Steve, it is a CD EP. Ultra-thin digipak style just barely wide enough to have a title on the spine.Originally Posted by Steve F.
Steve, it is a CD EP. Ultra-thin digipak style just barely wide enough to have a title on the spine.
Interviewer of reprobate ne'er-do-well musicians of the long-haired rock n' roll persuasion at: www.velvetthunder.co.uk and former scribe at Classic Rock Society. Only vaguely aware of anything other than music.
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Yeah, they seem to take their time these guys at bandcamp,
I waited half a year to get the April March CD...
Well it looks like they learned their lesson about boycotting CD format with their last album...
They made up for it by including the album and the previous EP on the samle disc too.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I recently bought their catalogue from bandcamp. It is still growing on me but I quite like it. Very hard to classify. That is a good thing.
Not too sure about the vocals though: they seem a bit lifeless. Luckily 80% is instrumental.
They are, I believe, exactly what they intend to be; an added verbal instrument to go with the sonic mass, delivering a lingual colour which mostly isn't too essential for the total. Their particular school of singing is quite established in alternative rock quarters; the deliberately unaffected, clean, vibrato- and friction-less tonation of ostinati.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I love them but must admit the vocal always strike me as the weakest link in the chain
even to a francophone, their vocals always appear cold & aloof, but I think that most of us (french speakers) comprehend that as part of their purposelu-made artistic trait
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
But to switch to the stong(est) link in the chain. I am REALLY enjoying those bass lines!
^ The guitars are awesome as well; almost no one out there poses with those tones, timbres and economic techniques anymore. And don't get me started on the use of analog gadgets; they demonstrate how archaic gear can be applied purposefully within a contemporary pop/rock context and serve precisely the 'modernity' of it. Without even falling into the Skullhead trap.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
^ More Laptops!!!
Pardon the distress of my digress, but I just found this mofo neaty video of the mighty Brown vs. Brown (where did they go?) grooving weirdly with incendiary lap'ah;
But don't tell the lizard!
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
New song from the (forthcoming) new album:
https://aquaserge.bandcamp.com/track...=fanpub_fb_trk
I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.
I'm all over this shit! Can't wait for the album to arrive in October.
New song sounds great. Bring it on!
Agreed! I'm a fan of just about everything they've done.
Interviewer of reprobate ne'er-do-well musicians of the long-haired rock n' roll persuasion at: www.velvetthunder.co.uk and former scribe at Classic Rock Society. Only vaguely aware of anything other than music.
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Yeah, I have everything they've done. Great creative arc this band has had, always finding ways to make it new - and this latest song shows they continue to do that. It's a rare thing in rock music to combine a genuine exploratory approach with impeccable taste and accessible* songwriting. They are the hippest!Agreed! I'm a fan of just about everything they've done.
* Well, fairly accessible. I thought Aquaserge might just be the avant-ish band I could turn my square friends on to, via Laisse ça être, but zero enthusiasm there so far, just head-scratching. As I’m reminded by my wife pretty much every time we have guests and I put a little music on, my compass for what normal people find to be acceptable listening is fucked.
I have to say that in a day and age when some (admittedly great) artists tend to release whole albums of mere 28 minutes duration, I'd hoped for a full 40 minutes of new stough from the 'serges. What's the length of this one?
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Guerre is just fifteen minutes I'm afraid.
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