Now of course, these are some of the things that I hear on this record. Your experience will probably differ except for this: whatever you perceive coming from the tracks on At War With The Mystics, you'll have to admit that the end result is really unlike anything you've ever heard before.
Cynics love to parade around that "nothing new under the sun" business. Good for them. I hope they enjoy their small world.
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1 - Duke De Mondo
excellent, Sir Saleski. I'm listening to this at the minute, in fact. And how come The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song sounds different now? How come it's a tapestry of croaks and tweaks and fuzz and harmony, when first i thought it was the least interesting song on the record?? I was wrong.
It baffles me how these marvellous bastards continue to astound record after record after record. this consistency, when did we last encounter the like, at least from anyone not called Conor Oberst?
And the first time i heard Free Radicals i had to take ten minutes after to just stare at the speakers. You utter shits, i thought, that's the most incredible thing i've ever heard. It probably wasn't, but it comes very very close.
2 - Mark Saleski
thanks duke. like i sorta implied...i didn't really "get" this band until i saw that concert performance on the tv. very interesting stuff.
i haven't heard anything before The Soft Bulletin...probably should remedy that situation.
3 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Well, certainly Transmissions From The Satellite Heart is beautiful. doesn't sound a terrible lot like the Soft Bulletin-and-after stuff, though. Still gorgeous. Much more "alternative rock" whatever the hell that is.