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Post by the dark fourth on Oct 28, 2010 23:44:11 GMT
by listening lots more times?
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Post by mrguy on Oct 29, 2010 9:33:31 GMT
Listening to H&A is showing me I need more cheery music
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Post by stumoo on Oct 29, 2010 9:57:53 GMT
Listening to H&A is showing me I need more cheery music It's not exactly a summer album is it? Armistice would be fine if you were sipping cocktails by the pool though. |
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Post by blondeambassador on Oct 29, 2010 10:23:01 GMT
Armistice sounded particularly stunning while I was sitting on Brighton beach, overlooking the sea on a sunny Winters day, it's just so atmospheric.
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Post by nocebo on Oct 29, 2010 18:23:29 GMT
by listening lots more times? Like I could ever refuse. |
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Post by mhx on Oct 29, 2010 21:09:36 GMT
Armistice sounded particularly stunning while I was sitting on Brighton beach, overlooking the sea on a sunny Winters day, it's just so atmospheric. Yeah, I can imagine... (though I don't know how you managed to listen to Armistice last winter  ) Armistice has been accused of being "kitsch" in at least two reviews I've read so far, and I absolutely disagree. It's quite a fragile song in the beginning, but it builds up almost as much power as Open Insurrection later on. |
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Post by the dark fourth on Oct 29, 2010 21:56:15 GMT
I think the powerful bits in Armistice are the worst part of the song, I like the quiet bits a lot better. Works well as a whole though.
And it's been winter here for about three weeks now...
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Post by blondeambassador on Oct 29, 2010 22:59:22 GMT
I think the powerful bits in Armistice are the worst part of the song, I like the quiet bits a lot better. Works well as a whole though. And it's been winter here for about three weeks now... Yup, twas a couple of weeks ago! By Winter, I mean cold but with beautiful sunshine...the best of British Winter. |
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Post by mhx on Oct 29, 2010 23:13:41 GMT
I think the powerful bits in Armistice are the worst part of the song, I like the quiet bits a lot better. Works well as a whole though. And it's been winter here for about three weeks now... Yup, twas a couple of weeks ago! By Winter, I mean cold but with beautiful sunshine...the best of British Winter. Yeah, I was actually quite surprised by the amount of sunshine over the last couple of weeks (still didn't feel like winter to me). I was also surprised to see that a lot of trees were still rather greenish while back here in Germany they've already faded into all shades of autumnal colours. Mmmmh, interesting turn of this thread again... |
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Post by hyperborean on Oct 31, 2010 21:50:30 GMT
I've let PRR fall off my radar. I haven't been listening to either TDT or AVO. I didn't search for live shows. I didn't give much credence to pre-release snippets.
I fell back in and I'm so thankful for the new release, Hammer & Anvil. A much more detailed review of my impressions is still to come, but I had to log in and share just a glimpse of how special this release and this band is to me.
So, The Dark Third resonates because when I FOUND OUT about it (since this was long afte its initial release), I was just getting into a committed relationship, 2 years ago. That release came with my current love, a mother of two, and a very special person in my life. We would send each other romantic texts filled with love and longing, because academic and professional lives were creating this very interesting push and pull dynamic between us. We were also taking things very... not slow, but patiently, carefully, because we didn't want to create something of a chimera, something that would get out of control and cause undue stress and hurt on her kids. So we'd send a lot of PRR inspired texts to each other, trying to support each other, while giving each other distance.
That worked. We went on, a year later, Amor Vincit Omnia was released. I remember this album especially signifying our sweetest venture yet, a road trip across the eastern states in the U.S. to attend and present at an academic conference. It was the soundtrack to that trip. Where I was very sick and she was sweetly trying to keep our momentum going, and we were trying out best despite various pressures. At this time her previous relationship was coming back to haunt us/her. A divorce. A problematic ex, drug addict, manic who made it his modus operandi to make mainly her life (and mine by loving bond) as miserable as possible. AVO, love conquers all. This was almost like hell, but we pulled through.
Last night was all hallow's eve. Party time for us. And we found ourselves on another road trip to visit some friends this time, listening again to a new release by PRR, Hammer & Anvil. I bought it on iTunes earlier last week, and have been pleasantly surprised by its energy. And then last night, it accompanied us, once again, like another chemical in the angelic/daemonic bond that is our romantic life. After our parties, we were in the car kissing each other goodnight, and above even the music which seemed to match our enlivened spirits were the lyrics. The words were literally echoing our time-old bonds. Certain lyrics, (I was a little drunk, I can't remember exactly which ones), were either exactly what was being thought at the moment, or, in one special case, I said something like, "I believe in you," and exactly then the chorus of one song had Jon start singing, "I believe you!" just the same! Things like that were happening all night. And I had to laugh, it was so perfect, amazingly perfect. And Mary, my love, is an amazing human being, who inspires and renderes these situations, as long as I've known her.
So... I really love the album. I like the themes and the aesthetic. I'll comment more on those in a while. And I'm happy to be back. It's been a while. PRR rock. And you all are so awesome for keeping this fan community alive.
Thanks.
namaste
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Post by hyperborean on Oct 31, 2010 21:51:37 GMT
...fucking poor grammar, but thats what you get, stream of consciousness like this. haha
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Post by the dark fourth on Nov 1, 2010 0:00:18 GMT
Cool story!! Very beautiful. I wish I could say I had someone that close who shared my love of PRR! I hope the lyrics that were echoing your thoughts weren't the ones like "cold-kill encounter...I'm like a conquered evil...a swing of the knife to the flesh...you tear the hurt from my arms...it's here we'll stand and die alone...we're dead like rats you know..." or any other of the slightly scary bits...
And tell us, in East Aurora, do the record stores sell H&A copies with a normal track listing?
Also - have you considered a restraining order?
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Post by the dark fourth on Nov 1, 2010 0:04:14 GMT
Also, on a totally separate note, this is driving me crazy - in the background of the chorus in Valour is there an ooo-ooo-aaah vocal part, or is it a particularly lovely guitar effect?
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Post by hyperborean on Nov 1, 2010 0:15:49 GMT
TDF - there WAS a restraining order after the guy knocked the glasses clean off my head (which was interesting, I had to rush home to protect my family from this raging asshole, encountering him on the street, he said, "if you come any closer, I'll kill you," and politely, I stood my ground, but - as he was saying that he was STEPPING TOWARDS me... haha... the irony and insanity of it all still makes me smile.)
He's moving across the state soon. Which is nice.
All those dark lyrics, I love, as they relate more to my internal ego-killing punk self, reflecting how I relate to the world. But no, everything that woman creates in my world is heavenly, more AVO or TDT, or the sweeter more hopeful parts of H&A. I like it because it's like post-apocalyptic, but beautifully hopeful music.
And no, there's no place in New York that sells PRR! Booo! I found TDT a long time ago in the used section at a local shop. And as I said, bought the new release online, through iTunes US.
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Post by mhx on Nov 1, 2010 0:21:03 GMT
Also, on a totally separate note, this is driving me crazy - in the background of the chorus in Valour is there an ooo-ooo-aaah vocal part, or is it a particularly lovely guitar effect? Listened to it with several different headphones; it's really hard to tell. It's lovely either way, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's a guitar effect. |
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