Author Topic: TesseracT (Read 75672 times)

YtseCullen · « **Reply #350 on:** September 24, 2015, 02:23:11 PM »

I've given this album a week or so now, and I can firmly say this is my favourite tesseract album. I love Dan's performance so much. Hexes, Tourniquet, Survival, and Seven Names are my favourites so far, but this album has so many killer songs that its hard to choose a bad song. If I had to I'd say Messenger is the weakest in my opinion.

Side note, they asked me to go shoot their show in Calgary this November! I'm stoked as hell! I get to shoot for them, the contortionist, and Dan's old band Skyharbor!

jammindude · « **Reply #351 on:** September 27, 2015, 10:28:08 PM »

My first episode of The Jammin Dude Show in almost a year, and my first new episode is dedicated to this amazing album!!

Anyone going to be at the Seattle show with The Contortionist??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyoYGcYOMYY

Elite · « **Reply #352 on:** September 28, 2015, 01:11:37 AM »

I listened to the Concealing Fate EP back when it came out and that was the first time I had ever heard of this band. I didn't like it and never gave the band a second chance. Last week, a friend to.d me to listen to this new album so I did, not really exoecting a lot, since my first experience with them wasn't that noteoworthy. My reaction to this album was different than I could have expected. Holy shit, this stuff is so good!!

jakepriest · « **Reply #353 on:** September 30, 2015, 09:30:48 AM »

I can safely say that Polaris has become my favourite Tesseract album. Hexes, Tourniquet, Utopia, Messenger and Cages are simply too mindblowing.

YtseCullen · « **Reply #354 on:** September 30, 2015, 07:43:32 PM »

So I watched Odyssey/Scala on YouTube today, and DAMN. I don't know what it is, but I finally figured out which vocalist I prefer for sure. Dan kills the Altered State stuff so well and it totally reminded me of how much I love the One album. Top that off with Polaris, my fanboyism for Dan is at max levels right now.

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #355 on:** October 10, 2015, 03:46:42 AM »

I'm really surprised people like Solaris so much. I've had it spinning in my car non-stop since it was released, and while it has definitely grown on me, I still don't think it's anywhere near Altered State. Don't get me wrong, I think it's an awesome album.

Train of Naught · « **Reply #356 on:** October 10, 2015, 04:00:49 AM »

Polaris is my first TesseracT experience, and I'm loving it, I've heard snippets of Altered State, so I can't really judge it yet, but from what I've heard I like the sound of Polaris better.

jakepriest · « **Reply #357 on:** October 10, 2015, 04:43:08 AM »

Polaris is consistently good, while I don't enjoy the second half of Altered State that much (less sax pls).

BlackInk · « **Reply #358 on:** October 10, 2015, 01:05:34 PM »

While I do think the sax on Altered State is amazing, I also agree with jakepriest. The second half of Altered State does not match the quality of the first half. It also features two moments I actually dislike, which is very rare when it comes to TesseracT.

Polaris is clearly the better of the two for me, but One is still their best.

jakepriest · « **Reply #359 on:** October 10, 2015, 04:49:46 PM »

While I love Ashe's melodies, the "No, don't. Give me your hand, I can save you from the fall. Go, I'm in your shadow. Run until your feet are aching to the bone." is my least favourite part of Tesseract's discography and it's one of the main reasons the second half of Altered State suffers. The rest of the song is stellar, but this moment is so bad it drags it down a lot unfortunately, alteast compared to the awesomeness Of Matter and Of Mind is.

ariich · « **Reply #360 on:** October 10, 2015, 04:53:41 PM »

Hmm, what don't you like about it? I think it kicks off the song really well, though granted the rest of the song is even better and one of my favourite things on the album.

jakepriest · « **Reply #361 on:** October 10, 2015, 05:28:58 PM »

I find the vocals incredibly annoying for some reason. It's the only Ashe vocal melody I outright dislike.

BlackInk · « **Reply #362 on:** October 11, 2015, 02:04:05 AM »

I don't mind that section. But Singularity does hold one of the two things I dislike, which is the entire "I see you looking back at me" verse that comes right after what you're talking about. It's fine to have repetitive vocals music, but the fact the riff behind also stays the same just makes the entire section really boring and they drag it out for way too long. And then they repeat the entire thing at the end. I don't quite get what they were thinking there. It's a shame really, because the entire middle part of the track is really cool, but because of those repetitive verses I barely ever listen to Singularity anymore.

jakepriest · « **Reply #363 on:** October 11, 2015, 02:36:15 AM »

I actually like the "I see you looking back at me" verse. I don't even find it that long. But it's really jarring when it comes back at the end, especially with the transition to Embers.
Calabi-Yau remains the weakest track by far on Altered State imo if I had to rank them, and why the hell not:

1. Of Mind - Nocturne
2. Of Matter - Retrospect
3. Of Matter - Proxy
4. Of Mind - Exile
5. Of Matter - Resist
6. Of Reality - Palingenesis
7. Of Energy - Embers
8. Of Energy - Singularity
9. Of Reality - Eclipse
10. Of Reality - Calabi-Yau

The "rap" section in Palingenesis (1:13 - 1:38) is a part I've grown to love a lot lately, especially the ambient clean guitar work underneath the vocals is stellar.

BlackInk · « **Reply #364 on:** October 11, 2015, 03:08:01 AM »

01 - Exiled
02 - Retrospect
03 - Eclipse
04 - Proxy
05 - Singularity
06 - Nocturne
07 - Resist
08 - Palingenesis
09 - Embers
10 - Calabi-Yau

Quote from: jakepriest on October 11, 2015, 02:36:15 AM

The "rap" section in Palingenesis (1:13 - 1:38) is a part I've grown to love a lot lately, especially the ambient clean guitar work underneath the vocals is stellar.

That part is really cool, but the "chorus" that comes after is the one other thing in their discography I dislike. Again, too repetitive, and how he says "deserve" (or, DEserve) is just bad and makes me cringe every time.

ariich · « **Reply #365 on:** October 11, 2015, 03:49:12 AM »

Quote from: BlackInk on October 11, 2015, 02:04:05 AM

I don't mind that section. But Singularity does hold one of the two things I dislike, which is the entire "I see you looking back at me" verse that comes right after what you're talking about. It's fine to have repetitive vocals music, but the fact the riff behind also stays the same just makes the entire section really boring and they drag it out for way too long. And then they repeat the entire thing at the end. I don't quite get what they were thinking there. It's a shame really, because the entire middle part of the track is really cool, but because of those repetitive verses I barely ever listen to Singularity anymore.

Wow, that's probably my single favourite section that Tesseract have done.

It's so insanely groovy.

Tastes, huh?

BlackInk · « **Reply #366 on:** October 11, 2015, 01:22:11 PM »

Yeah, it's not even just different, in this case it's completely opposite

ariich · « **Reply #367 on:** October 11, 2015, 03:06:50 PM »

Exactly.

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #368 on:** October 11, 2015, 04:52:19 PM »

Wow, yeah this really shows how we all have different tastes because I really like everything about Singularity.
I love Altered State but I do agree that the first half of the album is a lot stronger.

BlackInk · « **Reply #369 on:** October 15, 2015, 01:35:52 AM »

Maybe a TesseracT survivor soon, now that Polaris has been out for a while?

jakepriest · « **Reply #370 on:** October 15, 2015, 02:52:13 AM »

Quote from: BlackInk on October 15, 2015, 01:35:52 AM

Maybe a TesseracT survivor soon, now that Polaris has been out for a while?

I'd totally be up for that.

It'll give me a reason to listen to One either way.

jakepriest · « **Reply #371 on:** October 20, 2015, 03:30:58 PM »

If there were some people who would take part, I could run the survivor once I finish with the Periphery one if there's nobody else to organize it.

Crow · « **Reply #372 on:** October 20, 2015, 03:35:58 PM »

it'd be really hard for me to participate in a tesseract survivor, I don't listen to One much, I always listen to Altered State as an album and not separate songs, and I don't have Polaris yet

(probably will get it in my end of the year haul, so)

fivestring · « **Reply #373 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:14:51 PM »

Altered State still ranks above Polaris for me. And is my top album by Tesseract overall. People gave a lot of hype for the Concealing Fate EP and then One. I gave CF a number of listens, I really wanted to like it, but it didn't jive with me totally. I think it was Dan's vocals. Then Altered State came out, and that immediately clicked. It's so good. I was kind of disappointed Ashe left so soon. I thought I'd only ever dig one Tesseract album. However, Dan's vocal style on Polaris is much more enjoyable for me. It might take a few more listens to entirely gel with me. It is a really good album. But Altered State ranks above all else for now.

lonestar · « **Reply #374 on:** November 11, 2015, 08:31:22 PM »

Ok, finally gave Polaris a few spins to get ready for their show next week's show. Hell of an album, Tourniquet and Phoenix are my early front runners. Show should be fucking epic with Skyharbor, Erra, and The Contortionist, and so glad to finally be catching tesseract after missing thelast few tours.

YtseCullen · « **Reply #375 on:** November 11, 2015, 10:26:52 PM »

Quote from: lonestar on November 11, 2015, 08:31:22 PM

Ok, finally gave Polaris a few spins to get ready for their show next week's show. Hell of an album, Tourniquet and Phoenix are my early front runners. Show should be fucking epic with Skyharbor, Erra, and The Contortionist, and so glad to finally be catching tesseract after missing thelast few tours.

I'm photographing their show on Saturday in Calgary! I'm WAAAAY to stoked to get a front row seat to this line up. Erra was great with Scale the Summit and Glass Cloud last summer. Skyharbor has me almost excited as Tesseract too. Ahh man I'm so excited!

lonestar · « **Reply #376 on:** November 11, 2015, 11:35:13 PM »

Right? Just a beastly fucking lineup. Erra is a bit new to me, but after spinning them they seem sure to melt my face. Missed TesseracT the last time around only because Tool played on the same night. (Tool was on my bucket list, couldn't possibly miss them)

Mindflux · « **Reply #377 on:** November 12, 2015, 08:50:17 AM »

Quote from: lonestar on November 11, 2015, 08:31:22 PM

Ok, finally gave Polaris a few spins to get ready for their show next week's show. Hell of an album, Tourniquet and Phoenix are my early front runners. Show should be fucking epic with Skyharbor, Erra, and The Contortionist, and so glad to finally be catching tesseract after missing thelast few tours.

I was bored to freakin tears when I saw TesseracT in Austin when they came around for Altered State. Like 5 bands before they went on that all sucked and TesseracT looked bored out of their minds up there once they came on.

YtseCullen · « **Reply #378 on:** November 16, 2015, 07:51:57 PM »

Hey guys! So here's some photos of TesseracT's show the other day. The highlight of my career so far! I had to pinch myself during their set! Lol

Tesseract

Here's my favourite of the night from Dan.

Skyharbor

The Contortionist

ERRA

Mebert78 · « **Reply #379 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:40:16 PM »

Incredible pics! Thanks for sharing.

lonestar · « **Reply #380 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:57:13 PM »

And here I thought my pre-show boner couldn't get any harder.... C'mon Friday!!!!

YtseCullen · « **Reply #381 on:** November 17, 2015, 11:46:28 PM »

Quote from: Mebert78 on November 16, 2015, 08:40:16 PM

Incredible pics! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks man! I'm really proud of these photos!

Quote from: lonestar on November 16, 2015, 08:57:13 PM

And here I thought my pre-show boner couldn't get any harder.... C'mon Friday!!!!

Haha glad I could add to the excitement man! TesseracT slays live. They're so friggin tight and Dan is an insane frontman! Skyharbor is really quite good live too! The Contortionist blew my mind with some of their technical skill. It was nuts! ERRA are crazy good too! Probably the most different out of the 4, but great musicians in their own right! You'll have fun dude!

lonestar · « **Reply #382 on:** November 18, 2015, 12:37:19 AM »

I was cranking Erra while cooking today, those guys just rip shit up man, so intense. Definitaly pumped for the show.

YtseCullen · « **Reply #383 on:** November 18, 2015, 01:35:53 PM »

Yeah dude! Great guys too. they usually hang around the merch area after their set too if you want to chat with them for a bit.

lonestar · « **Reply #384 on:** November 18, 2015, 04:36:28 PM »

Nice, maybe I'll buy their disc there and get it scribed by the gang to add to my collection, definitely gonna score some shirts to add. Love obscure band shirts (my best being a local band called the Quart of Blood Technique

)

It helps that the show is the first day of a nine day vacation for me as well.

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Author Topic: TesseracT (Read 75672 times)