The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 42

dis thing leak yet

 

I took the golden opal chrysolite line as referring to the soft, whole, goodness in us. The best of us.

 

So can I buy a version of the vinyl that's actually blurred out? Would push me to preorder it.

 

Does anyone else feel that the songs that have been released paint a really vivid image in your mind? Like when I listen to Piano Player, I imagine a really bright forest on a sunny day in a really secluded area (partially because of Jason's comment regarding the first muffled verse), and when I listen to Soft Animal I imagine myself in a cabin looking out to a snow covered forest and seeing a deer. I listened to the clips once or twice through, so I don't know if I get the same feeling about the other songs, but these two have some really vivid imagery.

 

I'd imagine there will be some alternate cover for stores; maybe not for the vinyl but for the CD (not that I'd imagine you'd find this CD in Walmart or Target or Best Buy).

TBH I think the artwork blurred out is actually kinda cool.

Also, I might just be seeing things, but, at least on Google Play Music, there are two different 'levels' of blur. In the thumbnail, it's less blurred.

 

Tons of imagery yes.. Just wait until you hear sun

 

You gotta go back and read the last 10 pages or so to find out

 

I really think the artwork is neat with the image blurred, but with my daughter soon to be able to reach things on my shelf, I don't want to have to explain the nudists to her yet. Haha.

 

meh, album can't be that good.........

 

Just do her a favor and be upfront, honest, and open about it? :). There's no point in shielding her from things like this, especially something as innocent as nudists. But you do you, not trying to tell you how to parent sorry.

 

Haha, no worries.

I don't particularly want to look at it either, but I'm not offended by it.

 

I think the alternate cover is this one http://tinyengines.limitedrun.com/products/569906-the-hotelier-pixel-tee-pre-order

 

That might be the ugliest t-shirt ever.

 

Are we sure that is actually the shirt and it's not just blotched out bc of the website or whatever?

 

It's called the pixel tee.

 

I'm really fine with the artwork and all but.. Why not just come up with a nature themed alternate shirt or something... I do not like the pixilated art work.

 

Yea realized that after I posted, my bad

 

mmm

1. The pixelated is obvious commentary/criticism on all the people who where offended/disgusted/annoyed/appalled by a picture of eight naked elderly persons. (take a while to assimilate that this actually happened, and in the XXI C - now that's appalling)

2. I quite like it from a conceptual and aesthetic point of view

 

I still think the art is awesome and *important* and the shirt is hilarious.

 

can someone explain to me why the word *important* gets thrown around so much for this album

it's going to be a killer record, maybe even an influential record for a scene, maybe even for a genre... important? nah

 

Some of us were discussing it on the previous page of the thread

@Horrorca couldn't you say that any album that is influential to a scene or genre can be considered important? If it serves as an influence to other bands, or becomes a seminal album for a particular niche in the scene, I'd certainly call that "important" if for no other reason than its resonance and scope. If it significantly impacts a large group of people, it's important to those people, and it's important in the sense that it had the ability to garner support recognition among a diverse population of listeners, something many albums are not able to do.

I hope that all makes sense, thats my take on it at least .

 

I understand where you're coming from and I respect yr view. Each person determines what's important to them. so... I take it back...

 

I don't think it's an important record - you do. It's cool.

 

I discussed the word from a different perspective(disagreeing/being indifferent towards it from that perspective), but in that context, I've always felt like you can't call an album "important" early in its lifespan. I just can't use it in that context when it hasn't been released or is like, less than a few years old.

 

I guess time will be the great revelator.