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People were posting about it on day 1 of release now just radio silence. Never witnessed this reaction to a band's new album

Something I’ve noticed that is crucial for this album, is having a good system. Bluetooth, of course obviously just a phone speaker or something, stuff like that, it just doesn’t cut it. If you have decent speakers and/or headphones with a good source, you’re going to hear so much more. There’s a lot of meat on the bone that you just can’t hear if you’re listening with the “wrong” equipment. I’m not shaming anyone for not being an annoying audiophile or audio enthusiast like myself, it’s just something I’ve noticed is abnormally noticeable on this record. They’ve released it in hi res lossless and if you’re getting that true signal through good equipment you’re going to hear a lot that you’ve probably just not been able to hear otherwise. That’s one thing we can never question Ken about, his stuff is going to sound amazing. This also applies to a good TT with a good phono preamp, etc. Or the CD through a good transport to your dac and on through the amp/hp amp to speakers/headphones. A lot of albums that weren’t recorded, mixed and mastered well, albums that are too compressed etc will sound like shit regardless. But if Ken Andrews, Trent Reznor, guys like that were involved, it’s highly noticeable. Just take that into consideration if you will. I heard these songs through a Bluetooth speaker first, but after I listened through my system(s), I couldn’t believe how obvious this one was. Best wishes to Ken. I feel like he’s still in recovery from his back surgery. Much love to all, rock on 🤘🏼!!!

What non-obvious signs would you just love to hear?

Mine are:

Pitiful

No One Left

Dirty Blue Balloons

long Division

Something

About 20 years ago, after "Fantastic Planet" but maybe before "Golden", there was an imdie Failure tribute album. Does anyone have it or know about it? I wrote one of the liner notes, which were all fan-submitted. I lost the CD during an acidic break-up.

I don't remember much about the project, but I am reasonably sure that it featured On A Dead Machine performing a song from "Comfort."

Can anyone help with information or anything else?

After having listened to the entire album, I love it but at a loss for words to even describe it. I knew it was going to be different but was not expecting this. I’ll have to listen to it a few more times for it to set in but curious to what everyone else thinks.

Post your reactions, thoughts, reviews, etc below

I just want to give a big thank you to Failure for releasing an album on my birthday. Incredibly thoughtful. So far it’s the best present I’ve gotten.

A lot of these songs are taking me back to the vibe and sound I felt with Fantastic Planet. Solid State is really sticking out for me after the first playthrough.

ive been quite obsessed with this song for a while, but i find their other songs haven't got the same darkness to them - or atleast i haven't tried hard enough to. can anyone recommend similar? :))

ig the closest "vibe match" i can think of personally is I dreamed I dream by sonic youth. different but also dark.