Great Great Music
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Topic: Great Great Music
Posted By: Quinino
Subject: Great Great Music
Date Posted: May 05 2017 at 03:53
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For the last days I've been repeatedly listening to the recent Grimspound of Big Big Train and boy, I can tell you this: What a GREAT GREAT MUSIC these guys put out, again, only a year after their excellent last Folklore. And more - they make a sure step forward, modernizing in a good way their sound, now less pastoral but clearly still with their own recognizable watermark. I bought the album online in HiRes and been listening with headphones to capture the fine details of the mixing. Superb !!!! |
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Posted By: Darious
Date Posted: May 05 2017 at 04:05
High five (Hi-Fi) to that
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Quinino wrote:Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 05 2017 at 05:48
| I was really surprised they've put out another album so soon after Folklore. As usual, I'm waiting for the vinyl edition to be released. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 05 2017 at 06:48
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It does not happen too often that a band releases two superb albums within a year and that the second is even better than the first, but Big Big Train have placed themselves in a row with Genesis (Nursery Cryme / Foxtrot), Yes (Fragile / Close to the Edge) and Van der Graaf Generator (Godbluff / Still Life).
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 05 2017 at 15:32
Camel released Moonmadness 11 months after the Snow Goose. I actually prefer Folklore, but Grimspound is still excellent. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 08:07
| Grimspound is awesome. Folklore is better. |
Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 17:03
| Jury's still out, but I can tell Grimpsound is a real grower. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 20:19
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I can't enough of Grimspound. Grimspound grows on me a tad slower than Folklore but that's not a bad thing. Grimspound is more varied then Folklore. Perhaps this is because of the inclusion of additional composers. I like...I like a lot.
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 04:32
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... And they've done it again !!!! Run now for the - unexpected - new album from BBT in just a couple of months, you won't regret it. http://https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-brightest-star" rel="nofollow - HERE you can listen and become immediately addicted. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 05:51
Hi there Jose I see you've completely fallen for Big Big Train. If you're keen on the whole Genesis sound they commandeer I recommend you check out the Italian band The Watch as well: ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 06:01
I'm sure Genesis released TRick and WAW in the same year too (1976) ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 07:15
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Guess I need to jump aboard this train, I have not heard any of their material, will go out on the interweb and see if the music hits me. -------------   
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 07:57
| I heard The Underfall Yard and the two English Electric before and it was not my thing. Too comfy for my taste and I found the albums really long. If you guys enjoy their music, I'm sure it's an exciting year. |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 08:15
Hi there David Nice to hear from you, and what a nice suggestion aswell, thku my friend  I have to confess one of the reasons I fall so eagerly for BBT is the vocal rendition of that guy Loudon which to my ears blends so nicely with such a complex and personalized "signature" sound they consistentely create for some time now (including a superb work on chorus vocals) |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 08:29
It's much of a contemplative vibe, more appropriate for the Fall/Winter season than to Spring/Summer - I suggest you wait until late October and then give it a re-try  |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 08:52
| ^ I think I listened to them in the Summer, I'll keep that in mind (and maybe listen to half an album at a time). Well, I do like Neo during the Winter. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 11:34
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I liked the two English Electric albums but Folklore seemed a bit boring for me at times....haven't heard the new one yet. So many albums and so little time to buy them all. ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 23 2017 at 11:55
I must admit that I don't care much for either band as they straddle a bit too close to Genesis for my tastes, but I have quite a few friends into both. I think both bands sound like classic era Genesis; Big Big Train with Collins on vocals (ca Trick of the Tail) and The Watch still with Gabriel  I am glad you're digging them though - always warms my heart when I see folks (of any age) fall in love with music. 'Tis a beautiful thing. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: June 24 2017 at 17:00
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I am glad you're digging them though - always warms my heart when I see
folks (of any age) fall in love with music. 'Tis a beautiful thing.'' I bought both English electric lps, Folklore and Grimspound on vinyl but have found myself increasingly less enthusiastic.. Terribly well made, beautiful iinstrumentation and arrangements but somehow i feel ive heard it before and did someone say 'a bit comfy'? i have decided to revisit them at a later date.. age related cynisism no doubt.. ------------- |