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Post by pen on Feb 3, 2009 14:16:08 GMT -5
The first single from Swoon has been decided. Single comes out March 16th, album comes out April 14th. I'm really excited for this for some reason, it's odd cause it's not typically my kind of music, but I really like Carnavas.
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Post by Rich P. on Feb 3, 2009 14:39:15 GMT -5
Was about to mention that Future Foe Scenarios shoulda, woulda, coulda... But Wikipedia (I guess this really is becoming a key resource for info about radio single release schedule -- and no, I didn't add that to Wikipedia) says that this song was a UK-only single.
I'm looking forward to this album, it'll be a first week buy for me.
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Post by PHOBES on Feb 3, 2009 14:59:08 GMT -5
Key resource or not, it's not very reliable.
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Post by pen on Feb 3, 2009 15:21:04 GMT -5
Rich, I'm not sure if you were talking about Future Foes or Panic Switch, but I got my info from FMQB. I think you meant Future Foes though. The "this" threw me a bit.
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Post by Rich P. on Feb 3, 2009 15:21:24 GMT -5
Is there a better place to check that I don't have to pay for (besides here)? Or do you just get what you pay for (aside from here)?
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Feb 4, 2009 1:54:37 GMT -5
I knew the album was supposed to be out early this year, so I'm glad to learn there's finally a lead single coming down the pike. :)
Swoon will be a first-week buy for me (Carnavas was excellent) and will be key to determining whether or not I continue to buy their future albums immediately.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 7:03:54 GMT -5
Absolutely can't wait for this. Carnavas was an excellent album from start to finish.
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Post by American Idiot on Feb 4, 2009 18:58:54 GMT -5
I was actually really surprised at myself that I liked every song on Carnavas because typically with bands like the Silversun Pickups I like the singles and maybe half of the album, but it was an instant "keep" for me after one listen, so yeah I am looking forward to what's in store on this new album.
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Post by Physical on Mar 7, 2009 1:20:37 GMT -5
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Post by Matt4319 on Mar 7, 2009 1:37:51 GMT -5
Yeah, good stuff. If they can find a way to trim this a bit, it has a shot at #1 IMO. (They trimmed down "Lazy Eye", so I'm not too worried they couldn't do it here.)
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Post by halo19 on Mar 7, 2009 1:38:30 GMT -5
Damn this is good. The first time I've sincerely thought of a song of theirs to be EPIC. I'm listening for the third time. I thought the first single could make or brake the first week purchase but this definitely did the former for me. Yeah, good stuff. If they can find a way to trim this a bit, it has a shot at #1 IMO. (They trimmed down "Lazy Eye", so I'm not too worried they couldn't do it here.) Well, XM played an extended version of that one.
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Post by Matt4319 on Mar 7, 2009 1:43:19 GMT -5
You mean longer than the 5:54 album version? I'll need to hunt that down somewhere. The song hit #5 on my chart, but I underrated it for sure.
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Post by American Idiot on Mar 7, 2009 1:47:27 GMT -5
This is better than anything on "Carnavas." I could see this doing very very well.
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Post by halo19 on Mar 7, 2009 1:56:22 GMT -5
You mean longer than the 5:54 album version? I'll need to hunt that down somewhere. The song hit #5 on my chart, but I underrated it for sure. The alternate version of the song is 7:27.
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Post by pen on Mar 7, 2009 7:48:28 GMT -5
I really like this song. I'm excited for their album now.
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Post by Pipa on Mar 7, 2009 9:38:41 GMT -5
This is definitely gonna be a hit. It's so catchy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2009 12:40:27 GMT -5
This is really good. The chorus gets lost in the mix a bit, but that's probably just a MySpace thing.
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Post by crash46 on Mar 7, 2009 13:32:08 GMT -5
Yep, it's a hit, and I'm excited for this album as well.
That 7:27 demo version of "Lazy Eye" basically sucked, at least compared to how it ended up.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Mar 7, 2009 17:35:27 GMT -5
If these guys pull of a quality album, by the next album we may be looking at a group who will be receiving the respect of Muse for the groups of the 2000's. This song is pretty damn good, will be interesting to see how radio grabs it for chart success.
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Post by nlp81906 on Mar 7, 2009 18:04:55 GMT -5
reminds me a lot of well thought out twinkles
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Post by Ron57 on Mar 8, 2009 0:00:22 GMT -5
I'm loving this song! It's just such an uplifting song for some reason. I don't see it being a huge hit, but they definitely deserve it! Songs like these should be all over the place instead of freakin Soulja boy and Flo Rida.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 8, 2009 2:11:33 GMT -5
Wow, I agree. This is good.
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Post by tortuga on Mar 8, 2009 18:46:07 GMT -5
That bassline is hot.
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Post by Matt4319 on Mar 8, 2009 23:09:58 GMT -5
It would kick some serious ass if I could try this in Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Only 37 spins so far at Alt, though.
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Post by halo19 on Mar 8, 2009 23:26:04 GMT -5
Kind of reminds me of "Waste It On" from Carnavas but I like this song considerably more.
As for the spins thing: No worries, Depeche Mode's "Wrong" had 46 spins 2 weeks ago and debuted at radio on a Friday. That one's bound for the Top 20 next week; we could see the same for these guys.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 9, 2009 20:55:46 GMT -5
WOW! On first listen, this is fantastic! I am glad I bought their last CD. I am definitely buying this one. I can't wait to FINALLY see them live. Thank the Lord they are playing at that-festival-which-shall-not-be-named-by-me-again since the last time I had a chance to see them at this Boston Block Party thing, they went on too late for me to see them and be coherent at work the next day.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Mar 10, 2009 4:53:36 GMT -5
WOW! On first listen, this is fantastic! I am glad I bought their last CD. I am definitely buying this one. I can't wait to FINALLY see them live. Thank the Lord they are playing at that-festival-which-shall-not-be-named-by-me-again since the last time I had a chance to see them at this Boston Block Party thing, they went on too late for me to see them and be coherent at work the next day. Can we call it.... Ella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh....
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Post by pen on Mar 10, 2009 5:38:50 GMT -5
I've always felt Coachella sounded like a great name for a cheese. I'd like an ounce of Coachella please. This Coachella is delicious on rye.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 10, 2009 9:44:11 GMT -5
LMAO. You guys are hilarious!
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 11, 2009 2:42:47 GMT -5
This Coachella is delicious on rye. :) This song's good and all, and I'm sure it'll grow on me, but I really feel like an outsider, not being instantly nuts about this, "Zero," "Magnificent," or "Wrong."
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