I hate to say it and I know it is very tempting it is not allowed to share copyprotected material on twoism.
Yeah, I recorded it for myself, but there's no way I'm going to share that or upload it anywhere on the Internet. Also I plan to buy the 24bit version on release day.
It's the whole album. I got it, but it's just for me and my dog.
Someone less scrupulous will doubtless be sharing this somewhere... It's out there now so it will be shared. That's the Internet.
seeami wrote:the album was beautiful and perfect; each song was better than the preceding song. one question though, at the outro of one of the last few tracks it faded in to a little synth line which is from an older boc song and i was wondering if anyone else heard it. not sure what album but probably one of the old tunes tracks.
It's the RSD callsign song which sounds a little bit like EYDIAB. It's at the end of new seeds. Really liked this song.
I got up and danced a few times like I was hippie flipping. No shame. Need to hear this again asap. Pleeeease give us our downloads bleep. Please! Frigging cold earth! And telepath was some nasty creepy shit omg.
All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
- Seem to be very fond of an arpeggiator this time round. And sweeping pads/chords. Guess this explains the journalist's Carpenter references - although I don't think the reference is wholly appropriate.
- Re: above - and less fond of melodies. They're still there, only slightly subdued and certainly less prominent. They're not as obvious, not so much in the spotlight.
- The production seems a lot sharper and pristine. This was slightly weird, although not unpleasant. Have the Sandisons done a Daft Punk?
- Only one track didn't appeal - it was the one after the count-y track - it felt rhythmically really awkward and seemed more an exercise in 'look at what we can do' rather than 'look at what we should do'.
- Re: bleakness. I was getting frustrated with the album to begin with, in that it never seemed to get going. By 'get going' I mean shifting gears, changing pace. By halfway, I realised that, tonally it wasn't going to and I had to live with it. That's when I started to really enjoy the album. That realisation was quite cathartic, in that I let go of any pre-conceived expectations and enjoyed (?) it for what it was: unrelentingly desolate and bleak. Which certainly fits the imagery.
- Re: the above. Which came first the concept or the music? I've been thinking about this a lot in the build-up to the album's release. Do the brothers choose the angle for the album first and then work within that conceptual conceit? Kind of like some directors who storyboard before the shoot. Or do they complete the music and frame the best fitting concept around it? I'm convinced it's the former.
- There were lots of nice fleeting moments that harked back to some of their older tracks. Almost paying reverence to themselves. Or us, the fans?
- The overriding feel the album left me with was that I needed to hear the album again. That's not, 'I need to hear this album again because it was wall-to-wall of standout classic pure gold' but out of intrigue. There are lots subtle but detailed earbait in there that demands more attention. This was the same reaction I had after the first listen of Geogaddi.
- Re: Geogaddi. I don't think, as has been written in numerous previews, this album sounds like it. From a mood point of view Geogaddi has that pervasive air of disquiet. Whereas Tomorrow's Harvest is, possibly literally, the fallout, the aftermath, the bleakness I talked about seems one of resignation ie if this album is about nuclear war, then I believe BOC are soundtracking the post-threat/strike devastation.
-Re: Geogaddi Pt 2. I read someone say there isn't much in the way the of buried messages on this album from what they had heard. Well, I certainly heard a few instances. Although, I was listening at quite a low volume AND I had a baby monitor on, so both these things may have accounted for what I heard.
- The strongest influence I gleaned (not really influence but more kindred spirit) is My Bloody Valentine. The shared love of buried melodies and sonambulent drones were more pronounced on Tomorrow's Harvest than anything previous.
EDIT - Did anyone notice anything moving on their screen? I had my laptop hooked up to the hi-fi, so the screen was at a funny angle, but after all the introductory titles/credits, I swear I saw a less-black-than-black, barely noticeable blob moving in the centre of the screen. Is it just me? Nurse? Nurse???!! The pills!! The pills!!!!!
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Headphase wrote:I MISSED THE LIVE TRANSMISSION!!!!
I was so busy today by the time i got home it was 10:00 and I had missed most of the live stream
Can someone please tell me the best tracks on the album? Thanks
Cold Earth appears to be the majority choice for track of the album at the moment. This thread was moving so fast during the transmission but from what I saw that got the most love.
Headphase wrote:I MISSED THE LIVE TRANSMISSION!!!!
I was so busy today by the time i got home it was 10:00 and I had missed most of the live stream
Can someone please tell me the best tracks on the album? Thanks
Cold Earth appears to be the majority choice for track of the album at the moment. This thread was moving so fast during the transmission but from what I saw that got the most love.
Thanks I can't wait till the album finally gets released!
Trans East wrote:
verandi wrote:
if someone who recorded it would like to maybe possibly send it to me in a pm I would love them forever because I missed it
Good things, Reach of the Dead, and track 3 (White Cyclosa) sound like a music for the intro of Romero's Day of the Dead.
But the whole album sounded extremly lazy, repetitive, to me, 80 % of the tracks are (bad) interluds, tons of bad synth sounds (they maybe sold their expensive synth because of the financial crisis ?).
It's like Boc wanted to pastiche themselves because of some bad critics about the TCH new sound. Classical old boc synth sound, voices saying numbers....They just add those John carpenter's sequenced synth melody style.
Or if TCH exausted them so much that they wanted to avoid the same complexcity and they just made the album in 4 month, and made every tracks on the album in one day.
Reach of the dead is the best track, and it's the only one that sound like a TCH or trans highway era unreleased track.
Jascquard causeway is a pure, too long, repetive, absurd, ugly nigthmare
The whole thing is like a new old tunes tape, but if it was their first, the most amateur one.
Trans East wrote:
verandi wrote:
if someone who recorded it would like to maybe possibly send it to me in a pm I would love them forever because I missed it
seeami wrote:the album was beautiful and perfect; each song was better than the preceding song. one question though, at the outro of one of the last few tracks it faded in to a little synth line which is from an older boc song and i was wondering if anyone else heard it. not sure what album but probably one of the old tunes tracks.
It's the RSD callsign song which sounds a little bit like EYDIAB. It's at the end of new seeds. Really liked this song.
I got up and danced a few times like I was hippie flipping. No shame. Need to hear this again asap. Pleeeease give us our downloads bleep. Please! Frigging cold earth! And telepath was some nasty creepy shit omg.
Trans East wrote:
verandi wrote:
if someone who recorded it would like to maybe possibly send it to me in a pm I would love them forever because I missed it
me too
me 3
A clearance in a wooded area, you startle a deer, it runs into the pines. Vast turquoise lakes and icy rivers, crisp mountain air. A bald eagle soars above. The distant sound of a chainsaw. Redwood smoke
Geodesic wrote:My god, it's was so terrible personally...
Good things, Reach of the Dead, and track 3 (White Cyclosa) sound like a music for the intro of Romero's Day of the Dead.
But the whole album sounded extremly lazy, repetitive, to me, 80 % of the tracks are (bad) interluds, tons of bad synth sounds (they maybe sold their expensive synth because of the financial crisis ?).
It's like Boc wanted to pastiche themselves because of some bad critics about the TCH new sound. Classical old boc synth sound, voices saying numbers....They just add those John carpenter's sequenced synth melody style.
Or if TCH exausted them so much that they wanted to avoid the same complexcity and they just made the album in 4 month, and made every tracks on the album in one day.
Reach of the dead is the best track, and it's the only one that sound like a TCH or trans highway era unreleased track.
Jascquard causeway is a pure, too long, repetive, absurd, ugly nigthmare
The whole thing is like a new old tunes tape, but if it was their first, the most amateur one.
I'm really depressed right now.
You need more listens, or maybe it's just time for you to move on, and that's okay.
Trans East wrote:
verandi wrote:
if someone who recorded it would like to maybe possibly send it to me in a pm I would love them forever because I missed it
me too
same here.. was at work so I only got to hear the first few tracks up to the one played at the Movement festival. If anyone has them recorded, I'd appreciate a pm!
