An Albatross is for gays

[Ananas]

I... I can't find the words to describe it. It's like a record skipping over and over while a butch man named... oh let's just say RCOC, rapes a screeching Clawson and a walkman quickly running out of batteries plays some shitty Swedish pop music from the mid-nineties. And then it's over. And that moment is the greatest of my life. Oh it's An Albatross alright. An Albatross that pecks out my fucking ears.

Over to you Fizzy. >_>

[Fitzy]

It is clearly rhe worst shit I have ever had to listen to. But the dogs do make up for it somewhat

[K]

Wait.. is An Albatross the name of a band?

[Guest The Ringy Complex]

That album gave me a headache. It was like listening to a tiny bird get raped by RCOC over and over, it was just wow, who writes this? Is it like some guy going "Hey guys, make horrible noises, it'll sell"? Because that was horrible and my head hurts.

I'd rather listen to Srar sing.

[ROC]

DAMMIT, WHY ARE I HATED SO MUCH? >_>

And An Albatross lays a big egg...go figure.

[Fitzy]

Wait.. is An Albatross the name of a band?

[ROC]

Wait.. is An Albatross the name of a band?

Yeah and it is liek 15 minutes of pure shit that makes you insane.

[Guest The Ringy Complex]

I have uploaded it on Sendspace if anyone is interested

But yes, headache inducing shit.

[Fitzy]

I want to know why Skummy likes this shit. :@

[YI]

Hook me up. I want to hear this.

Edited September 29, 2006 by Mr. Kurt McKenna

[Guest The Ringy Complex]

You'll wish you were deaf >_>

[The Z-Man]

Are these guys really that bad?

Cause, if they are, I MUST hear them.

[Buford Ripley]

Hook me up too.

[YI]

The sad thing is that they seem talented. It's just...what the fuck is the point in 'that'...it's like 'That's it'.

[ROC]

The sad thing is that they seem talented. It's just...what the fuck is the point in 'that'...it's like 'That's it'.

[Guest The Ringy Complex]

But the Dogs singing were clearly great >_>

[Buford Ripley]

I like to imagine that it's Delirious doing all the screaming.

[Guest The Ringy Complex]

Is he the one barking too?

[sirdavinator]

I'd say bands like An Albartross are definitely not for everyone. Some people (like me ) do like them. The keyboards are good, and I'm used to all that screaming anyway, from listening to bands like The Locust (which are ten times 'worse' than An Albatross).

[YI]

Uncle Funky Pants > ** I love the keyboard as well. Besides that...meh, some of it is actually really good. They seem talented. The vocals don't bother me either (I love my fair share of screamo). It's the fact that lots of the 'songs' don't seem to go anywhere. It's no coincidence that songs that actually seem to have a formula, like "The Man Eating Pig of Madidi" are actually really good, and totally stand out against the rest.. Towards the end of the album it gets better IMO. Sounds much better in headphones....shit, I think I like them...well the end of the album anyway.

And speaking of Locust. I remember Skummy recommending them in a music thread to me once, and I like them...there was just something about them that stodd out more than An Albatross have thus far.

Edited September 30, 2006 by Mr. Kurt McKenna

[The Z-Man]

::starts vomiting as I try to rip my ears off.::

Dear god! Stop screaming and try to show some talent already!

...The music is alright but, fuckin' Jesus Christ on a pogo stick! Screaming is NOT singing, thus ruining the whole point of a lead singer.

[YI]

To be perfectly honest...people don't bitch about screaming metal bands. What's different here? Could you seriously contemplate someone singing over this kind of music, it just wouldn't work. Granted you don't have to like the screaming, but him singing (Or mostly singing) would sound stupid.

I now firmly stand by the idea of "First half mostly weak, second half mostly good". Still far too short to be considered an 'album' by me though.

Edited September 30, 2006 by Mr. Kurt McKenna

[9 to 5]

Hook me up. I have gotta to listen to something this bad.

[Skummy]

I love An Albatross, and their ilk (The Locust, The Smackdown, Robot Ninja Dinosaur Bastards, How To Tell Yourself From A Television, Buck Brothers, Daughters, xbrxx etc.), but I can understand why people wouldn't.

The synth intro to "The Revolutionary Politics Of Dance" is one of my favourite pieces of music in the world, it's brilliant. The appeal of it, in my opinion, is no different to the original appeal of punk rock, or hardcore, or heavy metal, or even trance music, just unrelenting speed and brutality, while moving away from the increasingly more death metal aspect of grindcore, which is pretty much their father genre.

It's incredible, though, it combines the best aspects of late hardcore/early grindcore with electro, and with amazing time signature and tempo changes...it's not just random noise, there's almost an aspect of John Zorn-esque free jazz to it all.

[Liam]

I like An Albatross, but don't exactly listen to them every second of the waking day. I'll occasionally throw it on in the background though.