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Man...this is disappointing.

Not as an OLP fan, but as a huge MG fan. His new album he just put out is AMAZING, and now he is going to be forced to co-headline with OLP. This means only 9-10 songs for each band instead of a full set, which means all singles. I've come to expect that with OLP since ...

OLP: The band that starts 10 things, and finishes 2...12 months after promised. We shouldn't be too surprised at them moving slowly on anything, really. Remember the cover contest from 10 years ago where they never awarded prizes? Or the special tour DVD they were going to make for the Evening With ...

Didn't want to make a new thread for it, but I got around to learning In Repair, here's my cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdZFlbP ... e=youtu.be

I don't blame Trusty for the cancellation, nor the band. Ticket sales were low on the show and they had to cancel. What I don't respect is being told that it would not be cancelled (after a few inquiries, knowing it wasn't selling well), when they knew it was headed in that direction. It would have ...

There was an interview with Duncan before the Turtle Music Fest where he describes the newer material as more rock and roll driven. Of course this doesn't mean much. Can't seem to find the interview though, maybe it got removed after the cancellation.

I'd take it with a grain of salt though after ...

I still hold a grudge with Trusty over the cancelled SM show in Regina, haha. Right up until right before it was cancelled I asked him here if he was sure it wasn't going to get cancelled, and he said he was sure it was still going, and the worst case was that they would just book a smaller venue ...

I'm glad they never released Wolf, because they definitely neutered it in the studio. They tend to do that with a lot of rock songs in the past 10 years. I don't know if they don't trust themselves, or what. Sure they've put out a few, but look at all the slowed down stuff we've gotten (AYDWSML) or ...

We haven't received anything new from the vault in quite a while, think they are done with that now that they are recording?

OLP seems to be great at making fresh new musical ideas quickly, but then overthinking everything and turning it into a mushy pile of normal. I want them to trust their initial instincts for once.

This is one of the best releases yet. I'm really beginning to regret they didn't do the quick turnaround surprise album now. All the songs we have from that session (Save Yourself, No Warning, Not Afraid) sound fantastic and different. They are definitely more "regular" rock than Spiritual Machines ...

Hopefully we get something good like Grocery List or The Wolf or Warnings.

I'd love to have Arnold Lanni produce an album for them, he definitely led them in the right direction, musically. Mike would be cool too, it would be awesome to have some multi-layered guitar tracks again like on SM (and him and Steve could work well in this regard I think, with Mike handling the ...

Superman's Dead demo is out.

The email message also said they were in the studio with an old and trusted friend, and had made new music. The 2 obvious candidates to me would be Mike Turner or Arnold Lanni. My bet would be on Arnold since I don't think Mike would probably work with them on the type ...

I think it would also help if we had a better-quality version. This is fairly low quality with a huge amount of depth missing (including most bass). It sounds pretty flat and tinny. Obviously I'm glad to have it, but a studio-quality mix would be more impressive, especially the version which had ...

New song is up: Consequence of Laughing demo when it was first called Immune (from Clumsy era).

Halfway through and I really like it, even more so than the finished song on Happiness.

No new song this week I guess? So far it's been every second Thursday.

A live recording of Summertime Sadness cover from this past year.

I have to admit, I was expecting something better.

That's good to hear. Hopefully we get a new song.

Heavy Alibi wrote:Holy fuck, this Not Afraid demo is amazing. It's incredibly depressing how much they polished and "de-OLPized" this song throughout production.

Wow.

Basically it was Bob Rock'd. Imagine what some of these songs could have been with another producer.

I should also be clear that while this song wasn't what I was expecting, I am grateful for it. If the band or anyone associated with it reads this forum, thank you. I really hope we get Don't Ask Why and the other songs they've teased at so far. Really, I hope we end up getting 20 songs.