Kayo Dot - Gamma Knife

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: The album cover may be the most unimaginative I have seen and I would wonder how this would appeal to those unfamiliar with Kayo Dot. First we have The Beatles "White Album", then Metallica's "Black Album", Robert Calvert's "Freq" , purple album, Eddy Current Suppression Ring's "Primary Colours", red album, or yellow album on vinyl, now presenting Kayo Dot's "Sky Blue Album" and gone is the iconic logo down the side of the album. The Sky Blue is definitely in stark contrast to the dark black music which is perhaps the point. It is a good thing the music is brimming with imagination and vigour because the packaging isn't.

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Pekka wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: The album cover may be the most unimaginative I have seen and I would wonder how this would appeal to those unfamiliar with Kayo Dot. First we have The Beatles "White Album", then Metallica's "Black Album", Robert Calvert's "Freq" , purple album, Eddy Current Suppression Ring's "Primary Colours", red album, or yellow album on vinyl, now presenting Kayo Dot's "Sky Blue Album" and gone is the iconic logo down the side of the album. The Sky Blue is definitely in stark contrast to the dark black music which is perhaps the point. It is a good thing the music is brimming with imagination and vigour because the packaging isn't. The current cover art is not the final one, it will be released when the physical editions are done. This blue thing is just something they had to have for the download. I'm liking the album, not sure how much. The second track is the only one where the sound is bothering me a bit, I suppose the reason for that was just lack of money for "proper" recording. And the audience interaction that's somewhere there, I have yet to catch it. Ah thats a relief as that cover is dull - But I had fun researching other colour covers for the review I edited all that out - seeing as its a temporary cover. I am going to edit out the errors too - I missed those. Hope the album does well for KD but it will divide TD and KD fans I believe.

I doubt it, of the 13 albums that TD has led the way n, the only two that could be said to sound the same are Bath and Leaving Your Body Map, and they should have been a double album in the first place. We're used to, in fact expect, every knew album of his to be different to whats gone before yet still maintain a feel specific to that band/project.

Gamma Knife is very different to previous KD albums, but still feels like a KD album, so I doubt there will be  much division.

Pekka wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: The album cover may be the most unimaginative I have seen and I would wonder how this would appeal to those unfamiliar with Kayo Dot. First we have The Beatles "White Album", then Metallica's "Black Album", Robert Calvert's "Freq" , purple album, Eddy Current Suppression Ring's "Primary Colours", red album, or yellow album on vinyl, now presenting Kayo Dot's "Sky Blue Album" and gone is the iconic logo down the side of the album. The Sky Blue is definitely in stark contrast to the dark black music which is perhaps the point. It is a good thing the music is brimming with imagination and vigour because the packaging isn't. The current cover art is not the final one, it will be released when the physical editions are done. This blue thing is just something they had to have for the download. I'm liking the album, not sure how much. The second track is the only one where the sound is bothering me a bit, I suppose the reason for that was just lack of money for "proper" recording. And the audience interaction that's somewhere there, I have yet to catch it.

It's hard to hear, but I believe the chanting and moaning is the audience.

You know I wouldn't know for sure because unreliable morons who shouldn't even have a job forced me to burn my tickets and hotel for the show. Not that I'm still upset about that at all.


Edited by Equality 7-2521 - January 10 2012 at 09:33

Negoba wrote: I'm really liking this for some reason.

Maybe because it's awesome?

When is the CD release date?

Eh?