Heavy Alibi wrote:Hey everyone, I'm back after a long absence as well. I see it's been pretty damn quiet around here.
I decided to come here after stumbling across this early version of "The Wolf" live on Youtube for the first time since way before Curve was released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grHlAgbzjDU
All I gotta say is... wow, they should have released this instead! Forgot about that epic falsetto scream before the solo!
todddowney wrote:Heavy Alibi wrote:Hey everyone, I'm back after a long absence as well. I see it's been pretty damn quiet around here.
I decided to come here after stumbling across this early version of "The Wolf" live on Youtube for the first time since way before Curve was released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grHlAgbzjDU
All I gotta say is... wow, they should have released this instead! Forgot about that epic falsetto scream before the solo!
YES! I'm glad some people like Henhouse, but this would have added a much needed punch to Curve. Allowance, Wolf, and then Heavyweight would have been a powerful trio. Henhouse has a vibe, but it's so moody and frankly, boring. Wolf had better lyrics, too (though some were retained in Henhouse, I know). The chorus is one of their worst in my eyes and that is intensified knowing what it could have been.
They kept fooling with it in studio and I guess they felt like they didn't/couldn't get it right? I don't like the idea that they changed it to fit the vibe. It's a rock record and the Wolf is a powerful, energetic rock song with great lyrics and if done right, passionate singing in the chorus. Needless to say, I hated the decision.
Syncopy wrote:Anyone else on here amazed that it's almost a year since Curve came out?
To give OLP some credit, I'm still listening to it which is testament to the album.
Tinman wrote:Curve is a weird one for me. I definitely like it, but not more than the first 4 albums, which seems to be the general opinion... ranking it above grav, hipt, and bb. I would say its the first "Strong" album the band has released in a long time... while the previous three had strong moments, i wouldn't call them strong albums.
my hope is that Curve is not a SM, but rather a Naveed... that it is a starting point for the band, not an ending point, and that the subsequent albums will continue to evolve and push their music to new levels, rather than stay in the safe zone they may believe they've found with Curve.
My true hope is that we can get some more out of raine in this next one. Based on the demos from his solo album, he seems to be doing more vocally right now, and i'm really hoping he can bring some of that to this new album. Curve's vocals felt like "BurnBurn+" to me. I was glad see see him do more than his BurnBurn low tones, but its was definitely short of his potential. We'll see if all this touring and solo work will amount to anything soon (~two years by my guess).
todddowney wrote:Feel similar to you. It's great to evolve and I actually think this was a good progression that lacked a bit of punch. I get the feeling that there's a little too much hipster in Raine now. Some of it does work, though I feel that songs like Heavyweight will be few and far between from now on.
d) Regional / Small Run. These titles may be intended for a certain region and/or are being released in very small quantities.
faninor wrote:Looks like the Curve vinyl is finally coming out for Record Store Day (April 20th) in Canada. http://www.recordstoredaycanada.com lists it in the limited run/regional release category. I didn't think it would ever really be released on vinyl -- hope I can get ahold of a copy!d) Regional / Small Run. These titles may be intended for a certain region and/or are being released in very small quantities.
Lando wrote:faninor wrote:Looks like the Curve vinyl is finally coming out for Record Store Day (April 20th) in Canada. http://www.recordstoredaycanada.com lists it in the limited run/regional release category. I didn't think it would ever really be released on vinyl -- hope I can get ahold of a copy!d) Regional / Small Run. These titles may be intended for a certain region and/or are being released in very small quantities.
I highly doubt they'll have one in my city, but I sure hope I can track one down. I still regret not picking up the last album on vinyl at one of the live shows I saw last year. Anyway, my sincerest thanks for bringing this to my attention Josh
OLPManiac wrote:There is two videos of last show:
http://switchcam.com/d/coalition-music/ ... katchewan/
they are Heavyweight and a great version of Paper Moon/Julia...
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