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Post by strumntheguitar on Jan 22, 2008 22:38:54 GMT -5
Ashamedly, I've never actually purchased any TMV material yet and so I feel like I owe it to the band to wait and buy this CD when it first comes out... and trust me I will be there the minute it goes on sale. Then I will give you a full review after a few listens
In my opinion, it's pretty good, but not up to par with De-Loused or Frances. It's a bit scattershot, like Amputechture.
Yeah, I like it but youre right about the lack of flow between songs which is what draws me to Deloused but I still can dig it. Ive also been gettin down on the Defacto recently.
Ashamedly, I've never actually purchased any TMV material yet and so I feel like I owe it to the band to wait and buy this CD when it first comes out... and trust me I will be there the minute it goes on sale. Then I will give you a full review after a few listens
i've recently purchased all their albums on half dot com and ebay... i felt bad for loving their music so much that i never bought any of them, and plus my ipod died... :-)
I haven't really stated my opinion of this album yet, so allow me to:
Here's my deal: this album definitely "rocks." Now, being a fan of Volta type music, you can make whatever of that you want. The thing that attracted me to TMV in the first place was "Frances the Mute." I'd not heard anybody incorporate proggy elements into modern pop that well in a loooooooooong time... think since Rush. Now, they are doing something very funky, mostly heavy, and more digestible, while still experimenting. That, for sure, is a good thing for me. There are some songs that (at the time of this posting) I'm still not into, nor do i think I will get into. But, then again, every album had those few songs I could do without, except for "Frances"; "Deloused" had Inertiatic and This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed, "Amputechture" had Meccamputechture and the opening and closing "atmospheric" tracks. This one, "Bedlam," has Askepios andTourniquette Man, and these are the only songs I'm not feeling right now.
That said, Bedlam has some awesome, and I mean AWESOME, dynamic twists (Metatron, Agadez, and Cavalettas) epic structures that work (Ouroborous, Conjugal Burns) and just good, simple pop songs (Wax Simulacra, Aberinkula). But one of the most impressive songs is totally unlike anything TMV has ever done, or any of the guy for that matter; Soothsayer. The only thing I can put this close to in the Omar/TMV catalogue is the self titled track from Omar's "Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo." Great, atmospheric, epic without being schizo, and just beautiful all around, this is a welcome change of pace for the band.
All in all, Bedlam in Golliath is a strong, strong album. This is undoubtedly one of my favorite Omar Rodriguez related albums, so it gets a solid 4 out of 5 from me.
In my opinion, it's pretty good, but not up to par with De-Loused or Frances. It's a bit scattershot, like Amputechture.
I agree wholeheartedly. I thought it was just me, cause my friends can't get enough of this album. But I've listened to it quite a few times through now and I still feel the same way. The first 6 songs are awesome and they flow, one into another, really well. I especially love Ilyena and Goliath. They might be two of my favorite Volta songs ever. Then the album just gets way too weird and seems to loose it's continuity, and usually looses me somewhere along the line. I do like it though. Just not all of it.
I think the whole first half of the album is about the strongest sequence of songs they've released on an album, but after Tourniquet Man it weakens considerably IMO. Still good songs, but not as strong.
I feel a very strong King Crimson influence on this album, particularly the Red era.