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laplace 
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 Posted: May 04 2008 at 14:31 |
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*giggles* That's quite defensive, agreeing to disagree in your opening argument. o:)
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 14:24 |
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I found Gregor Samsa boring and completely non-prog when I discovered them via MySpace. I was disappointed with them, so I didn't even recommend them for post-rock. 
As for Kayo Dot... I don't have anyhow, but I will rectify the situation. I do have some tracks by them though and I plan to begin my journey with Maudlin of the Well first.
By the way, what on earth do their silly album titles mean?
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WOW. that is too bad. I think Gregor Samsa is absolutely beautiful, great band with excellent ambient passages..... we will just have to agree to disagree... 
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sleeper
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 14:20 |
Pnoom! wrote:
heyitsthatguy wrote:
Aura on an Asylum Wall is easily the best song on Dowsing
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Of course.
Okay, everybody, time to rank Kayo Dot's songs, all of them.
First, though, I'd like people to know that Blue Lambency Downward is reclicking.
1. The Manifold Curiosity
2. Wayfarer
3. Aura on an Asylum Wall
4. Don't Touch Dead Animals
5. Symmetrical Arizona
6. Immortelle and Paper Caravelle
7. The Awkward Windwheel
8. Marathon
9. Blue Lambency Downward
10. Gemini Becoming the Tripod
11. The Antique
12. __ On Limpid Form
13. Clelia Walking
14. A Pitcher of Summer
15. Right Hand Is the One I Want
16. The Sow Submits
17. The Useless Ladder
18. Amaranth the Peddler
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I'll bite, though I wont be rating the BLD songs until I've heard the album several times at least (and I wont be listening to it again until I get it in the post next week). - The Manifold Curiosity
- Aurora on an Asylumn Wall
- Marathon
- The Antique
- Wayfarer
- Gemini Becoming the Tripod
- Imortelle and Paper Caravelle
- A Pitcher of Summer
- Amaranth the Peddler
- ___on Limpid Form
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sleeper
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 14:17 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
I refuse to listen to the new album until my hardcopy arrives, so I can't rank it but I say,
DAWCT >>>> COTE
I don't understand why Dowsing seems to do so poorly. Don't get me
wrong, I'd say Choirs of the Eye is a 4.5~5 star album, but I still
feel Dowsing is significantly better.
Can some fellow Kayo Dot fans elaborate what it is that makes Dowsing worse than the others.
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For me, its the fact that ___on Limpid Form and Amaranth the Peddler are both built up from long, repetative drones (or at least seem to be) which bore me silly, and together they take up about half of the album. Its a shame because Arura on an Asylumn Wall is absolutely stunning.
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Shakespeare
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 10:37 |
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Folly, how often do you change your rankings?
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 10:11 |
I found Gregor Samsa boring and completely non-prog when I discovered them via MySpace. I was disappointed with them, so I didn't even recommend them for post-rock. As for Kayo Dot... I don't have anyhow, but I will rectify the situation. I do have some tracks by them though and I plan to begin my journey with Maudlin of the Well first. By the way, what on earth do their silly album titles mean?
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laplace
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 08:39 |
do Kayo Dot actually play on Gregor Samsa's "Rest"? I listened to that album yesterday and it was hypnotic, a word I mean in its literal sense. 
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 04:11 |
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I'm bored. Album ranking time.
1. Choirs of the Eye
2. Bath
3t. Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
3t. Blue Lambency Downward
5. In the L..L..Library Loft
6. Leaving Your Body Map
7. Sixty Metonymies
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 03:57 |
Pnoom! wrote:
avalanchemaster wrote:
Pnoom! wrote:
_JC_ wrote:
Well, I just picked up my first Kayo Dot album; Choirs of the Eye. Being that I am a huge fan of experimental metal music, and even more of a fan of all things post, I'm pretty sure I enjoy this.
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Also, the fact that Choirs of the Eye is the best album ever released should help you enjoy it as well.
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oh the irony that we agree on the brilliance of this album, yet you chastise me in my other thread about metal...... 
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You might have noticed how, in the other thread, part of my frustration was that we largely agreed on a great many points, and yet we were arguing over something so fundamentally simple.
No hard feelings from that thread, ok?
EDIT: oh, and go slap a ***** review on Choirs if you haven't already, eh? 
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nope. no hard feelings, it all boils down to the love of music, right? so explain to me in that other thread what we are misunderstanding...... I will have to listen to Choirs for days on end to give it a just review...
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 03:43 |
avalanchemaster wrote:
Pnoom! wrote:
_JC_ wrote:
Well, I just picked up my first Kayo Dot album; Choirs of the Eye. Being that I am a huge fan of experimental metal music, and even more of a fan of all things post, I'm pretty sure I enjoy this.
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Also, the fact that Choirs of the Eye is the best album ever released should help you enjoy it as well.
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oh the irony that we agree on the brilliance of this album, yet you chastise me in my other thread about metal......
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You might have noticed how, in the other thread, part of my frustration was that we largely agreed on a great many points, and yet we were arguing over something so fundamentally simple. No hard feelings from that thread, ok? EDIT: oh, and go slap a ***** review on Choirs if you haven't already, eh?
Edited by Pnoom! - May 04 2008 at 03:43
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 03:41 |
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 03:28 |
_JC_ wrote:
Well, I just picked up my first Kayo Dot album; Choirs of the Eye. Being that I am a huge fan of experimental metal music, and even more of a fan of all things post, I'm pretty sure I enjoy this.
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Also, the fact that Choirs of the Eye is the best album ever released should help you enjoy it as well.
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_JC_
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 03:23 |
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Well, I just picked up my first Kayo Dot album; Choirs of the Eye. Being that I am a huge fan of experimental metal music, and even more of a fan of all things post, I'm pretty sure I enjoy this.
Edited by _JC_ - May 04 2008 at 03:23
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 00:44 |
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I'll rank with BLD, and repost after I've heard it and made a decision.
1. Amaranth The Peddler
2. ___ On Lipid Form
3. Wayfarer
4. Immortelle and Paper Caravelle
5. The Manifold Curiosity
6. Don't Touch Dead Animals
7. Gemini Becoming The Tripod
8. The Antique
9. Marathon
10. Aura On An Asylum Wall
11. Pitcher Of Summer
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Pnoom!
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 00:35 |
heyitsthatguy wrote:
Aura on an Asylum Wall is easily the best song on Dowsing
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Of course. Okay, everybody, time to rank Kayo Dot's songs, all of them. First, though, I'd like people to know that Blue Lambency Downward is reclicking. 1. The Manifold Curiosity 2. Wayfarer 3. Aura on an Asylum Wall 4. Don't Touch Dead Animals 5. Symmetrical Arizona 6. Immortelle and Paper Caravelle 7. The Awkward Windwheel 8. Marathon 9. Blue Lambency Downward 10. Gemini Becoming the Tripod 11. The Antique 12. __ On Limpid Form 13. Clelia Walking 14. A Pitcher of Summer 15. Right Hand Is the One I Want 16. The Sow Submits 17. The Useless Ladder 18. Amaranth the Peddler
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Avantgardehead
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 00:35 |
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Kayo Dot is great. I love every second of every song they've ever done. I can think of nothing negative to say about them at all. From the pretty post-metal to the minimalist dirges to the jazz ballads, I can't get enough!
They're one of those bands that can do no wrong, in my opinion. Probably the only one in which I know I will like whatever they put out.
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Dim
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 00:33 |
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Gemini FTW
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 00:31 |
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Shakespeare
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 00:29 |
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LIMPID FORM, BABY
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: May 04 2008 at 00:28 |
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Aura on an Asylum Wall is easily the best song on Dowsing
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