-- ============================================================== Peace, hope, love, Jesus Christ - Layner ============================================================== ...it meant the world to hold a bruising faith, but now it's just a matter of grace... - Smashing Pumpkins ==============================================================
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- To: Greg Smith <janweatherman at hotmail_com>
- Subject: Re: OtR listie...
- From: Layne Petersen <petersen at info2000_net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 01:44:43 -0600
- References: <19990204155010.20052.qmail at hotmail_com>
Greg Smith wrote: > "Joshua M. Neds-Fox" <jnedsfox at moody_edu> wrote- > > >I'm hooked... what does "The Violet Burning" sound like? > > Oh, my God! The violet burning's self titled CD, from 1996, is the > emotional equivalent of having your guts ripped out with a fork. :)> Glad someone agrees with me. > Musically, that album is much like "the Bends" era radiohead, but please > don't take that to mean they're a knock-off. My god, are they a good > band. It does have kind of a _Bends_-y kinda feel. But it's much more echo-y and dreamy than _The Bends_. > Favorite lyric: > "Can I pull you under with me? > Lately it's a little bit hard. > Breathe in deep, let's float here for a while. > Is it healing me or drowning me? > The more I live the less I know..." > - Underwater This song sooooooo reminds me of the girl I was absolutely in love with at the time. Ah. Hurricane Jane... > "Strength" is the best worship album I've ever heard. It's not intended > as a worship album, but there is so much to it. The sound of that one is > more of an ethereal sound. There's a woman who sings back up on most of > the songs named Jamie Eichler. Her vocals add so much to the racord. She > later had a band with Andy Pricket (of the Prayer Chain, and for a > while, the violet burning) called My Brother's Mother. If you can find > anything by them, I'd encourage you to do so. I agree on this one as well. My roommate and I were just talking about My Brothers Mother last night. And, once again, I agree completely on your summation of _Strength_. It's so amazing. > Anyway, "Chosen" their first one, is quite good as well. Kind of a dark > synth-pop/rock sound. Kind of Cure-ish. Not as good as the later > releases, but it's what got me hooked. Yeah, it's a little more goth-y than the others. All 4 of them have very different sounds. > I haven't heard "Plastic and Elastic" yet. I keep putting off ordering > it, for whatever reason. Maybe next paycheck. > Oh well. Eh. It's okay. Don't spend a whole lot on it if you can help it. > I'm gonna have to go home and crank tvb after work today. Darn you all. Been doing just that lately. "Low" is one of the best "absolutely cranked in a car" songs ever... :)> -- ============================================================== Peace, hope, love, Jesus Christ - Layner ============================================================== ...it meant the world to hold a bruising faith, but now it's just a matter of grace... - Smashing Pumpkins ==============================================================
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