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Just ordered this Dredg album, for pretty cheap off Amazon.
I wait with much anticipation.
I wait with much anticipation.
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How can such a band as atrocious as Papa Roach be affiliated with such a good band as Dredg? Grrr.
Blank wrote:
She signed up for a Papa Roach street team
> thing, ie you get things through the mail and distribute them at
> venues, alternative shops etc. One day she got some Dredg CDs and
> stickers through, and handed them out to friends.
That makes sense - if you look in the back of the booklet, they thank Papa Roach in their big list. This = reason.
She signed up for a Papa Roach street team
> thing, ie you get things through the mail and distribute them at
> venues, alternative shops etc. One day she got some Dredg CDs and
> stickers through, and handed them out to friends.
That makes sense - if you look in the back of the booklet, they thank Papa Roach in their big list. This = reason.
Certainly one of the best around at the moment in my opinion, but that's not tricky considering the genius of other bands that have died.
Pumpkins, I miss thou.
Rival Schools are genius too - probably my favourite 'current' band.
Pumpkins, I miss thou.
Rival Schools are genius too - probably my favourite 'current' band.
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> There's some pretty sweet transitions on El Cielo - between Same Ol'
> Road and Sanzen, there's no change.
> And I like that kind of stuff.
>
> Thinking about it, El Cielo flows really well - y'know sometimes you
> get a kind of dischord from one track to the next, well there's none
> of that.
Yep - I wonder how they write them so that that happens. Would they just write it, then merge them or write them with a merger in mind? I couldn't do it, I know that.
> If you've got anymore little known but genius bands, do chuck them
> out.
I wish I had. Sadly not, though, unless you like Romanian gypsy music. I have a CD from a massively talented band of gypsies, but I wouldn't recommend it because it's so far removed from mainstream.
The only reason I know about Dredg at all is from a friend who was given some excerpts CDs. She signed up for a Papa Roach street team thing, ie you get things through the mail and distribute them at venues, alternative shops etc. One day she got some Dredg CDs and stickers through, and handed them out to friends. I didn't think they were brilliant straight away; I listened to the ten minutes on the CD once or twice and forgot about it. Then about 18 months later found it again, put it on and realised they were absolutely brilliant. I logged onto Dredg.com, found El Cielo was coming out, ordered both albums from Amazon, and hey presto.
But enough of my life story.
> Scissor Lock has become one of my favorites now, and Whoa Is Me as
> well - the ending is hilarious.
Yeah, and what he says actually has meaning with respect to the theme of the album, the Dali painting, etc. etc. I remember the "one second club" having some significance.
It must take the guys ages to put one of their albums together, which is probably why they don't release one very often. El Cielo was 2002 I think, and Leitmotif was originally released in 1997. That's five years, which is pretty long, especially considering that they are the first two albums from the band.
I think they're probably the best band around today, although I haven't been listening to modern music much lately.
> There's some pretty sweet transitions on El Cielo - between Same Ol'
> Road and Sanzen, there's no change.
> And I like that kind of stuff.
>
> Thinking about it, El Cielo flows really well - y'know sometimes you
> get a kind of dischord from one track to the next, well there's none
> of that.
Yep - I wonder how they write them so that that happens. Would they just write it, then merge them or write them with a merger in mind? I couldn't do it, I know that.
> If you've got anymore little known but genius bands, do chuck them
> out.
I wish I had. Sadly not, though, unless you like Romanian gypsy music. I have a CD from a massively talented band of gypsies, but I wouldn't recommend it because it's so far removed from mainstream.
The only reason I know about Dredg at all is from a friend who was given some excerpts CDs. She signed up for a Papa Roach street team thing, ie you get things through the mail and distribute them at venues, alternative shops etc. One day she got some Dredg CDs and stickers through, and handed them out to friends. I didn't think they were brilliant straight away; I listened to the ten minutes on the CD once or twice and forgot about it. Then about 18 months later found it again, put it on and realised they were absolutely brilliant. I logged onto Dredg.com, found El Cielo was coming out, ordered both albums from Amazon, and hey presto.
But enough of my life story.
> Scissor Lock has become one of my favorites now, and Whoa Is Me as
> well - the ending is hilarious.
Yeah, and what he says actually has meaning with respect to the theme of the album, the Dali painting, etc. etc. I remember the "one second club" having some significance.
It must take the guys ages to put one of their albums together, which is probably why they don't release one very often. El Cielo was 2002 I think, and Leitmotif was originally released in 1997. That's five years, which is pretty long, especially considering that they are the first two albums from the band.
I think they're probably the best band around today, although I haven't been listening to modern music much lately.
Blank wrote:
> Ah, didn't realise you were getting it from the US. It has more a
> track mergence (if that's a word) than El Cielo - track 2 is
> basically the end of track 1. You probably won't even notice it's
> moved into track 2. They're odd like that.
There's some pretty sweet transitions on El Cielo - between Same Ol' Road and Sanzen, there's no change.
And I like that kind of stuff.
Thinking about it, El Cielo flows really well - y'know sometimes you get a kind of dischord from one track to the next, well there's none of that.
Blank wrote:
> I'm still amazed that you both like them so much, to be honest. I
> wasn't expecting such a warm reception for the band. But it's great
> that you do like them.
Heh.
A good band's a good band, right?
If you've got anymore little known but genius bands, do chuck them out.
Got to say, I love the album even more today.
I've got Kings of Leon and Starsailor on the same mp3 thingy, but I only listen to Dredg. That's saying something.
Scissor Lock has become one of my favorites now, and Whoa Is Me as well - the ending is hilarious.
*Sigh*
Wonderful
> Ah, didn't realise you were getting it from the US. It has more a
> track mergence (if that's a word) than El Cielo - track 2 is
> basically the end of track 1. You probably won't even notice it's
> moved into track 2. They're odd like that.
There's some pretty sweet transitions on El Cielo - between Same Ol' Road and Sanzen, there's no change.
And I like that kind of stuff.
Thinking about it, El Cielo flows really well - y'know sometimes you get a kind of dischord from one track to the next, well there's none of that.
Blank wrote:
> I'm still amazed that you both like them so much, to be honest. I
> wasn't expecting such a warm reception for the band. But it's great
> that you do like them.
Heh.
A good band's a good band, right?
If you've got anymore little known but genius bands, do chuck them out.
Got to say, I love the album even more today.
I've got Kings of Leon and Starsailor on the same mp3 thingy, but I only listen to Dredg. That's saying something.
Scissor Lock has become one of my favorites now, and Whoa Is Me as well - the ending is hilarious.
*Sigh*
Wonderful
Yeah, the Orph EP. Orph, Is Not Everything and Kayasuma are the track titles I think.
Is it called Orph?
I've heard of something like a shorter EP.
I've heard of something like a shorter EP.
There's some pretty heavy stuff on Leitmotif, you know. Apparently they started out all shouty and hardcore, but somehow went through an amazing transformation. There's an EP that pre-dates the first album, only three tracks long, and I've heard that's really heavy. But I've never actually heard it myself, it's pretty difficult to get hold of.
Glassjaw + Dredg would be an amazing gig.
Dredg for the dreaminess and brilliance, Glassjaw for the proper jumpy emocore stuff.
Dredg for the dreaminess and brilliance, Glassjaw for the proper jumpy emocore stuff.
Dredg toured with Glassjaw on their last UK trip. Cancelled the night before the Manchester gig that I was going to. I was possibly the most disappointed person ever that night. Hopefully if they come here again it won't be with Glassjaw, because they always cancel. And it's really annoying when a gig is cancelled and it's nothing to do with the band you actually want to see.
Oh well. Life goes on.
Oh well. Life goes on.
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