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Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

meccalecca — Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:49:36 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/08/2013 14:49

Torchlin wrote:

Interesting, I'll make sure to stay away from contemporary emo albums then. I liked Relationship of Command too and somehow I don't remember having a problem with the production. It's been a while since I listened to it though.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, I still love Relationship of Command, but the production was unnecessarily loud and cold. There's a sterility to it. The producer worked on a lot of shitty nü metal albums in the same era. My friends worked with him on an album about 5 years ago, and they hated the production so much that they essentially redid everything.

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

Defago — Wed, 7 Aug 2013 14:19:54 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 08/07/2013 18:19

Gold wins.

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

Torchlin — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:35:52 GMT

Author: Torchlin

Posted: 08/07/2013 00:35

meccalecca wrote:

it's the production. the production on 99% of modern emo albums is horrible. At The Drive In's Relationship of Command was the beginning of the end. I love that album, but the production nearly destroyed it.

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

meccalecca — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:58:43 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/06/2013 17:58

Torchlin wrote:

Disliked both records tbh. I ended up voting for Gold because there where a few neat moments here and there on an otherwise dull album.
No Devolucion had little redeemable qualities and the singling really stared to grate me after the first few tracks. I doubt I will ever revisit it.

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

Torchlin — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:36:25 GMT

Author: Torchlin

Posted: 08/06/2013 17:36

Disliked both records tbh. I ended up voting for Gold because there where a few neat moments here and there on an otherwise dull album.
No Devolucion had little redeemable qualities and the singling really stared to grate me after the first few tracks. I doubt I will ever revisit it.

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

meccalecca — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:38:35 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/06/2013 16:38

an_outlaw wrote:

You know, I'm just going to vote for the entry which is listed first in every single round. :lol:

lame

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:34:31 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/06/2013 16:34

You know, I'm just going to vote for the entry which is listed first in every single round. 🤣

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

meccalecca — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 11:05:37 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/06/2013 15:05

I really expected to love Gold more than I have so far. Meanwhile I had relatively low expectations for a newish Thursday record.

Gold has its moments where the swirling wash of shoegaze guitars are wonderfully consuming, but also I found myself incredibly bored with the songwriting for the most part. I think it may grow on me with repeated listens, but to me it sounds like your stereotypical pretty good shoegaze album. I did quite enjoy"Cygnus X-1" though.

When Thursday released their first couple albums, I was dating a girl who loved them, so I heard those records a lot. I liked some songs, but eventually grew tired of them. No Devolucion is the first Thursday record I've heard in years. I honestly expected to hear something terrible for some reason, but have been quite impressed with it. This sounds like classic Sunny Day Real Estate type emo. The production kind of sucks and ruins it all, but there's some good things happening here.

So, I don't love either record, but I'm voting for No Devolucion with a very slight edge

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 09:14:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/06/2013 13:14

harkan wrote:

I cannot get a hold of Gold. Might abstain if I cannot hear both.

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Gold/3948834

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

videoheadcleaner — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 07:47:48 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 08/06/2013 11:47

I cannot get a hold of Gold. Might abstain if I cannot hear both.

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

CellarDoor — Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:43:00 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 08/05/2013 22:43

"Gold" is one of the best shoegaze albums I've listened to, dense and engaging, and it could easily have been one of my nominations.

Oh wait, not far off, it's one of Magenta's 😁

Re: 2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

Anonymous — Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:06:23 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/05/2013 22:06

To be fair to Thursday, I did find them to be more entertaining then most bands similar to their style that I've heard and they had some interesting ideas. I still didn't really find them to be much more than average at best though. Gold is a great album that I think will grow on me over time. Sometimes the melodies sound a bit cheesy to me in a Swans like way, but that's not something that really bothers me too much. The middle of Gold is absolutely fantastic too, and they're local so I gotta give them props.

2KT Rd.1 - No Devolucion vs Gold

Defago — Mon, 5 Aug 2013 13:45:30 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 08/05/2013 17:45

2KT

Round 1

Thursday - No Devolucion (2011)
vs. Bethany Curve - Gold (1998)

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Ardokal's Thursday - No Devolucion (2011). Band Rank: 910. Album Rank: 3901. Link

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Magenta's Bethany Curve - Gold (1998). Band Rank: 7239. Album Rank: 15557. Link

Matches will stay open for a few days each time. Please make sure to listen to both before voting! The links to both albums should be in here!