If your looking to check these guys out the better albums to check out IMO are "Stupid Dream" (Some of the best bass work here) "In Absentia" (Some of the best songs here) or "Deadwing (Heavier metalish stuff here). Or just get their DVD "Arriving Somewhere..." and work your way backwards from there. As for my personal favorite songs by them again IMO : Stars Die, Drown With Me, Trains, Strip the Soul (awsome bassline), Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled, The Sound of Muzak, Stranger By The Minute, and Don't Hate Me (nother sick bassline here).
These guys are incredible! I got into them recently and emediately realized I had to have everything they have ever done (which is a lot). I was thinking about getting a new bass and when I saw their DVD "Arriving Somewhere...", I saw that bongo and thought: I MUST HAVE ONE OF THOSE!!! Which is actually what brought me to join this forum. I am currently awaiting my bongo which should be arriving here around late April or May!
I know I wrote a lot here but I really can't tell you how much I feel like this is one of the most underrated bands EVER! The fact that they are not a huge deal probably has a lot to do with the fact that they are reeeeeeaaaaaaaallly hard to describe in terms of genres. But I would perhaps venture to say they land musically somewhere between Pink Floyd and Tool.
If anybody wants more info I can copy and past his letter to me. The forth coming album will be called Fear Of A Blank Planet. If anybody likes these guys I would also recommend Oceansize. nother amaaaaazing british group (bassplayer plays stingrays too!).
