Glass Hammer’s Inconsolable Secret

spock84 wrote: Do the drums still sound like a drum machine, like they did on Shadowlands?

Fred Schendel use to play a small electronic kit on the albums so I understand where you are coming from.That said I actually like his drumming.He plays nice and naturally and is anything but mechanical in style.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Glass Hammer albums are not available in Germany, not even through Caiman and other import specialists.

Dude, have you heard of a new thing called postal service? All major nations have services in which they carry letters, packages, etc. back and forth, at a surprisingly reasonable cost. For transatlantic commerce, they use mostly so-called airplanes but sometimes water-borne vessels called ships. Believe it or not, this will enable you to actually receive a product from the USA to Europe. This is a little known but useful fact.

kirklott wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Glass Hammer albums are not available in Germany, not even through Caiman and other import specialists. Dude, have you heard of a new thing called postal service? All major nations have services in which they carry letters, packages, etc. back and forth, at a surprisingly reasonable cost. For transatlantic commerce, they use mostly so-called airplanes but sometimes water-borne vessels called ships. Believe it or not, this will enable you to actually receive a product from the USA to Europe. This is a little known but useful fact.

It's actually quite expensive for that particular album, I don't know why. Yesterday I received two Keneally albums through Caiman, with only €3 added for international shipping.

Cinema: Thanks for the hint to www.justforkicks.de, I didn't know that website ... they offer a lot of albums that aren't available on amazon.de and ebay.de.

Cinema wrote: Check out my computer's desktop made with the nifty Roger Dean artwork that came as an added goodie on Disc One of The Inconsolable Secret:  [EDIT]

Great isn't it?   I downloaded the wallpaper off the groups site, a couple of months ago. It has been my wallpaper ever since. I never tire of looking at it  

sstarless wrote: What about lyrics? Basically what I'd like to know is if there is explicit Christian content as in Lex Rex?

Do you have a problem with Christian lyrics? Just curious.

I'm mean, the Hindu leanings of Topographic and the Satanic leanings of Zep never stopped me from listening to that music, in the same way that the Christian lyrics of the band Akacia I actually find enjoyable.

The thing that bugs me about Glass Hammer is that the word glory is practically in every line of every song.

kirklott wrote: Do you have a problem with Christian lyrics? Just curious.

Yes. I am perhaps what can be called antitheist and especially antichristian (although peaceful :) ). So mentioning of god is always bothers me. Of course I can stand it to some extent,  but worshiping like "Holy savior God ... walked among mankind" and "angels descend in light... shout love of their king" is a bit too much.

 don't see anything satanic in Zeppelin as well.

I think that this was the cover art that caused those rumors about Led Zeppelin:

I'm now warming to this album after four of five complete listens. It's not like Lex Rex or Shadowlands that grabbed me from the first listen. It's a grower. And I like it more each time.

Although I'd really like to hear more guitar. Apart from the odd bit of solo work, I'd really like the odd power chord here and there. It gets a little too keyboardy for me. 

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elpprogster wrote: Hi Anybody knows if there is a fair amount of (REAL) MELLOTRON and Hammond on this album? I´m afraid they just play samples of them..

Fred Schendel normally uses samples.I doubt that anyone uses real Hammond organs in prog anymore..which is a great shame.