The Only Toby Driver et al Thread You'll Ever Need

they never really were riff based
their precursor, maudlin of the Well is though so maybe investigate that

Over the course of OLF (the last twelve minutes), the most obvious change is the introduction of different rhythms that provide a driving beat.  It's slow development because that's the type of development the song needed, but it ends in a vastly different place than where it began.

Eptaceros is the second best track on the album, IMO.  Kandu vs. Corky (Horrorca) is my favorite.  It's somewhat similar to Gemini Becoming the Tripod, only about five times as intense.  Then "The Lugubrious Library Loft" is a really beautiful piece.  "Brown Light Upon Us" is the weakest, but still pretty good (just a bit overlong).  A bit too ambient to last for 18 minutes, but awesome nonetheless.

I'd say Choirs>Dowsing>Bath>Library Loft>Blue Lambency Downward>Leaving Your Body Map>Sixty Metonymies


Also, have you read the about the different compositional approaches to each of the tracks?

If not: http://www.kayodot.net/toby/libraryloft.html#

Click on the "In the L..L..Library Loft (bottomish of the screen) and you can read about each track.  It's really cool.

Driver solo>Tartar Lamb

The Driver solo album is really cool.

Also, I hate Kayo Dot.

On a more true note, I have come to like maudlin of the Well more than Kayo Dot. No joke. Just happened. Bath (review here) and Leaving Your Body Map are like two slices of heavenly perfection.

sleeper wrote: king volta wrote: sleeper wrote: ^In other words, you two dont want me to express my opinions in a review because they differ from yours. I think you've just won the awards for most obnoxious and stuck up people on PA.BTW, it might be the endings of the last wo songs that I dont like mostly, but the songs a sa whole dont work because of that, and those two acount for more than half the album, hence the 3 star rating. For the record, I was joking. Or not so much joking as not being serious. I, obviously, have no room to tell you not to review something, but I am as entitled to my opinion as your are, eh? Not sure about Pnoom! though. I don't care if you don't like them. Don't care at all. Also, if you read Pnoom!'s signature, you might understand where he's coming from. Give it one star if you want. The T did once, but I think he moved it up. I don't care personally. I gave it five, because I love every second of that album, almost as much as Choirs. Sorry, I just saw Pnoom saying dont review it and you agreeing  and it annoyed me a bit. I cant say I've traded banter with yourself or Pnoom! much over the years so without smilies its hard to tell when someones joking or not.

Yeah, that's why I have my sig, because I often forget to use smilies but I'm usually joking.  As I was in this case.

laplace wrote: The T toned his review down? maybe I'll have to do the same, I meant for mine to be the polar opposite of his I remember it being arrogant and totally pseud-tastic o:)

No I actually just looked and it still has 1 star. I thought I remembered it being moved up to two. Guess not.

Edited by king volta - June 07 2008 at 11:15

sleeper wrote: ^In other words, you two dont want me to express my opinions in a review because they differ from yours. I think you've just won the awards for most obnoxious and stuck up people on PA.BTW, it might be the endings of the last wo songs that I dont like mostly, but the songs a sa whole dont work because of that, and those two acount for more than half the album, hence the 3 star rating.

For the record, I was joking. Or not so much joking as not being serious. I, obviously, have no room to tell you not to review something, but I am as entitled to my opinion as your are, eh?

Not sure about Pnoom! though. I don't care if you don't like them. Don't care at all.

Also, if you read Pnoom!'s signature, you might understand where he's coming from.

Give it one star if you want. The T did once, but I think he moved it up. I don't care personally. I gave it five, because I love every second of that album, almost as much as Choirs.

Edited by king volta - June 07 2008 at 11:12

Pnoom! wrote: Just don't review it at all.

Hehe. I have to agree. The album does not deserve 3 stars just because one doesn't like 1/2 of each of the finale songs, especially when the rest is so good. And especially when said songs are so good...

I gave it five

I must be a pretentious asshole or something, because __On Limpid Form is one of my favorite Kayo Dot songs; in my top 3. Here was my list from days ago:


1. Marathon
2. ___On Limpid Form
3. Right Hand Is The One I Want
4. The Antique
5. A Pitcher Of Summer (I just love these lyrics...)

Though now I'd probably put BLD title track at number 3, as it's my favorite off the new album by far, instead of Right Hand...which I still like, but not as much.


Point is, I really love __On Limpid Form.

^OK smart alec, I've edited the post.

Will give DAwCT a few more listens soon before I review it. It will get 3 stars from me becaus eI really do love those first three songs, even if I cant stand the las two.