Album Rating: 2.5
But this isn't atmospheric at all dammit.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I agree, and disagree, I find that if a band has a Keyboardist, it's hard for them not to have some degree of atmosphere, exlcuding bands like HORSE etc, bands that use it as a separate entity. maybe I am off on a bit of a obscure path, but I usually feel something when I hear a keyboard the way bands like HvH uses it.
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Album Rating: 2.5
I see it one of two ways really when a band has keyboardist - kind of obviously now i think about it.
Either they do add atmospheric textures and worthwhile melody to compliment the rest of the band or they are simply present to
cover up for deficiencies with the other musicians, music that would otherwise be bland is blanketed over with layers of pointless
keyboard. Prime examples are bands like Asking Alexandria who without a keyboardist would be somehow more of a laughing
stock. It doesn't fool anyone with half an ear.
Now I am not grouping this album on the same level and I do think they keyboard actually kind of has a unique sound but I was
just expecting so much more from their promising debut. They seem to have abandoned the melodic guitar passages that were
prevalent in their previous record and just gone for all out on keyboards and detuned chug alongs for the most part.
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Album Rating: 3.0
That is more than fair enough. Thanks for taking the time to give a reason as to why you didn't think this delivered on the promise of the EP. I just think it was a really solid effort, most of the songs have had good replay value for me, and it's only a debut LP. Plus, doing my best to support Australian music! haha.
What are some bands you would recommend that use keyboards more affectively?
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Album Rating: 3.5
Epic album.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Keyboardist is comparable to Born Of Osiris. Except all the keys kinda sound the same in each song.
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Album Rating: 3.5
It's a great album, but didn't jump out at me as I was hoping/expecting it to and took a few listens to really get into.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I'm seeing them in.. 9 days. I'm pretty hopeful it'll be a really great show.
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well i loved it...
*whispers wednesday in your ear*
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Album Rating: 3.0
Album is alright. I liked it more on the first listen.
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the guitarist of my band uses Christopher Dicker's old amp.
i thought that was pretty cool
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Definitely disappointing. EP was pretty good though.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I like this about as much as I like the EP, all equal.
Looks like I'm in the minority though.
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Album Rating: 2.5
Well, they have good taste in music regardless - they hosted short.fast.loud on triple j last night and played alot of sputnik favourites.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I heard about that, but didn't catch it. Damn.
What sort of stuff did they play?
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Yeah what did they play? Would of been interesting to listen too.
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Album Rating: 2.5
I'm sure you'll find the playlist on the triple j website somewhere but I remember: Refused, Brand New, Modern Life Is War, Alexisonfire, Circa Survive, Minus the Bear, Converge, ETID, Gallows, unfortunately themselves...and I only listened for the first two hours.
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Album Rating: 3.5
The synth really hits harder than their breakdowns and their screaming is really monotonous, but the clean vocals make up for it.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Josh D speaking nothing but the truth right there.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Listening to 'Positively Shifted' at the moment. It's quite good. The instrumentation and vocals maintain my interest largely but I feel that it would greatly benefit from being a bit louder. It seems like it's holding back a bit.
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