MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - Part The Second

[Demilich]

Well I just finished up my first run through it, sounds great, can't wait to absorb it more completely. Especially since I was on the phone in the middle for a while.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Especially since I was on the phone in the middle for a while.

Philistine!

 

[Dick Sirloin]

This is one of the most beautiful albums I have ever heard.

And I'm Executive Producer! You're welcome, motherfucker.

I'm actually shocked that it took you over ten listens to come to this conclusion. PtS is like if you spliced all those fantastic interlude tracks from Bath and Body Works (brought back directly from the astral plane... no, really, read an interview from around this time...) with "Choirs of the Eye" (already genetically altered to sound like Magma) and baby-fucked the resulting mutant with a painting by William Blake. IMPOSSIBLE that this album is this good. Really, totally, exponentially unexpected and un-possible.

And I don't hear that many similarities to the last two Kayo Dot albums. Let's face it: other than the middle sections of tracks 3 and 4, there isn't much the hatas can complain about. Take track 4, which comes out of a semi-KD/ambient section (6:53 mark) with about the simplest major-key riff known to man. Keep in mind though that these weirdo sections don't bother me, as I am completely kay for Gayo Dot.

Whereas "Blue Lambency Downward" was like being in a dream-fog where fragments of songs and objects move in and out of the mist, "Part The Second" is like being a ghost riding in the tail of a comet. Not directionless, but elliptical. Or something.

Toby Driver = the Schoenberg of metal. But why even call it metal any more? This is about the furthest from Nuclear Blast that one could ever get.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Also, it is worth noting that this is the first motW/KD you can have sex to.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I completely agree with pretty much every godamn thing you said. Good description in the first half of the first paragraph too. Iirc, only Interlude 4 is directly from a dream/"astral whatever" ...or completely and unadulterated from one anyhow.

It REALLY is impossible how fucking amazing this album is. There are so many moments of this album that make me feel like Ive been punched in the gut. I don't think an album has ever made me feel the feelings this album has me feel. And as soon as it is over, and you scoop your jaw off the floor from the sheer sublimity, it beckons to be repeated.

Honestly, I can't understand why it took me so many listens to put it all together either. Probably from indirect listening cuz Im gay. You know what helped a lot? Listening to the music while reading the lyrics and the artwork along with each song. All three are very congruent.

THIS IS ART.

 

[Krilons Resa]

This needs to be properly released.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

It's just too good not to be. SOMEONE has to do it. I mean. . . Necrodeath still gets to release albums, right?

 

[Krilons Resa]

Right.

 

[lurch70]

i heard the first track so far and its wowaweewa.

 

[spikes77]

also executive producer :Smokin: eternal respect to Etienne who really made everything happen. Amazing album , constantly discovering new things. The violins throughout are just

 

[Dick Sirloin]

On about my seventh listen. And I'm gonna say it right now: it's gonna take something REALLY REALLY REALLY good to displace this as album of the year.

 

[Demilich]

This is the only release of the past year or so at least that I really want to own a physical copy of. I have bought very few new releases since maybe 2006, turning mostly to the 70s and 60s.

I can't express my excitement over an album that actually brings me back to that kind of enjoyment of new music - like Doomcifer said, I really need to spend the time to just sit there and read along with the lyrics and art without distractions.


Amazing. I'll donate!

 

[Plastic Nathrakh]

.... I really need to spend the time to just sit there and read along with the lyrics and art without distractions.

I miss doing this so much. No time anymore. Most of my musical enjoyment comes from slapping one headphone in one ear at work whilst the other ear is occupied by angry foreigners yelling about their orders not going through due to billing address issues.

 

[lurch70]

i really enjoyed it but was expecting a bit more motw crunch than kd trippiness.
still rules though ... some parts I can even play for Viktoria as lullabies

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Hahahaha.... "crunch"

 

[Dick Sirloin]

got drunk and saw kayo dot tonight. that''s about all i remember.... oh and bought 2 LPs

 

[Krilons Resa]

WTF

 

[Dick Sirloin]

The first 3 songs I didn't recognize. I reckon they were new or something, or I was just hammered. They ended with "_____ On Limpid Form", which blew my mind. Then Toby came right out (now decked in a suit and sunglasses) and played bass for Secret Chiefs 3.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Fuckers are from 15 minutes up 146N from me and I still havent seen em.

 

[Chromatose]

Then Toby came right out (now decked in a suit and sunglasses) and played bass for Secret Chiefs 3.

!!!!!!!!!!