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Post by Crushcrushchris on Nov 2, 2006 8:50:58 GMT -5
NU WIND UP!  First single from band's second album will be going for adds soon, but the album will not be coming out until March. www.myspace.com/strata |
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Post by pen on Nov 2, 2006 10:32:18 GMT -5
I am so excited for this album you have no idea. Strata is one of my favorite Wind-Up bands and it's good that Wind-Up is finally letting them release a new album. Surprised that the first single is going to be called Cocaine, but then after Lithium, I guess Wind-Up is on a drug kick. Such an underrated group.
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Post by pen on Nov 2, 2006 11:04:36 GMT -5
And I don't know why but the song isn't playing for me. Is anyone else having that problem?
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Post by snowles on Nov 3, 2006 12:44:10 GMT -5
The song has been pulled from their myspace website, for "reasons beyond our control"  I was looking forward to it, too. |
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Post by pen on Nov 3, 2006 22:10:31 GMT -5
Read: Wind-Up sucks.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Jan 8, 2007 3:11:57 GMT -5
They put it back up.
The album is called Strata Presents The End of the World.
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Post by allnightmarelong on Jan 8, 2007 10:02:41 GMT -5
sounds like they're following the same formula all bands are these days. crap, pass
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Post by pen on Jan 8, 2007 14:59:22 GMT -5
sounds like they're following the same formula all bands are these days. crap, pass I don't think it's crap, but that's aside from the point I want to make here. I think it is and isn't their fault that this song sounds like an attempt to fuse dance-rock with their specific sound from the last album. It isn't their fault because Wind-Up is obviously on a kick to try to create the next big indie breakthrough. The Exit, People In Planes, Stefy, and Stars Of Track And Field all have different sounds, but they all seem to fall under the umbrella of indie rock. Even Pilot Speed is a fairly low-key group. Therefore, it is unsurprising that the label is trying to get their current staple of bands to do the same, with the exceptions of Evanescence and Seether because they are already popular and there's no need to mess with a formula that works. But meanwhile, they've had Finger Eleven do "Paralyzer", Strata do "Cocaine", and I shudder to think what part of his soul Joey Culver gave for his new project, whatever it turns out to be. It is their fault because they're better than this. Strata's album was horribly underrated in my opinion, and it deserved to do better than it did. It's great that they have another chance at success, and I'm sure they jumped through Wind-Up's hoops because they desperately wanted to hold onto that opportunity. I can't blame them, because once you're dropped from a label, it is pretty hard to get back on your feet, although more bands have been doing it of late than say, five years ago. I think they deserve to have that shot on their own terms. Unfortunately, Wind-Up believes that in order for the bands to have a chance, they must try to adapt with "what's hot" in the mainstream, and right now bands like The Killers are still hot. Therefore, Wind-Up is trying to get away from their rock roster and try to develop something a little more profitable, because that's exactly what Wind-Up has always been about ever since they bought Grass Records and signed Creed: profit. |
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Post by allnightmarelong on Jan 8, 2007 18:44:29 GMT -5
if they force 12 Stones to do a dance-indie type record... someone will be stabbed haha
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Jan 30, 2007 19:54:33 GMT -5
This goes for alt rock adds March 13th.
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Post by pen on Mar 6, 2007 16:03:43 GMT -5
www.purevolume.com/videos/strata/cocaineVideo. Very interesting, very cool, although they reuse that image of Eric with his mouth open way too much. I like how it tells a little story though between the song and the imagery. Album, Strata Presents The End Of The World, comes out May 15th.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on Mar 6, 2007 19:18:50 GMT -5
I take it we'll probably never see that video on MTV/MTV2/Fuse...the video is awesome.
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Post by snowles on Mar 7, 2007 1:20:26 GMT -5
I am psyched about this one: the band promised on their message board that metalheads will freak out when they hear the new Strata material.
The new song is tight: it's familiar, but there's just something odd that makes it stick, perhaps the timing it's recorded in, that makes it seem faster than it should be, especially during the chorus.
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Post by snowles on Mar 7, 2007 1:26:52 GMT -5
That. video. was. awesome. I can't wait to see charcoaled pictures of a breast blurred out on MTV and Muchmusic. |
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Post by reception on Apr 27, 2007 21:08:27 GMT -5
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I was looking forward to it, too.