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Points: 1455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2008 at 21:28
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Haven't edited it because couldn't give it the extra listen I mentioned... I'll give it the fair chance it deserves this weekend... (I have given the album a LOT of fair chances...LOL)

For some reasons, I'm really excited to hear the new one... Somewhere deep in the noise and buried in the 14+10 minute repetition of the last two tracks, I heard a good band. And in track three I heard one for a few good minutes.... But self-indulgence and experimentation with vegetables shouldn't mix with studio time...Tongue


I'll throw in my estimate that you'll give it two. Maybe three.

I think you'll see it as very noodly, perhaps. Too subtle to enjoy.

Then again, I can see how this album would float your boat more than the others. It all depends. Considering the songs you said you kind of liked on Dowsing...I'd say this one's probably a no-go for you, or a "mediocre" for you.

Probably two. That's my guess on your rating. We could make this a game, ya know.

Folly, or Pnoom! now, says 3-4, I say 2-3...he say etc......and then....Finally. THE T SAYS...........!

Edited by king volta - May 07 2008 at 21:31
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Points: 10094 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2008 at 18:49
Originally posted by Pnoom! Pnoom! wrote:

Their site still says it will ship this week.


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also I think the T would like either of their albums more than Dowsing, which after listening to today I remembered/realized why it's a horrid starting point with the band (still love the album though)


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Points: 4981 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2008 at 16:55
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Haven't edited it because couldn't give it the extra listen I mentioned... I'll give it the fair chance it deserves this weekend... (I have given the album a LOT of fair chances...LOL)
 
For some reasons, I'm really excited to hear the new one... Somewhere deep in the noise and buried in the 14+10 minute repetition of the last two tracks, I heard a good band. And in track three I heard one for a few good minutes.... But self-indulgence and experimentation with vegetables shouldn't mix with studio time...Tongue
 
Well their new album is far closer in sound to Aura on an Asylum Wall (track three) than __ On Limpid Form and Amaranth the Peddler.
 
I predict three stars, *maybe* a low four from you.
 
Originally posted by king volta king volta wrote:

6. Don't Touch Dead Animals (criminally underrated!)
 
Oh yes, such a great track.


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So, I'm late to this thread. But, considering that Kayo Dot is one of my favorite bands, I'll throw in my ratinz:

First off:

Choirs>Dowsing>BLD

Second off:

1. Marathon
2. ___On Limpid Form
3. Right Hand Is The One I Want
4. The Antique
5. A Pitcher Of Summer (I just love these lyrics...)
6. Don't Touch Dead Animals (criminally underrated!)
7. The Awkward Windwheel
8. The Manifold Curiosity
9. Gemini Becoming The Tripod
10. Wayfarer
11. Aura On Asylum Wall
12. Symmetrical Arizona
13. Clelia Walking
14. Immortelle and Paper Caravelle
15. Blue Lambency Downward
16. The Sow Submits
17. The Useless Ladder
18. Amaranth The Peddler

Anyway, great band. BLD is sweet by the way. Perhaps not quite the masterpiece their others were, but still quite good in a much more subtle way.
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2008 at 13:24
Haven't edited it because couldn't give it the extra listen I mentioned... I'll give it the fair chance it deserves this weekend... (I have given the album a LOT of fair chances...LOL)
 
For some reasons, I'm really excited to hear the new one... Somewhere deep in the noise and buried in the 14+10 minute repetition of the last two tracks, I heard a good band. And in track three I heard one for a few good minutes.... But self-indulgence and experimentation with vegetables shouldn't mix with studio time...Tongue
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Points: 4981 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2008 at 13:18

The T, have you edited your Dowsing review up to ** yet?

 

Also, I think you'll like this more than Dowsing, though you would like Choirs the most I expect.

 

Also also, more people need to review the new one.
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Just to let my fans know... cd will arrive soon and expect a full review of it in coming weeks...TongueTongueTongueTongueTongueTongue
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Their site still says it will ship this week.
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Originally posted by Pnoom! Pnoom! wrote:

I preordered from Hydrahead, I'll see what they say.
 
it'd better Censored come this week
 
 
 
 
 
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I preordered from Hydrahead, I'll see what they say.
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Folly, how often do you change your rankings? 
 
When I disagree with them.  Right now, a lot will change soon because I just changed masterpiece to mean 9.8+
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I just got an email from amazon saying that the BLD release has been put back by a couple of weeks, so I'll have to wait until the 20th at lest before I get it.Cry 
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*giggles* I notice he did not chastise laplace for finding Gregor Samsa snooze-worthy, lolz. ;P


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Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:

your children are ugly


That's what I like so much about them.
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Fun band.
 
DAWCT certainly is a grower. First few times I heard it I only liked Aura...and some of Immortelle....But since then the rest has grown, especially ____On Limpid Form. Also, I seem to think they keep getting better with age. COTE was good, don't get me wrong, but I like DAWCT more, and I was really impressed with BLD. My main problem with the band is inconsistancy. When they are good they are great and when they are not I find them a bit boring. *hides*
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Points: 1697 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2008 at 15:36
oh and my list! still holding off listening to BLD, so i'll not be including those songs.

1.Wayfarer
2.Pitcher of Summer
3.The Manifold Curiosity
4.Aura on the Asylum Wall
5.Marathon
6.Gemini Becoming the Tripod
7.The Antique
8.On Limpid Form
9.Immortelle and paper Caravelle
10.Amarath the Peddler
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your children are ugly
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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 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.

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.


Dead It's like having to hear someone insult your children.
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Gregor Samsa is freakin' incredible, but that's another thread!
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*giggles* I notice he did not chastise laplace for finding Gregor Samsa snooze-worthy, lolz. ;P
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