Radical Dreamer wrote:Also I am calling it right now: "Let There Be Raw" is going to be an awesome song. XDD
Kkun (post: 1321025) wrote:You guys, I had a dream that I was listening to it and it was raw.
LadyRushia (post: 1321040) wrote:Was it rawer than a frozen steak?
LadyRushia (post: 1324760) wrote:ooooooooooooo! I like it! It's pretty solid.
ich1990 (post: 1324811) wrote:At first I didn't like it, but it is growing on me. Going right from "No, sir..." to this (without listening to the other three very extensively) is a bit of a stylistic jump to take in all at once.
Kkun (post: 1324830) wrote:That's interesting you should say that. You should listen to Age of Reptiles and Anorexia Nervosa and see if you still feel that way. I think it's the closest thing to No Sir that they've written in a while. It feels like it almost could have been a B-side...like an alternate, more condensed version of "And the Smokers and Children Shall be Cast Down" (with a sweet guitar solo!) or something. It gets back to their Refused-esque roots while abandoning a lot of the blatant aping of Refused's The Shape of Punk to Come that they engaged in on No Sir (of course, this is not an indictment because, hey, I love Refused) and combines it with some of the darker punk and industrial elements (which themselves are nods to bands like The Misfits and Nine Inch Nails) they've picked up since. The beginning reminds me of the intro to "A Llama Eats a Giraffe (and Vice Versa)" the last 45 seconds or so calls to mind the first aggressive part of "The Pig (Anorexia)." Overall, though, the tone really is like one of the darker songs on No Sir.
If the whole album is like this, it's going to be a darker, aggressive Showbread album that feels like a more mature version of No Sir. The production really feels like an early Nirvana album like In Utero and the drumming is very Steve Albini. It takes all of Showbread's 90s rock aspirations and does them right (as opposed to Age of Reptiles which got a lot of that....well, wrong...but that's an entirely other issue).
If the whole album is like this, August 11 will be a sweet day indeed.
Kkun (post: 1324830) wrote:That's interesting you should say that. You should listen to Age of Reptiles and Anorexia Nervosa and see if you still feel that way. I think it's the closest thing to No Sir that they've written in a while. It feels like it almost could have been a B-side...like an alternate, more condensed version of "And the Smokers and Children Shall be Cast Down" (with a sweet guitar solo!) or something. It gets back to their Refused-esque roots while abandoning a lot of the blatant aping of Refused's The Shape of Punk to Come that they engaged in on No Sir (of course, this is not an indictment because, hey, I love Refused) and combines it with some of the darker punk and industrial elements (which themselves are nods to bands like The Misfits and Nine Inch Nails) they've picked up since. The beginning reminds me of the intro to "A Llama Eats a Giraffe (and Vice Versa)" the last 45 seconds or so calls to mind the first aggressive part of "The Pig (Anorexia)." Overall, though, the tone really is like one of the darker songs on No Sir.
ich1990 (post: 1324846) wrote:I went over to their purevolume and I see what you mean about the No sir... influence. The last 75 seconds or so of "Nothing Matters Anymore" are the biggest detraction of the song, for me. After I listened to "The Pig (Anorexia)", though, I can see were it comes from.
If The Fear of God truly is a darker, more mature No sir... then I will be impressed. I am just not sold on the idea that basic guitar work + monotone screaming + constant cymbal smashing (like that which is employed in the last 75 seconds and on parts of "The Pig (Anorexia)") is a darker/more mature sound. Compare that sound to "And the Smokers..." about a minute and ten seconds in. There are different pitched screams, dual screaming, much more variance in the drum work, clean vocals mixed in, and more complex guitars. That sounds much more skillful and mature to me (although not necessarily darker).
Love the first three minutes and solo in "Nothing Matters...", though.
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