[kj] Transmission...

[Jiri]

Oooh-hooo that is good to hear. Thanks for the report. My Transmission 
is in the post now, and I enjoy these advance album teasers from the 
east side of the Atlantic while my copy is still paddling its way across.

And on the Joke adapting or dying: Musically, I think they have it in 
them to do something different again. Organizationally, motivationally, 
I wonder...

fatpotanga wrote:
> ... arrived yesterday & is the dogs back wheels.
> Lush-a-liciousness-on-a-stick.
> Great to work & chill to.
> 'A Long Season of Rain' is epic & 'Beyond Light' is simply divine.
> It's refreshing to hear something so totally un-KJ from 2 KJ members & it's
> fantastic to hear BPF drumming again.
>
> Great understated artwork from Colesy too - perfectly balanced with the
> music. Photography is reminiscent of some Vaughn Oliver stuff.
> In fact all of it wouldn't be out of place on 4AD.
> MD is becoming a really good little label.
>
> All of this makes me think that Killing Joke need to reinvent themselves a
> bit & start doing what they did best - sounding like nothing else around
> them.
> I'd rather an experimental KJ offering than something hitching a ride on the
> back of the metal scene.
> Who cares if it alienates some fans - there aren't that many of us anyway!
> I am getting bored with Killing Joke.
> Time to adapt or die.
> There I've said it.
>
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