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I think I'm risking turning this into an off-topic forum biggrin but that said, it's been a great year for music and we have some DC fans here. 

So this lands tomorrow but I have just managed to download a copy. I am 4 tracks in, listening to a song called "I Want You" (it sounds nothing like the Pulp song!). I'd say that it is shaping up to be their darkest album and has a few Scott Walker style ballads. Granted, it is not as dark as Walker's later output but darker than, say some of his late 60s/early 70s albums. The title track is a shade lighter. On first impressions, I like what I have heard and I can imagine that it will get better with repeated listens (that's generally how DC albums work for me). 



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Sounds good to me - they used to be one of my "big three" bands, so I'm really pleased to read your early summary. Sounds far closer to what I'd enjoy, rather than the direction Office Politics took!

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Fackin' hell, another artist thread, is this still a Pulp forum? evileye



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I plead guilty to the Suede and Divine Comedy threads but not guilty to the Baxter Dury one biggrin.

 

I have just listened to the album in full, it certainly sounds like a grower and a pretty dark one overall. 



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Ste wrote:

Sounds good to me - they used to be one of my "big three" bands, so I'm really pleased to read your early summary. Sounds far closer to what I'd enjoy, rather than the direction Office Politics took!

 

Ah come on, Office Politics was a bold move. I really love that record, it's rare for an artist to take such a big risk. It's a fantastic record, but i suppose most DC fans did not enjoy it biggrin A bit like Regeneration back in the day. 

I have not listened to the new one yet. Today for sure, but i have been waiting for that for 6 years, so its gonna be the right moment 



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1st listen, well it's a departure from the "classic" DC sound and style bar the 1st and 3rd single. Did not expect that to be honest ! It really does sound like Scott Walker. I guess as you get older you need as a musician to get some influences out of your system. This is it.

I have a feeling we will get another DC album shortly, a bit like between Foreverland and Office politics, but a shorter gap. Feels like a "small" release before a big one. 



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Only one listen so far, it didn't seem melodic enough but don't worry I'll give it the 6 more required listens before being properly judgemental. I'm seeing him twice in the next month live so it better be good.



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I really like it on the first pass. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, and The Man Who Turned Into A Chair is are present favourites.

(And Mar-a-Lago By The Sea reminds me of Koopa Beach from Mario Kart, which, oddly, is a plus)

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Only one listen so far, it didn't seem melodic enough but don't worry I'll give it the 6 more required listens before being properly judgemental. I'm seeing him twice in the next month live so it better be good.

 

It's a weird one i gotta admit too. Feels like Neil doing someone else's songs, a bit like Regeneration. Gotta wait for a few listens too.  I'm not worried since it took me time to like Bang Goes... and its not one of my fav record ever, by anyone. 

Just 10 songs and one instrumental seem a bit short though, that's why i think there's gonna be a bigger record soon. 

There was room on this record for the songs he rejected on his best of: Outside or When When When especially. 

Don't worry about the tour though, he'll play at most 5 new ones and the rest will be same old same old. 

 



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"Office Politics" was a bit of an oddity for me. There are 3 songs on there that I regard as novelty (Queuejumper, Philip and Steve and the Synthesiser Service Centre...) but in general, I think it's a bit too long. "A Feather in Your Cap" is fantastic and "The Life and Soul of the Party" would have been a huge hit in the 1990s.

I haven't listened to "Rainy Sunday Afternoon" enough to make a fair judgement. I'd say that "The Last Time I Saw the Old Man" is shaping up to be my favourite at the moment.

I have seen them live a couple of times before. Full album shows aside, I'd say that their setlist is usually quite varied. Apart from their debut, they don't seem to ignore any of their previous albums.

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