The Beardfish Thread

Andy Webb wrote: I ordered the CD, but I bought it with my preorder of the new Marillion to save on shipping, but now I think Amazon is going to ship both them together.... in October.

Why would they do that?

I bought the new one too, with the new Saga and the new Kaipa.  Expected delivery date is tomorrow, but with any luck they may be waiting for me when I get home tonight.

I would love it if my local record shop had new prog albums. They tend to carry the big names in stock, but never the little ones. I could always special order them, but my other problem with them is their prices on new CDs are always unbearably high (I've seen new released priced at $18 before).

The FYE near me tends to have good prices and a half-decent selection, at least with progressive metals (I rarely see Symph X and the ilk there, but I've seen Ihsahn, Enslaved, Dir en Grey, Pelican, and other varieties). I got Dum Spiro Spero for I think $9 there, which was awesome. 

I did buy Flying Colors and the Opeth's Heritage at the Best Buy when they came out.

No mail at all today.  Hopefully my order comes tomorrow.

darkshade wrote: I came here to mention that I'm on my 4th listen of The Void, and it's starting to grow on me. I was kinda disappointed on the first listen too, except for Ludvig & Sverker which I liked right away (and the bonus piano version even more). The only thing I'm not getting is the epic "Note". It just seems to be there, for 16 minutes. But epics take time to appreciate so we'll see.

Interesting!  I too have found the piano version of "Ludvig & Sverker" to initially be the most memorable track on the album.
Only listened to it twice so far, though.

I have listened a few times as well. I agree with everyone else that initially Ludvig & Sverker stuck out as the best at first, but the rest of the album has gotten better as well. The first half is more metal, but starting with Seventeen Again it's all classic Beardfish material. I'd give the metal half 3 stars but the rest I'd give 5 stars, coming in at just above a 4 star album, I definitely like it more than Mammoth just for the second half. The first half was quite disappointing however, but thankfully I'd already heard that from someone else so I was prepared.

Edited by Master of Time - August 30 2012 at 21:38

I've heard The Hunter and I like it. Reminds me a little of Gente Giant. I'll probably explore them some time soon.

The live DVD included with Mammoth is really fun to watch. I almost forgot about it until I decided to go through my Beardfish albums, and when I got to Mammoth, I decided to throw on the DVD first.