Well according to a few people who were there she said that the new sound is a mix between SD and MCIS with a 'new twist' .


Thoughts?

omg, this stuff is getting boring, its prog rock dammit!!!

Did anyone from here attend?

I just can't fucking wait for something official to be released. I'm sure the new album is gonna be good. I'm just getting tired of waiting so fucking long.

Anything that sounds anything like SD and MCIS will be great without a doubt, but I still need more info!

Information please!

I was reading through the lame-ass threads on Netphoria just now (it was rather painful..) and the only other news anyone got was that "The Pumpkins" (whomever is in the band) will be playing the Reading Festival next year in England.

Many on the other board feel that the people who went to the meet-up are hiding something...possibly line-up related or otherwise.

If they're playing Reading, it's gonna be next to certain they'll play Leeds too, as it's a dual leg festival. If that was the case, I'd probably go, unless I'm still away exploring the world. Damn you gap year travel!

I think they'll go for the whole European summer festival scene, Reading/Leeds, Rock am etc etc.

I hope they do play the festival summer circuit cos then they may play Oxegen!! My fingers are crossed

Please play some UK festivals !!!

My only concern would be that everyone wouldn't be a Pumpkins fan, but meh, i wana see them!

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Well according to a few people who were there she said that the new sound is a mix between SD and MCIS with a 'new twist' .




i'm all smiles right now

havent people said that they are playing in europe as their first show? or did the pumpkin queen just say that they were playing in europe because she was there at the time of the meet up?
if they do have their first show their i would be disappointed, the metro has a sentimental value to it.

Although I want as many chances to see them here in the UK as possible, part of me still wants them to go to the Metro first too, but meh, yay SD and MCIS ! Yay new twist!

yay pumpkins!

I've got more stuff from the meetup via Netphoria members Izzle and Kahlo:

"Hmm I wish i could remember more.

The Future Embrace was sort of a one off experimental thing, when Billy could experiment outside of the band setting and explore some of his synth pop indulgences - TPQ didn't know if he would explore this route again in the future, but it is not indicative at all of the new album.

The new album is heavy, and they have taken it down from 50 - 25 songs to 12-14 or so?
However that doesn't mean it's a single album, but could be indicitave - however TPQ did mention that there is one insanely long and heavy song with massive drum buildups.

They are working 12 hour days 5-6(?) days a week - she laughed that on thanksgiving weekend that because they took off the friday, they where back in on the Sunday.

Something funny she noted was Billy's utter commitment to sound, this isn't like a conventional recording. One of the reasons it is taking so long is Billy's utter dedication to finding that perfect sound - he will listen back to takes then spend 4 hours re-recording one particular facet because he wants a certain pedal hooke dup to a certain sounding guitar for only a minimal part of a song - she said she was amazed at the way he knows exactly how he wants it to sound.

The flag is not the new album cover - Billy did design it, but it's meaning is ambiguous.

They have an artist doing the cover - Banksy was considered but then rejected.

Album thematically - it still deals with the usual Billy heart/ break up songs - but has a sort of revolutionary vibe throughout it, but not blatant - there is a dissatisfaction with things are in the USA but it's not as blatant as say Green Days American idiot for example.

This album may take a while to 'get' like Machina etc - it reveals itself over time.

There are a few singles which should do well commercially, but everyone who has heard it so far is really excited, espescially the band management.

This isn't going to leak at all, it apparently isn't possible. Apparently BC leaked TFE..."

and here's some more...

"we also saw alot of equipment pictures, but Izzle was more into that than me, so he can answers whatever.

There was a funny pic of the drum tracks for one song and it was like 20-30 tracks alone just for the drums or something, again my knowledge is vague.

You know it's easier if you asked all us questions, as you can imagine we asked about quite a bit and she told us what she could.

Also there is apparently NO animosity between Billy and the other band members, much of that is just press bullshit apparently."

Nice, theyre going back to the Flood days of recording of finding the perfect 'sound'

yay, thanks for the information avalon

sounds cool