New Manics album: Journal for Plague Lovers

[upsidedownwalrus]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

you think that ludicrous puffed up overblown crock is 'stripped down' and 'raw'
is the bonkers video with red eyed wolves cinema verite too?

I'm talking about the sound of the album. It was quite minimalist.

 

[ouchmonkey]

I'm talking about the sound of the album. It was quite minimalist.

let's agree to disagree about this eh?

 

[g force]

Indeed....it wasn't raw at all...Terrorists was raw, GATS was over produced and polished with guitars higher in the mix and increased percussion and keyboards mimicing string sections. I know Everlasting was later and it was an abomination.

"From despair" is the only semi-decent song on the entire albumi...it's a mess of half-finished ideas and B-sides IMO.

 

[isitme]

GATS sucks

it's not stripped down at all, it's full of violins and stuff

some of the songs on it are great as well, but they are drowned in sound effects

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Indeed....it wasn't raw at all...Terrorists was raw, GATS was over produced and polished with guitars higher in the mix and increased percussion and keyboards mimicing string sections. I know Everlasting was later and it was an abomination.

"From despair" is the only semi-decent song on the entire albumi...it's a mess of half-finished ideas and B-sides IMO.

The songs on it were well cheesy, but IMO GATS was, in terms of the pure production, much rawer than the first one or Holy Bible.

 

[Goatherd]

There are some good songs on GATS, but they all sound way better performed live than they do on the album.

 

[SpookyFrank]

There are some good songs on GATS, but they all sound way better performed live than they do on the album.

La tristesse durera is a live classic. Nicky Wire can actually play it.

 

[ivebeenhigh]

saw them play on Friday. Great show.

 

[isitme]

been listening to this album a bit last few days, i really like it. what they said in that guardian piece, it's like a sort of an 'after the storm' sequel to the holy bible

definetely better than any of the other stuff they've done without him imo

 

[isitme]

except that goodnight sleep tight song which is worse than anything ever