65daysofstatic : We Were Exploding Anyway

Alfred · 04-24-2010, 10:52 PM

65daysofstatic "We Were Exploding Anyway"

Mountainhead
Crash Tactics
Dance Dance Dance
Piano Fights
Weak4
Come to Me
Go Complex
Debutante
Tiger Girl

gotjuice · 05-01-2010, 10:49 PM

I actually really like it on first listen. Of course, I'm one of the few people (from the reviews I've read) who didn't throw their copy of The Distant and Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties EP out the window in disgust...

Alfred · 05-01-2010, 11:08 PM

This one's very good. Kind of loses a bit of steam in the middle, but picks right up again and ends on a very good note.

gotjuice · 05-01-2010, 11:12 PM

Yeah Mountainhead is facemeltingly awesome, Crash Tactics is a lot better than I remember it being when I listened to it a few weeks ago (could have been the quality), Come To Me is just awesome with Robert Smith, and Debutante and Tiger Girl are just epic. Very good indeed.

jackhammer · 05-02-2010, 07:33 PM

After their abominable EP from last year where they went purely Electronic I have not wanted to give the album a listen, which is a shame because their early stuff kicks ass. Is it a return to their roots and worth a listen?

gotjuice · 05-02-2010, 08:04 PM

Sort of (it's not as purely electronic as you describe, some of the mathiness is back), but if you really hated the EP I'd hesitate to recommend this one to you. I'd listen to the first 2 songs or so, that should give you a pretty good idea of whether you'll like the rest of the album or not (especially Mountainhead).

Tiger Girl is a pretty good Fuck Buttons imitation though.

Alfred · 05-02-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gotjuice

Tiger Girl is a pretty good Fuck Buttons imitation though.

That's exactly what I thought.

sidewinder · 05-03-2010, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

After their abominable EP from last year where they went purely Electronic I have not wanted to give the album a listen, which is a shame because their early stuff kicks ass. Is it a return to their roots and worth a listen?

I also hated the EP (especially the first 2 really electronic tracks), so I'm hesitant about this as well, but I'm sure I will eventually.

Check out Three Trapped Tigers...they remind me a good bit of 65daysofstatic before they went cheesy electronic, plus Tortoise's more recent sound.

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04-24-2010, 10:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	65daysofstatic : We Were Exploding Anyway 65daysofstatic "We Were Exploding Anyway" Mountainhead Crash Tactics Dance Dance Dance Piano Fights Weak4 Come to Me Go Complex Debutante Tiger Girl

05-01-2010, 10:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	I actually really like it on first listen. Of course, I'm one of the few people (from the reviews I've read) who didn't throw their copy of The Distant and Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties EP out the window in disgust... __________________ I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders...

05-01-2010, 11:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	This one's very good. Kind of loses a bit of steam in the middle, but picks right up again and ends on a very good note. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

05-01-2010, 11:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	Yeah Mountainhead is facemeltingly awesome, Crash Tactics is a lot better than I remember it being when I listened to it a few weeks ago (could have been the quality), Come To Me is just awesome with Robert Smith, and Debutante and Tiger Girl are just epic. Very good indeed. __________________ I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders...

05-02-2010, 07:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	After their abominable EP from last year where they went purely Electronic I have not wanted to give the album a listen, which is a shame because their early stuff kicks ass. Is it a return to their roots and worth a listen? __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

05-02-2010, 08:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	Sort of (it's not as purely electronic as you describe, some of the mathiness is back), but if you really hated the EP I'd hesitate to recommend this one to you. I'd listen to the first 2 songs or so, that should give you a pretty good idea of whether you'll like the rest of the album or not (especially Mountainhead). Tiger Girl is a pretty good Fuck Buttons imitation though. __________________ I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders...