New Album in 2012 - "Curve" April 3rd

Codes · Post by **Codes** » 3/7/2011, 9:38 pm

The only thing that makes me uneasy is with every new release they always over hype something to make it sound like what they are doing will be the next best thing to be released by them. Raines known for doing that, im hoping though that what they are doing really brings out the best of the band.

FireGX · Post by **FireGX** » 3/7/2011, 10:10 pm

Where's trusty? =D I can't wait to see some new clips of the stuff they're working on! Raine is teasing us too much with his tweets =(

MindsOnLoan · Post by **MindsOnLoan** » 3/7/2011, 10:14 pm

Codes wrote:The only thing that makes me uneasy is with every new release they always over hype something to make it sound like what they are doing will be the next best thing to be released by them. Raines known for doing that, im hoping though that what they are doing really brings out the best of the band.

Never heard it described as "mind bending" though haha.

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 3/8/2011, 12:15 am

Codes wrote:The only thing that makes me uneasy is with every new release they always over hype something to make it sound like what they are doing will be the next best thing to be released by them. Raines known for doing that, im hoping though that what they are doing really brings out the best of the band.

Good point, and normally I'd agree, but I have to say that the most promising and significant quote from Raine in these recent Twitter updates is "no room for mediocre rock songs here!". He's pretty much admitting that there was some of those in Burn Burn, and that it's just not acceptable going forward. That gives me a lot of faith in what the 8th album has in store. I think the SM/Clumsy tour has really changed the band's outlook on their current music.

Back when they were writing songs like "Never Get Over You" and "The End Is Where We Begin" they were probably thinking "this is what OLP music is supposed to be like", but now they've been reminded that OLP isn't about radio hits and "mediocre rock songs", it's about meaningful, emotional and substantive music.

Flynner · Post by **Flynner** » 3/8/2011, 11:30 am

I really believe that the sm/Clumsy tour did bring something special to the band and Raine, I can notice it even in the few songs we've heared from Raine's new solo stuff.

Shanae · Post by **Shanae** » 3/8/2011, 8:58 pm

Is it just me, or is describing your own music as 'mind-bending' comparable to liking your own Facebook status?

Flynner · Post by **Flynner** » 3/10/2011, 11:40 pm

MrRaineMaida raineanthonymaida

1st OLP lyric on display "like rabbits we run"

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 3/11/2011, 12:30 am

Happy to see Raine updating us on his writing process. These lyrics don't give us much, but it's nice to get a glimpse into what Raine's thinking. Wonder what this lyric could be referring to? Definitely doesn't seem cryptic or poetic though, so from this lyric we can guess that he's not really delving back into that style.

Flynner · Post by **Flynner** » 3/11/2011, 9:40 am

Lol I don't think we can tell what the lyric really is....it's only 4 words.

Trustworthy · Post by **Trustworthy** » 3/11/2011, 10:45 am

i think its about a rabbit running

Flynner · Post by **Flynner** » 3/11/2011, 10:50 am

Rabbits taste gamey

Post by **xjsb125** » 3/11/2011, 12:22 pm

One time, when we were hunting rabbits, we came upon a clear.

RileyLewis · Post by **RileyLewis** » 3/11/2011, 10:36 pm

I came back here after being gone a year to respond and say that While We Were Hunting Rabbits is one of the best songs ever made. Matthew Good is the only Canadian artist I put above OLP. He is just pure creative brilliance.

MindsOnLoan · Post by **MindsOnLoan** » 3/13/2011, 4:36 pm

MrRaineMaida OLP Lyric#2 "fill the car with gasoline,feed your change to the machines,powerless to our routines, close to singularity"
12 minutes ago

ClumsyGirl618 · Post by **ClumsyGirl618** » 3/13/2011, 4:39 pm

MindsOnLoan wrote:MrRaineMaida OLP Lyric#2 "fill the car with gasoline,feed your change to the machines,powerless to our routines, close to singularity"
12 minutes ago

Sounds like he's already being inspired by Kurzweil again and he hasn't even received the book yet.

So far I've read chapter one of my copy and I've had it a month. haa haa Wonder what he'll come up with when he's actually into the book.

Carson79 · Post by **Carson79** » 3/13/2011, 8:25 pm

ClumsyGirl618 wrote:
MindsOnLoan wrote:MrRaineMaida OLP Lyric#2 "fill the car with gasoline,feed your change to the machines,powerless to our routines, close to singularity"
12 minutes ago

Sounds like he's already being inspired by Kurzweil again and he hasn't even received the book yet.

So far I've read chapter one of my copy and I've had it a month. haa haa Wonder what he'll come up with when he's actually into the book.

Yes, it sounds very SM like!

MindsOnLoan · Post by **MindsOnLoan** » 3/13/2011, 8:36 pm

I'm getting more of a Hunters Lullaby vibe from these lyrics, but definitely a Spiritual Machines twist on it.

Kicker774 · Post by **Kicker774** » 3/13/2011, 11:30 pm

Maybe he's just angry from getting a parking ticket?

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 3/14/2011, 1:33 am

ClumsyGirl618 wrote:
MindsOnLoan wrote:MrRaineMaida OLP Lyric#2 "fill the car with gasoline,feed your change to the machines,powerless to our routines, close to singularity"
12 minutes ago

Sounds like he's already being inspired by Kurzweil again and he hasn't even received the book yet.

So far I've read chapter one of my copy and I've had it a month. haa haa Wonder what he'll come up with when he's actually into the book.

As soon as I read that I saw a parallel to One Man Army:

"take this gasoline, tin head up high, walk like a winner"

"fill the car with gasoline, feed your change to the machines..."

And given Raine's tweet from a few weeks ago where he said OLP needed another "two-fisted" song like One Man Army, it's quity a possibility that he's been studying that song for ideas. But the "close to singularity" lyric is definitely Kurzweil/Spiritual Machines-inspired.

Loving these new lyrics!

ClumsyGirl618 · Post by **ClumsyGirl618** » 3/14/2011, 3:46 pm

Kicker774 wrote:Maybe he's just angry from getting a parking ticket?

haa haa... after paying $1,000 to fill up his gas tank he didn't have enough change for the meter. lol