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ThugTears666

#1 April 09, 2009, 06:20:06 pm

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Recently, I've been checking out Maudlin Of The Well. They're pretty cool and it's music based on the bands experiences with Astral Projection so it's pretty all over the place/avant garde styled. They only released three albums and then reformed as Kayo Dot but they are releasing an album next month which was funded by fans.

Here's a few clips, they all sound much different:

Anyone like them?

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bonzi_buddy

#2 April 09, 2009, 06:42:24 pm

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first song, sort of jazz meets sort of indie with lil' metal influences. i like it :fogetcoo- no wait, the rest of the song turned into DT. PFFFT

No but seriously, i listened to all the 3 songs and i sort of liked it. i think i dislike all the metal parts though because idk, they felt sort of POINTLESS in the entirety. like the nice atmosphere is sudendly crushed under mediocre heavy metal parts! and the vocals on those parts weren't anything special. if the purpose of those parts is to be AVANT GARDE or SUPRISING/CONTRAST then lol.

you know who'se avant garde? roy wood! well actually he's not but he has a nice/crazy taste.

you know who'se nice? Afura because he keeps up the good work in Music forum.

Last Edit: April 09, 2009, 06:48:01 pm by bonzi_buddy

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FrostyPink

#3 April 09, 2009, 06:45:33 pm

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i've listened to quite a bit of kayo dot, but never maudlin. untill now.

pretty freaking good, i need some moar maudlin of the well!

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#4 April 09, 2009, 08:12:37 pm

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i used to really dig kayo dot but there's no getting around the fact it is insanely boring music.

amaranth the peddler waxes poetic to mnemosnye...

his unmasked eyes deliver lunacy...

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Lo-Debar

#5 April 09, 2009, 08:46:13 pm

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Best band ever. Still waiting for word on that new, fan-sponsored album.

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#6 April 09, 2009, 09:14:50 pm

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wow, these guys really are diverse in sound and im already prefering them to kayo dot.

kayo dot are quite cool but as steel said, they're boring. Plus I feel this is generally more accessible.

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DS

#7 April 09, 2009, 09:18:23 pm

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Can't wait for the maudlin of the Well album. Kayo Dot are pretty cool but their latest album was pretty stale and I'm not horribly excited for the album they are releasing this year. Still gonna check it out though.

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#8 April 09, 2009, 09:28:54 pm

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do we actually know when the new maudlin of the well album is coming out?! :/

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Barack Obama

#9 April 10, 2009, 02:27:38 am

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no, i dont like them

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ThugTears666

#10 April 10, 2009, 04:16:13 am

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I like them man, I can kinda see the spiritual element in their music like I could imagine these dudes going into trances or whatever.

Last Edit: May 15, 2009, 06:50:43 am by Afura

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Barack Obama

#11 April 10, 2009, 04:36:03 am

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man that sounds retarded

Last Edit: April 10, 2009, 04:38:14 am by DietCoke

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Farren

#12 April 10, 2009, 08:21:16 am

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this shit is way too spacey

also that first song sounds like: LETS PUT TOGETHER ALOT OF STUFF THAT DOESNT FIT TOGETHER

DEUCE: MEETING THE URINE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND REALIZING IT'S JUST LIKE ME AND MY PREJUDICES THIS WHOLE TIME WERE COMPLETELY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF PTTTTHTHTHH GOD IT'S EVERYWHERE<br />DEUCE: FUCK THIS TASTES LIKE PISS<br />PANTS: WHERE IT SHOULD TASTE LIKE COTTON CANDY OR PICKLES<br />DEUCE: OR AT LEAST LIKE URINE NOT PISS

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ThugTears666

#13 April 10, 2009, 11:31:57 am

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yeah that did sound retarded but i like their music so

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#14 April 11, 2009, 02:03:55 am

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I really like both Maudlin of the well and Kayo Dot, though I'm actually still trying to get into them. I agree with whoever said that the heavy parts are really out of place and crushing the atmospheric parts. It's annoying because the softer parts are really insanely good, and the death metal bits are too straight death metal to be too interesting.

As for Kayo Dot, I got into Choirs of the Eye first, and on the 3rd or so listen it clicked, and then on the 4th listen, it unclicked again. I guess you have to be in the mood because their first album is really abstract and boring unless you're in a weird sort of mood. Their second is much better if only because there's more stuff going on. I think it's my personal favorite. As for their newest one, I don't have an opinion of it yet, but that could be because it's a tad unremarkable.

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Kayo Dot are pretty cool but their latest album was pretty stale and I'm not horribly excited for the album they are releasing this year. Still gonna check it out though.

What's this talk of a new Kayo Dot album? I heard of new motW but not this....is there info on their site?

also check this if you're on the fence about KD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJnvIQ7HnY&feature=related

Last Edit: April 11, 2009, 02:05:52 am by Bravo

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Mama Luigi

#15 April 11, 2009, 07:35:00 pm

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This is pretty good stuff thanks Afura

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DS

#16 May 14, 2009, 11:10:38 am

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http://www.maudlinofthewell.net/downloads.html

new motW is out

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ThugTears666

#17 May 15, 2009, 06:53:51 am

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How is it? Man I like the artwork style they use. I'm not gunna listen to it until I've heard all the older stuff first.

Last Edit: May 15, 2009, 06:57:43 am by Afura

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#18 May 15, 2009, 09:24:16 am

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Based on the first listen...

It's their least heaviest album for sure. It has some heavy parts but basically no harsh vocals at all. And striiiiings, lots of strings. So yeah for a motW album it's pretty mellow. Sometimes the producing on vocals reminded me of Cynic a bit and overall it does kinda give a GY!BE/Kayo Dot vibe. It's good.

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#19 May 18, 2009, 04:55:47 pm

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Yeah, new motW is pretty darn good. The last two tracks feels more like real motW to me, than the others. The string usage is pretty good in some of the tracks though, I have yet to see what's so bad about it.

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