EskimoFriends Review of "9" Coming Soon (Now up)

administrator · 10-19-2006, 01:24 PM

I received a promo copy of "9" today. I haven't listened to it yet, but I'll try to have a review up soon.

This thread includes some details of the album, so if you're trying to avoid reading about it before you hear it, then don't read this thread.

Jarmuschrules · 10-19-2006, 01:40 PM

Cool.

Emelie · 10-19-2006, 02:17 PM

You haven't listened to it yet? O.o
Looking forward to the review! ...VERY much!

Bumpman · 10-19-2006, 02:36 PM

Don't forget to mention what the packaging and artwork are like.

borneoman · 10-19-2006, 02:45 PM

is there really a 20-min track????? what about Hidden tracks?? Is there a 9 Crimes demo at the end???? Thanks!!!

shyatt3 · 10-19-2006, 04:49 PM

It's very difficult to be patient in this situation. Perhaps a nap will help.

damosmymuse · 10-19-2006, 05:02 PM

i am eagerly awaiting the review.

what happens when we all reappear after weeks of intense listening?

do we start speculation on the follow-up to "9"

its never to early to speculate

StatQuo · 10-19-2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by damosmymuse

i am eagerly awaiting the review.

what happens when we all reappear after weeks of intense listening?

do we start speculation on the follow-up to "9"

its never to early to speculate

The 3th lp might be coming sooner then we think.
http://www.hotpress.com/music/news/2886957.html

Bumpman · 10-19-2006, 05:10 PM

He mentioned that in the press release. Also that he was shying away from touring. It would seem like the logical thing to do though. Because it seems like his wanting to record comes in bursts, so maybe he's just trying to make the best of it.

Jarmuschrules · 10-19-2006, 05:10 PM

Can you transcibe that article please? I dont want to become a paying member.

Bumpman · 10-19-2006, 05:11 PM

That'll be up to someone who is a paying member. I don't know if we have one here.

administrator · 10-19-2006, 05:32 PM

well... i'll try to write a review tomorrow... but i've listened to it a couple of times now... and i love it... there are some amazing tracks, but the highlight for me is "the animals were gone"... also "coconut skins".

there is no 21 minute track... stuart clark must not have listened to the song... the final track "sleep don't weep" is about 5 minutes long, then there's a short pause, followed by about 15 minutes of weird bell like noise... no idea what that's for...

no hidden tracks

no 9 crimes demo, on this promo copy anyway

as this is a promo, it doesn't have the artwork or album cover yet... it's just a plastic envelope...

Bumpman · 10-19-2006, 05:36 PM

The "bell-like" noise is a Tibetan Singing Bowl, I'll wager.

luke87 · 10-19-2006, 05:40 PM

a 3rd lp in quick succession.....but id never do anything but sit around listening to damien rice all day.... let alone the fact id probably die of excitement..

StatQuo · 10-19-2006, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by administrator

there is no 21 minute track... stuart clark must not have listened to the song... the final track "sleep don't weep" is about 5 minutes long, then there's a short pause, followed by about 15 minutes of weird bell like noise... no idea what that's for...

Does it sounds like this? http://www.boldersounds.com/Sounds/tibetdemo.mp3

borneoman · 10-19-2006, 06:33 PM

Can I ask you if 'Animals' and 'Sleep' are brand new never-heard-live before tracks?? or renamed old ones??

administrator · 10-19-2006, 06:46 PM

yeah, it sounds like that tibetan singing bowl... it all makes sense now... wait, no it doesn't... but at least you get to meditate at the end of the album. i thought that's what O was missing...

i hadn't heard Animals or Sleep before... but i haven't kept as up to date on the live recordings as others... i knew all the other songs, just not those two. Sleep Don't Weep is a little like Cold Water in a way...

shyatt3 · 10-19-2006, 06:49 PM

What was Dogs?

Didactic Destiny Scemer · 10-19-2006, 06:52 PM

Animals is the song with the lyrics "I love your depression, I love your double chin" that everyone has been trying to figure out. The song he's played a few times this past summer but no one has a live version of it.

~Aoife~ · 10-19-2006, 06:58 PM

Looking forward to your review Emmett

Jarmuschrules · 10-19-2006, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by administrator

there is no 21 minute track... stuart clark must not have listened to the song... the final track "sleep don't weep" is about 5 minutes long, then there's a short pause, followed by about 15 minutes of weird bell like noise...

Well... in that case there is a 20 ish minute song he was talking about and thats what Stuart clark was talking about, the one he listened to?

So there is a 21 minute track.

By the way, is there cello at the end of Accidental Babies?

cille · 10-19-2006, 07:26 PM

Emmett, could you please write *Spoilers* in the title of this thread, so that idiots like me don't go and look and bitterly regret it after? I wish I hadn't read about the tibetan bell thing

I know I should've figured out there'd be spoilers in a thread with the word 'review' in it but like I say, I'm an idiot and my guess is I'm not the only one around here (no offence)

Hendrik · 10-19-2006, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by administrator

then there's a short pause, followed by about 15 minutes of weird bell like noise... no idea what that's for...

Sounds like a cover version from the Mars Volta's "Frances the minute" title track. lol

Jarmuschrules · 10-19-2006, 07:45 PM

Emmett, just do this

[Highlight here for spoilersIf you read this you are a twatEnd of spoiler]

Hendrik · 10-19-2006, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

Emmett, could you please write *Spoilers* in the title of this thread, so that idiots like me don't go and look and bitterly regret it after? I wish I hadn't read about the tibetan bell thing

*clears throat* There's also a hidden track at the beginning of the album if you rewind the frist track to like minus 06:66 where the Dalai Lama reads satanical verses backwards. No scheisse, Sherlock.

carvinC980t_kid · 10-19-2006, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hendrik

Sounds like a cover version from the Mars Volta's "Frances the minute" title track. lol

haha, so you are saying it sounds like two skinny spanish guys with big afros playing drug music?

i love the mars volta... but their newest album doesn't hold up to their previous ones

Hendrik · 10-19-2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by carvinC980t_kid

i love the mars volta... but their newest album doesn't hold up to their previous ones

Agreed.

Didactic Destiny Scemer · 10-19-2006, 09:22 PM

Mars Volta are pretty bad live. They're a very produced band.

carvinC980t_kid · 10-19-2006, 10:02 PM

eh, i don't think they are that bad live. i know some people who have seen them live and said it was a good show and these were people who didn't know who they were until they saw them live.

i've also watched many vidoes of them live and i ahve to say, it isn't that bad...

their music just isn't as complicated and technical as on their cds, because you can only do so much on your own when you aren't in the studio.

Timeé · 10-19-2006, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

Emmett, could you please write *Spoilers* in the title of this thread, so that idiots like me don't go and look and bitterly regret it after? I wish I hadn't read about the tibetan bell thing

I know I should've figured out there'd be spoilers in a thread with the word 'review' in it but like I say, I'm an idiot and my guess is I'm not the only one around here (no offence)

and i thought you were an oinker!! oink oink

10-19-2006, 01:24 PM	#1
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	EskimoFriends Review of "9" Coming Soon (Now up) I received a promo copy of "9" today. I haven't listened to it yet, but I'll try to have a review up soon. This thread includes some details of the album, so if you're trying to avoid reading about it before you hear it, then don't read this thread. __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news. Last edited by administrator; 10-19-2006 at 11:19 PM.

10-19-2006, 02:17 PM	#3
Emelie I drank a lavalamp... Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sverige Posts: 586	You haven't listened to it yet? O.o Looking forward to the review! ...VERY much! __________________ http://killerqueen.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/userr/ http://www.last.fm/user/Userr/

10-19-2006, 02:36 PM	#4
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	Don't forget to mention what the packaging and artwork are like. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

10-19-2006, 05:10 PM	#9
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	He mentioned that in the press release. Also that he was shying away from touring. It would seem like the logical thing to do though. Because it seems like his wanting to record comes in bursts, so maybe he's just trying to make the best of it. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

10-19-2006, 05:11 PM	#11
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	That'll be up to someone who is a paying member. I don't know if we have one here. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

10-19-2006, 01:40 PM	#2
Jarmuschrules Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 161	Cool.

10-19-2006, 02:45 PM	#5
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	is there really a 20-min track????? what about Hidden tracks?? Is there a 9 Crimes demo at the end???? Thanks!!!

10-19-2006, 04:49 PM	#6
shyatt3 Eskimo Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 471	It's very difficult to be patient in this situation. Perhaps a nap will help.

10-19-2006, 05:02 PM	#7
damosmymuse Eskimo painter Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: west hollywood, CA Posts: 73	i am eagerly awaiting the review. what happens when we all reappear after weeks of intense listening? do we start speculation on the follow-up to "9" its never to early to speculate

10-19-2006, 05:32 PM	#12
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	well... i'll try to write a review tomorrow... but i've listened to it a couple of times now... and i love it... there are some amazing tracks, but the highlight for me is "the animals were gone"... also "coconut skins". there is no 21 minute track... stuart clark must not have listened to the song... the final track "sleep don't weep" is about 5 minutes long, then there's a short pause, followed by about 15 minutes of weird bell like noise... no idea what that's for... no hidden tracks no 9 crimes demo, on this promo copy anyway as this is a promo, it doesn't have the artwork or album cover yet... it's just a plastic envelope... __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

10-19-2006, 05:36 PM	#13
Bumpman ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,801	The "bell-like" noise is a Tibetan Singing Bowl, I'll wager. __________________ Mic Christopher Is Great

10-19-2006, 05:40 PM	#14
luke87 Eskimo Baby Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7	a 3rd lp in quick succession.....but id never do anything but sit around listening to damien rice all day.... let alone the fact id probably die of excitement.. __________________ Loving is fine if you've plenty of time for walking on stilts at the edge of your mind..

10-19-2006, 06:33 PM	#16
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	Can I ask you if 'Animals' and 'Sleep' are brand new never-heard-live before tracks?? or renamed old ones??

10-19-2006, 06:46 PM	#17
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	yeah, it sounds like that tibetan singing bowl... it all makes sense now... wait, no it doesn't... but at least you get to meditate at the end of the album. i thought that's what O was missing... i hadn't heard Animals or Sleep before... but i haven't kept as up to date on the live recordings as others... i knew all the other songs, just not those two. Sleep Don't Weep is a little like Cold Water in a way... __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

10-19-2006, 06:49 PM	#18
shyatt3 Eskimo Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 471	What was Dogs?

10-19-2006, 06:52 PM	#19
Didactic Destiny Scemer Eskimo Misdemeanor Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 22	Animals is the song with the lyrics "I love your depression, I love your double chin" that everyone has been trying to figure out. The song he's played a few times this past summer but no one has a live version of it. __________________ I'm not a grain of sand, I don't care what's written in your hand. It's bound to change...

10-19-2006, 06:58 PM	#20
~Aoife~ Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 643	Looking forward to your review Emmett __________________ It's a long time since you cared enough for me to even be discreet

10-19-2006, 07:26 PM	#22
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Spoiler Emmett, could you please write Spoilers in the title of this thread, so that idiots like me don't go and look and bitterly regret it after? I wish I hadn't read about the tibetan bell thing I know I should've figured out there'd be spoilers in a thread with the word 'review' in it but like I say, I'm an idiot and my guess is I'm not the only one around here (no offence) __________________ Yeah

10-19-2006, 07:45 PM	#24
Jarmuschrules Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 161	Emmett, just do this [Highlight here for spoilersIf you read this you are a twatEnd of spoiler] Last edited by Jarmuschrules; 10-19-2006 at 07:48 PM.

10-19-2006, 09:22 PM	#28
Didactic Destiny Scemer Eskimo Misdemeanor Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 22	Mars Volta are pretty bad live. They're a very produced band. __________________ I'm not a grain of sand, I don't care what's written in your hand. It's bound to change...

10-19-2006, 10:02 PM	#29
carvinC980t_kid Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2006 Location: noblesville indiana, aka people with too much money producing ignorant children Posts: 2,662	eh, i don't think they are that bad live. i know some people who have seen them live and said it was a good show and these were people who didn't know who they were until they saw them live. i've also watched many vidoes of them live and i ahve to say, it isn't that bad... their music just isn't as complicated and technical as on their cds, because you can only do so much on your own when you aren't in the studio. __________________ "And live for the moment, Lord knows I'm gon' die And when I get to hell, Lord knows I'm gon' fry" young jeezy - i luv it