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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Apples In Mono? |
| Date | Fri, 09 May 2003 13:27:47 -0400 |
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At 06:37 PM 5/9/2003 +0200, Francesc Solé wrote:
>With high expectations, I went to see the Apples In Stereo a couple of days
>ago. But what a disappointment this show turned out to be... I should have
>guessed, as their latest album is so radically different. All the songs are
>covered in a layer of distorsion that must leave all pop fans looking for
those
>great songs and nuances really puzzled.
>I kind of expected them to play the new songs that way, but seeing they
treated
>the old material that way too was too much for me. Agh! :-) All the
nuances were
>gone in favor of a LOUD LOUD set, with distorsion covering everything.
What a shame.
To be fair, the Apples In Stereo have *always* sounded like that live.
I've been seeing them live ever since the first tour for FUN TRICK
NOISEMAKER (they used to habitually open their tours in Albuquerque, it
being the next major city down I-25 from Denver) and I can assure you that
the "nuances" of the records have never been in their live act, and live,
they've always been much noisier and more distorted than they've ever been
on record. So you haven't really missed anything.
And personally, I loved VELOCITY OF SOUND -- I think it's their best record
in years.
S
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