Focus 12: Early July
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Topic: Focus 12: Early July
Posted By: Jared
Subject: Focus 12: Early July
Date Posted: May 17 2024 at 02:57
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/how-beautiful-life-can-be-when-a-band-plays-so-easily-focus-will-release-album-number-12-in-july/ar-AA1o5nJT?ocid=BingNewsSerp" rel="nofollow - “How beautiful life can be when a band plays so easily" Focus will release album number 12 in July (msn.com) A little write up from Jerry Ewing regarding Focus' forthcoming Studio '12' which I believe has been pushed back a couple of months, to July. Anyone here interested? ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
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Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: May 18 2024 at 13:04
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Yes, I will absolutely get the CD. Will soon see the band live as well :)
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 18 2024 at 13:25
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Me too; quite looking forward to it... have been playing 'X' this week to get myself in the mood. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: May 28 2024 at 02:05
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A "trailer" of the new album has been posted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPLythJCipE I'm cathcing Focus live tomorrow night!  |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 28 2024 at 06:36
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Hi, I miss Jan ... with the band ... I really do ... his solo stuff is nice, but his stuff with the band was better. But if this is Thijs' band, so be it ... I likely will pass ... ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 28 2024 at 17:42
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The single 'Fjord Focus' has been released as a taster. Quite nice and heavy sound. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 28 2024 at 23:43
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^^ that was quite nice Rich, thanks.. I enjoyed X quite a bit, but found 11 a bit too mid-tempo samey; I hope there is a little more variation on this one... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: May 30 2024 at 00:45
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I saw Focus live in Copenhagen yesterday evening! The four of them are incredibly good musicians and they were in very good form. I'm very glad I went, and I can definitely recommend seeing them if you get the chance. The set list was a bit "safe" imo. They opened with Focus I and closed with Focus III, and of course they played their big hits Hocus Pocus, House of the King, and Sylvia, as well as Eruption. Nothing at all from the upcoming record, they newest music they played was Focus 7. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 30 2024 at 01:15
I tend to think its a great shame when bands do this; I for one would want to hear the newer material live; Focus X in particular is a very good album. Surely the reason for their present tour is to promote 12, so not to play anything from it??? ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
SouthSideoftheSky wrote:Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: May 31 2024 at 01:35
Yeah, I agree. I would have liked to hear something from the upcoming album. Maybe they will incorporate songs from Focus 12 in their set list when the album is actually released. Anyway, I have now pre-ordered the new album. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 31 2024 at 07:23
Hi, Very sad to hear this ... but I wonder how much it specifies that most record companies think that the fans are a bunch of nobodies that can't appreciate anything new well enough ... well, given that this is also seen here on PA when a list is shown ... too many old hats in the mix, kinda make it more difficult for many of us to go appreciate and enjoy something new and different. A lot of it, has to do with some of the listening habits ... I wonder ... it's still touch and needle (how we called it in those days), and if the "sound" is not FAMILIAR, it seems that the listening kinda slows down and ends. Based on reading this, I sincerely doubt that I will see this ... I don't want Eruption version 49 yet again, specially without Guy Guden singing along! But not trying to show/help the new product? Does the band actually believe in their new material? Doesn't sound like it, or someone made the call not to play any of it!
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: June 09 2024 at 10:45
This tune has been growing on me, I'm really looking forward to the new album! |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: June 09 2024 at 10:55
 ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: June 09 2024 at 11:03
| I like it better then other recent Stuff😁but I also been listening to Mother Focus & loving it🫣 |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: June 09 2024 at 11:31
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I think I might be buying this album. The last Focus album I bought was Focus 10. I wasn't aware of Focus 11 at the time, so I will have to catch up with that as well.
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Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 04:54
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I received the new record in my post box today, one day before the official release date  Looking forward to listening to it!
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 05:54
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^^ Oooh, let us know what you think of it Anton, and how you feel it compares to X and 11 Need to get mine ordered... will do it now. Goodness, £20 is the cheapest I can find for the CD at present... I'll have a look again next week, when it's out.
------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 06:23
It is too soon to comment on the music, but the art work is very nice!  I've noticed that new releases are more expensive nowadays....
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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 06:32
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I think I might opt for the download on Amazon - £8.69. Amazon are charging £17.99 for the CD, as are HMV.  It's a damn disgrace the price of some new CD's these days!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 04 2024 at 06:39
The Fjord Focus song title and music really appeals to me, and bizarre as it may seem, I'd much rather have the new Focus album than the Ford Focus car. As Octopus II mentioned though, £17.99 is way too expensive, so I may have a long wait for it to turn up in a charity shop, having not paid the full price for a CD for at least ten years now. The most expensive album I've bought in the last ten years was YES - Mirror to the Sky for the grand sum of £7 - and that was from a charity shop too.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 03:45
| ^ I don't buy CD's very often nowadays, trying to build a vinyl collection again. I note that at least you get auto rip with the CD so that is worth factoring into the price. No vinyl option though which is a shame as the artwork is lovely (very like The Chronicles Of Father Robin) |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 03:47
Nice pun ( as Focus often did) 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 04:36
The Amazon price listed, doesn't include P&P for orders less than £35 now! I have never downloaded an album... for some reason, I never really feel I 'own' an album unless I have the physical media in my hands... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 04:41
Saw this great cartoon of two older middle-aged men admiring the new turntable and sound system, one of them had just bought. The owner said to his friend.. 'Of course the two things which persuaded me to make the purchase were the expense and the inconvenience... " It's great to have a peruse through the old album covers in a record shop for nostalgia's sake, but do I really want it all back in the living room? Apparently, she doesn't...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 04:43
In other words, the struggling artists you spend all day listening to, hardly ever see any of your money? ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: July 05 2024 at 12:44
It is available on vinyl as well.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 06 2024 at 04:55
Thanks. Yep I was just going by Amazon. Ordered from Burning Shed (price £21.99 + P&P)
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Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: July 06 2024 at 06:11
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 03 2024 at 04:21
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Given it half a dozen spins now... it's very pleasant, probably on a par with 11 quality wise, containing no real surprises. At 40 mins, quite short (Focus 9 was 73 mins) considering we've been waiting 6 years.. I've given it 3 stars on PA. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |