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Points: 809 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2012 at 06:43
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

One of those bands I will just file under 'I wish I could like them a lot more than I actually do'.


 I have quite a few of their albums, but I feel the same about them as you... I try them again every now and then but still feel the same. 
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2012 at 07:16
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Based on Frances The Mute I would probably define TMV as brilliant musicians that give me a headache. That said I did rate it 5 stars (maybe because I didn't want to feel left outEmbarrassed) . One of those bands I will just file under 'I wish I could like them a lot more than I actually do'.



Similar for me. I have FTM and TBIG. Really good musicians, but I find the chaos a little overwhelming and after a while, quite grating and annoying. They're not a band I've been inspired to explore further.
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^ check out De-Loused one day (if you haven't already), it's the least grating in terms of endless chaos etc - having very little on it overall
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2012 at 07:28
Originally posted by dreadpirateroberts dreadpirateroberts wrote:

^ check out De-Loused one day (if you haven't already), it's the least grating in terms of endless chaos etc - having very little on it overall



I think I have a copy of it somewhere that I borrowed off someone I used to work with, and never gave it back. I'll try and find it.
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Points: 952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2012 at 07:34
Interested to see what you think if you can find it Smile
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Points: 5856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2012 at 17:21
I don't find their debut to be very hectic at all, it's just after that album the vocals start to irritate me.
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Points: 2111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2012 at 21:47
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by dreadpirateroberts dreadpirateroberts wrote:

^ check out De-Loused one day (if you haven't already), it's the least grating in terms of endless chaos etc - having very little on it overall



I think I have a copy of it somewhere that I borrowed off someone I used to work with, and never gave it back. I'll try and find it.
 
How about giving the album back to the person you borrowed from? Sheesh.....Unhappy
 
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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by dreadpirateroberts dreadpirateroberts wrote:

^ check out De-Loused one day (if you haven't already), it's the least grating in terms of endless chaos etc - having very little on it overall



I think I have a copy of it somewhere that I borrowed off someone I used to work with, and never gave it back. I'll try and find it.
 
How about giving the album back to the person you borrowed from? Sheesh.....Unhappy
 
I never understood people who borrow things and don't return them. This is the very reason why I don't lend original copies of my CDs to people. If they want to hear an album I have, I'll burn them a copy of it.

I once lent a copy of Rush's Grace Under Pressure to a friend, hoping he would give them a chance (most of my friends are skeptical about Rush and my Rush obsession); he returned it to me six months later, having never listened to it.  LOL
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Points: 32482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2012 at 22:09
Originally posted by MillsLayne MillsLayne wrote:

Okay, so I have a question that I was hoping could be answered, although, it's all opinions.  What I was curious about with TMV was, I have their first two albums, and quite honestly, I can't get into them.  I'm all for chaotic music, but those two albums are just a little much for me.  Now, I've heard snippets of their other four albums and I like what I hear.  Strange, slowed down, kinda surreal.  Is their sound pretty much different in their first two albums compared to the last four? 


Don't see how this is a dilemma.... Wink but:

I think the first three albums are their best.  Octahedron is also excellent.  If you don't like any of those, then you probably won't like the latest one.  I'm almost positive you won't like The Bedlam in Goliath.
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Points: 2504 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2012 at 20:24
I picked up their new album used for $4 today (a steal, really), so I'm giving them another chance.


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Points: 4287 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2012 at 21:07
Keep the bedlam spinning, it's as good as any, just takes a little longer to digest.
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Points: 321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2012 at 22:57
Amputechture and Noctourniquet are the more mellow side of TMV, I really dig both records. TMV is really tough to get into, but being a longtime fan of At The Drive-In, I felt the transition was semi-smooth for me. I started out with Frances and Bedlam, which was a sort of crash course. But, I really think Amputechture and Noctourniquet are what you're looking for. 
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