NightWoundsTime Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 New album being digitally released (in WAV, if you like) on Saturday! Just pre-ordered the $53 2-lp set, which won't ship till May but includes a WAV download. Super excited to hear the new material. http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 will probably buy but would rather just get a CD.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Chances are they'll do a standard CD release later, much like In Rainbows. For that they did a similarly quick announcement/online release schedule, with the $80 discbox as the only physical version announced. A few months later there was a CD release available at normal prices and locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 ditto on the CD... might D'L the WAV and do it myself until then though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 ... 2-lp set...Their recent albums have been fairly short -- do they have enough new material to justify a 2-lp release? EDIT: Okay, I see that they're doing two 10" records -- why? Why not just do one 12" record? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3rdling Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Yep In Rainbows was probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite album of theirs (after OK Comp and possibly The Bends). Can't wait to hear this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 New album being digitally released (in WAV, if you like) on Saturday! Just pre-ordered the $53 2-lp set, which won't ship till May but includes a WAV download. Super excited to hear the new material. http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/ x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Won't be able to wait for the CD so it will be wav download on Saturday for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Same here. Weird choice to release the album in wav though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) Their recent albums have been fairly short -- do they have enough new material to justify a 2-lp release? EDIT: Okay, I see that they're doing two 10" records -- why? Why not just do one 12" record? In Rainbows was two 12's at 45RPM, and it was 42 minutes long which is totally acceptable by my "favorite album" standards. Not that I think it was perfect, just that all of my actual favorites are fairly succinct and lack filler. Hail to the Thief was a chunky 56 minutes which nulls and voids your point about short recent albums anyway. That said, I'm expecting this album to be heavily experimental. Based on the amount of time they've been recording the damn thing and some comments in interviews about how well they all got along this time out... makes me think that they really dug in and found something new to say. Either that or they've all gotten old and can't be bothered to argue for change anymore. Edited February 15, 2011 by NightWoundsTime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recstar24 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Drool...will DL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 IMO In Rainbows was too conservative, I hope Matt is right that it is more experimental. Love OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 I was going to say that but I'm not exactly sure what I'd take out. I love HTTT, just not as an album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 IMO In Rainbows was too conservative, I hope Matt is right that it is more experimental. Love OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac. I think you'll be happy sir, it's way more experimental than In Rainbows. On my first listen, I like what's I'm hearing, it will definitely need multiple listens to fully enjoy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 It's downloadable now - 24 hours early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I really liked In Rainbows, something about the songs and the album as a whole seemed more coherent and intimate than the previous. Listening to King of Limbs now, will decide how I like it in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Alright on first listen new album is tits. I got a Kid A/Amnesiac vibe and it sounds so good on the Omega 2 good stuff, going to blast it on the speakers tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanflyz Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Alright on first listen new album is tits. I got a Kid A/Amnesiac vibe and it sounds so good on the Omega 2 good stuff, going to blast it on the speakers tomorrow Same here, but truthfully, I'm a bit let down: this sounds like a re-tread. Not that it's "bad" in an absolute sense, but I expected something new, sonically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Yay, downloading now. Will be blasting on my speakers in minutes . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Same here, but truthfully, I'm a bit let down: this sounds like a re-tread. Not that it's "bad" in an absolute sense, but I expected something new, sonically. The only tracks I wasn't crazy about were the last two. IMO Codex would have been a really good closer for the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Downloading now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wow. Experimental is right, and very very good. I have nothing intelligent to add at this moment but must say that my fake surround plugin for Foobar did some pretty awesome things to this album. Add to that the Milkdrop visualizations and that was one short strange trip. I'll be repeating it often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I don't like prematurely judging an album which is why I'm giving it a week, but I'm not seeing what people are talking about with saying it is experimental. Seems like the least experimental album they have made, in fact the subdued nature is almost boring when compared with their previous complex rhythmic-wall-of-sound-while-still-being-atmospheric type electronic jiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I don't like prematurely judging an album which is why I'm giving it a week, but I'm not seeing what people are talking about with saying it is experimental. Seems like the least experimental album they have made, in fact the subdued nature is almost boring when compared with their previous complex rhythmic-wall-of-sound-while-still-being-atmospheric type electronic jiving. OK, what I'm hearing as experimental (by Radiohead standards), is the stripped back but very complex sound. What took them so long in the recording of this album was obviously doing more tinkering than ever with tiny details. This thing was built in samples, an electronic album engineered to sound like a Radiohead remix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Makes sense. Gonna shut up and let it grow on me for a week now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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