Faith No More Sol Invictus: the previews are in and they’re great

Brilliant album. Come of Shame separation anxiety rise and fall from the dead sunny side up and black Friday the favs

Since I lack all kinds of self-control when it comes to FNM I checked out the album last night. Listening to it now as well. The quality of the rip is pretty bad, but I’m sort of glad it is because when the album actually drops it’ll make listening to it in good quality a new experience in itself.

Not going to say much because it’s too early yet. All I’ll say is that I can sort of understand Dilson and others for pointing out it sounds like some other Patton projects. At times it does, and at first listen the album does something I for a long time was afraid a new FNM album would do: it’s very Patton-eqsue, layered with many of his trademark sounds that came to life after FNM.

That said, there are also parts where it sounds more classic FNM than I could have hoped for. That was my initial reaction to both Superhero and Matador. After a few listens to the first versions of those songs that appeared I found myself thinking “damn, these guys still got it and have managed to cultivate their old sound(s) without a hitch”.

I absolutely love the album and after all I think that this diversity will benefit it in the long run. Time will tell if it’ll become a classic FNM album.

Ahh the collectibles

http://www.pattonmad.com/Faith%20No%20More/FaithNoMoreBootlegInformation.htm

Only one of these escaped me..
Like i said above – always loved them as a live band , the energy, the unpredictability ..

From the one video I saw of Cone of Shame, I’m really looking forward to hearing the polished studio version. The song makes me think of the guitar on Guano Padano’s “Prairie Fire” or Patton’s vocals on Book of Knots’ “Planemo” – particularly how the latter builds up and surprises you.

TBH I’m not really impressed (as well) with Motherfucker, and I only like the refrain on Superhero. The verdict’s still out on Matador but I think the release of the studio version, once again, will vindicate it and it will be one of the strongest songs on the new album.

The band is still their same old predictable unpredictable selves… so I think we can expect some more big surprises with how the future releases sound. Maybe country? Or a (gasp!) ballad?

I must say, not being a huge fan of motherfucker…. It as a great opening track for soundwave in Melbourne I now appreciate the song more

Geez I can’t wait to hear it after reading some of those comments. After hearing Superhero in Adelaide the other night (along with Motherfucker which I must say was a brilliant opening to the show) my expectations have increased. These previews are making me even more excited

It’s a fan made music video.

@moose – i agree with you .. I’d be happy with the playlist too if i went. As you said as a “diehard” you are thrilled to be at a fnm gig full stop. I’m not fed up with the older material at all but I’m sure some people who might not be as much of a fan are fed up and want the new material .. Me , I’m in no rush. In regards the album i am looking forward to having the physical album in my hand and not too interested in a sub par mp3 copy – I’m quite fussy with my sound quality.

Furthermore, does this seem a little backwards to anyone else. Not sure why they would have all these dates for an album that isn’t out yet. Then, you go to see the show (for the Sol Invictus tour) and they play songs everyone has already heard. Shouldn’t they be hammering out there new tunes…and doing away with songs like “I started a joke”, “this guy’s in love with you.” I don’t want to hear those tunes…I want the new business. My opinion…but that makes sense, right? Come on people!!!!!

So…KingCol, should FNM release the album early are you gonna wait until the 19th of May to listen…give me a break.

I’m gonna hold out until I have the physical copy in my hands. Been waiting since 1998, what’s a few more weeks?

*dont surface — holy jeez ..

Somebody please try it……..

So…just for fun I was checking around the web to see if the album has leaked….it appears as though it has.

This is just torment……reading raving reviews and still have to wait months to get my hands on the new album. But fantastic news that it has been received so well!

Daniel…I think they chose I Started A Joke b/c the Bee Gees were Australian, and then if you read all the tweets about Adelaide, people were c/o that they didn’t play As the Worm Turns. In watching the youtube clip, I see that particular encore as one of their best…Mike is singing Joke better than he has since 1995, and Matador sounded better than ever….it’s probably the most emotionally moving song they have in their set now. I agree though that WCAL is a great show closer, but they said themselves they were trying to play songs they didn’t play last time they were there. I get that a festival crowd kind of wants more predictability that a stand alone venue does, but I think that encore was FNM’s version of trying to be crowd-pleasing! I for one love it and am glad someone posted it. I think another problem is that it was a long day. If the goal is to get the crowd jumping one last time, they should probably stick with Ashes to Ashes, Be Aggressive, and WCAL.

Almost done! .. I mentioned to my brother after Soundwave that they don’t do themselves any favours with the encore at times, and this was before I overheard more than one person say that the encore was a bit of a let-down … I recalled back in 2010 when I had a number of friends join me at Festival Hall in Melbourne – mostly because of my enthusiasm for FNM. The previous night they finished with Stripsearch, As The Worm Turns, This Guy’s In Love With You and finally, We Care A Lot…the crowd left on a massive high bc We Care A Lot is widely known here! .. The Thursday night, they finished with Edge Of The World, Mark Bowen, Switch and Stripsearch … Crowd was noticeably flatter (but still high) and my friends (not FNM fanatics) commented on the poor encore … Perhaps they do it on purpose. Just a point of interest.

On a side note, it was interesting comparing the crowd reaction to FNM’s new tunes compared to Smashing Pumpkin’s … When Corgan announced he’d be playing a new song, there were a couple of cheers, a few boos and mostly a lot of murmurs with a noticeable lack of enthusiasm, which was about the same as the response post-new song. When FNM announced they’d be playing a new song (Superhero), there was a genuine positive response. With a bit of egging on from Roddy, it turned into a very loud positive response, and this was the response post-song as well!.. Crowd loved it… So obvious Roddy made a comment about it… On a side note to the side note, it made me wonder if, consequently, they made a late decision to play Matador as well instead of maybe We Care A Lot or Last Cup of Sorrow… To be honest, it wasn’t a great encore for those that aren’t dedicated FNM fans with Matador, I Started A Joke and As The Worm Turns while the aforementioned and far more widely known songs were left out.