New Underworld album - Barking (Sept. 13, Sept 2 Japan)

[Flywaver]

Couple of questions. Any tracks that merge on the album? Is Simple Peel longer than 4.31?as thats the one i have.

[Dino3D]

Am I the only one who haven't heard the album yet?

(I only heard a snippet of Grace weeks before)

I wait for the physical one for the full experience.

[the mongoose]

Originally Posted by Flywaver

Couple of questions. Any tracks that merge on the album? Is Simple Peel longer than 4.31?as thats the one i have.

No merging tracks. Right length for Simple Peel (and no song on album is longer than 6-7 minutes).

[testudo]

Originally Posted by the mongoose

No merging tracks. Right length for Simple Peel (and no song on album is longer than 6-7 minutes).

Scribble merges/fades into Hamburg Hotel

[ThingInABook]

anyone knows if the songs in the album version (physical) will have transitions between songs? i'm not a big fan of fades in u/w songs...

besides that, between stars and diamond jigsaw are my fav tracks right now. they have a new order feel, but with bigger bass and loads of intensity.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

I can't really judge the album until I hear the second disc. Obviously most of these tracks have been worked on quite a bit, which means a lot was dropped, some of which I really do miss. But if they're on the second disc I can't really complain about what "could have been".

That said, I tried to listen to it imagining I had not heard any of the other tracks before, and I feel like it's quite good, and maybe their best since STITI. I do wish some of these tunes were a bit longer though. "Hamburg Hotel" specifically. That one has a great 90's UW vibe and I wish they took it further. It's too good of an album to "only" be 50 minutes.

I did like "Diamond Jigsaw" a lot. I hate to say this but PVD was absolutely the right choice for this track. The synths were my favorite part and I wish they stayed...that said if they are on the second disc I can't really complain, because the guitars sound good too.

I like how this album brings every era of UW together, even the Underneath the Radar/Change the Weather era...really!! Just wish it was longer! They could have expanded "Hamburg Hotel" a ways, maybe added "Bamboo"...I don't know, just hate when it ends I did order the double vinyl, how is that going to work? Like 12-13 minutes a side?

I'll need time to see how, ultimately, this ranks among the other UW albums, but suffice to say this is the most excited I've ever been for a new release since I got into them in 98. Just sayin'...

[bazwint]

I'm glad PvD is getting some love. Karl dedicated DS to him in Paris on Friday.

[bazwint]

Originally Posted by bazwint

DS

?? Sorry... "DJ"

[Champiness]

Holding out on hearing the actual album, but the Abbey Road version of YDS sounds great! A lot like the original, but with a few differences that make it sound more "studio"-ish. I can only imagine what the Disc 2 one will sound like!

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

Champ - does it have the vocals? I do have one "studio" version of YDS that was played on a broadcast, and it was neat, but it didn't have the vocal that I liked so much...and this one??