Left you some goodies in the Longue this morning before work, hope you get to check it out sometime soon! 😎
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they sound good. when my computer is back up and running, I'm definitely gonna get the new album, and check out red sparrows.
I was doing some reading last night (our web filters were down at work, and I had access to wikipedia) and I was reading up on some of these bands. and a band that came up a lot was godflesh. any thoughts on them? I was jusy curious if they were good or not.
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I'm glad to hear you've been doing research man, it can definately pay off obviously! Godflesh is a major influence on a lot of these bands, especially bands like Isis, Baroness, Mastodon, etc. They're more into the heavy, dark, doom aspects of metal but I still dig a lot of their work. It's not as complex or layered as those bands but you can tell they were influential on their style. You should check out "Superstar" by Godflesh, bada$$ song! 😎
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yeah, from what I can tell. They sound kind of like Neurosis. A little more doom, a little less layered. But I've hardly listened to either of them. I've given them both a good hours worth of listening, but they both have so many albums, it's hard to get good feel for them when their careers span 20 years
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That's very true man, especially since a good band never tries to do the same thing twice imo. It's hard to grasp a feel for a band that's been around that long. They're definately an influence on a lot of good bands, but they're not exactly my cup of tea. Some of their songs can get repetitive, which is why again, Pelican is a supreme band, lol! Neurosis is the same, respect what they do but I look for a little bit more in the music I listen to, maybe I'm just too demanding. 😛
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you may be a little demanding, but that's whata true critic is. I find myself reading rolling stone too often, and a sub par album gets 4 stars, and it just pisses me off! Sometimes it'll even be an album that I like, but I acknowledge the fact that 4 1/2 stars is way too many. For Example, I'm actually kind of a big Gorillaz fan (I think they have a good blend of pop friendly music, and some really out there music), and their new album got 4 1/2 stars, when it's clearly a 3 at best.
Anyways...didn't mean to rant there, but my point it that only great music deserves great praise.
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