James LaBrie Solo

[Madman Shepherd]

Regarding the different editions of the album, if I want the one with the bonus tracks, is the only way I can obtain it by getting the european import or will it be available domestically as well?

Maybe Matt can answer it.

As far as I know, yes (you would have to get it as a European import). I will check with our label rep to confirm though. Can't wait for you all to hear this stuff.

Cheers,
Matt

Not the ideal way to get the extra songs but beggars can't be choosers so looks like I'm ordering the import!  Thanks for the update.

It is fantastic, and having Peter around last time was just as amazing. If the trend continues maybe in 2 or 3 more albums the Pirate himself will show up! 

I'm back, hahaha! 

Great reading here! It's been a long time but I've tried to catch up a bit reading through quite a lot here.

Very cool that so many of you seems to be very excited for the new JLB album. Personally I think it's even better than Static Impulse much because of Matt's and Wichers absolutely phenomenal song writing. I promise you guys that the album has a wide variety of songs and there will be something for everyone. 

Also, thanks for the positive reactions on my video!! 

Cheers,

Peter

That video was insane.  I don't think I've seen such brutal drumming look so effortless. 

Also, it makes me think of just how badass you would have been in Dream Theater.  Don't get me wrong, I love Mangini and I'm 100% happy he got the gig but I can't help but imagine what kind of insane music you would make with Dream Theater. 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

The hell is going on in he.....oooh hi Matt and Peter! 

Their presence made me feel guilty for not ordering the album, I shall now do as you command! 

[MoraWintersoul]

Oh gosh, now I can't blatantly fangirl in this thread like I used to (did - hi OSIers)

(I just know some smartass is gonna come over and quote all my " " posts under this. Come on, hit me with your best shot)

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

I better edit this in case Peter comes back...

[GasparXR]

Oh gosh, now I can't blatantly fangirl in this thread like I used to (did - hi OSIers)

(I just know some smartass is gonna come over and quote all my " " posts under this. Come on, hit me with your best shot)

We've all seen them, no need for any unnecessary proof.

[MoraWintersoul]

I just went through some and, dearie me... Matt, I didn't REALLY mean to steal your phone

[Cool Chris]

Get your visas in order, gentlemen.

  No kidding! Let's tour the states this time fellas!

[cramx3]

This thread is reaching new heights of awesomeness.

I'm so damn pumped for this album. Agony was awesome and if its anything close or even better than SI, it will be awesome.

[?]

Matt, I didn't REALLY mean to steal your phone

Of course you didn't...

[Wildoer]

Matt, I hope you don't mind, but given recent developments I've given you an avatar.

Ha! Well how about that? I'm cool like Peter now! Woo hoo! 

Now THAT's a great Avatar!

[Wildoer]

Oh gosh, now I can't blatantly fangirl in this thread like I used to (did - hi OSIers)

(I just know some smartass is gonna come over and quote all my " " posts under this. Come on, hit me with your best shot)

No worries, hahaha! Much love right back at you.

Thank you all for the support and kind words! Can't wait to hear your reaction when the album is out. 

[adastra]

Finnish Imperiumi.net crushed Impermanent Resonance;

https://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=14312

For all non-finnish speaking, it basically says that it sucks and is competing for the title of "Most Useless album of The Year".
"Where Static Impulse had some good songs, Impermanent Resonance doesn't have any. Except "Say You're Still Mine" which is like a copy of Coming Home"

[BlobVanDam]

Considering how good the first single off Impermanent Resonance is (which is as good as anything off Static Impulse), I don't put any faith in that review.

[?]

In his Static Impulse review the same guy said Coming Home has "straight references" to Space-Dye Vest, so I wouldn't listen to what he says

E: The reviewer says there are more vocals by Peter on the new album. Interesting...

[cramx3]

I wouldn't put much into that if it thought SI only had a few good songs. We already know IR has one good song.

[BlobVanDam]

I wouldn't put much into that if it thought SI only had a few good songs. We already know IR has one good song.

Well I thought SI only had a few good songs too, but this reviewer is going beyond simply giving a negative review. Maybe JLB's F# broke the windows on his favourite Hot Wheels car as a child or something.

[adastra]

I wouldn't put much into that if it thought SI only had a few good songs. We already know IR has one good song.

Well I thought SI only had a few good songs too, but this reviewer is going beyond simply giving a negative review. Maybe JLB's F# broke the windows on his favourite Hot Wheels car as a child or something.

Are u basically saying that he reviewed it incorrectly 

I'm pretty sure that the album will far superior than this review suggests!

oh! and speaking of the F# the review states this about JLB's vocals ; "Novadays Labrie sings much better than for example 10 yrs ago. Even that don't save Impermanent Resonance. Labrie's vocals are so safe and bland that it makes me feel drowsy."

Thats pretty harsh 
I hope I translated that correctly.

[?]

Yeah, the guy basically says Impermanent Resonance is a carbon copy of Static Impulse and the songwriting is so mediocre that no one would pay attention to the album if it didn't feature James' name on the cover.

I really enjoy SI and Agony is awesome, so I'm not expecting to be disappointed. Matt also said the new album is more dynamic, so hopefully he's right.

[Nick]

While my review is still in progress, and I don't want to give any details ahead of time, I will say that this particular guy doesn't know wtf he's talking about.

[MoraWintersoul]

Oh gosh, now I can't blatantly fangirl in this thread like I used to (did - hi OSIers)

(I just know some smartass is gonna come over and quote all my " " posts under this. Come on, hit me with your best shot)

No worries, hahaha! Much love right back at you.

As someone who's been reviewing for a serious zine herself for two years now - don't put faith into reviews, guys. The only things you can learn from them are facts, after filtering them from tastes and opinions, and a lot of reviewers skip fact-giving and go straight to impressions first. Or state opinions as facts, which is just misleading. Static Impulse pun unintended.

[Nick]

Well, I think there is certainly a good point in reviews. You simply have to take a consensus from sources you trust to get a better feeling of how you will likely feel. Random reviews here and there won't always be good, but with the sample size and reliability increasing they certainly do become better indicators.

[BlobVanDam]

Oh gosh, now I can't blatantly fangirl in this thread like I used to (did - hi OSIers)

(I just know some smartass is gonna come over and quote all my " " posts under this. Come on, hit me with your best shot)

No worries, hahaha! Much love right back at you.

As someone who's been reviewing for a serious zine herself for two years now - don't put faith into reviews, guys. The only things you can learn from them are facts, after filtering them from tastes and opinions, and a lot of reviewers skip fact-giving and go straight to impressions first. Or state opinions as facts, which is just misleading. Static Impulse pun unintended.

Luckily I don't place any importance in music reviews at all (or reviews for most forms of media), except for facts, not opinions.

[Nick]

Oh gosh, now I can't blatantly fangirl in this thread like I used to (did - hi OSIers)

(I just know some smartass is gonna come over and quote all my " " posts under this. Come on, hit me with your best shot)

No worries, hahaha! Much love right back at you.

As someone who's been reviewing for a serious zine herself for two years now - don't put faith into reviews, guys. The only things you can learn from them are facts, after filtering them from tastes and opinions, and a lot of reviewers skip fact-giving and go straight to impressions first. Or state opinions as facts, which is just misleading. Static Impulse pun unintended.

Luckily I don't place any importance in music reviews at all (or reviews for most forms of media), except for facts, not opinions.

While I understand what you're saying, when it comes to music, aside from the basics, exactly what is really fact? One of the glorious bits about music is how subjective and individual it is.

[adastra]

While my review is still in progress, and I don't want to give any details ahead of time, I will say that this particular guy doesn't know wtf he's talking about.

And you do ? 

[Nick]

While my review is still in progress, and I don't want to give any details ahead of time, I will say that this particular guy doesn't know wtf he's talking about.

And you do ? 

Yes, of course.

But seriously, I was only commenting that I found the specific points of his review brought up in this thread don't really apply I think.

[adastra]

While my review is still in progress, and I don't want to give any details ahead of time, I will say that this particular guy doesn't know wtf he's talking about.

And you do ? 

Yes, of course.

  Ok, I will make the decision of buying the album after reading your review

[BlobVanDam]

While I understand what you're saying, when it comes to music, aside from the basics, exactly what is really fact? One of the glorious bits about music is how subjective and individual it is.

I essentially am talking about basics here, since the quality of music does come 100% down to opinion.
I'm just talking about stuff like a particular guest musician, or if you told me a song had a 20 minute banjo solo, or that it includes JLB screaming high A5s for an entire song. Stuff that may affect my interest in the music, but can be described objectively, and not reliant on opinions such as "this is their best song in the history of ever", which would mean nothing to me coming from someone else. A lot of this is stuff that would be known before reviews anyway.
But I agree with you.

[Nick]

While I understand what you're saying, when it comes to music, aside from the basics, exactly what is really fact? One of the glorious bits about music is how subjective and individual it is.

I essentially am talking about basics here, since the quality of music does come 100% down to opinion.
I'm just talking about stuff like a particular guest musician, or if you told me a song had a 20 minute banjo solo, or that it includes JLB screaming high A5s for an entire song. Stuff that may affect my interest in the music, but can be described objectively, and not reliant on opinions such as "this is their best song in the history of ever", which would mean nothing to me coming from someone else. A lot of this is stuff that would be known before reviews anyway.
But I agree with you.

Got ya.

So would this be a good or bad time to tell you about the 20 minute didgeridoo solo? Well, it's actually several shorter didgeridoo solos just lumped together on the album, but you get the idea.

[MoraWintersoul]

Well, I think there is certainly a good point in reviews. You simply have to take a consensus from sources you trust to get a better feeling of how you will likely feel. Random reviews here and there won't always be good, but with the sample size and reliability increasing they certainly do become better indicators.

Yeah, definitely - I wouldn't be doing that if I thought it were pointless! I always like finding people who dedicate the necessary time to approach a release from several angles, put the album in context of either the genre or the rest of the artist's discography, make some necessary comparisons, have a way with words and are insightful enough to predict which people to recommend/not recommend the release too, but in the same time don't go for sensationalism nor take themselves *too* seriously. I like learning from those people. But in the same time, I try to listen to an album and form my own opinion first, then read the reviews, to see if I accidentally missed out on something someone else liked.

[BlobVanDam]

While I understand what you're saying, when it comes to music, aside from the basics, exactly what is really fact? One of the glorious bits about music is how subjective and individual it is.

I essentially am talking about basics here, since the quality of music does come 100% down to opinion.
I'm just talking about stuff like a particular guest musician, or if you told me a song had a 20 minute banjo solo, or that it includes JLB screaming high A5s for an entire song. Stuff that may affect my interest in the music, but can be described objectively, and not reliant on opinions such as "this is their best song in the history of ever", which would mean nothing to me coming from someone else. A lot of this is stuff that would be known before reviews anyway.
But I agree with you.

Got ya.

So would this be a good or bad time to tell you about the 20 minute didgeridoo solo? Well, it's actually several shorter didgeridoo solos just lumped together on the album, but you get the idea.

We actually find it incredibly offensive for "outsiders" to play the didgeridoo, so unless it's played by Paul Hogan, I think I'll give this one a miss. Thanks for the heads up.

[Nick]

Well, I think there is certainly a good point in reviews. You simply have to take a consensus from sources you trust to get a better feeling of how you will likely feel. Random reviews here and there won't always be good, but with the sample size and reliability increasing they certainly do become better indicators.

Yeah, definitely - I wouldn't be doing that if I thought it were pointless! I always like finding people who dedicate the necessary time to approach a release from several angles, put the album in context of either the genre or the rest of the artist's discography, make some necessary comparisons, have a way with words and are insightful enough to predict which people to recommend/not recommend the release too, but in the same time don't go for sensationalism nor take themselves *too* seriously. I like learning from those people. But in the same time, I try to listen to an album and form my own opinion first, then read the reviews, to see if I accidentally missed out on something someone else liked.

Very much get where you're coming from. Even though I've written however many reviews, I usually don't read others about albums I know I'm going to buy anyway. It's only when I'm on the fence that I'll really dig into reviews.

[Fisi]

In his Static Impulse review the same guy said Coming Home has "straight references" to Space-Dye Vest, so I wouldn't listen to what he says

He also gave Steven Wilson's Raven five stars out of ten... 

[TAC]

In his Static Impulse review the same guy said Coming Home has "straight references" to Space-Dye Vest, so I wouldn't listen to what he says

He also gave Steven Wilson's Raven five stars out of ten... 

Well, that sounds about right. 

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

[Onno]

In his Static Impulse review the same guy said Coming Home has "straight references" to Space-Dye Vest, so I wouldn't listen to what he says

He also gave Steven Wilson's Raven five stars out of ten... 

Wow. Knowing this, I won't even read the review, even if I would've been able to understand Finnish.