Published on April 16th, the lyrics are more fit for Gimli than Legolas; they conjure up images of the Queens of the Stone Age going to war. Listen to Born to Kill, The Sunset, and of course the closing Our Love Survives. In the tradition of epic tales like Beowulf, the Lay of Hildebrand, and the Heike Monogatari, it isn't exactly dream pop. I like it. And yes, a good song can be shorter than 2:30!
*) I haven't actually watched Game of Thrones -- only read the books. So forgive my ignorance if it really is the soundtrack.
It really is emotive and warlike - I love it :)
ReplyDeleteHere's the Game of Thrones theme from the series, as sung by the Stark kids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REasBBiJm00
Awesome :)
ReplyDeleteI love this band I love this album. What's kind of unique about the album, in my opinion, is that it's more pure punk than their previous work. In fact, it really sounds like one punk song broken into 10 segments (and logging in at 26 minutes, so there you go).
ReplyDeleteIt totally is like that. If "concept album" wasn't a ... uhm .. twelve letter word ... words ... anyway, if it wasn't I'd call it that. Meet you there. :)
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