08. Sick Times (4:16)

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:31 am

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seanandcandy · Post by **seanandcandy** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:32 am

this song is Sick

Torn n Frayed · Post by **Torn n Frayed** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:25 pm

Yeah, this one not getting much love eh? Not much love in the song I guess, this is the where the album takes a...stranger turn for me.

Betacord · Post by **Betacord** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:55 pm

As immediately memorable as the likes of Cold Earth and Nothing Is Real are, there is definitely a more understated quality going on with this -- it has something else...

Maybe overlooked; I reckon it's a bit of a dark horse - ask me again in a couple of weeks!

blastrid · Post by **blastrid** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:22 am

Jump to about 2:15 where the beat breaks down and there's this really cryptic sequence of vocal samples…

Left ear is a deep growly male, then right ear is hard to decipher, then a sweeping right-to-left ring modulated (female?) voice. Repeats a few times.

Then it moves again to new territory with that ring modulated voice swirling around synth pads.

Great song, but not the greatest on this album. But without it you'd be hit with Transmisiones Ferox right into Collapse. And that's just too much...

euue · Post by **euue** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:17 am

hey fredd-e/mods: the url in the first post goes to the reach for the dead page

rainier · Post by **rainier** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:41 am

This one has the most familiar boc sound for me. For that reason I think it doesn't have the novelty of the other songs for me, yet if I had to coldly assess the album, I'd say it's one of the best on here. These might be my favorite drums on the album.

foxymrcroup · Post by **foxymrcroup** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:47 am

this is the only track on the album that I'm not feeling thus far.

it's nice enough, but I just zone out of it. it doesn't grab me. this is exactly how I reacted to 90% of Campfire. I wonder if it will worm it's way in, or if I'll have a short interlude in the middle of TH for ever.

noby · Post by **noby** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:48 am

Still probably my favorite from the album, though there are several others that come relatively close too. Among the best drum tracks I've heard from the Boards

Saakki · Post by **Saakki** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:08 am

noby wrote:Still probably my favorite from the album, though there are several others that come relatively close too. Among the best drum tracks I've heard from the Boards

Yeah I got to agree with you here. Contains some classic BoC -elements. Although synths are quite on the back and drumming on the front it works very well and does not sound overcrowded. Change at 2:15 is also quite haunting. Booming arpeggiated bass towards the end is quite new sounding for BoC I guess.

paultomba · Post by **paultomba** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:52 pm

foxymrcroup wrote:this is the only track on the album that I'm not feeling thus far.

it's nice enough, but I just zone out of it. it doesn't grab me. this is exactly how I reacted to 90% of Campfire. I wonder if it will worm it's way in, or if I'll have a short interlude in the middle of TH for ever.

Yep that's how I feel.
I find Collapse similarly uninspiring too, one too many sci-fi arpeggiated Carpenters for my liking.
So the middle patch drags a bit to me, the excitement dips.

sunshine recorder · Post by **sunshine recorder** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:05 pm

my best track so far, like bocs pitch for the blade runner 2 soundtrack

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:32 pm

The twisting vocals in this one at right about 1:50.. really hark back to Hi Scores' "Nlogax" at around 4:35.

And the bass toward the end of ST? Oof.. Saucy.

lumpenprol · Post by **lumpenprol** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:10 am

my favorite on the album by a good margin. It's not granstanding, not going for the big cinematic gesture. It's just a melancholy, wistful jam with some groovy chopped vocals. Love it, very peaceful...wish the jam part of it lasted longer...

TaoTapeTao · Post by **TaoTapeTao** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:05 am

There's a reversed female vocal that appears occasionally toward the end of the tune but I haven't been able to distinguish what she's saying yet..

irv · Post by **irv** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:57 am

Love this track, lots of familiar BoCcy elements to it with the vocal cut-ups and the pads are lush with some lovely chord changes. Takes a dark turn 2/3 of the way through where it goes beatless which works really well.

thepastinsidepressant · Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:06 pm

the latest one and the 9th track to worm into my earhole

my favourite one atm.

Moloch · Post by **Moloch** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:16 pm

Could have been one of my favorites, but that second beat ends way too quickly!

SneakyTT · Post by **SneakyTT** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:00 pm

blastrid wrote:Left ear is a deep growly male

I think it says "You don't get anything." Four times, at 2:15, 2:24, 2:33, and 2:42.

This song has been creeping up on me... and now is the latest one I've been delving into more.

The whole album overflows, man.

b0qurant · Post by **b0qurant** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:31 am

Love this one. I love how it immediately grabs you with delightful dread. The first note is so enveloping and (hate this word, but it's true) epic.