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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, the Lord Has Left Us...


As some of you who pay attention to my tastes in music know, TSOAF's new cd has leaked. I downloaded it (it's coming in about two weeks to my house anyway). And I'm unimpressed, to say the least.



The old singers from Tiger and the Duke practically got shafted to make room for the new singer from Chiodos, as well as a Sanskrit singer, whom is supposedly not an actual member of the band. There's several tracks of just static and spoken word, as well as two acapella tracks by the Chiodos singer.

Anthony Green, who is dubbed the frontman of the band, is only to be found in two or three tracks. He is so unimportant to this album that it is debatable if he is even in one of the songs that I deem him to be in. I'm obviously pissed off about this.

Finch's former singer is only to be found in one song that I know of, and it's not a very good song.

The band has gone almost a completely electronic route, save a few tracks like "Skullflower." The problem with this is that the beat is either too fast or too slow or completely indiscernable. The singers in no way match what's going on in the background most of the time. I'm going to ignore the fact that some of the electronic parts are taken from a series of noises (like pots banging and paper crumbling) sped up really fast and looped. It's not a bad idea, but it just doesn't work in the songs.

What is up with all the ethnic singers?



Compared to 2003's EP, Tiger and the Duke, this album blows. However, it's not completely horrid. There are a few tracks I completely like, and some contain parts that I like. Sadly, most of the album is garbage to me.

At least my preorder comes with a shirt.

Here's the GOOD songs:
http://rapidshare.de/files/18946241/03_Skullflower.mp3.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/18946306/06_Horses_In_The_Sky.mp3.html
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