Straylight Run

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 8/28/2004, 6:54 pm

I couldn't find the old thread... well most of the album is availble online now

has anyone heard, I unfortunately thik they overprocuded it. the new songs i have heard are good though, and are not dissapointing cause we didn't have demos. Its not bad though by all means.

the song i think that suffered the most is existentialism on prom night, and now its on the radio too.

review from absolutepunk, i personal think this review is a piece of shit, but whatever
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=45717

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 8/29/2004, 7:37 am

oh well it was good while it lasted

superboots · Post by **superboots** » 8/29/2004, 7:55 am

i had a dream i hung out with john from straylight run last night!

and he was singing songs and he wanted me to pick one but i didn't know what i wanted him to sing!!!!

:OOOOOOOOO

hehe

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 8/29/2004, 8:57 am

I remember walking out of the Blind Pig when I saw Straylight Run. Waste of my time...except for the fact that I got to see Murder By Death, which was undoubtedly worth the $10.

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 8/29/2004, 1:28 pm

well murder by death is definately far better then straylight, matt was also well worth the 10 bucks, although the crowd sucked ass. Straylight i thought put on a good show too, but i was right in front of michelle so my opinion could have been messed up.

I actually really enjoy most of the new songs, dignity and money is good, toolshed and hot tubs i like cause i like michelle's voice, and then sympathy for the martyr is pretty good.

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 8/29/2004, 2:39 pm

Where did you find the new tracks?

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 8/29/2004, 3:41 pm

fan sites...the whole album will probably be leaked soon

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 8/29/2004, 5:51 pm

straylight run put on an awesome live show i have seen them 3 times...i enjoy the change John made from TBS to a music he feels more comfortable doing.

superboots · Post by **superboots** » 8/29/2004, 6:03 pm

well you all suck cause my dream was the best because john was playing music for me and that means not you. except rob. cause rob was in my dream. i think.

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 8/29/2004, 6:32 pm

i have seen straylight 3 times too, so i obviously like the live show a little, I think i still will like the live show(unless they play bigger venues) because they can't screw with john's voice too much

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 9/13/2004, 11:23 am

Murder by Death sucks.

The new CD is actually very good. I thought it was going to suck, since I was unimpressed by the demos.

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 9/13/2004, 11:49 am

i heard them for the first time a couple of nights ago. the song "existentialism on prom night" was number 8 or something on the top 9 at 9 on 89X. the song was aight.

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 9/14/2004, 6:50 am

Dread wrote:Murder by Death sucks.

The new CD is actually very good. I thought it was going to suck, since I was unimpressed by the demos.

yea okay...that was a well formed opinion right there.

I dont think the new songs that over-produced but I only have the first four tracks so far. I actually love "Another Word for Desperate" since I have only heard it live. Exestentialism sounds pretty good as well but I dont like the first song on the album.

It is just funny that they are going to be so popular b/c John was in Taking Back Sunday otherwise this kind of music is rarely played on the radio.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 9/14/2004, 7:38 am

megxyz128 wrote:i heard them for the first time a couple of nights ago. the song "existentialism on prom night" was number 8 or something on the top 9 at 9 on 89X. the song was aight.

fuck no.

i hate that station more all the time.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 9/14/2004, 12:05 pm

but it is a good song

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 9/14/2004, 9:07 pm

i like sympathy for the matyr...unfortunately toolsheds and hot tubs recorded doesn't sound that great, but i really like it acoustic

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 9/22/2004, 11:56 am

areusad831 wrote:
Dread wrote:Murder by Death sucks.

The new CD is actually very good. I thought it was going to suck, since I was unimpressed by the demos.

yea okay...that was a well formed opinion right there.

I dont think the new songs that over-produced but I only have the first four tracks so far. I actually love "Another Word for Desperate" since I have only heard it live. Exestentialism sounds pretty good as well but I dont like the first song on the album.

It is just funny that they are going to be so popular b/c John was in Taking Back Sunday otherwise this kind of music is rarely played on the radio.

I don't think the songs on the album and the demos sound all that different from each other. It's just the context you hear them in. Sort of how you might hear a song on the radio and not like it, but then hear the song on the album with 11 other songs from the same group, and that song will then sound better.

And if you want me to elaborate on my distaste for Murder by Death:

All of their songs sound same, and I can't really stand the lead singer's faux Nick Cave impression. It's all very monotonous. There.

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 9/23/2004, 11:54 am

well considering he has changed his style of singing on both albums i wouldn't say that that is a great elaboration, and that also makes it hard forsongs to sound the same. plus that was only one line.

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 9/23/2004, 7:29 pm

A person doesn't need to be wordy to elaborate on something, chief. And I'm referring only to the actual album where they went under the moniker of Murder by Death. I haven't heard the other album when they were called something else. Monotonous and boring pretty much covers that particular album. But...

They're trying to be original, and it's not quite working. Like I said, the singer sounds like he's trying to be Nick Cave, and perhaps since the album is a "concept album" based around one story, they felt that most of the songs needed to sound the same. The same tempo, the same drony vocals, the same quasi-creepy musical arrangements. Maybe mixing it up with some of the other songs prior to the name and style change makes for a better listening experience, I don't know. I just think that album drones on for 50 minutes with no real musical climax in any of the songs, except maybe the first one. It was really the only one I could listen to repeatedly.