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« on: March 07, 2008, 04:26:44 PM » |
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A completely charming, totally delightful album, and certainly the debut to beat in 2008... if you want to count it as a debut. More on that in my review! |
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murlough23
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2008, 04:37:38 PM » |
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Your link has some redundancies in it, so I had to take some extra bits out to get to the page. Just thought you might want to know.
NP: "Stand Up", Fireflight
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Josh
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2008, 05:04:51 PM » |
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Thanks-- fixed!
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2008, 05:05:47 PM » |
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Sounds special. Thanks for the tip.
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Ian
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2008, 07:40:48 PM » |
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Thank-you for making this topic.
Phylactery Factory is awesome. It's been at the top of my 08 journal for a while, and I don't see it stepping down real soon.
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Josh
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 10:12:29 AM » |
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Hoorah-- 9.0 from bloop!
The rest of you: What are you waiting for?
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 10:30:43 AM » |
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Hoorah-- 9.0 from bloop!
The rest of you: What are you waiting for?
my digesting queue to decrease. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2008, 10:39:02 AM » |
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I'll check it out, Josh. I listened to a few clips, and I liked what I heard.
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2008, 01:27:12 PM » |
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I love the music, but the vocals are kind of annoying me here and there. I'll give it more time, though.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2008, 01:40:36 PM » |
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Her vocals remind me a little of Joanna Newsom - an acquired taste I've thankfully acquired prior to listening to the album.
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2008, 02:15:02 PM » |
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I can see that comparison, although I would say I like her vocals better than Joanna Newsom's.
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2008, 03:13:09 PM » |
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Yeah, the comparison is fair, but I think Newsom is much more chirpy and shrill. I still dislike her vocals, but I like Casey's a lot.
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« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2008, 03:15:07 PM » |
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Ok, i found a download of the album. Will hopefully listen to it within the next two weeks.
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« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2008, 03:29:28 PM » |
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Well, I wasn't arguing that she's a carbon-copy of Newsom's vocals (which I rather like, actually) - just that there are certain similarities in Casey's vocals that could put people off.
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« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2008, 03:30:58 PM » |
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Newsom's vocals actually grew in me in a charmingly offbeat, toothless-witch-doctor-telling-you-a-cockamamie-story sort of way. It was the way the songs dragged on that I couldn't get over.
NP: "Sunday", Tree63
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« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2008, 03:35:40 PM » |
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Hmm . . . as I recall, the songs are long, the melody lines pretty static, but there was continuously something to keep me interested in the mix. I don't want to put people off Casey's album, though - it's significantly more accessible and the songs are much better-suited to shorter attention spans poppier music fans.
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« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2008, 03:40:33 PM » |
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Hmm . . . as I recall, the songs are long, the melody lines pretty static, but there was continuously something to keep me interested in the mix. You know my track record with repetition. I don't want to put people off Casey's album, though - it's significantly more accessible and the songs are much better-suited to shorter attention spans poppier music fans. Hey now, I can enjoy long songs. I just prefer for them to have enough different things happening throughout the song to justify its length. Anyway, I didn't mean to hijack this thread - it sounds like vocal similarity is the only place where the Joanna Newsom comparison would be valid. NP: "Two Weeks in Africa", Caedmon's Call |
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« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2008, 10:56:43 PM » |
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It was the way the songs dragged on that I couldn't get over.
Look at them as stories. And actually, when I first listened, I immiately thought it sounded like Joanna Newsom gone jazz singer. It wasn't like that the whole CD, but I definately see the comparison. |
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« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2008, 11:02:29 PM » |
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Look at them as stories. Some of the lyrics are fascinating. That doesn't mean I think the stretched-out music is the best medium for them. |
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« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2008, 11:04:06 PM » |
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Well, to each his own I guess, but I personally feel that had she made them any shorter they would've been far to condensed considering the content.
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« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2008, 11:05:42 PM » |
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Well, to each his own I guess, but I personally feel that had she made them any shorter they would've been far to condensed considering the content.
They could have been the same length with more variance to the music. |
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« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2008, 11:09:46 PM » |
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Eh, it's off-topic, but I tend to side with "she gave it room to breathe" rather than "she stretched it out". It wasn't as if she went once through the musical elements and looped it, but it was very "tasteful" in the classical sense, musically.
In other words, I agree with Ian, but at the same time, I think you'd find more to like here, murlough.
*edit Goodness I'm tired sleepy. <that's how I seem to be typing tonight.
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« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2008, 11:14:22 PM » |
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Eh, it's off-topic, but I tend to side with "she gave it room to breathe" rather than "she stretched it out". It wasn't as if she went once through the musical elements and looped it, but it was very "tasteful" in the classical sense, musically. I know. I'm not saying she did anything wrong, I'm just indicated what would have made the record more engaging/enjoyable for me. You can't please everyone. I don't listen to a lot of classical music, either, so that may be part of the disconnect. |
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Ian
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« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2009, 03:19:29 AM » |
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There is a new EP out called the Luniculaire EP. It's all in French this time. I'm listening to it right now, and I am very impressed. Do yourself a favor and track it down.
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