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Im listening to it now. Thank you for posting this :thumbsup:
Thank you!
State of the Art is badass!! :grin:
Great album! "All Is Forgiven" is going to sound really awesome live. I'm thinking it can be an extended jam like Steam Engine or Dondante :cheesy:.
it's like they knew I needed something like this on a Monday! Friend has had a download of the album for a couple of weeks but been holding out
I've been listening to the album quite a bit the past few days. It really makes so much more sense as an entire album than to just pull one song out away from the entire whole. I liked, but didn't love Know til Now when it first came out, but then when I heard it with the entire album, it made sense. It's so different from other albums that it really needs to be listened to in its' entirety. Luckily for me, it's the almost exact length of my daily commute.
I just can't bring myself to listen to it yet. I need to wait until release day to really dig into it. Wish it'd get here already!
Yes!
Actress and New Life are my two faves so far
Quote from: Angelo on Jan 28, 2013, 10:56 AM
I just can't bring myself to listen to it yet. I need to wait until release day to really dig into it. Wish it'd get here already!
Same, I have the deluxe edition with the Vinyl and all that pre-ordered, I feel like listening to it now will take away a little bit from the awesome. :cool:
State of the Art is an absolute JAM. Jim laid down some funky bass licks.... :thumbsup:
I'm liking it, can't wait to hear it on vinyl. Any one else hear a little "Knot Comes Loose" in "Exploding"?
Know Til Know was an instant hook for me. Been listening to the rest of the album off and on and I have to admit, I wasn't sold right away. It simmered for a bit and I'm digging it now. Not every tune, but overall, I really like it. It's a good journey. :thumbsup:
The whole album works for me. It's short enough that I can get through it easily throughout the day (2 or 3 songs in a car ride, then again on the ride home). I really love it all from beginning to end.
Am I the only one who hears a tiny bit of Me and Bobby McGee on one of the songs? Think it's the instrumental one.....though I may just be going crazy
find myself walking around my office going "A, E, I, O, U"
I also hear some Neil Young guitar jams in Dear One, near the end (2:30-3:05).
Quote from: markcel on Jan 28, 2013, 01:12 PM
I'm liking it, can't wait to hear it on vinyl. Any one else hear a little "Knot Comes Loose" in "Exploding"?
yes
Holy Shit:::
Quote from: EverythingChanges on Jan 28, 2013, 12:32 AM
Thank you!
State of the Art is badass!! :grin:
My exact thought! A great opening track. It seems to me that MMJ/ Jim James make a conscious effort to have a great attention grabbing opening track and because of this pretty much all of their opening tracks are some of my favorite songs.
Just had my first listen. Wow that felt good. I can't wait to try it again in a new position.
Quote from: BH on Jan 28, 2013, 10:53 PM
Just had my first listen. Wow that felt good. I can't wait to try it again in a new position.
Bonggy Style :drum:
I love how "know till now" is a tour through Jim James land. Obviously no accident, he's learned a lot from his journey with the band. I really like how the horns at the end are part PHJHB and part the opening scene of Okonokos. I also really felt a connection tonight.....you can't really truly feel things the way you would like until you've been through feelings you hate....ya know. It's a process?
Kind of like how the power goes out in the first song.....then you hear wires fry into Know till now...pretty fucking brilliant.
The banjo line on "Gods Love..." is haunting and beautiful at the same time.
direct connection
ahhhhhhh.....ahhhhhhhhh....ohhhhhhhh..ohhhh
Gods Love To Deliver....ahhhhhhhhhh
direct connection
Quote from: sweatboard on Jan 29, 2013, 12:11 AM
I love how "know till now" is a tour through Jim James land. Obviously no accident, he's learned a lot from his journey with the band. I really like how the horns at the end are part PHJHB and part the opening scene of Okonokos. I also really felt a connection tonight.....you can't really truly feel things the way you would like until you've been through feelings you hate....ya know. It's a process?
I just love the visual that "Jim James land" conjures up. Ahhhhhh, I would like to book a one-way ticket there.
At the beginning of All is Forgiven I get all disoriented, and think I'm waiting for a show to start.
I like Actress a lot, and also digging AEIOU. A lot of stuff reminds me of other stuff. No time to go into more detail, but you know what I'm saying.
Quote from: parkervb on Jan 28, 2013, 03:11 PM
find myself walking around my office going "A, E, I, O, U"
-i was doing that, too (but in my very air everyone can hear me cubicle, though)
The power is going out bit at the end of State of the Art is one of my favorite highlights of the album so far.
I do like State of the Art, but I'm really feeling Dear One the most.
THE POWER IS GOING OUT :cheesy: :cheesy:
Quote from: Penny Lane on Jan 29, 2013, 12:15 PM
Quote from: parkervb on Jan 28, 2013, 03:11 PM
find myself walking around my office going "A, E, I, O, U"
-i was doing that, too (but in my very air everyone can hear me cubicle, though)
We were listening to the stream last night and my kids were doing homework and one of my twins stopped to listen to that song and whispered to her sisters, he's singing the vowels. Then she proceeded to keep singing A E I O U along with Jim... :grin:
Quote from: EverythingChanges on Jan 29, 2013, 09:19 PM
THE POWER IS GOING OUT :cheesy: :cheesy:
I REALLY MEAN IT
THE POWER'S GOING OUT!
Finally starting to get in to it. Though it was previously released, I'm a really big fan of New Life. I was trying to wait until the album came in the mail, but the temptation was too strong to resist playing the stream.
Once again, I find that one of the biggest talents Jim James has as a songwriter is the multiple layers he adds to his music, and (in my opinion) it takes multiple listens to discover what is actual going on. Not including some of the most commercially accessible MMJ tunes (Off The Record, OBH, Anytime, Golden, HOTBM, etc), I've found that it takes few listens for me to really start understanding and relating to his songs, but that after listening to each song several times I fall in love with them and they become my favorites and there is something new to discover each time i listen to it. The first time I listened to Bermuda Highway, I didn't "get" it...it sounded nice, but I wasn't moved. Now that I've heard the song hundreds of times, each time I listen to the song, I am almost moved to tears. Like the finest wines that require aging to be truly appreciated, I find Jim's music to be the same. For me, that's why after listening to the same MMJ tunes hundreds of times, I never get tired of them - there's always something new to interpret. Just as a classical musician might listen to the same fugues Bach wrote over an over again, but each time listen to a different voicing - the tenor, alto, soprano or bass - and discover a different melody or motif, Jim's music has a very similar effect on me. Just like when you meet your closest friends, you might not realize how special of a person they are the first time you meet them, but as the years go by you realize how much you depend on them and how much they have shaped your life in a positive way. Each one of Jim's songs is really like a lifelong friend - though he may not write them with that intent, I think that's one of his most special talents.
This is going to be a very special album.
Greedily, I'm already getting curious about the next MMJ album they'll record this summer of the new Monsters of Folk Stuff.
"You want this now, you want that, can't have it all you should enjoy what you have"