[kj] The scond half of Geordie's demos!!

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

I don't see it as a KJ record as it is -- I think of it more as nice 
ambient post-punk guitar-based instrumentals. But it's just easy (and 
tempting) to imagine Jaz coming along and laying down vocals for them. 
You know, wishful thinking stuff. :/

Yeah, the tracks are not as dark as a lot of KJ stuff, that is true. For 
some reason, when I heard the tracks I kept thinking of the EMPIRE album 
"Expensive Sound" and the instrumental track on there. Or the Fugazi 
"Instrument" soundtrack and some of the songs on it, much of which 
consists of outtakes of Fugazi songs that lack vocals, or slowed down 
guitar ambient texture type stuff without vocals.

For example, compare the new Geordie stuff to this FUGAZI instrumental:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4bzjgSBoZ8


There's something similar in it to my ears....

-Oliver


Rob's Arse wrote:

> I really don't see this as a Killing Joke records at all.

> The music is much more "up " than Killing Joke.

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> Marc and I were talking about this on Friday. We both see "singing" on it. Real singing, not Jaz's gutteral roar!

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> There's a great basis there but it's not an album yet.

> I would be braver and go for the choruses. Make 'em big!!

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> The worst thing anyone could do would to think of this as a Killing Joke record (don't mean to single you out Oliver). That could only disappoint (see Murder inc for disappointment).

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