Knifeworld
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Topic: Knifeworld
Posted By: The Hemulen
Subject: Knifeworld
Date Posted: June 08 2012 at 06:56
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It's about time we had a general thread for this awesome group, don't you think? Clairvoyant Fortnight, their new EP (which isn't officially out till the 11th, according to the website) flopped onto my doormat this morning and after just one spin I'm already prepared to state that it's probably their most consistently brilliant offering to date. If they can sustain this kind of excellence for the duration of their next album then I believe their reputation as one of the UK's finest 21st century prog bands will be more or less guaranteed. So many ideas crammed into less than twenty minutes of music - perfectly balanced between dense complexity and deft, catchy hooks... Music that positively begs for an attentive ear. I love this band and I sincerely wish the prog community at large was as excited about them as I am. For the uninitiated, I think Clairvoyant Fortnight would make an ideal introduction to just what's so exciting and unique about Knifeworld and, coupled with last year's Dear Lord, No Deal EP, it gives a very strong indication of where they've been heading during the transition from solo project to fully-fledged band. Now is a good time to be excited about Knifeworld. |
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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 01:11
| not bad, i checked out some of their stuff on youtube. they're pretty influenced by Cardiacs, that kinda poppy-post punk w prog vibes. Nice. |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 01:43
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ahhhh when will it get to my house already?!!?!?!?!?! ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 07:21
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I'm debating whether or not to get a copy now (money is tight). I don't know why we can't more people into this band? The debut album knocked my socks off. I also have an autographed copy of Dear Lord No Deal. I've actually corresponded with Kavus on this site. He sent me a nice thank you PM for my review of Buried Alone.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 07:23
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it's streamable :O http://knifeworld.bandcamp.com/album/clairvoyant-fortnight" rel="nofollow - http://knifeworld.bandcamp.com/album/clairvoyant-fortnight
but I'm not listening to it until it gets here! Blurgh ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 07:24
I'm a hard copy guy, plus I'm thinking about ordering one with a t-shirt.  But streaming will do for now. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 07:26
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I'd consider myself a hard copy guy myself, but it's just too expensive, particularly when I have to ship it to Israel. They don't have T-shirts my size :D (I'm tall! Shame on you) ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 08:57
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http://bandcamp.com/tag/avant-rock" rel="nofollow - avant rock
http://bandcamp.com/tag/progressive-rock" rel="nofollow - progressive rock
http://bandcamp.com/tag/rock" rel="nofollow - rock
http://bandcamp.com/tag/progressive" rel="nofollow - progressive
http://bandcamp.com/tag/psychedelic" rel="nofollow - psychedelic
http://bandcamp.com/tag/psychedelic-pop" rel="nofollow - psychedelic pop
http://bandcamp.com/tag/psychedelic-rock" rel="nofollow - psychedelic rock
http://bandcamp.com/tag/hackney" rel="nofollow - Hackney
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 04:59
Tagging bandcamp releases with your local area is an increasingly common practice it seems. My guess is that it's for promoters scouring the site for local bands to book. Not a bad tactic, if that's really the case. So, has anyone else heard the new EP yet? That last track... crikey. |
Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 05:10
agh damn it no I'm not listening on Bandcamp that b*****d better be here already!! ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 05:26
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ahhh it just got here but I need to go!! I listen to it in a few hours! Blaaaa ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 11:29
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I thought that was great if taken as a single tag. Maybe if we dropped all the redundant words... Avant progressive psychedelic hackney pop rock? A different order perhaps? Mine's being shipped today, so it should probably get here sometime this year.  They don't call it snail mail for nothing. I think it comes into New York and slowly has to work its way through the states to get to Georgia. No excuse for that really, we've got an international airport here. It probably gets shipped to Los Angeles and then here for all you know. Went to the gym and listened to the first album. Good work out music. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 11:30
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welp listened to it and it's every bit as amazing as I thought it'd be. f**k yes. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 16:32
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Someone needed to link this in: "I may have to borrow your Tarot tomorrow..." ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 22:52
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Woah nobody posted it? Shame! The "In A Foreign Way" video is kind of a joke gone wrong I think :D ... ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 09:56
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I really like that video, it's endearingly lo-fi.And the whole done-in-one-take thing reminds me of Kavus' mate Max Tundra's video for his tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boIOY5HjbFM" rel="nofollow - Which Song . So, with the exception of zoviet's welcome contribution up near the top, is this thread just going to be the three of us gushing at one another like every other Knifeworld discussion on PA? |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:03
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yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:03
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I've been listening to the EP over and over again. That Tundra song is cool ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:11
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You should deffo check out that album "Parallax Error Beheads You" if you're digging his particular brand of wonky proggy electronic avant-pop. It's one of the best things in the history of things. I too have been listening to the EP on a multiple-spins-per-day basis. It hasn't left my CD player since it arrived. |
Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:14
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Listening to Buried Alone right now ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:26
woah I'm totally checking it out today :O ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 19:21
Doesn't help that we have a lot of people distracted by that shiny new object by Rush. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 16 2012 at 15:53
Their loss, I guess. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:19
| Seriously though, screw Rush and their poxy clockwork angels! Knifeworld are the proverbial tits. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:28
| My hard copy arrived yesterday but the t-shirt wasn't with it. I guess the guys in customs held it back to try it on or something. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:48
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I have my (signed) copy of this, a signed copy of Dear Lord No Deal, and finally the debut full-length, plus I got the Central Element v/a disc from the Believer's Roast label...includes a Knifeworld song unavailable elsewhere, plus William D. Drake, Monsoon Bassoon, etc. All are awesome!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 23:27
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btw Hemulen I listened to that Max Tundra album- it was mad dope as balls :D ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 20:47
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I just gave Clairvoyant Fortnight another spin and it lit me up.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 21:01
| Knifeworld sounds like a magazine for cutlery enthusiasts |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: July 29 2012 at 00:06
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^ apparently there is such a magazine :D ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 14 2013 at 09:48
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Hello PA. Long time no post n' all that. Knifeworld have released a http://knifeworld.bandcamp.com/track/dont-land-on-me" rel="nofollow - new song from their forthcoming album - all proceeds from downloads are going towards the completion of said album. It is a f**king juggernaut of a tune. |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: September 14 2013 at 10:57
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This new song is FANTASTIC ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: September 15 2013 at 00:50
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hmmm am still kinda partial to it :( ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: September 15 2013 at 01:25
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Woooooohhhhhh!!!!! Thanks for the info David, this is excellent news. Just listened to it once, but I don't want to try it again, I'll save it for the album. I didn't know what to make of it in the first couple minutes but of course that ending has definitely won me over. I'm so glad there's a thread about them cause they certainly don't get any attention, I can't get more frustrated when such a talented, creative and unique band is so overlooked while other bands recycle their own material for years and gets hundreds of reviews  . So write more reviews guys! Yes Ori I mean you |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: September 15 2013 at 01:38
| Dont know this band, but the new digital track is very nice. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 15 2013 at 14:47
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Yeah, I just don't get why Knifeworld continue to be such an under-the-radar thing, especially round these parts. The most plausible explanation I can think of is that it's because they're as unafraid of a catchy pop hook as they are a Henry Cow-eseque jumble of horns and keys. The result is that they're simultaneously too poppy for the avant-prog fans and too avant-prog for the rest. Whatever the reason, it's a shame, as for my money they're the absolute finest active UK prog band. They deserve a bucketload more recognition than they get.
Maybe album no. 2 will help to rectify that... |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 11 2013 at 18:32
Me neither, damned fools. Mini jaunt with Godsticks over. Here's *that* thing again. Download it on whatever-the-f**k-format-you-wWe love you and all that. See you next year. |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 05:42
As you can see from my two month late response I'm on and off round here :-( (thank you idf) but maybe I'll write some at home :-) ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 05:27
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Ok so the new album is out already and I've been giving it a few spins every day, it's outstanding!! Oh yes it is!! I must admit I wasn't sure how this album would turn out because their previous EP Clairvoyant Fortnight was just ok imo. But I did believe and got The Unravelling right away. So until recently the album suffered from a very low rating (about 2.5) and one very negative review  . I'm not sure why but I must disagree, so are you guys as excited as I am? (I know Nogbad is ) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 08:38
I love the new album, it's a huge step forward from Clairvoyant Fortnight. They've got a real 8 piece band sound that Kavus has obviously written to exploit. It's pretty much been on permanent rotation in my car since I got it, it's wonderful driving music (along with the latest Chrome Hoof who share a couple of band members). It's got grooves, hooks, riffs & loads of ideas. I don't often write reviews but I couldn't bear looking at that 2.5 rating for another day. It may end up as album of the year for me, it's certainly going to be top 5. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 09:34
| ^ What's with the muddy sound though? |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 09:48
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Can't say I've noticed muddy sound, it's certainly a lot quieter than most cd's released these days. My understanding is Bob Drake mastered it that way to avoid the current style of loudness wars. Once I turn it up it's fine.
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 10:01
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I definitely have to turn the volume up when I put it on, but also the sound is muddy most noticeable on the drums. That said I still love how the horns are mixed with everything else, great sounding band. |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 10:06
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Omg I have to buy it already! Thinking of going for the vynil ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 10:22
You must
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 16 2016 at 10:43
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Here's a teaser for the upcoming album due in April ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |