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Moatilliatta 
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 Posted: July 02 2009 at 11:01 |
Happy Sigur Ros is great...Gobbledigook is one of my favorite songs ever. I just wish Med Sud maintained at least some of the energy of the first half in the second half. It pretty much loses all of its steam by the end. It's still good, but the first half was so fresh, so fun and so great. I tend to listen to Takk and Med Sud more often than Agaetis and ( ), but everytime I listen to them, ( ) especially, I am just mesmerized in a special way I guess.
And yes, Heima is wonderful. The scenery and such that they capture is so gorgeous. And that rock marimba!
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Dim
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Posted: July 02 2009 at 11:09 |
( ) > Ageatis Byrjurn > Med Sud > Takk...
That being said None of those albums are under 4 stars for me.
I watched about half of Heima on Youtube, but the horrible pixelation just got to me after a while.
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Jake Kobrin
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Posted: July 02 2009 at 11:15 |
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f**k man! Buy Heima! It's like my favorite movie of all time!
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 02 2009 at 12:05 |
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YouTube? Really?
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Dim
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Posted: July 02 2009 at 23:15 |
Hey the whole movie was streaming!
Besides, the only place that would sell Heima would be our record store downtown... in which I end up spending all my money on vinyls.
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pianoman
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Posted: July 03 2009 at 20:53 |
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AB = ( ) > Takk... > Med Sud > Von
AB and ( ) are both five star albums to my ears, and are equal to eachother in quality for different reasons. Takk... and Med Sud are solid three star albums, and Von is a two star album. Unfortunately, the quality of their albums (and Jonsi's voice) are declining over time, with the exception of Von. There's my two cents.
Edited by pianoman - July 03 2009 at 20:57
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Jake Kobrin
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 00:05 |
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Lets hope the new one will be a new masterpiece. They're saying it will be much more ambient and less "out-there" than their past albums though... the latter of which makes me quite sad.
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r-u-n
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 04:24 |
 Dim wrote:
You're just as new to the genre as I am! Welcome to the thread, an island of post amongst a sea of prog. Looks like you got lost of research to do. Check out this will destroy you, they're one of my favorites right now!
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Thanks! I'm liking 'This Will Destroy You' a lot. Post-rock / ambient with a little touch of electronica? Now for the next step: acquiring their albums! ;-) I've a feeling my wallet will immensely suffer if I go through all the pages in this thread. 
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angelmk
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 06:59 |
^^ there are other ways of finding albums  but, not to speak loudly here .. anyway , welcome to the Post thread , this is miracle of thread  . check Yndi Halda, The Evpatoria Report, Expolions in the Sky , The Calm Blue Sea , Daturah, Eksi Ekso, Equus, Long Distance Calling .. there are loads of bands in the everlasting Post Rock universe ..
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Dim
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 10:07 |
Dont neglect your metal either!
So I'm going to embark on the greatest night of my life in a few hours. Really I expect this show to be one of the best to happen to me in a long time. I'm incredibly stoked!!!!!!!!!
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angelmk
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 10:13 |
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which bands you say u are going to see?
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 19:27 |
To go semi-off topic
any opinions on the new Alexisonfire album?
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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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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 22:27 |
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^I heard some stuff off it, not the whole album, what I heard was not bad.
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 04 2009 at 22:35 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
To go semi-off topic
any opinions on the new Alexisonfire album? |
Weeeeeeeeakish. Srly tho, it's definitely not the album I was expecting in terms of quality. George, who is now just a raspy rambler, said that they experimenting with "atmospheric heaviness" and "weirdness" or something along those lines in a an interview a while back and I don't hear any of that really. The bridge of "Young Cardinals" might qualify as weird, and "The Northern" and "Burial" might qualify as atmospherc and/or heavy, but overall its just not quite up to par. Dallas shines on "Born and Raised" (my personal favorite, great song) and much of the second half, but I can't even say that these highs are as high as the stuff on the last two records. I love that they change their sound significant;y with each record, but here I don't think they put enough effort into writing great songs. It's still pretty good compared to their peers, but they can do much better.
I feel like Alexisonfire has some much talent but they tend to sell themselves short when they write albums. There are some great, great tracks, but then there are some throwaways too. They could probably do a little more to make the album feel like an album rather than a collection of songs too.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 11:09 |
I agree with that pretty much. I was expecting something totally different from the way they spoke of the album in interviews. The only thing different I hear from previous albums is George's new singing style, which I don't mind but I do prefer his growls.
It's early, but besides some moments it's a let down to me. After Crisis I expected something really great.
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 13:19 |
^Ah, well I've given it several listens and it hasn't grown on me much. I pretty much love Dallas' parts all around, and there are a few cool riffs, but overall it just doesn't stick as well as the last two records. And I don't really feel like trying again because I'm in love with the new dredg and Dear Hunter records and I'd rather listen to those, among other things. Besides, Alexisonfire isn't really one of those complex bands that require multiple listens to get it.
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Pekka
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 13:53 |
Jake Kobrin wrote:
f**k man! Buy Heima! It's like my favorite movie of all time!
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I saw Heima in a movie theatre, it was absolutely mindblowing. I cried during Untitled #8, it was so good.
Afterwards they played a short acoustic set, that was also fantastic, they were right in front of me as I was in the front row.
BTW, good review on the previous page  ( ) > every album in the world.
In other related news, I ordered Kayo Dot's Choirs of the Eye today after listening to it twice from Spotify yesterday. I had quite many stunning moments and as a whole it was always interesting. I should give the new motW some more listens...
Edited by Keppa4v - July 05 2009 at 13:58
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Dim
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 14:33 |
Mind = Blown! Explosions were amazing! They opened with Memorial which is my favorite song by them, everything afterwords was pure bliss.
Alexisonfire... yuck.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 15:50 |
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Hush you.
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 16:05 |
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^What he said.
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