Just wondering... does anyone else think that this song is better than anything on Armistice? I do. I feel like it has the classic Mute Math sound that the new album is missing.
Dont get me wrong, I'm all for bands trying new things, it worked great for Bloc Party imo, but Armistice is not change for the better, its change for the more generic. I think the sound behind this song would have made a much better basis for the new album than the generic alt/pop/rock they went with.
I agree completely with bgagma. I've been listening to "Clockwork" for since Spotlight came out. I love it; I think it's one of their best, and I really hoped Armistice was going to be more of the same, but I've been disappointed. It really has been "a change for the more generic"...well put.
I agree completely with bgagma. I've been listening to "Clockwork" for since Spotlight came out. I love it; I think it's one of their best, and I really hoped Armistice was going to be more of the same, but I've been disappointed. It really has been "a change for the more generic"...well put.
I listen to "Clockwork", and think about others like "Break The Same" and "Noticed", which are all brilliant, and then I have to try hard not to cringe when I hear "Electricy" (not because it's musically substandard, but because lyrically it's so...
I listen to "Clockwork", and think about others like "Break The Same" and "Noticed", which are all brilliant, and then I have to try hard not to cringe when I hear "Electricy" (not because it's musically substandard, but because lyrically it's so far from where they started out a few years ago).
Just wondering... does anyone else think that this song is better than anything on Armistice? I do. I feel like it has the classic Mute Math sound that the new album is missing.
Dont get me wrong, I'm all for bands trying new things, it worked great for Bloc Party imo, but Armistice is not change for the better, its change for the more generic. I think the sound behind this song would have made a much better basis for the new album than the generic alt/pop/rock they went with.
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I agree completely with bgagma. I've been listening to "Clockwork" for since Spotlight came out. I love it; I think it's one of their best, and I really hoped Armistice was going to be more of the same, but I've been disappointed. It really has been "a change for the more generic"...well put.
I agree completely with bgagma. I've been listening to "Clockwork" for since Spotlight came out. I love it; I think it's one of their best, and I really hoped Armistice was going to be more of the same, but I've been disappointed. It really has been "a change for the more generic"...well put.
I listen to "Clockwork", and think about others like "Break The Same" and "Noticed", which are all brilliant, and then I have to try hard not to cringe when I hear "Electricy" (not because it's musically substandard, but because lyrically it's so...
I listen to "Clockwork", and think about others like "Break The Same" and "Noticed", which are all brilliant, and then I have to try hard not to cringe when I hear "Electricy" (not because it's musically substandard, but because lyrically it's so far from where they started out a few years ago).