Be-gone all you post-Comatorium Volta Haters

I'm definitely not a de-loused purist, but I think it and Frances are the only ones that work as cohesive albums.  Amputechture was the biggest disappointment for me, as I really only like one song on it.

GoldenSpiral wrote: I'm definitely not a de-loused purist, but I think it and Frances are the only ones that work as cohesive albums.  Amputechture was the biggest disappointment for me, as I really only like one song on it.   I think Bedlam is much better, and the first 5 songs on it are some of my favorite TMV songs.  Unfortunately, the latter end of the album doesn't hold up, and after "Goliath" I find myself skipping back to track 1.  It wouldve been a much better EP.

Pnoom! wrote: PF never used so much noise that that you couldn't tell what the actual song is, which is a rampant problem on Francis.

There, fixed!

I think they've got 3 very good albums and I good album, with Frances suffering from too much aimless noise making it very frustrating to listen to, becaue the music is fantastic, especially Cassandra Gemini. Amputechture is a strong album but I think they reined themsleves in a bit too much on that album, they werent at the edge of chaos that they revel in, something that they moved back to in Bedlam, which is their best album IMO. Yes, its relentless and dense, but it works from start to finish for me.

Personally, I prefer Jon Theodore to Thomas Pridgen on the kit, he was a bit more sympathetic to what the others were doing than TP, though the quality inn the rhythm section hasnt gone down.

schizoid_man77 wrote: A little off topic, but my friend burntme their first and last album. I've heard the bedlam enough to know that the music and compositions are really cool, but too action packed, and too much going on in order for me to listen to it even half way through. Is De Loused like this? If o I'll probably listen to it eventually, but I cant say that I'll be able to enjoy it s much as the more chilled out/layed back music I love so much.

Play De- Loused, its intense but there's more space in the music on that album than on TBiG. Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt is on the site, listen to that song first to consider whether you will like it.

laplace wrote: I like the first two albums most but I'm not repelled by noise. I'm repelled by the way the singing has gotten so ridiculous and the composition so self-indulgent that it parodies their early, better work. I do still try to stay up-to-date on their music because I'm sure they'll do something else I like at some point.

This is me. The vocal effects Cedric lavishes on post Frances albums are just ridiculous, and the compositions on Amputechture are very flimsy. Bedlam was better, but not by too much, as it was overlong and clunky, with awful lyrics, a silly concept, and over-the-top, self-indulgent distortions on real sounds, just for the quirk appeal...

This band used to literally be my favorite band (notice my name...), but that long since changed, thanks to Amputechture. I don't hate them or anything, I just think they have gone overboard.

NaturalScience wrote: Wow, I thought I was in a minority about Amputechture - when it came out it was getting praised up and down around here.  To be honest, it almost put me off the band for good.  Their latest, at the least, managed to cross the threshold of maintaining my interest.

Moatilliatta wrote: I'm not sure how you can say that about Bedlam, and not the second half of Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue.

Because the latter is actually composed music, not terrible producing.

Try reading the lyrics out of context without gagging.

Part of my problem with the noise isn't just that it's way overdone, it's that it tries to obscure their weaker songwriting (coughcavelettascough), and the result is a bad song made even worse by terrible producing.

Interesting thought from Golden Spiral (kind of backed up by Moatilliata) - about the first 5 tracks being the best (I think that these are some of TMV's greatest - esp Goliath - the one song that everyone at least seems to like).

I admit that the album takes a bit of a nose-dive after Goliath, only just beginning to recover in the latter half of Agadez.  Then there are 3 more truly great tracks in Aspekios, Ouroborous and Conjugal Burns.  I'm not sure about Soothsayer - other than the amazing dissonant solo in the middle - this track actually scares me a little.

Maybe the album could be shortened to the 1st 5 tracks with the 3 I mention above would cause people to like it more??

As for King Volta - a bit sad to have that name and not be so keen anymore....  I mean surely you liked the powerfulness in Deloused and Frances.  Don't you think that has returned in TBiG?

PinkPangolin wrote: As for King Volta - a bit sad to have that name and not be so keen anymore....  I mean surely you liked the powerfulness in Deloused and Frances.  Don't you think that has returned in TBiG?