Haken thread v. "Evening With" tour (some set spoilers)

[Nick]

Well, Lovebite is one of my favorites from the new album, so if you're on the fence, make it one of the ones you listen to.

[Fritzinger]

Did anyone else get a mail saying that their order has been shipped 

Where did you order from?
I ordered at Inside Out shop EU, no shipping confirmation yet.

I ordered at IO EU as well. I also got a tracking number for UPS. There must be some mistake. Well, let's see what happens 

[me7]

Same for me. Received a tracking number but the parcel hasn't been scanned at a UPS facility yet. Let's hope for the best.

[Elite]

Does anyone know if the vinyls contain the album on CD as well? InsideOut Music used to always to this, but I can see no mention of it on the website.

[Glasser]

Same for me. Received a tracking number but the parcel hasn't been scanned at a UPS facility yet. Let's hope for the best.

Here’s a cool thought. Imagine if the label and band decided to release it a month earlier? I know release dates are surrounded by promotion and marketing but how exciting would that be?

[me7]

An interview with Ross:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=garVrwQ_kww

[Fritzinger]

Same for me. Received a tracking number but the parcel hasn't been scanned at a UPS facility yet. Let's hope for the best.

Here’s a cool thought. Imagine if the label and band decided to release it a month earlier? I know release dates are surrounded by promotion and marketing but how exciting would that be?

That would be exciting But I think InsideOut is way too conservative for a move like that. They strictly follow the same promotional cycle for most of their releases. Well, actually Fauna is an exception, because Nightingale was released even before the promotion of the album.

[Nick]

Another interview with Ross, albeit with an interviewer I do not care for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyMZlv0rVhU

[cramx3]

Another interview with Ross, albeit with an interviewer I do not care for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyMZlv0rVhU

Yeah, screw that guy 

[me7]

Very insightful interview

[Nick]

Very insightful interview

Thank ye.

I would have loved to talk more, and I made it seem like I was respecting Ross's interview schedule, but truth be told things that day got scrambled and rearranged so that the interview happened 1 hour later than originally planned, and I had to get back to work ASAP.

[King Postwhore]

Another interview with Ross, albeit with an interviewer I do not care for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyMZlv0rVhU

This goon reporter again?! 

[MinistroRaven]

Check out this incredible acapella cover of Cockroach King by Hellscore! 🤯

https://youtu.be/wWejg1PKD4s

[devieira73]

https://open.spotify.com/track/5eF04x4p4bLw6rpaNcMX8n?si=55I3v7SJRJG5LrVP9J_laQ
So good this one!

[The Letter M]

Had my one spin of "Lovebite" and really liked! Really looking forward to the whole album now! Seems so far away from release day!

-Marc.

[Ben_Jamin]

I am liking Lovebite a lot.

[gzarruk]

Very catchy song

[TM172003]

This is the first single that I’ve really liked on the first listen, which I did not expect at all.

[me7]

It has a lot of nuance that you can focus on or choose to ignore, but works equally well either way. Perfect prog single.

[cramx3]

Pretty good song on first listen 

[MinistroRaven]

Here's the official video:

Progressive rockers HAKEN are set to release their seventh studio album ‘Fauna’ on the 3rd March 2023, the group’s most genre-busting and conceptually fascinating album to date.

Today, the band celebrate Valentine’s Day with the launch of their latest single ‘Lovebite’.

Watch the video now here: https://youtu.be/MjqRKeTOTk8

[Ben_Jamin]

That description Ross mentioned of Lovebite sounding like a Toto song with Cannibal Corpse lyrics is perfect. It works great for the Black Widow metaphor.

The video is great too, nice and simple, and I also like the artwork in the video.

[NoFred]

Quickest like of the four singles, sounds huge compared to the relative lo-fi-ness of Nightingale and Alphabet of Me. These three feel like wins already, at least on creativity. Taurus good too though reminiscent of what we got with Virus.

Starting to believe in Fauna…

[Zydar]

The Alphabet Of Me is my favourite of the singles. I'm not really feeling Lovebite, but I'm sure it will grow on me after more listens (the Cannibal Corpse lyrics and artwork aren't winning me over either).

[nikatapi]

Since i've had the album for a while now, if i can share my opinion.
Feels like a breath of fresh air for the band. For me, seems like my favorite album of theirs since the Mountain.
Very proggy, heavy when needed, crazy at times, it really is what "traditional" prog metal should be in 2023.

[Mladen]

The only one I've heard so far is The Alphabet of me and I thought it was pretty great. I'm skipping the remaining singles, I'm not a fan of hearing the entire album before I hear the entire album. 

[Fritzinger]

The only one I've heard so far is The Alphabet of me and I thought it was pretty great. I'm skipping the remaining singles, I'm not a fan of hearing the entire album before I hear the entire album. 

I hate that all IO bands (have to?) release 3 songs as singles. And in this case, Nightingale was already out there. Releasing 4 out of 9 songs as singles is a bit much.

[Evermind]

The only one I've heard so far is The Alphabet of me and I thought it was pretty great. I'm skipping the remaining singles, I'm not a fan of hearing the entire album before I hear the entire album. 

I hate that all IO bands (have to?) release 3 songs as singles. And in this case, Nightingale was already out there. Releasing 4 out of 9 songs as singles is a bit much.

For me, even three is too much. I'm alright with just one; or perhaps one in advance and the second one a week before the album drops.

I was already familiar with Nightingale so I listened to The Alphabet of Me (liked it) and skipped Taurus and Lovebite. It's three weeks until the album, they'll fly by in no time.

[cramx3]

Yeah I'm with you guys.  4 songs is too much.  Other than Nightingale since it's been out for awhile and I've seen it performed live a couple times already, I haven't listened to the other singles much at all to try and keep it fresh. It's hard to completely avoid though. 

[me7]

Drip feeding music is how money is made in the business nowadays. I'm glad that record companies still allow bands to record albums at all.

[jammindude]

I’ve heard Nightingale twice, The Alphabet of Me once, and I’ve kept my distance from the others.

I liked what I heard, but it’s been long enough now that I don’t remember them anymore and I want to keep it that way.

“I’m saving myself.” 

[ariich]

Yeah the band did consider only doing 2 more singles as Nightingale was already out. Ultimately though, the rest of the singles would be the shortest ones and so added together the 4 songs would still only take up about a third of the album's runtime, comparable with their previous two albums. So they didn't feel it was an issue to stick with the usual IO promo approach.

The other benefit of the extra single is providing a good demonstration of the variety on the album. I understand the rationale for wanting only one or two singles and I agree that's better for albums that are narrower in style, but in this case I think it could have been pretty misleading.

[cramx3]

Does the band even have much say in this?

Drip feeding music is how money is made in the business nowadays. I'm glad that record companies still allow bands to record albums at all.

Because I kind of agree with this, based on how the industry is.  I'd like to keep getting full albums, but the single releases do seem to be the way the industry is heading.

[The Letter M]

New review posted by the Haken FB page - https://www.sonicperspectives.com/album-reviews/haken-fauna/

-Marc.

[ariich]

Does the band even have much say in this?

Yeah, not total control but they definitely had a say. I even indirectly had a say as Pete asked for my view on the order of release for the 3 singles.