ant man bee wrote:Just wait until you hear the rest of the album.

I think it is amazing. Definitely different from the EP's but fantastic nonetheless.

"Atlas" is BY FAR the worst track on the record.

OK. Just got the album literally all of five minutes ago.

ant man bee wrote:Just wait until you hear the rest of the album.

The only good thing about the rest of this album is that I'll never willingly listen to it ever again.
It's absolute garbage and so is my opinion of the musicians involved in making it.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:

ant man bee wrote:Just wait until you hear the rest of the album.

The only good thing about the rest of this album is that I'll never willingly listen to it ever again.
It's absolute garbage and so is my opinion of the musicians involved in making it.

Christopher! You are no fan of Helmet or Don Cab? Damn dude!

But hey what do I know, I cannot stand robert pollard which is apparantly crazy....

ant man bee wrote:

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:

ant man bee wrote:Just wait until you hear the rest of the album.

The only good thing about the rest of this album is that I'll never willingly listen to it ever again.
It's absolute garbage and so is my opinion of the musicians involved in making it.

Christopher! You are no fan of Helmet or Don Cab? Damn dude!

But hey what do I know, I cannot stand robert pollard which is apparantly crazy....

Helmet wrote a great song. Then Helmet rewrote that song several times over which was bearable at best. Then Helmet tried to write a new song and sucked. Fuck you Gramsci!
Don Caballero went from good to shit as soon as Mike Banfield left.
Robert Pollard should have stopped well over 10 years ago because then maybe I could hear a Guided By Voices song and not want to punch myself in the throat.

A quick watch of that confirms I can probably live happily without it.

But fuck, man, Ladyhawk are touring? I gots to find my chiffon scarf and grow this stubble out!

Damn, Battles is one of my favorite bands. Maybe my favorite band to start up in the past, let's say, five years. Ten even. Maybe.
But what is this shit? Where's the bad-ass? I just see a bunch of dudes pretending to rock out in a mirror room. Shit's boring. Song: Boring. Video: Perfect for the BORING song.
I'll still try to see their tour, though. I just hope they play SZ2. That's definitely my favorite 9 1/2 minutes of recorded music in the past ten years.

seth who posts here as "spaghetti lee" recorded that. he's a swell guy. the studio he records at in pawtucket (just north of pvd) is very nice. i recorded some stuff for my film there in august and january. i'd like to hear this record but i think i'll see them live first.

the.bowlox wrote:But what is this shit? Where's the bad-ass? I just see a bunch of dudes pretending to rock out in a mirror room.

A bunch of dudes wearing sweaters.

Angus Jung wrote:A bunch of dudes wearing sweaters.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that! What the fuck's up with the sweaters? Last time I saw Battles, (frui)Ty was wearing some cable-knit shit, sure, but everybody else looked like they had balls at least...

the.bowlox wrote:

Angus Jung wrote:A bunch of dudes wearing sweaters.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that! What the fuck's up with the sweaters? Last time I saw Battles, (frui)Ty was wearing some cable-knit shit, sure, but everybody else looked like they had balls at least...

It would be fascinating to know what you two think they should
be wearing; instead of sweaters.