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So I heard this cd yesterday called "Option Paralysis"
If you recall the thread from a few days ago where Dillinger Merch (Doug) said he needed a ride, I'm the guy that responded and then embarked on a three day rock 'n roll-DEP style adventure for the ages. Below are some of the details.
After a night of celebrating my roommate's birthday and sleeping awkwardly on a couch for a few hours, I came back to my place and logged onto the forums here to see if anyone had posted footage of the new songs. Instead, I found Doug's post which I basically interpreted as saying: "your #1 favorite band is going to be hanging out in the shitty city you live in in a couple days, and they need your help. In exchange, you will be able to: -hang with the guitar tech and hear DEP stories -get free merch -get paid gas/toll money -hang with the band on their day off -hear new OP songs -experience random DEP hilarity as it happens" I only had to read that offer once for it to be an obvious snap decision so I then did everything I could to make it happen as fast as possible. First, I pulled some strings with my dad since my p.o.s. car was getting fixed, and he loaned me his. I then began driving what would be 20+ hours and 1200 miles in that day, only stopping to eat and get gas for the car. Got to Doug in Syracuse, NY at about midnight and then realized that the mission for the day was only half over. After grabbing some food and watching the newly posted "Farewell, Mona Lisa" footage on YouTube, I was ready to 'do it drive!' and get the hell back to Michigan. Doug and I were both relieved that our hastily arranged internet to real life meeting didn't turn out to be the next Chris Hansen Dateline special, and he was relieved that I didn't look like Zakk Wylde. For the next 11½ hours we watched 600 miles of roadway go by while listening to mostly shitty metal on the radio (wtf Sirius??) while talking about a wide range of interesting topics, along with awesome DEP stories thrown in. A blizzard, sleep deprivation, and any other obstacles we encountered couldn't stop us and we made it back to K'zoo at about 11:30am the next day. We spent the rest of the day sleeping/eating pizza and soon it would be the following afternoon and we would be on our way to the tour bus... I discovered Dillinger just before Ire Works came out and they soon became my favorite band. Since then I haven't stopped listening to their cds and I always enjoy watching a random interview with one of the members on YouTube or reading articles about them whenever I can. So you can imagine it was pretty fucking surreal to find myself all of a sudden walking up to their bus to hang with them. We went in and said hi to everyone and started hanging out as Greg finished up an interview on the phone. The guys couldn't have been more awesome/hilarious and I probably seemed lost for words at the beginning since my brain wasn't prepared for experiencing something like this. Later on a few of the guys wanted to go to the mall so we fit Jeff, Ben, Greg, Billy, Doug, Zach, and myself into my car and headed there. Normally I drive to this mall while listening to the Dillinger Escape Plan, but on this day I was driving the Dillinger Escape Plan to my local mall....definitely a mind fuck of an experience hahaha. We spent some time there and then drove back to the bus. (Let me emphasize that the whole time hilarious/cool shit is happening) So we get back and a few of us are chilling in the living room portion of the bus when Greg has Liam throw Option Paralysis onto a cd. I'm sitting there watching in awe as Liam hands Greg the newly burned cd like it's that top-secret deadly virus thing from the movie Beavis and Butthead Do America...I'm just thinking to myself, "holy shit, there it is!" Greg gets up and puts it into the cd player for the bus living room and then makes sure to ask if I have any kind of recording device on me or if my phone is recording. I assure him that I'm not wearing a wire and I simply took my phone apart and set the cover, battery, and phone on the table in front of him. I felt like I was in a secret government lab and they were about to show me evidence of aliens or something. Turns out what I was about to listen to was way more badass than that would have been. I sat and listened as my face melted away and I was simply blown away by the entire cd. I don't even know where to begin describing what it was like...all I can say is imagine the footage of the new songs you've seen on YouTube so far, multiply how badass that sounds by ten thousand, leave plenty of room for shit you don't expect and/or see coming, and you might come somewhat close to imagining how great it is. It is THAT. FUCKING. GOOD. As if that wasn't enough, Greg then turns to me and says something along the lines of "you are the first person outside of people involved directly with the band to hear this record." I'm still having a hard time realizing just how badass that is and how awesome the past few days have been. I think I described it best to Greg when I was leaving at the end of the night when I just told him to imagine back in the day when he was really into Metallica doing the same thing I did but with them. I have more appreciation and look up more to Dillinger than any other band/celebrity and so in my own world, meeting and hanging out with these guys and having them play their new masterpiece of a record for me is way more cool to me than hanging out with any other bullshit celebrity or whatever in the world would be, by far. Hope that wasn't too long winded and didn't sound like too much of a brag, although it was pretty much the coolest thing some random Joe Fan could hope to have happen to them... |
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12-09-2009, 08:29 PM
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My initial thought upon reading this was 'You lucky man', but you certainly earned this experience.
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12-09-2009, 08:40 PM
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Damn, I was thinking of doing that but had to go to Florida. Sounds like you had a blast. Congrats!
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12-09-2009, 08:57 PM
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Man, I couldn't help but picture me in your place the whole time I read this because Dillinger are also my favorite and they're basically a part of me and my everyday life, a huge one. That said, I'm incredibly happy for you because I assure you I know exactly how you must've felt!
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12-09-2009, 09:04 PM
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Can you give us a vague description of the sound? More/less electronica stuff, heavier, lighter, in between, mixed? TELL ME MOAR
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12-09-2009, 09:07 PM
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Yeah that's it, I was wondering about the electronica ratio of the album... is it lower or higher than Ire Works? While you're at it, any comment on the production?
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12-09-2009, 09:20 PM
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Wow that was an awesome read. Totally cool for myself and the band to be involved with all of this too.. I just want to add that. We all talked about how it wasn't like some sort of contest winner thing where it was an arranged hang out. Matt and myself were 2 feet apart from one another from Saturday night till Tuesday night at 3AM when he left the bus only because the bus was leaving. I feel like this sort of shit is only fitting for a band like Dillinger.
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12-09-2009, 09:58 PM
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Thanks guys,
As far as the questions in regards to more specific details about the record, the best I can answer is this: -I definitely feel like the record had an awesome flow to it. There wasn't any 'two awesome songs-one ok song-2 more awesome songs-a 50 second buildup track-3 more awesome songs' type of deal going on. Personally I don't think any DEP cd is like that and I listen to them all from beginning to end, but I think everyone will agree that OP is an unstoppable freight train of great songs. It's one you can put in the cd player and not worry about skipping any tracks until it's over. And then you will want to just play it again. -As for electronica/heavy/lighter/in between: there is no way you can define the entire album as being one specific adjective like that or throw a blanket over it, let alone one song in particular. The best analogy I can give is the song Farewell, Mona Lisa itself. That song has so many different parts to it that when it's over you are like 'what the fuck did I just hear?' And that's kind of how I felt the whole album was. -As for production, what I listened to wasn't the final-ready to go to the stores version, but we are talking about Dillinger here, guys. When I spoke to Billy after listening to the cd, he said something like, "we would leave the studio after working all day and be excited/happy about getting 14 seconds done on a track." They didn't cut any corners and took their time on this and that will be very apparent on March 23. Another thing I want to say is it's not a record where you hear a song and think "there's 43% pt.2" or "Mouth of Ghosts jr." OP is a whole new batch of songs and I can promise you guys will be the opposite of disappointed with it. |
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12-09-2009, 10:02 PM
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Love the avatar Lips Wasick..
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12-09-2009, 10:09 PM
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You lucky lucky man.
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12-09-2009, 10:14 PM
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dude your a sac. you just got into dillinger since ire works and they're your favorite band now? Listen to calculating infinity and tell me theres a better album by anyone. Ben Weinman is the shit and your probably a pussy. Go pretend Greg is better than Chris. The new coheed is going to be more tech than this one. Please proove me wrong. I don't take jelousy well haha.
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12-09-2009, 10:27 PM
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Man, i had the biggest smile conceivable reading this thread. Congrats and thx for the report!
So now that you're hooked, i imagine you'll want your fix again soon. Double edged-sword?
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12-09-2009, 10:33 PM
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...I'm jealous.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAH
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12-09-2009, 11:46 PM
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Congrats to you dude, you took Doug on such a journey, and received a listen to OP and a meet with the band themselves in return. I'm sure even hanging with Doug that entire time was kick-ass, so it wasn't like you were stuck with some angry smelly bum for that long-ass ride either.
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Lucky bastard....
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kudos man, you earned that shit with such a monstrous drive!
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hey phagist alcest is the shit yeah?
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12-10-2009, 03:18 AM
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So I heard this cd yesterday called "Option Paralysis"
Sitting in my recliner.
Will be in until right after Christmas When does he head out? |
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That's definitely the most epic thing to be posted here in the forums. Only in a Dillinger community with a band like this do we see this. A fan, driving 1200 miles to get Doug, and be given an opportunity like this.
I am in your envy for existence.
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Ire Works > CI. CI is a classic. Don't make everything not live up to it because your mouth is wrapped around Chris' cock as he plays some jazz solo that he has done day in and day out for five years. I am a Coheed fan but don't get your hopes up. Their latest was about as technical as Feist. EDIT: Must quit drinking cough syrup. So cracked out tonight.
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Much respect to you Matthew. First off, that DRIVE man. Considering you already were short of sleep when you took off. Kudos to you.
Furthermore, your experience with the band, Doug, Zach and OP was full of win. But more importantly for me right now, that posting was an incredible read. I am still in awe. I smiled the whole time reading it and am still grinning. Awesome. Truly awesome. My new definition for THE AWESOMENESS actually, this will become. Woah. |
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