It Leaked.........

So Light Grenades finally leaked today, the highlly anticipated album by my favourite band (Incubus). Here's my review;

Quicksand is a trippy build up in to a big bang with A Kiss To Send Us Off, with powerful guitar backing the lyrics, i think it's a pretty strong song! Next up on the album is Dig which almost sounds Morning View worthy, it really does sound good, i think it's the thicker guitar and slight delay which remind me of the verses of Wish You Were Here. Anna Molly seems pretty mediocre, Love Hurts, IMO really is amzing, i'm listening to an acoustic version of right it (it's a studio version, not from the Make Some Noise concert in april) ..it almost sounds like it's supposed to be acoustic, but with the more electric studio version, it gives the song more depth. Light Grenades.....it's just super crazy!! it's got a very punky feel to it, i like it a lot tbh. Earth to Bella was my most anticipated track off the album, and it's in 2 parts now....i've noticed that a guitar part from one of Mike's demo's he had on myspace has made it's way in to the song which marks the transition between part 1 and part 2 of the song, personally i'd love to see this performed live. Oil and Water didn't sound too promising from the 30 second clips we heard earlier in the month, but from hearing the beginning and it's build up i see how it fits in more and has much more than i expected. Lyrically i like Diamonds and Coal but haven't been able to get in to it just yet, i need some time though, only had 4 quick listens to the album. Rogues is amazingly cool...kinda like Light Grenades but not as fast.....yeah. Pendulous Threads is again a huge build up which leaves you expecting the album to end with a bang.....but then comes in Earth to Bella part 2 to cool things down, i think that's why it was probably split in to 2 parts, to make a huge build up so you expect the album to end with a big bang but then end with quite a soft song.

Overall i need to give it a few more listens and i'll have a more detailed review up here! I honestly can't say anything bad about the album, i love it more than ACLOTM...and it's in tough competition with Morning View but it's hard to compare and contrast with the previous albums (bar ACLOTM) since it's so different. I'll be back with a more detailed review later in the week.

Later!

What should I blog about??

Well as i sit here wondering 'what should i blog about?' (don't worry, this won't turn in to another post about not knowing what to post) ...my head hurts.

I was a productive child tonight! sort of...i decided straight after dinner i'd head straight to bed and sleep, but to no avail, i think i got about 15 minutes in 'the pit' until i was trailed out by the ear and made to help dad tile the utility room! I was tired, very tired, i've had too many late nights and i'm beginning to look like a complete bum these days to top it all off, my eyes were bloodshot and everything haha. Regardless, i think i did a good job of it, i kinda like tiling with dad (wouldn't make a living out of it like, but it'd be nice to have the skill up your sleeve). I like spending time with my dad, sometimes (yes, i know it's crazy) but i imagine myself like...10 years from now with kids that look up to me and think i'm a kick ass dad and stuff...haha how crazy is that like?? ...maybe it's crazy, i dunno, i just think of my future sometimes. Yeah...il shush.



Ummmm......tea, i like tea. i used to hate it, and never ever drink it but recently i discovered THAT's why for like...10 years of my life i've never had a proper sleeping pattern cause i've been too caffeine loaded, so i thought i'd cut down a bit as tea apparently contains less caffeine that coffee. ...i hear mum calling me for some, so i'm off for a cuppa!

Later

Freedom of Speech anyone? ....infact...Freedom anyone?...do we really have any rights to freedom? i mean...c'mon, sure there are those who argue it, and say we are free. Do we have the right to say anything we want? and not be prosecuted for it by others...particularly those who feel they must monitor everything you do 24/7. Sometimes people become a little too obsessed with their own power and feel that they have the authority to remove these freedom of speech rights from you, and even the freedom to do w/e you want...at home...on your own time.

'Don't go to this website, it's bad. Don't text that person, you will get in trouble if you do, don't talk to that person...don't use MSN! Please folks, the internet will destroy us all...but of course, relationships are important...just don't have any. '
I'm talking about a certain school principle who urged us to delete our bebo pages today and have absolutely nothing to do with it...as it wil put us in a bad position apparently. She called the PSNI today over some malarky going on over bebo...i don't understand it all, it's silly, why does the school have to have something to do with it? Can things be that bad? can it be THAT bad that we're not allowed to the rights to use the internet as we please?

blah...in my personal opinion....i spot some megalomaniac tendancies. It's this kind of fist pressing against our society that forces us to not speak out.........i will use my freedom, and speak my opinion.

So i've had a lot of music ideas floating around in my head, and i think it may be from hearing the 30 second clips from Light Grenades (released on 28th of November!! can't wait!!) ...it's inspired me a lot...and if that's what *works out in head* ...6 and a half minutes of music does to me, this album will hopefully inspire me a lot and give me new ideas. I've been trying to get in to jazz music quite a bit too these days...And right at this moment i am listening to some Tommy Emmanuel (yes i know, that's not jazz) ...but i have quite a diverse range of music playing on iTunes these days, and it's quite cool instead of listening to purely one band all the time...even though i still enjoy doing that....ahhhh welll.
And now i actually don't really know what to talk about......and now i do...........The MacBook family has been updated, they now sport Intel Core 2 Duo Processors....Hopefully i'll be upgrading from my iBook to a MacBook soon if i can earn enough money somehow.

So much power...reminds me of Tim Allen in Home Improvement "More Power! OHHOHO" anyone remember that? ...ahh childhood memories.