It's not really a review so i thought i'd start a brand new thread, just for me 
So after listening to MOI for the first time i really didn't think i'd be saying this so soon....
But damn guys... nice job!
After listening to it first time i was a bit disappointed because none of the tracks jumped out at me... none of them seemed catchy and none of them seemed to have that trademark PQ sound to them...
But the next morning i found myself singing the chorus of Human Machine in my head... and i was like hmm... didn't know it was that catchy...
And as it turns out pretty much all the songs on the album are deceptively catchy... they don't seem it when you listen to them first but they secretely bury themselves into your head and come out again when you least expect it!
So bravo chaps!
I didn't think that the FWK singer would be a good pairing with Alessio but as it turns out his vocals are awesome and don't particularly sound out of place.... i don't know if they necessarily fit but it's cool anyway! Is there any chance of a this song being played live do you think?
I think the title track's chorus is a bit too cheesy and airy-fairy in the way it's sung for my liking but that's pretty much the only downside to the album i've noticed so far.
It's pretty different to the old PQ but i think the albums have always been slowly but surely moving away from the original PQ sound.
I have to say that it seems that Alessio's guitar skills are pretty good... how long has he been learning for? When he got announced as the new guitarist i wondered if he'd be a bit of a noob at it and be playing really simple stuff but from what i can tell he must be a fair player, it'll be cool to see him play live sometime!
And Steve, I remember one of the podcasts around the start of the album writing talking about The Tragedy Suite... wasn't it meant to be some epic story and maybe even the beginning of a much bigger story that would be continued in later songs? Obviously it got cut from the album before the record label even heard it so it must have been your (or the band's) choice to cut it, can you share the reason? Will it emerge on the next album maybe?
So after listening to MOI for the first time i really didn't think i'd be saying this so soon....
But damn guys... nice job!
After listening to it first time i was a bit disappointed because none of the tracks jumped out at me... none of them seemed catchy and none of them seemed to have that trademark PQ sound to them...
But the next morning i found myself singing the chorus of Human Machine in my head... and i was like hmm... didn't know it was that catchy...
And as it turns out pretty much all the songs on the album are deceptively catchy... they don't seem it when you listen to them first but they secretely bury themselves into your head and come out again when you least expect it!
So bravo chaps!
I didn't think that the FWK singer would be a good pairing with Alessio but as it turns out his vocals are awesome and don't particularly sound out of place.... i don't know if they necessarily fit but it's cool anyway! Is there any chance of a this song being played live do you think?
I think the title track's chorus is a bit too cheesy and airy-fairy in the way it's sung for my liking but that's pretty much the only downside to the album i've noticed so far.
It's pretty different to the old PQ but i think the albums have always been slowly but surely moving away from the original PQ sound.
I have to say that it seems that Alessio's guitar skills are pretty good... how long has he been learning for? When he got announced as the new guitarist i wondered if he'd be a bit of a noob at it and be playing really simple stuff but from what i can tell he must be a fair player, it'll be cool to see him play live sometime!
And Steve, I remember one of the podcasts around the start of the album writing talking about The Tragedy Suite... wasn't it meant to be some epic story and maybe even the beginning of a much bigger story that would be continued in later songs? Obviously it got cut from the album before the record label even heard it so it must have been your (or the band's) choice to cut it, can you share the reason? Will it emerge on the next album maybe?
