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Post by sarahw on Jun 30, 2010 23:49:17 GMT -5
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Post by kannika on Jul 1, 2010 4:59:29 GMT -5
yeah he does. and the story behind the name has changed once again. seriously though, what is the story behind the name? I think I've heard at least 3 versions. haha.
BTW, did anyone here get to catch them at the show with Eisley? That's my dream line-up: SSLYBY & Eisley.sorry, off-topic.
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Post by sarahw on Jul 2, 2010 10:42:59 GMT -5
I didn't but I get to see Eisley tomorrow! I heard Darren King (Mutemath drummer who's engaged to one of the Eisley girls) played drums for some or all of SSLYBY's set. All those guys are so talented and versatile. As for the band naming, well I wouldn't be surprised if all of the stories together are true.
From all the various stories I've heard it sounds like still loving Boris Yeltsin was some sort of inside joke thing between Will, Phil, and several of their relatives before Phil decided to use it as a band name and suggested it to the band during one of their practices.
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Post by El Zilcho on Jul 6, 2010 20:26:45 GMT -5
It seemed like a pretty lame interview to me.
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Post by ray m. on Jul 15, 2010 11:58:12 GMT -5
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Post by sarahw on Jul 15, 2010 12:42:07 GMT -5
And you can download it too! I love this song. It's fun to dance and sing to, the edginess of the guitar at the beginning is really cool (despite being short), it's got a great beat, and a lot of variety in speeds so it never feels too repetative or boring. I like the moments when one guitar plays and then the other joins and doubles it. Likewise the moments when the drums and the guitar momentarily double each other on strong downbeat-accented rhythms. Oh, and the hand claps. Every SSLYBY album needs songs with hand claps
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Post by alexr on Jul 15, 2010 22:17:39 GMT -5
I'm really loving the new song. The chorus makes me think of this as SSLYBY's "Hey Jude"
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Post by kilian on Jul 16, 2010 4:03:09 GMT -5
The new song is growing on me, first I thought it's a bit too simple, but there is always something special about their songs, a little guitar- or keyboard-melody that makes their songs interesting.
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Post by sarahw on Jul 16, 2010 9:44:53 GMT -5
Yeah I know what you mean Kilian. I've heard this song live several times over the last 12 months so it's had a chance to grow on me. I'm really happy with how it sounds on the album recording. I can hear the parts that I previously kind of knew were there but that were drowned out by the crowd or by the way the sound guy was mixing the show (too loud/wall of sound especially in large venues). I wish they could have a dedicated sound guy to travel to all their shows with them
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Post by sarahw on Jul 21, 2010 18:55:36 GMT -5
I'm so thrilled the full album is out now. Oh man, are we going to talk about it or what?
I love this album SO much. I'll have to come back and give my full review sometime when I've calmed down enough to write a coherent sentence.
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Post by kannika on Jul 21, 2010 19:38:30 GMT -5
aw, am I the only one who preordered who didn't get the digital download yet? so bummed. but even more excited, because I haven't read a single bad tweet about it haha.
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Post by El Zilcho on Jul 21, 2010 19:40:45 GMT -5
What? It's out?
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Post by kannika on Jul 21, 2010 19:42:59 GMT -5
oh wait, now I'm downloading it. so EXCITED. but I was just wondering why it's coming out this early? I thought Polyvinyl was going to give the digital download on August 6.
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Post by El Zilcho on Jul 21, 2010 19:50:10 GMT -5
Oh, downloading it right now. I didn't get an email notification or anything. And there is no link on the website. Maybe they could advertise it a bit more.
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Post by El Zilcho on Jul 21, 2010 19:54:33 GMT -5
Listening
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Post by kannika on Jul 21, 2010 20:09:20 GMT -5
I didn't get a notification, too. Twitter just got bombarded with RTs about people who got notifications from Polyvinyl.
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Post by sarahw on Jul 21, 2010 20:17:43 GMT -5
I got my auto-bot email at 5:38pm last night. It was an auto-bot email notice basically saying my order # had been scheduled by Polyvinyl for pick-up by USPS for shipping. The email gave me a link to the USPS and a tracking number. I checked and mine hadn't shipped. I checked again a couple hours ago and it still hadn't shipped. I checked again right now and got this on the USPS website: * Processed through Sort Facility, July 21, 2010, 7:27 pm, CHAMPAIGN, IL 61821 * Electronic Shipping Info Received, July 20, 2010
I bought a vinyl last night and haven't gotten one of those auto-auto emails for it yet. Maybe they're scheduling for ship-out in the order we ordered them and that's why I got mine and some orders haven't gotten theirs yet. Sorry, I don't know why they decided to start shipping early. Maybe the physical albums arrived early and they got excited and decided to go for it. No idea.
P.S. Hey, do any of you guys want to get together on Saturday for an hour or so on Skype or some other type-style chat and all press play on track #1 at the same time and "listen" to the whole album together while we type-chat about what we love?
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Post by Meghan on Jul 21, 2010 20:30:50 GMT -5
hey that sounds likea fun idea, I work until 9:30 that night. We'd have to figure out time zones, etc.
I am absolutely loving the new album though.
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Post by sarahw on Jul 21, 2010 20:53:11 GMT -5
We can always do this a second time again next week, but this week I'm going to be on Skype at 9:30pm Eastern U.S. time with crazycstudios. We'll start the actual listening part at 10pm if that's not too early for you Meghan. That should give everyone enough time to add me as a friend and for us to practice starting our albums together. If you don't have Skype you can download it here: about.skype.com/ It's very safe. I've been using it for 5 years. First thing to do after you install it is to immediately find the little top menu on your Skype screen and look for the Tools option. Go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy settings. Change it to only allow people in your contact list to contact you. Be sure to add me to your contact list, otherwise I won't be able to add you to the chat. My username is "poetcoc." Everyone try to send me a PM here on the forum with your Skype name before noon on Sat so I have time to add you to my contact list as well.
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Post by Meghan on Jul 21, 2010 21:11:18 GMT -5
i should be able to make it. my skype name is pretty obvious, its just 'meghanbaier'
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