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Welcome aboard and consider yourself lucky to have some first-time spins of life-changing albums still ahead of you
I just checked back with the official official site, when Bent asked for song requests to be rehearsed for the tour to come. I guess they must have had a look at what we 'nauts wrote there…well, at least some of the wishes showed up on recent setlists! eager to find out what else they have in store.
That whole thing reminded me of what Wilco pulled off a while ago, taking the song request concept to a new level. They basically included a tool into the gig section of their website, where one could select preferred songs (from their entire catalogue or at least a really vast selection) for EACH specific date of the tour!
Now that would be something! What is your take on this if I may ask?
For my taste, they could leave out Cloudwalker and Hell for the benefit of some other songs. Not that they are bad songs, but there is so much riff-heavy stuff prominent in the set already. Anyway, looking forward to Leipzig, knowing that they love the place.
Nice to see the tribal on it, which appears to be absent on the tower-artwork along with the mp font for whatever reason.
thanks for the report!
looks really nice! seems like they skipped some of the obvious classics for the benefit of some often-overlooked gems! i'd be happy with a set like this one.
still, interesting to see that they didn't touch on the mellow tracks of the new one. hoping for pacific sonata, once they have an additional set of hands to take care of synth/guitar duties.
Currently….Album as a whole 8,5/10
THE TOWER (8/10) Great opener, although a bit lengthy. solo part from min 4 on pales a bit in comparison to that of bartok.
BARTOK (9/10) riff monster no.2, really well structured. as written above, the solo section is more on point and contributes very well to the song as a whole. snah on fire.
A.S.F.E. (9/10) immediately liked it, but took a while to fully appreciate it. makes perfect sense in the context of the album. fantastic track for driving on the autobahn
INTREPID (6/10) difficult one. probably great live, but the only song I occasionally skip. I think I understand where they want to go with this one, but I find it's a bit of a missed chance. Far from being a really weak track, but regarding its length, I would have hoped for more varied layers of sound. Zoning out on a desert porch, licking on a toad, it probably makes perfect sense.
STARDUST (8/10) nice travel back to the early '00s, IMO a much better acoustic effort than spin,spin,spin for instance (which never really grew on me).
IN EVERY DREAM (7/10) a cool one, but with all the riff-heavy songs on the album, there are stronger contenders.
MAYPOLE (10/10) same as for stardust. extra goosebumps at 0:38 when the synth kicks in, sweet nostalgia, instantly 18 years old again (for a moment)
PACIFIC SONATA (10/10) happy/sad perfection!!! that transition at 4:24 with snah's guitar sneaking in, is just pure, sublime bliss beyond words. the song takes its time to unfold, yet does every second of its vast playtime justice. brilliant!
CUCKOO (10/10) brilliantly merges the two main characteristics of the album into one track. heavy riffing combined with the lightness of the acoustic songs. my fav of the loud ones
SHIP (8,5/10) the song kicks off in a supercool way, fucking great guitar sound/riff and perfect groove from tomas. i really like how they tone it down in the middle section and build it up again, but the last couple of minutes are a bit…annoying would be too harsh..well, rather tiring. would have prefered a more compact, focused end to it. still, eager to find out how they treat it on stage.
Speaking of Maypole, there is a nice little guitar melody which keeps reminding me of The Sailboat Song
Dying over here. Still didn't arrive. Did any of you receive a shipping confirmation from Stickman before or did it arrive just like that?
According to an Instagram pic by Stickfrau, they are currently readying the records for shipping! Hopes are high for early arrival!
