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Ptommydski:
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of Michael Dahlquist, Douglas Meis and John Glick.

Lots of links on this page.

johnny5:
good stuff

when's that doc coming out

BlahBlah:
ooh, if that was at a decent time then I would go to it

Johnny C:
the songs they're previewing are so fucking amazing.

Trynant:
I got Blood Under the Bridge in the mail today! HYPE TRAIN IS COMMENCING.

I really like the album artwork, and the package even comes with a neat Bottomless Pit pin.

My first impressions about the songs that aren't previewed (note that I really suck at taking in a song on the first hearing, especially lyrics, so this is going to be crap):

"Rhinelander" is a quiet song that doesn't sound like anything Bottomless Pit has done before. I didn't follow the lyrics very well due to a pathetic attempt at multitasking.... EDIT: Second listen. Seems to be a rather somber song about what I'm guessing to be two people who hail from the town/city which the song is titled after, one regretting leaving, one regretting staying.

"Late" has a pretty awesome, fast beat. Sounds a lot like Silkworm. There's a really weird off-key chord that I keep hearing on what I'm guessing is Midgett's guitar (?). This is a really good song.

"Dixon", wow drums. And then rockin' guitars and bass play. This song is flat out rock. Instrumental. I like!

"Kiss Them All" is a lot more mellow than the last three tracks before it. I'm actually able to take in the lyrics first take! Love song (go figure from the song title), with lines like "I've been waiting for the real you/ all along." Damn this song is pretty.

"Is It a Ditch" is going to require me listening far more than once to catch all that Andy Cohen is singing, and then longer to try to comprehend what's going on (considering this is from the person who wrote "The Ram" is that a surprise?). The tone of this song reminds me a little bit of "Angry Swan" and a bit of "38 Souls".

With these songs and the previewed ones, my general impressions are that this sounds a lot more upbeat than the previous Bottomless Pit albums, and a little bit more rockin' (by the way I love "Dixon"). I'm not even going to try to say if I like this more or less than the last two releases; it's a different sound. First impressions is that this is a great, great album. And a nifty pin is included!

SO HYPED. TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS AGAIN.

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