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Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:01 am

Edit: sorry I was wrong about that, woops. Yeah definitely an LP. Anyways, I will always be a favorite of mine! It gives me that nostalgic 1990s elementry field trip on the bus feeling, looking out the window at the city on your way to the museum. It's such a classic.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:31 am

polar sky wrote:Edit: sorry I was wrong about that, woops. Yeah definitely an LP. Anyways, I will always be a favorite of mine! It gives me that nostalgic 1990s elementry field trip on the bus feeling, looking out the window at the city on your way to the museum. It's such a classic.


Hahaha! Twoism was the first BoC I heard. I always listened to it (especially Twoism and Oirectine) when on the bus to school.

@Arbitersground. Whoooooot??!?!?! IABPOITC is so good! Musically maybe not, but atmospherically, hellllll yeah!
But ah well, you're more one of the melody guitar types who rates The Campfire Headphase so high (though I also love that album..) .. I'm more of the electronic music lover. So I get where you're coming from.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:54 am

Rodheh wrote:
noby wrote:
Rodheh wrote:
noby wrote:Twoism is an album, not EP and in my opinion their best album or at least as good as mhtrtc.



You mean LP, right? Any collection of more than one song is technically an "album".


Well generally LP and album are used synonomously, but to be precise LP would be more accurate. Generally a collection of songs is considered an album if it exceeds 25-30 minutes in lenght.


Although Twoism might be 8 or so tracks in length, it can't really be counted as an album in comparison... I guess this is personal opinion more than anything.


Many of their early albums very very short in lenght, Twoism wasn't an exception. And it's actually 9 tracks btw ;)


Yeah, felt the same here. Not all EP's are over 25 minutes in length, but a few are. It also depends on how you classify an EP. Seems like most people consider an EP less than 30 minutes and less than 8 tracks. Seems fair to me.


anything over 6 tracks is technicaly an lp, i don't remeber where, but i read it is a 'rule' in bigger labels.

and don't forget that initially twoism was just a demo.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:32 pm

Roygbivman wrote:
polar sky wrote:Edit: sorry I was wrong about that, woops. Yeah definitely an LP. Anyways, I will always be a favorite of mine! It gives me that nostalgic 1990s elementry field trip on the bus feeling, looking out the window at the city on your way to the museum. It's such a classic.


Hahaha! Twoism was the first BoC I heard. I always listened to it (especially Twoism and Oirectine) when on the bus to school.

@Arbitersground. Whoooooot??!?!?! IABPOITC is so good! Musically maybe not, but atmospherically, hellllll yeah!
But ah well, you're more one of the melody guitar types who rates The Campfire Headphase so high (though I also love that album..) .. I'm more of the electronic music lover. So I get where you're coming from.
I think IABPOITC just lacks excitement tracks. BoC have always been more on the slow and quiet side, which is fine, but every now and then they'll put in a track that's a bit more loud and exciting. Like MHTRTC with Sixtyten and Aquarius. Geogaddi has Music Is Math and Sunshine Recorder. Campfire has Chromakey Dreamcoat and Dayvan Cowboy. Hi Scores has June 9th. Twoism has Basefree. Trans Canada Highway has Left Side Drive. Peel Session has Aquarius. And the Aquarius EP has Chinook.

IABPOITC is all quiet, soft and slow. I like all the tracks on there, but as an album it just isn't as versatile and diverse as the rest of their albums. And to be completely honest, I really have never cared for Zoetrope.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:59 pm

agree slightly bout zoetrope,but the first 3 tracks are from another dimension!!!
(that,s a good thing by the way!)

Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:48 pm

Yeah, I think I like Amo Bishop Roden, the most off of IABPOITC. I used to love the IABPOITC (the track), but over the years, I've really lost interest in that track and don't find it appealing anymore. I think the very dark harmony and chord progression was something very new to me when I first heard it, and now it's something I've seen more and more as I've explored BoC's music.

Campfire Headphase is great for me, because of the insane attention to detail and Tears From The Compound Eye. The background noise they make in those tracks really give it a great atmosphere, the way dis niga likes it.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:01 pm

ArbitersGround wrote:Campfire Headphase is great for me, because of the insane attention to detail and Tears From The Compound Eye. The background noise they make in those tracks really give it a great atmosphere, the way dis niga likes it.

word up.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:20 pm

Hehehe. Alright man.

I never cared much for Zoetrope either, but a few weeks ago I was chilling on my bed and that track came by. It was as if I was carried away into another dimension or something and I suddenly saw the outlines of the trees outside very clearly against the blue sky..
I tried to stay in it, but later on it got kind of freaky. As if I had some kind of drugs (never had hallucinogenic drugs, but I guess it would be slightly like that, only more intense haha).
It even scared me at one point and I broke free in some kind of shock. Like: 'ohke, now it's too much, get out of the trance!'

Just by focusing on the music. Since then Zoetrope became more interesting to me.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:46 pm

Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:21 pm

Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:32 pm

Zoetrope, aka THE most underrated BoC song.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:46 pm

I adore Zoetrope. Much like 747, it's a sneaky bugger. It doesn't seem to 'do' alot and yet somehow, it's all the more intense for it. Love it, love it, love it.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:31 pm

dp wrote:
Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.


You must be the smartass of the forum. Hi there! Nice to meet you.

Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:45 pm

Mexicola wrote:I adore Zoetrope. Much like 747, it's a sneaky bugger. It doesn't seem to 'do' alot and yet somehow, it's all the more intense for it. Love it, love it, love it.


That's exactly the reason why I and many others love minimalism, in all forms of art ;)

Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:49 pm

^^^

Less is more. Cliche, but true. :wink:

Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:52 pm

dp wrote:
Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.


I was about to make a Magic Window joke, damn. :roll:

Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:03 am

Roygbivman wrote:
dp wrote:
Twoist wrote:Zoetrope moves me in the way that the very best BoC tracks do. It sucked me in from the very first listen. It accompanied me during changing times in my life - and boy did things change for me - but it always surprises me so many are 'meh' about it.


It's definitely better than Magic Window.


You must be the smartass of the forum. Hi there! Nice to meet you.


are you some sort of a certified smartasser? it's a second person you called that (first being me yesterday).

Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:16 am

I wasn't even being a smartass. Jeez, lighten up a bit, would you? Just having some fun.

Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:59 am

magic window magic window magic window magic window. Am I an official smartass now?

Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:19 am

To me, all the Magic Window jokes are getting old.
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