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Beatpol coming closer. One year and three days after my last attendance (Leipzig)….guess I am ready!
The Alchemyst also came to my mind quickly. But of course many more.
I agree with the melodies,the big choruses that stick with you forever. Songs where I cannot imagine that there ever was a time they didn't yet exist. It sounds weird since there is no real range of notes coming out of a drumkit, but Geb was a very melodic player and his style was i think essential for that urgency. There i said it…i thought i was over it haha
If there is anything i miss, it would be the harmonic interplay between bass and guitar which elevates the essential classics to extraordinary heights. Of course there is top-notch material on recent albums, but i find many of the newer songs to be too focused on classic riffing, soloing, proggy time signatures. What i always loved most about the band was that special Snah-kind of guitar playing on the verge between riffing and strumming, which leaves Bent just enough space to add melody, harmonic shifts or sheer sonic force.
So, received it today and currently spinning for the second time. I am pretty surprised. I had expected a rather conventional, mainly instrumental jazz effort. Instead, full band-lineup, some horns, synths and lots of vocals. Also some rather poppy moments. When they try to "rock", it doesn't do much for me…simply no match to the original massive sounds. Still, it works well as a smooth jazzy indie-pop album with some experiments sprinkled in between.
also received numbers 1,3 and 5 today. beautifully looking and sounding from the parts I listened to as of yet.
Speaking of RW5, I also wondered that they didn't decide on stretching the long songs on seperate discs in order to be able to crossfade when using 2 turntables. On the other hand, who would really do that in the end? DJs who were looking forward to rocking lacuna or un chien at the next indie-disco must be really disappointed
actually, it adds some nice quirky experience to it. Impro fades out, you turn the record, impro fades in, "ah, that's where they left off", what was I thinking! :STG:
great show indeed, nice seeing them in a pure form – as a trio and with rather stripped-down equipment. that taurus-substitute looks like something straight out of toys'r'us
i would give it a shot when plans grow more precise. just had a look at the first tribute. it covers all albums until trust us. so maybe it would be nice to focus on the releases from let them eat cake on…and to avoid having everyone pick raisins from the nineties
There are basically only two songs I truly despise and, unfortunately, didn't manage to change my mind about…
Ratcatcher…..Eggplant is lacking that unique MP-feel in general IMO, some good stuff on it, but that song is a total train wreck
Spin, Spin, Spin……I love love love the more hippiesque efforts of the lads (cake/phan/cult), I know it's a cover song, but to me it is just super-generic composition / lyrical effort. Glad they made up for it with the Maypole, which is brilliant. In that genre it apparently is a very thin line wether a song works or fails.
aah, beatpol…nice that there are still things one can rely on, like the good old "one tour Leipzig, next Dresden"-cycle
Thanks, nice find! I saw them the same summer season at Highfield Festival, same setup with horns and more or less identical setlist – my very first MP show. Good times!
Have fun! They are a blast live. I got into them with their 2006 release "what we must". i think it is their most rock-sounding album. Lots of guitars, psychedelic and organic. The last album is also very good.
Just gave it a first spin. Nice little treat. Quick Fix and California are reallly good “shaken out the sleeve“ (does that exist in english?) They sound effortless, in a good sense! Quick Fix works really good being played at 33rpm btw
