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Posted: August 01 2015 at 10:19
hard vote for me... and have been wondering.. why did we go with this SC3 album over Book M. Definitely higher rated..in PA's terms... and I noted on a lot of people's top modern album lists.
If it were Book M.. easy vote.. an out of this world album.. this one is harder though.. 2 merely GREAT albums.
Edited by micky - August 01 2015 at 10:19
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 15:31
Moogtron III wrote:
Voted for Phideaux
leaning toward Phideuax myself... that kind of music really isn't my stylistic cup of tea these days. It has shifted more to off-center but for what it was.. it was pretty close to perfection in my eyes. Reinforced by seeing them live at the Orion where they absolutely KILLED those songs live. Really an experience sitting right there in front of them and seeing the invest everything into those songs. Quite the experience and was in fact one of the best concerts I've seen in recent memory.
However I simply haven't heard Book of Horizons enough.. I had only just been wowed by it when Raff told me.. hey dummy.. you know we have one of their albums.. and prompty fell head over heels in love with Book M. I need to give Book of Horizons some more listens.. and still need to order it as a matter of fact.
For the first year in many years .. really since I finished my massive search and destroy mission of purchasing RPI/Krautrock albums... I'll be hitting the album vendors at Progday hard.. and with a purpose.
Edited by micky - August 01 2015 at 15:32
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 20:14
I do like Phideaux, have been enjoying a couple of their albums in recent times and this one is already a minor favourite. I confess that as I fully embrace old fartdom easy listening is becoming me. Crikey, I'll be listening to The Carpenters next. SC3 otoh are one must admit simply wonderful. The more I listen the more I'm becoming hopelessly devoted and this album is quite simply gorgeous. Damn they are good. The playing, composition, production .... all bloody near faultless. Not overly rapt in the thankfully minimal vocals so Exterminating Angel and Hypostasis lose me to some extent but then the Owl in Daylights sucks me right back in. Book T is really something of an oddity wot ? If Dick Dale had gone Prog ? Anthropomorphis seals the deal and Welcome to the Theatron Animatronique does nothing to dissuade me.
Edited by t d wombat - August 01 2015 at 20:15
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Posted: August 01 2015 at 21:05
hey! Nothing wrong with the Carpenters man! In fact we have they have a mini-fanclub here at PA's.
Yeah.. I get your point though. Easy listening prog is not normally my thing but Phideaux is quite excellent. It does scratches the itch. Chaos may be a ladder, violence a refuge, but beauty can still stir the jaded soul.
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Posted: August 02 2015 at 13:01
micky wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
Voted for Phideaux
leaning toward Phideuax myself... that kind of music really isn't my stylistic cup of tea these days. It has shifted more to off-center but for what it was.. it was pretty close to perfection in my eyes. Reinforced by seeing them live at the Orion where they absolutely KILLED those songs live. Really an experience sitting right there in front of them and seeing the invest everything into those songs. Quite the experience and was in fact one of the best concerts I've seen in recent memory.
However I simply haven't heard Book of Horizons enough.. I had only just been wowed by it when Raff told me.. hey dummy.. you know we have one of their albums.. and prompty fell head over heels in love with Book M. I need to give Book of Horizons some more listens.. and still need to order it as a matter of fact.
For the first year in many years .. really since I finished my massive search and destroy mission of purchasing RPI/Krautrock albums... I'll be hitting the album vendors at Progday hard.. and with a purpose.
Yes, hit them hard
Actually, it wasn't an easy choice. Might have voted otherwise, I think today.
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Posted: August 02 2015 at 15:47
yeah.. a refresher listen is sort of pointing me to what I suspected.
Book of Horizons may be a great album. a real styilistic WTF'r and creative on high.. but as an album it lacks the cohesion of Book M. Perhaps a bit too jarring in stylistic departures. Something I thought Book M pulled off more sucessfully.
Also I did a refresher to Snowtorch. Giving BoH one more listen later but the vote is likely going to Snowtorch.
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