F O U R T H E Y E

joeypants wrote:My good buddy is seeing them with Torche and they'll be hanging out with all of them. I could be in on that but can't afford to take off work or go to the show. Grrrrrrrrrr goddamnit. Enjoy, all of you that are going!

So he's spent money on a seemingly fair and reasonably affordable VIP package?

petemasterpete wrote:

joeypants wrote:My good buddy is seeing them with Torche and they'll be hanging out with all of them. I could be in on that but can't afford to take off work or go to the show. Grrrrrrrrrr goddamnit. Enjoy, all of you that are going!

So he's spent money on a seemingly fair and reasonably affordable VIP package?

No, because that band isn't full of tools.

Kittaan wrote:

petemasterpete wrote:

joeypants wrote:My good buddy is seeing them with Torche and they'll be hanging out with all of them. I could be in on that but can't afford to take off work or go to the show. Grrrrrrrrrr goddamnit. Enjoy, all of you that are going!

So he's spent money on a seemingly fair and reasonably affordable VIP package?

No, because that band isn't full of tools.

He works for EGC, so he gets to go to almost everything awesome around here. They make those awesome aluminum guitars for Melvins, Failure, Isis, just about everyone else these days.

Also, thanks, Hellboy! This show is great.

joeypants wrote: He works for EGC, so he gets to go to almost everything awesome around here. They make those awesome aluminum guitars for Melvins, Failure, Isis, just about everyone else these days.

If I had the money to throw at a new guitar I'd be getting an EGC - they make some fine axes...

Yeah, an Electrical Guitar would be cool but I'm thinking my next guitar will probably be a Telecaster. I'm hoping that maybe that will be sooner rather than later.

hellboy wrote:

joeypants wrote: He works for EGC, so he gets to go to almost everything awesome around here. They make those awesome aluminum guitars for Melvins, Failure, Isis, just about everyone else these days.

If I had the money to throw at a new guitar I'd be getting an EGC - they make some fine axes...

If you ever get to play one do so. They are AMAZING. It sucks that Kevin has scaled back on his custom work now. I think he pretty much will only do true "custom" builds if you're one of the bigger clients and even then, I'm not sure? The Travis Bean fold in he did has started to dominate a lot of the time and they're still a tiny little shop with only 3-5 people.

Announcement from Failure coming on Monday. August marks the 20th anniversary of Fantastic Planet.

Oct 06 - San Diego, CA - The Music Box
Oct 07 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
Oct 08 - Phoenix, AZ - Livewire
Oct 10 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
Oct 11 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk
Oct 13 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Oct 14 - Greensboro, NC - Greene St Live
Oct 15 - Baltimore, MD - Soundstage
Oct 17 - Boston, MA - Royale
Oct 18 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Oct 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theater
Oct 21 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
Oct 22 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Pyramid Scheme
Oct 23 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
Oct 25 - Englewood, CO - The Gothic Theatre
Oct 27 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
Oct 29 - Portland, OR - Star Theatre
Oct 30 - San Francisco, CA - Social Hall

^Very cool. I'm almost tempted to go, but seeing the Heart is a Monster tour was good enough for me. I feel like I got my fill of Fantastic Planet that night.

If anyone hasn't seen them, and is on the fence,..definitely check 'em out though.

I feel the same way. I'd love to go but the closest show is 3 hours away and I saw them twice last year.
Tobacco has a local show the same night so I think I'll go to that instead.

Not a big fan, but some here might be interested:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/fantasticplanetlive

Kittaan wrote:Not a big fan, but some here might be interested:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/fantasticplanetlive

HES ALIVE!

Looks like Failure are crowdfunding for their next album:

https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/failure-lp5

The first ep is available.



01. Dark Speed
02. Paralytic Flow
03. Pennies
04. Segue 10

New album out today:

I had never listened to these guys before and saw APC like their tweet on the Twitters about this new album. Am discovering their tunes now and never knew nurse who loved me was a cover!

Busty McCracken wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:04 pm I had never listened to these guys before and saw APC like their tweet on the Twitters about this new album. Am discovering their tunes now and never knew nurse who loved me was a cover!

I'm amazed by this quite frankly. Fantastic Planet is one of my favorite albums.

I will be listening to that later today when I get a chance then. The name looked familiar when I saw it (likely because of this forum) but yeh cant say I've ever been a fan or known about them

Failure/Swervedriver Tour Dates

March 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
March 13 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
March 14 – Houston, TX @Warehouse Live
March 16 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic
March 17 – Nashville, TN @Basement East
March 19 – Orlando, FL @ Plaza Live
March 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
March 21 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
March 23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Hall
March 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
March 25 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27
March 27 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
March 28 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
March 29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
April 1 – Toronto, ON @ PHX
April 2 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
April 3 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic
April 5 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
April 7 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
April 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
April 11 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon
April 12 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
April 14 – Denver, CO @ Oriental
April 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
April 17 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
April 19 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
April 22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
April 23 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
April 24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda

We will be playing our first three albums: Comfort, Magnified and Fantastic Planet, in their entirety in a trio of July residencies: July 9 to 11 at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, July 16 to 18 at The Echoplex in Los Angeles and July 23 to 25 at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom.

We have also announced an April 7 release of FAILURE 1992-1996, a four-piece vinyl box set featuring the three ‘90s-era albums. With the original masters finally being unearthed, Comfort, Magnified and Fantastic Planet have been meticulously restored, remixed, and remastered by Ken to a new level of sonic fidelity that eclipses all previous iterations of the band’s early work.

“Almost everything people have heard from these albums has been sourced from 16bit digital files made in the ‘90s, which was state of the art at the time,” explains Ken. “But when we found out we were getting our hands on the original analog master tapes, and with all the confusion and lack of quality control on several of the previous iterations, we set out to create the definitive versions of Comfort, Magnified and Fantastic Planet. Everything has been sourced directly from first generation multitrack and stereo master tapes. This is us finally getting to present our early work the way we’ve always wanted to.”

In addition to all the originally released songs from the three albums, we have discovered several unreleased songs which have also been restored and will be included in the box set. “Listening to the b-sides and outtakes from that first year of being a band takes me right back to playing the tiny stage at Jabberjaw in Los Angeles,” added Greg. “It’s always surprising to me how much of the expansiveness and atmosphere of the later records exist in embryonic form on those earliest stripped-down recordings.”

“These new versions have all the magic from the originals, but now, instead of looking through a hazy pane of glass, the window has been completely opened and you can hear all the elements in their full glory,” said Kellii.

FAILURE: 1992 to 1996 is available exclusively via Failure.hellomerch.com with pre-orders available now. Bundled packages, featuring the box set and various VIP or ticketing packages, are available via Failure.soundrink.com.

FAILURE: 1992 – 1996 tracklist:

Comfort
Submission
Macaque
Something
Screen Man
Swallow
Muffled Snaps
Kindred
Pro-Catastrophe
Princess
Salt Wound

Magnified
Let It Drip
Moth
Frogs
Bernie
Magnified
Wonderful Life
Undone
Wet Gravity
Empty Friend
Small Crimes

Fantastic Planet
Saturday Saviour
Sergeant Politeness
Segue 1
Smoking Umbrellas
Pillowhead
Blank
Segue 2
Dirty Blue Balloons
Solaris
Pitiful
Leo
Segue 3
The Nurse Who Loved Me
Another Space Song
Stuck On You
Heliotropic
Daylight

Outtakes (not listed in sequence):
Petting the Carpet
You’re Too Much *
Gone
Lunch *
Pennies *
Rat Sack *
Wake Up
Count My Eyes *
Comfort *
Solaris 2014

* - Previously unreleased

Tour dates:
July 9 Chicago, IL Comfort at Thalia Hall
July 10 Chicago, IL Magnified at Thalia Hall
July 11 Chicago, IL Fantastic Planet at Thalia Hall
July 16 Los Angeles, CA Comfort at The Echoplex
July 17 Los Angeles, CA Magnified at The Echoplex
July 18 Los Angeles, CA Fantastic Planet at The Echoplex
July 23 New York, NY Comfort at Bowery Ballroom
July 24 New York, NY Magnified at Bowery Ballroom
July 25 New York, NY Fantastic Planet at Bowery Ballroom

Tickets for Chicago are on-sale this Friday, Dec. 20 at 11 am central. Tickets for Los Angeles are on-sale tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 12 noon pacific. Tickets for NY are on-sale Dec. 20 at 12 noon eastern.

fortysixand2 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:45 pm We will be playing our first three albums: Comfort, Magnified and Fantastic Planet, in their entirety in a trio of July residencies: July 9 to 11 at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, July 16 to 18 at The Echoplex in Los Angeles and July 23 to 25 at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom.

We have also announced an April 7 release of FAILURE 1992-1996, a four-piece vinyl box set featuring the three ‘90s-era albums. With the original masters finally being unearthed, Comfort, Magnified and Fantastic Planet have been meticulously restored, remixed, and remastered by Ken to a new level of sonic fidelity that eclipses all previous iterations of the band’s early work.

Very cool news. Really just want to get my hands on a remastered Fantastic Planet...just to hear how different it might sound.

And, here's hoping they can dig themselves out of the financial hole PledgeMusic dumped them in.