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    Posted: May 17 2024 at 02:57
“How beautiful life can be when a band plays so easily" Focus will release album number 12 in July (msn.com)

A little write up from Jerry Ewing regarding Focus' forthcoming Studio '12' which I believe has been pushed back a couple of months, to July. Anyone here interested?
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Yes, I will absolutely get the CD. Will soon see the band live as well :) 
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Me too; quite looking forward to it... have been playing 'X' this week to get myself in the mood.
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A "trailer" of the new album has been posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPLythJCipE

I'm cathcing Focus live tomorrow night! Big smile
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Hi,

I miss Jan ... with the band ... I really do ... his solo stuff is nice, but his stuff with the band was better. But if this is Thijs' band, so be it ... I likely will pass ... 
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The single 'Fjord Focus' has been released as a taster. Quite nice and heavy sound.
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^^ that was quite nice Rich, thanks.. I enjoyed X quite a bit, but found 11 a bit too mid-tempo samey; I hope there is a little more variation on this one...
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I saw Focus live in Copenhagen yesterday evening! The four of them are incredibly good musicians and they were in very good form. I'm very glad I went, and I can definitely recommend seeing them if you get the chance.

The set list was a bit "safe" imo. They opened with Focus I and closed with Focus III, and of course they played their big hits Hocus Pocus, House of the King, and Sylvia, as well as Eruption. Nothing at all from the upcoming record, they newest music they played was Focus 7.
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Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

The set list was a bit "safe" imo. They opened with Focus I and closed with Focus III, and of course they played their big hits Hocus Pocus, House of the King, and Sylvia, as well as Eruption. Nothing at all from the upcoming record, they newest music they played was Focus 7.


I tend to think its a great shame when bands do this; I for one would want to hear the newer material live; Focus X in particular is a very good album. Surely the reason for their present tour is to promote 12, so not to play anything from it???
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

The set list was a bit "safe" imo. They opened with Focus I and closed with Focus III, and of course they played their big hits Hocus Pocus, House of the King, and Sylvia, as well as Eruption. Nothing at all from the upcoming record, they newest music they played was Focus 7.


I tend to think its a great shame when bands do this; I for one would want to hear the newer material live; Focus X in particular is a very good album. Surely the reason for their present tour is to promote 12, so not to play anything from it???

Yeah, I agree. I would have liked to hear something from the upcoming album. Maybe they will incorporate songs from Focus 12 in their set list when the album is actually released.

Anyway, I have now pre-ordered the new album.
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Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

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Yeah, I agree. I would have liked to hear something from the upcoming album. Maybe they will incorporate songs from Focus 12 in their set list when the album is actually released.
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Hi,

Very sad to hear this ... but I wonder how much it specifies that most record companies think that the fans are a bunch of nobodies that can't appreciate anything new well enough ... well, given that this is also seen here on PA when a list is shown ... too many old hats in the mix, kinda make it more difficult for many of us to go appreciate and enjoy something new and different. 

A lot of it, has to do with some of the listening habits ... I wonder ... it's still touch and needle (how we called it in those days), and if the "sound" is not FAMILIAR, it seems that the listening kinda slows down and ends.

Based on reading this, I sincerely doubt that I will see this ... I don't want Eruption version 49 yet again, specially without Guy Guden singing along! But not trying to show/help the new product? Does the band actually believe in their new material? Doesn't sound like it, or someone made the call not to play any of it!


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