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Title: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: Jackie Blue on 10 Mar 2007, 15:25

Their drummer's snare hits sound like he's shooting a machine gun.

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Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: Johnny C on 10 Mar 2007, 16:49

Man the gunshot sound in "Have You Passed Through This Night?" always catches me by surprise.

Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: ScrambledGregs on 11 Mar 2007, 09:40

I like that they do so much with such sparse instrumentation. I've only got How Strange, Innocence but the reverbed guitar on 'Look Into The Air' gets me everytime. Also, for what it's worth, of all the post-rock bands I've heard, they are the most capable of getting across emotion and feel in a totally instrumental setting. For lack of a better explanation, it sounds lyrical without needing lyrics.

Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: Catacombs on 11 Mar 2007, 11:31

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 11 Mar 2007, 09:40

For lack of a better explanation, it sounds lyrical without needing lyrics.

Great description.

Anyway, have any of you heard All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone?  Out of the four EitS albums I have (How Strange, Innocence; The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place; Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever; All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone), I like this one the best, production wise.  The percussion always sounded somewhat out of place, or the physical sound never actually blended well with the guitars and what not.  On their most recent release, the percussion was finally mixed right and it sounds amazing.

Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: greenMonkey on 11 Mar 2007, 12:25

EITS are pretty good.  I have yet to hear the new album, but I loved The Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place when I first heard it, and I still find it enjoyable.

Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 11 Mar 2007, 13:23

I've said it before and I'll say it again: 'All of a Sudden I miss Everyone' is by far the best EitS album. It's the best orchestrated, best produced, most interesting work they've done to date (not to mention it translates brilliantly live).

Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: Jackie Blue on 11 Mar 2007, 13:55

I think the new one is better than The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place but overall falls slightly short of Those Who Tell the Truth...  About half of All of a Sudden is the best shit they've ever done, but the other half is treading water.  Given the incredible stylistic range on the last Mogwai and the utter mindblowing poeticness of the last Mono, the new EitS just didn't hit me.  But like I said, roughly half of it is pretty amazing.

Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: ScrambledGregs on 11 Mar 2007, 16:32

Man, the last Mogwai album is one of those albums I never find myself wanting to hear, but then I do and I remember how fucking good it is. It's like I have this mental idea of what it sounds like which is boring, slightly metal-ish post-rock but the reality is so much better. I blame the fact that it's a very compact, concise, tight album. Every second is there for a purpose and matters.

Title: Re: You know what I like about EitS
Post by: Will on 11 Mar 2007, 17:33

I think that All Of The Sudden I Miss Everyone is probably my favorite EITS material that I've heard. I'm finding myself enjoying this band immensely; their songs all have this lonely sadness to them, but with a subtle twinge of hope and peace too. It's usually the perfect compliment to the moods I spend a lot of days in.