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Points: 1303 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2009 at 22:51
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It sounds beautiful in vinyl quality. Wink


I'm sad to admit that i'm not too familiar with vinyl, but i've been reading alot lately about the the more "true" sound that a vinyl record can produce. Do you think the difference in quality is really substantial enough to shell out the cash for a vinyl record player?



It really depends what album you are talking about. Something really fine tuned FOR CD like Porcupine Tree? No. Anything made before 1990? YES!!! The quality difference in older albums is absolutely immense.
 
What about bands that are renowned for making excellent vinyl releases like Godspeed for example? I've always wanted to listen to F#A Infinity on vinyl.



GSY!BE is absolutely incredible on vinyl, I have their entire discography on wax.

Actually post-rock in general sounds really, really good on vinyl. It's essential for very organic genres like Black Metal though.
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2009 at 23:17
Reminds me i need to track down a copy of Malevolent Grain 
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I got a legit copy of Standards a long time ago, but never gave it any serious listening cause it was not too interesting. I'll be sure to listen to it tonight.
 


Even if Standards doesn't do anything for you, atleast give another Tortoise album a shot. Trust me, you don't wanna miss out Smile
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2009 at 02:13
Somehow I've still never heard TortoiseOuch
That needs to change fast, even my older sister told me to check them out.
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Originally posted by Dominic Dominic wrote:

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I got a legit copy of Standards a long time ago, but never gave it any serious listening cause it was not too interesting. I'll be sure to listen to it tonight.
 


Even if Standards doesn't do anything for you, atleast give another Tortoise album a shot. Trust me, you don't wanna miss out Smile

Knowing you, Ian, try Millions Now Living Will Never Die. That stuff is nice.
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i never got into Tortoise much, but i intent to give them another chance when i have time 
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Knowing you, Ian, try Millions Now Living Will Never Die. That stuff is nice.


A Beautiful album;  Glass Museum is probably my single most fav. Tortoise composition.
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You wanna know something weird... I'm still having trouble getting into Mono
 
For some reason I find Mono incredily underwhelming, i mean i should like them but the're just too generic and cliche it's almost laughable, and dressing up their songs in syrupy orchestrations does little to change that I think.
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^ Howdy. LOL  I completely agree; yet, get ready to be fired upon. (we're not like that around here) Big smile
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Originally posted by brainerd brainerd wrote:

Originally posted by Dim Dim wrote:

You wanna know something weird... I'm still having trouble getting into Mono
 
For some reason I find Mono incredily underwhelming, i mean i should like them but the're just too generic and cliche it's almost laughable, and dressing up their songs in syrupy orchestrations does little to change that I think.

Originally posted by Dominic Dominic wrote:

^ Howdy.   I completely agree; yet, get ready to be fired upon. (we're not like that around here)  

Mono haters Angry watch out .  . . . .     just kidding  Smile , anyway you should give Mono more time to grow on you . its wonderful music 
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2009 at 20:48
Originally posted by brainerd brainerd wrote:

Originally posted by Dim Dim wrote:

You wanna know something weird... I'm still having trouble getting into Mono
 
For some reason I find Mono incredily underwhelming, i mean i should like them but the're just too generic and cliche it's almost laughable, and dressing up their songs in syrupy orchestrations does little to change that I think.


I have mixed feeling about their newest, and sometimes I think exactly that.

But seriously You Are There is just great post-rock.
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by brainerd brainerd wrote:

Originally posted by Dim Dim wrote:

You wanna know something weird... I'm still having trouble getting into Mono
 
For some reason I find Mono incredily underwhelming, i mean i should like them but the're just too generic and cliche it's almost laughable, and dressing up their songs in syrupy orchestrations does little to change that I think.


I have mixed feeling about their newest, and sometimes I think exactly that.

But seriously You Are There is just great post-rock.
 
Mono definitely took me a couple of years to fully appreciate, but yes You Are There is the definitive Mono album. It is absolutely stunning. However, I do find all of their other albums to be amazing too. I see what you're saying about the cliche/generic thing, but I think they manage to escape being cliche and generic with the way they compose and orchestrate their pieces. No one can match their intensity or envelop you the way they do.
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You Are There is the only Mono I have. Where should I go from there?
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Why all the Mono hate, damn it:P
I dig Mono.

Itsy, try out their latest album, Hymn To The Immortal Wind. Excellent post rock.
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Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

You Are There is the only Mono I have. Where should I go from there?

go north ,and turn left Smile. just kidding .. Hymn To The Immortal Wind is great album, you can check Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined , another gem, in fact all their albums are superb, except Palmless Prayer Mass Murder Refrain, that album i don't like much, World's End Girlfriend has pretty messed up things in that album 
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Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by brainerd brainerd wrote:

Originally posted by Dim Dim wrote:

You wanna know something weird... I'm still having trouble getting into Mono
 
For some reason I find Mono incredily underwhelming, i mean i should like them but the're just too generic and cliche it's almost laughable, and dressing up their songs in syrupy orchestrations does little to change that I think.


I have mixed feeling about their newest, and sometimes I think exactly that.

But seriously You Are There is just great post-rock.
 
Mono definitely took me a couple of years to fully appreciate, but yes You Are There is the definitive Mono album. It is absolutely stunning. However, I do find all of their other albums to be amazing too. I see what you're saying about the cliche/generic thing, but I think they manage to escape being cliche and generic with the way they compose and orchestrate their pieces. No one can match their intensity or envelop you the way they do.


I haven't listened to the new album enough yet to really judge, but at the moment I just feel that for being so heavily augmented with the orchestra, it fails to really sound very dynamical or more epic than what say Explosions in the Sky can do with 4 members.
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Originally posted by angelmk angelmk wrote:

Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

You Are There is the only Mono I have. Where should I go from there?

go north ,and turn left Smile. just kidding .. Hymn To The Immortal Wind is great album, you can check Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined , another gem, in fact all their albums are superb, except Palmless Prayer Mass Murder Refrain, that album i don't like much, World's End Girlfriend has pretty messed up things in that album 

 
Yea, go to Hymn or Walking Cloud, then work your way back to their first album. All 5 albums are really great. However, I think the WEG split is pretty good, but it is very slow and very minimalist classical music. You have to be in the right mood for it.
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I'm listening to You are there right now, and have decided on taking a legit stab at "getting" Mono's music. Seriously though, you'd think their hands would get tired of all the tremolo picking!
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