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anarchistfish
June 17th 2011


30563 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think the problem with longer songs is that you really have to spend more time to get into it whereas shorter songs are easier to digest and they get to the point faster. People don't feel like they have enough time to listen to this. Which is why listening to songs rather than whole albums is more common..

LegendofPittman
June 17th 2011


2960 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

but good music requires patience, and people don't understand that.

dimsim3478
June 17th 2011


8987 Comments


Shorter tracks are normally acknowledged as individual tracks, while longer tracks are almost always acknowledged as the parts of well-flowing albums.

MO
June 17th 2011


24250 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Anyone that thinks the songs are too long needs to quit listening to music."



a big 123 here





anarchistfish
June 17th 2011


30563 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"but good music requires patience, and people don't understand that."

Exactly.



BLUEOmni
June 18th 2011


739 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I think the problem with longer songs is that you really have to spend more time to get into it

whereas shorter songs are easier to digest and they get to the point faster. People don't feel like

they have enough time to listen to this. Which is why listening to songs rather than whole albums is

more common..


Pretty much sums it up. I don't mind longer songs, just as long as they can carry their own. The

longer the song is, the more I expect from it. If a song is 22 minutes long, it needs to be better than any

other song I've ever listened too. Godspeed is good, and they can create beautiful melodies, but I feel like

they're too scattered, and wound out to fully appreciate them. In my opinion, if they're going to make their

songs so incredibly long, they need be more consistent with their rhythms, and make their already soft,

subtle (though beautiful) melodies more dramatic. The band Mono, which also creates long songs, does exactly

this. They create build up, and then explode, making every note they play dramatic, and bomb-like, something

I noticed Godspeed doesn't do. They also stayed consistent with every melody played. Everything was woven

together as to make a completed sound. Even Mono's split with World's End Girlfriend had songs that

etched right up to the 20 minute mark. But with them, every sound played appeared as if it was melting into

the next.

DiceMan
June 18th 2011


7066 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

you need a low point to have a high point

someguest
June 18th 2011


30519 Comments


fuckin jap lover

Trebor.
Emeritus
June 18th 2011


60333 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Album makes me want to go to Coney Island.

someguest
June 18th 2011


30519 Comments


who is the old bastard that does that bit

Trebor.
Emeritus
June 18th 2011


60333 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Murray Ostril?

someguest
June 18th 2011


30519 Comments


Never heard of him.

maniceightball
June 18th 2011


7 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"They create build up, and then explode, making every note they play dramatic, and bomb-like, something

I noticed Godspeed doesn't do. "



Except Storm does exactly this, and so do Static and Sleep for that matter.

Rev
June 18th 2011


9882 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Going on hikes while listening to this is the best

BLUEOmni
June 18th 2011


739 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Except Storm does exactly this, and so do Static and Sleep for that matter.


I'll listen to those three songs again, but I don't recall ever hearing a proper build up to anything

explosive. Sure there were explosive pieces in the album, as well as subtle pieces, but they were so

scattered it was hard to discern what they were really aiming for. I will re-listen to this album one

last time, however, and I guess I'll give my thoughts on it again tomorrow.

Trebor.
Emeritus
June 18th 2011


60333 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Listen to it while it's raining and you're stuck inside because your friends bailed on you.

someguest
June 18th 2011


30519 Comments


go watch some furries

BLUEOmni
June 18th 2011


739 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Listen to it while it's raining and you're stuck inside because your friends bailed on you.


I wonder what they're doing if it's raining :P

someguest
June 18th 2011


30519 Comments


defecating in the corner

BLUEOmni
June 18th 2011


739 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I think I'm glad then that they bailed on me ;d



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