Presto-digitation Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 First new album since 2003 drops this coming Friday. Pick it up...! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 No. Lead single was awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicHead Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Yes. Mine has already shipped. And it's a concept album to boot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Haven't heard the single. and i doubt i'll bother. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Ooooo nice!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Haven't heard the single. and i doubt i'll bother. Mick It's stale Styx. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) No. Lead single was awful This. But hey, someone let me know if there are any good songs that Tommy Shaw sings; I could always buy a song or two for a buck on iTunes. Any song that Gowan sings, I have zero interest in. Edited June 14, 2017 by The K Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 No. Lead single was awful It wasn't great, but I have read reviews that suggest it's clearly the album's low point. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 They're touring and coming to my hometown in November. Just a hunch they'll be giving these CDs away at the door for free. "oh they're playing some new tunes...hmm time for beer and a pee. Let me know when they get back to playing the hits." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Haven't heard the single. and i doubt i'll bother. Mick It's stale Styx.More like Twygs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) They're touring and coming to my hometown in November. Just a hunch they'll be giving these CDs away at the door for free. "oh they're playing some new tunes...hmm time for beer and a pee. Let me know when they get back to playing the hits." Too true and sad IMO. I have been utterly disgusted with Styx not doing a new record over the past 14 years. I would rather they have released three or four exceedingly average albums with a few special gems each than do NOTHING but play the nostalgia circuit in that time frame. But I realize that is the taste of the average attendee, it's just not mine. To me bands make music. They write and they perform. Amputated creativity is a band's saddest attribute and lowest point. Bring the suckage if need be, but bring something. Edited June 14, 2017 by Presto-digitation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 The other two singles are great. Radio Silence has the best kind of Man In The Wilderness vibes, and A Hundred Million Miles From Home is a couple of production points away from literally just being back in the mid seventies, like ELO meets the Eagles in the best way possible. I might just buy this. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Yes. Mine has already shipped. And it's a concept album to boot. I was not aware of a new concept album by STYX!! Can't wait to see them on June 23!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 Tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 No Japanese pressing so far. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 Lots to ingest here. Hard to believe the band released a 70s style prog concept album fully recorded on analog tape...in 2017. Think classic Styx mixed with flourishes of Floyd, Kansas, ELO, and even some nods to Queen throughout...with a Bowie-esque theme. A record meant to be listened to in a single sitting with headphones. Many of the tracks work as transition pieces between songs, so sequentially versus picking and choosing cuts is the way to go.. Given the album's 42 minute running time it's a very digestible easy listen. Whatever you ultimately think, it bears multiple listens. It was surely much denser and involved and layered and ambitious than I EVER expected from the band at this point; a band creatively dormant the past 14 years. The spacey theme might seem silly and surely a bit pretentious (and maybe dated, even despite our current mission to Mars), but beyond the theme there is a ton to enjoy here musically. And honestly, the theme itself really grounds it in the 70s as well, truth be told. It actually serves the project's retro feel. Had these been DeYoung's vocals in the place of Gowan's, you would swear this is a 1979 or 1980 follow up to Pieces Of Eight. That alone is worth about three listens. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I'd be all over this if not for Gowan. I simply do not like his voice at all, and I am not going to make myself try to tolerate his voice. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I'd be all over this if not for Gowan. I simply do not like his voice at all, and I am not going to make myself try to tolerate his voice. Oh well. He is the weakest link, but I will still buy it. King Crimson tonight! 5th row! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I've only listened through once, but I really like it already. it reminds me of grand illusion and equinox . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 What the hell is Gowan doing in Styx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 What the hell is Gowan doing in Styx? That Larry Gowan's a strange animal.Maybe it has something to do with various moonlight desires. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iypXh0_mo0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 What the hell is Gowan doing in Styx? Gets old answering this one. He's only been in the band 16 years now. Time to get the f**k over it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 I've only listened through once, but I really like it already. it reminds me of grand illusion and equinox . It definitely is of that era. Had this album come in 1979 I wouldn't have batted an eye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 What the hell is Gowan doing in Styx? Gets old answering this one. He's only been in the band 16 years now. Time to get the f**k over it.Yes. He's a brilliant musician in his own right. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 "The Mission" is a great sounding record... ...especially you are a fan of "The Grand Illusion" / "Pieces of Eight" era. It is so classic "Styx sounding" while still sounding quite fresh, indeed. It doesn't sound, to these ears, that they are trying to capitalize on past glory, but rather (and finally) picking up where they left off. And with great result. I love when a band, from back in the day, surprises you with an album like this. Don't even get me started about how great the new Cheap Trick album is! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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