#141

I don’t know TMV personally so don’t want it to seem like I came rushing in to slag them off, but agree with your self belief thing more generally

#142

:metal::metal:

If we don’t believe in our own musical talents then who else will? I’m sure the TMV lads didn’t start off going “We’re shit, we’ll never make anything as good as King Crimson*”. They would have quit straight away.

*Prog band picked at random.

#143

Thought these were lyrics for a Mars Volta.
They probably could be tbf :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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#144

Over the last week i’ve had Octahedron on a bit and it may well be becoming their favourite album of mine (its the only one aside from tremulant i have on vinyl so it gets listened to more and with a better ear than the rest). Its just a pretty nice listen, got some nice smooth slow songs, some bangers, is over in 50 minutes. Good work lads.

Based on this information should i listen to the last album?

oh, this isn’t HGATR is it? Main point and question still stands!

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#145

Not sure really. The last album is really very different to everything else, including Octahedron.

It’s worth listening to it just to see what it’s like anyway, but I wouldn’t base anything on what you’ve thought of anything else they’ve done. If that makes sense?

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#146

Yeah it does cheers, and to be honest has me interested! I just got a bit fed up with them over the years - was proper into them up to and including frances but then it’s been diminishing returns since - probably a combination of the stuff i’ve heard a bit of, and my lack of interest (which for a band like MV means they don’t stand a chance!). Picked up Octahedron as it was cheap and it’s got me interested again…

A waffly way of saying cheers i’ll check it!

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#147

I really like about half of Octahedron. I love how the songs are all threaded together with those synth drones. Probably the only album where they’ve ever shown any restraint.

Noctourniquet is pretty much the polar opposite. Trying everything under the sun and burying everything in too many ideas, trying to be dubstep one minute and then nick cave the next, then it’s scifi punk and then a ballad. Has some great songs on it and the drummer deantoni is great, but it’s a messy, sprawling affair all told. It’s got a few all timers on it though - dyslexicon, in absentia, Z00.

#148

we ready for another round?

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#149

also, can we change the thread title back? haven’t we decided that editing other people’s thread titles isn’t really cool like 100 times by now.

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#150

I really hope I can buy the first 4 on vinyl separately steadily over the next year or so as and when I can afford it.

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#151

if that’s what they’re announcing tomorrow imagine how fast the boxset preorders are gonna get cancelled. it’s gotta be new music or at least a new tour or something right?

what ya sayin

  • more reissues
  • new music
  • tour
  • dunno, not really arsed

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#153

Clouds hill: we made a mistake, it’s actually £700!

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#154

Boxset of all 147 of Omar’s solo albums, RRP £249,000, financing available via your local Help to Buy agent

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#155

i would honestly be devo’d if it was omar stuff but he did say something about his own represses in one of those interviews. surely they wouldn’t tag it #themarsvolta tho, that’s false advertising!

think he fell out with sargent house some years back so i’d at least be glad if those albums end up back on streaming.

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#156

Ixnay on the Omar-may

#157

Would love new music, but can’t see them announcing that off the back of a career-spanning wallet-emptying box set.

Tour, probably.

#158

Im guessing announce tour…

tour playing mostly new stuff . so announcement of new stuff to follow :man_shrugging:

#159

Do people announce tours these days?

#160

Also not sure the label would have much to do with a tour in this instance