are in close agreement about a Kayo Dot album. I think its clear that Dowsing Anamone with Copper Tongue is a highly devisive album, your either going to love it or hate it. Well, having said that I'm split as I love a lot of the first half of the album and hate the second half. I more like the middle and dislike the bookends sort of its not really grouped for me Gemini Becoming the Tripod seems to drag for me and the vocals are somewhat annoying at times that said Aura on an Asylum wall is one of their best, and the first part of ___On Limpid Form and the other tracks are great still, the T should try Choirs of the Eye now....its more "post-metal" though but a tad more accessible   Kayo Dot, accessible, ha

in comparison to Dowsing, I would consider Choirs a bit more accessible
doesn't mean its that accessible though

heyitsthatguy wrote: schizoid_man77 wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: sleeper wrote: Excellent review T, I once again find that we are in close agreement about a Kayo Dot album. I think its clear that Dowsing Anamone with Copper Tongue is a highly devisive album, your either going to love it or hate it. Well, having said that I'm split as I love a lot of the first half of the album and hate the second half. I more like the middle and dislike the bookends sort of its not really grouped for me Gemini Becoming the Tripod seems to drag for me and the vocals are somewhat annoying at times that said Aura on an Asylum wall is one of their best, and the first part of ___On Limpid Form and the other tracks are great still, the T should try Choirs of the Eye now....its more "post-metal" though but a tad more accessible   Kayo Dot, accessible, ha in comparison to Dowsing, I would consider Choirs a bit more accessible doesn't mean its that accessible though

Yeah, compared to Dowesing... its easier to get into, especially for someone that prefers metal.

Pnoom! wrote: So Dowsing is amazing, everybody who disagrees is a heretic and will be burned at the stake.

QF-f**kin-T

So about __ On Limpid Form and Amaranth the Peddler:

__ On Limpid Form: first off, the first five or six minutes are some of the most beautiful music I know and if you don't like them you suck (see sig).  For the last twelve, the development is slow, but it does occur and the tension is palpable (I love that word, I can just imagine palpating things!).  It's understandable not liking it, but there are far worse things that have happened to music.  For example: Dream Theater (see sig).

Amaranth the Peddler: easily the most noodly song on Dowsing, but that's not a bad thing.  The first four minutes create an incredible tension that is perfectly resolved with that awesome mini-climax that occurs around 4-4.5 minutes in.  The last six minutes wind down the album.  Not a lot happens, but after 50 minutes where everything has happened, the slow ending is the right way to end it.  It's not a perfect ending (it should be about half as long IMO), but it works reasonably well and it certainly doesn't ruin the album.