[kj] review of new tunes

[Pat Tofield]

> So far only Implant, Asteroid and Seeing Red have been what I'd call
>essential KJ.


...Wait for 'Blood On You Hands'............

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From: gathering-admin@misera.net [mailto:gathering-admin@misera.net]On
Behalf Of Bluce Ree
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:06 PM
To: gathering@misera.net
Subject: RE: [kj] review of new tunes

So far only Implant, Asteroid and Seeing Red have been what I'd call
essential KJ.  Implant is my fave Jaz song so far.  Seeing Red is
incredibly lovely and Asteroid is a gorgeous slab of metal.  Catchy and
brutal at the same time.

Total Invasion and Dark Forces are highly unremarkable apart from fairly
annoying vocals and bland chunking riffs.

The less said about Loose Cannon the better.  A rubbish choice of
single, an awful video.  Hasn't improved at all since the old demo.

TD&RS starts excellently but seems to tail off.  Could have easily been
a 3 minute song and not lost anything.

Zennon sounds like a Democracy type track to me.  Also sounds like very
early New Model Army.  Very likable though.

I'd say I'm more your Revelations/Firedances Joker although I've been a
fan since the beginning.  I do like Extremities a lot, but wasn't overly
impressed by Pandemonium.

For the next album they need to get the bassist involved in the writing
process, aside from Seeing Red the bass is very, very forgettable
throughout.

A mixed bag so far, yet still miles ahead of the competition.


-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-admin@misera.net [mailto:gathering-admin@misera.net] On
Behalf Of nicholas fitzpatrick
Sent: 25 June 2003 14:10
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Subject: Re: [kj] review of new tunes



Well, speaking as someone who's not heard a single note of any of the
new
stuff yet (including Loose cannon) I find your review very comforting.
This
is particularly the case as - I think - you are a bit of a
'Revelations/Fire
Dances' Joker like me rather than a 'Pandemonium/Dirt...' one. (Don't
know
why I think this - must be something you said once). It's not that I'm
expecting KJ2 to sound anything like the early stuff though.

I never really liked 'Dirt...' (I'm not a Metaler) and although
Pandemonium
is good and has its great moments, I've been waiting for years for KJ to

deliver something that has the 'F- me factor', as John Peel would say.
Going
by what most people seem to be saying on the Gathering, this is it!.



>From: "fluw" <fluwdot@earthlink.net>

>Subject: [kj] review of new tunes

>must start off by stating that technically, from the musicians and the
>production, so far this record is nothing short of flawless
>but................
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>loose cannon - very well executed rhythmically, menacing even,,,,  yet
>rather unimaginative until the little bridge bit gives it a whole other

>feeling, which was very very nice but not quite enough to save it.
although
>with some cornrows, "vibe magazine" style scowl and strut, it could be
a
>hit? not!
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>td&rs - sucks gooey donkey knob until the chorus, which is monstrous
>verging on tremendous. still not quite
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>asteroid  - kinda fun, once. this is filler, plain and simple. would be
the
>best tune on a ministry album but considering it is killing joke this
is
>pure crap. absolute toss
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>seeing red -  a really good tune! exciting, with energy, vitality and a

>great bridge via extremties, yet a total fuck off for the blink 182
type
>guitar tone on the verse and an ending that goes flat. (damn)
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>implant - is a whole song ..it resolves and sounds like a band who
worked
>together to come up with something as opposed to professionals doing
their
>job very well.
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>zennon - wow ! fucking hell! where did that come from? a classic, tone,

>riffs, sounds, arrangements and the ghost of hooky. that's two 'whole'
>songs so far
>
>dark forces - has nice space, great drums, production, killer bass
grooves
>and some welcome orchestration ( very slight hints of symphonic killing

>joke maybe in the future). vocals are original and interesting. epic
tune
>almost
>
>total invasion - wow! sad but true sample of the middle class college
non
>comittal pseudo activist chicky. great vocals, great lyrics, very
>effective. this song is what pandemonium could have been with a
youthless
>production. chorus has hints of classic geordie, ringing power riffs,
minus
>the tone of course. sounds like geordie had a filter in the signal path

>very cool...an electric mistress maybe?,,,wah set to position?
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>the score so far: 5 killer songs, 2 gallant near misses  &
>1 complete tosser
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>"I must Create a System or be enslav'd by another Man's.
>I will not Reason & Compare: my business is to Create."
>-William Blake

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