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Post by Beryan on Sept 22, 2004 12:23:56 GMT -5
its veryy good. much more pop sounding than golden river and the songs are more obviously catchy, but i still think i like golden river better.
what do you guys think.
p.s. i still need to listen to their first record "the bloody hand"
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Post by tommmmm on Sept 22, 2004 12:29:33 GMT -5
i don't feel right saying this on the xiu xiu board, but i enjoy frog eyes much more than xiu xiu the folded palm totally fucking destroys. almost as good as the golden river. frogeyes.proboards1.com |
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Post by realgirl on Sept 22, 2004 18:20:53 GMT -5
i have the new album as well, its my favorite by far. i would give life and limb if someone could transcribe lyrics for track four, the comparisons to xiu xiu are inevitable, but if i had to pick a favorite it would be xiu xiu, by far.
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Post by Dinosaur on Sept 22, 2004 19:42:33 GMT -5
Oh man, when I saw this thread I freaked out because I just bought this album and haven't even listened to it yet and I was afraid you guys were going to say, "This is crap, what happened?" Thank god it's all good. Yay!
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Post by tommmmmmmmm on Sept 22, 2004 21:31:44 GMT -5
I was afraid you guys were going to say, "This is crap, what happened?" how could you even think that!??!! it's fucking frog eyes! |
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Post by TomLobstar on Sept 22, 2004 22:00:37 GMT -5
i wish people would talk about this on the frog eyes board
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Post by Squall91 on Sept 23, 2004 0:33:08 GMT -5
Frog Eyes is so annoying.
I like Wolf Parade a lot more.
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Post by tommmm on Sept 23, 2004 2:25:29 GMT -5
i wish people would talk about this on the frog eyes board yeah me too. that's why i made the goddamn thing. hey i'm going to start a xiu xiu thread on the frog eyes board and that way a bunch of people will join it. |
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Post by Owen on Sept 23, 2004 8:07:14 GMT -5
Frog Eyes are the best.
Get their first album too. It's great. I like it best. The production is super-duper-hyper compressed, it's almost unlistenable at first. But once you get used to it, you will--like Jeff Healey--see the light.
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Post by addictedtosound on Sept 23, 2004 10:01:18 GMT -5
i never got too into golden river
but i really like the folded palm.
'the oscillator's hum' is fucking choice
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Post by Beryan on Sept 24, 2004 13:09:35 GMT -5
i dunno, i realy dont like oscillators hum that much, but i havent realy listend to everysong on their enough. i think track 13 is my "get me up in the morning to get me pumped so i can go to work" song. that song is fucking amamazingggggg.
but, yeah, i never understood the comparison of frog eyes to xiu xiu. yeah, they are both realy wierd and artistic and i think people who like xiu xiu will love frog eyes but they realy sound nothing alike. but my vote goes to xiu xiu without hesitation.
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Post by sinclair on Oct 13, 2004 11:55:45 GMT -5
you can hear some of that jamie-esque screaming and such in the new frog eyes album. I think that's where the comparisons come from ,
like on track #4:
"I need matrimony...said the ...Cossack to his pony, wheewwhehewhwh!"
---that's jamie , right thurrrr.
probably similiar vocal production or something. i'd like to see frog eyes live to really get the low down.
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Post by zach on Oct 13, 2004 12:53:45 GMT -5
Frog Eyes is terrible. The first song on the Golden River is the only good one. The following progressively get worse and worse and are just cheap copies of One in Six Children. Honestly, I thought they were great on my first listen, but I think I just had the first track on repeat for those few times.
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Post by sinclair on Oct 13, 2004 17:42:47 GMT -5
i'm into them now just because... .you know, it's a sound.
but i don't think i will listen to frog eyes in 10 years, and think, "oh, yeah, this is great music. i miss those days."
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Post by Beryan on Oct 14, 2004 19:20:19 GMT -5
well, i used to not like frog eyes but after listening to golden river a bunch of times, i fianlly got use to it. althought there are a few not so good songs on the record i am now a pretty big frog eyes fan. and also, i cant say i like xiu xiu and frog eyes because its a "sound" that is interesting right now, because in 10 years i still think i will look back and remember xiu xiu as being the only band to realy leave a big impression on me, musically and personally.
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