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Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Birdsong #46462 07/12/13 06:23 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Likes: 1 6 "Miles Away" from Lichvegas,... Brian Member
Brian Member Joined: Dec 2006 Likes: 1 6 "Miles Away" from Lichvegas,...	Agreed its very very good,very dreamy. Brian

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Brian #46463 07/12/13 11:30 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Sheffield, UK Alex S Member
Alex S Member Joined: Dec 2006 Sheffield, UK	This is the most excited I've felt about a new Foxx release in a long time, with this EP and the Ghost Box release. A nice return to more psychedelic-based music yet with all the same familiar themes of streets, avenues and all that.

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Alex S #46466 07/12/13 11:38 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Japan solenoid Member
solenoid Member Joined: Jul 2008 Japan	Liked both tracks that have been leaked - especially... Evangeline ---> BBC Radio 6 - JF and JH on at 1:25 but this is good too: Can't See You Anymore ---> Track on Soundcloud Last edited by solenoid; 07/12/13 11:39 PM.

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... solenoid #46473 07/13/13 02:10 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 K klibignaitis
klibignaitis K Joined: Apr 2013	I've just heard Angeline and it's one of my favourite Foxx tracks already. It's hugely dream-like, and John's voice has rarely been better. Cannot wait to own the EP!

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... klibignaitis #46479 07/15/13 01:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Barnsley H Herbert the turbot Member
Herbert the turbot Member H Joined: Dec 2006 Barnsley	Well, what a revelation! Only heard the two tracks so far but if the rest of the EP is up to scratch this could well be the best thing John's done since his 1980s heyday! To be honest, the recent Maths output has been so uninspiring I was starting to wonder if John was losing interest and just bunging out a "will this do?" album every few months just to pay the bills. On both Evangeline and Something Is Coming Down The Avenues however, for the first time in a long time, the arrangements sound like a lot of effort has gone into making them rich and lush, with haunting melodies and evocative lyrics. I await the full EP release with great interest.

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Herbert the turbot #46480 07/15/13 01:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Barnsley H Herbert the turbot Member
Herbert the turbot Member H Joined: Dec 2006 Barnsley	Oh and does anyone else find Soundcloud really temperamental? Most time I click on the links on this thread, I get taken to the site but no sound plays, no matter how many times I click the "play/pause" button.

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Herbert the turbot #46483 07/15/13 04:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Southampton, England Birdsong Administrator
Birdsong Administrator Joined: Dec 2006 Southampton, England	Originally Posted By: Herbert the turbot Well, what a revelation! Only heard the two tracks so far but if the rest of the EP is up to scratch this could well be the best thing John's done since his 1980s heyday! To be honest, the recent Maths output has been so uninspiring I was starting to wonder if John was losing interest and just bunging out a "will this do?" album every few months just to pay the bills. On both Evangeline and Something Is Coming Down The Avenues however, for the first time in a long time, the arrangements sound like a lot of effort has gone into making them rich and lush, with haunting melodies and evocative lyrics. I await the full EP release with great interest. [Like]

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Birdsong #46486 07/16/13 04:03 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Likes: 4 Ledbury Rob Harris OP The Archive
OP Rob Harris The Archive Joined: Apr 2006 Likes: 4 Ledbury	The vinyl edition of European Splendour is now available to pre-order from Amazon. Rob

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Rob Harris #46494 07/19/13 07:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Barnsley H Herbert the turbot Member
Herbert the turbot Member H Joined: Dec 2006 Barnsley	Just one misgiving; as it stands 3 of the 4 new tracks on this release are already available to stream online in full. Whilst I'm sure we diehards will buy the EP, perhaps the average curious fan might be tempted to just use a software package to record the streaming audio and not bother buying the actual CD. Perhaps it would have been better to just preview one or two track with a 30 second sample rather than the full length versions?

Re: John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen... Herbert the turbot #46497 07/19/13 08:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Southampton, England Birdsong Administrator
Birdsong Administrator Joined: Dec 2006 Southampton, England	Good point, well made. I concur. For me, it's less about the sales (I don't know the figures) but an element of surprise and anticipation is lost by listening to too many previews. However, It's been suggested to me that streaming and previews actually drive sales. Interesting. ..? Last edited by Birdsong; 07/20/13 09:24 AM.

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