Drones Album Discussion Thread

[alibros]

It's definitely better than Supremacy video.

 

what isn't?

[MAurelia]

what isn't?

 

Touché!

[frutiger75]

Have any instrumental versions surfaced yet?

 

fyi: not even the full masters of the tracks are yet in warner's database (save dead inside).

 

all of the licenses for the tracks appear though (but none yet for the instrumentals), so we'll have to take it a day at a time...

[alibros]

Their best videos were actually few of the fan made ones for Animals. Nothing comes close. The prize for the Animals video contest should have been a chance to do an official video for this album.

 

On an unrelated note, I just managed to download the album directly from Warner without any security enforced. They really need to raise their server game.

[matthijs]

Well at least the video isn't surfing goths...

[kueller]

On an unrelated note, I just managed to download the album directly from Warner without any security enforced. They really need to raise their server game.

 

omg

[MalvaBlanco]

Storywise the album couldn't be simpler, it follows a Hero's Journey format. I guess that makes it more satisfying to listen to as a whole than The 2nd Law.

 

That said, they've missed an opportunity on the 2nd half on the album. "Revolt" is a bit redundant; you basically have two battle cry songs next to each other with Defector and Revolt. There should've been a track where the guy and his fellow defectors actually fight the oppressors and suffer great losses. Sound-wise it could be like Reapers, which is sort of a battle song, but darker.

 

And now I've noticed Dee3Dee made almost the same observation as me. Whoops, back to not procrastinating I guess.

[H4N5]

How and when do they usually surface guys?

 

For the T2L I believe at was something like 3 days after the worldwide release, so it shouldn't be too long.

[Jobby]

That said, they've missed an opportunity on the 2nd half on the album. "Revolt" is a bit redundant; you basically have two battle cry songs next to each other with Defector and Revolt. There should've been a track where the guy and his fellow defectors actually fight the oppressors and suffer great losses. Sound-wise it could be like Reapers, which is sort of a battle song, but darker.

 

Well, the way I see it is Defector is about the individual escaping while Revolt is about inspiring others to do so as well. They're about as similar thematically as Psycho, Mercy and The Handler are imo.

 

I don't really care too much about the concept though, it's just a small bonus for cohesion when listening to the whole thing.

[Finn.]

like a terrible version of Ex Machina

 

At least they didn't try to rip off Jupiter Acsending.

[Mr.Mime]

 

[That_Italian_Guy]

 

 

Just Matt being Matt

[topo_musero]

I'm wondering, why does Dom use a double bass pedal for Dead Inside? I've just seen their performance in that french program, it was great, but that caught my attention...

[Hopix]

I'm wondering, why does Dom use a double bass pedal for Dead Inside? I've just seen their performance in that french program, it was great, but that caught my attention...

 

Cus it's easier?

[jonisdead]

Cus it's easier?

 

I've heard peeps say it's very unnecessary since it could be done easily enough with one pedal

[Hopix]

I've heard peeps say it's very unnecessary since it could be done easily enough with one pedal

 

It does seem a bit unnecessary, are there any other songs at all he uses them for?

[topo_musero]

Yeah, I think it's unnecessary. I'm wondering if there could be more reasons, apart of it being "easier". Like it could sound better or something like that. I'm not a drummer so that's why that caught my attention

[defector]

I'm wondering, why does Dom use a double bass pedal for Dead Inside? I've just seen their performance in that french program, it was great, but that caught my attention...

 

i can't move my foot fast enough to do that beat with one pedal.

[alibros]

Was Drones featured in the Apple keynote at all today?

[Hopix]

Was Drones featured in the Apple keynote at all today?

 

Hopefully not.

[Alexander DeLarge]

Is the girl from the Mercy video Matt's new girlfriend? The one from that Blurred Lines video? She looks similar.

[AJUltra]

I've heard peeps say it's very unnecessary since it could be done easily enough with one pedal

 

It is unnecessary. I actually find it much easier with just one pedal.

[forevermusic]

I noticed it when the track appeared in Brighton. It did look cool but I'm pretty sure you could do it with one pedal.

 

The heavy part of Globalist sounds like it has a double-pass pedal.

[jonisdead]

Is the girl from the Mercy video Matt's new girlfriend? The one from that Blurred Lines video? She looks similar.

 

Yes

[JessicaSarahS]

Why have they tried to 'rock up' the song so much? There's more shaky cam to make it appear heavy in the Mercy video than, say, the Dead Star video. Cringey.

 

Agreed. But the video was pretty enjoyable overall.