Koi No Yokan thread

[Metalhed]

Holy shit, haven't posted here in fucking years but Koi No Yokan fucking kicks ass.  Great album, another awesome one for sure.

[Sett]

I downloaded it and it's on my hdd, but I am not listening to it. Fuck it, I am getting the CD tomorrow anyway.

[Electron§]

Loving "Romantic Dreams" so far. But sounds very weird for a Deftones song........

"Poltergeist" also is sounding considerably bad ass. I have to admit Ive always had a strange love for the song, but seem to completely forget I like it at all if Im not listening to it.... I even clapped along with the clapping part it when I saw them..... I felt stupid doing that..... But thats how much I really like it....

[MuffBiscuits]

I downloaded it and it's on my hdd, but I am not listening to it. Fuck it, I am getting the CD tomorrow anyway.

Haha why have you downloaded it if you're not going to listen to it? Go on... It's waiting for you.

[SomeOf]

I'm not saying it's a bad album but how could people say that it's one of the best record in Deftones discography ? Come on guys.
I'll give my review later.

[NicholasHume]

Romantic Dreams

Yes! Gauze too

[DAFTPUNK87]

alright. i guess i'll do a track by track. waited too intensely for this to just give it a sentence or two. gonna type this as i listen on my good headphones for the third or fourth time since getting home from work (though, probably the 9th overall. heh.)

swerve city - dat meter. almost instant air-drumming. much better opener than diamond eyes. on first listen, this was a "fuck yeah" moment right out of the gate.

romantic dreams - holy shit, for anyone who ever doubted cocteau twins' influence on chino's vocals, try to deny it after giving this one a good listen. fan-fucking-excellent. what's being said in that spoken sample? that some straight up whispers-in-everlong stuff. good touch. the line "i'm hypnotized by your name" made me nod my head along in agreement when i first heard it. this was the song i most anticipated after watching how excited chino and sergio were when talking about it in an interview. glad it worked out.

leathers - the one that started my intense anticipation. oddly soothes your with this haunting drone, then rips into your chest without hesitation. even after all the pre-album listens, i'm way into this track. features some of abe's best drumming on this album, AND they cut! throughout this album actually, i'm really happy with how the drums are mixed. the lyrics in this chorus, especially when it was first released, hit hard while i was dealing with some craziness in life. still love it.

poltergeist - if self-titled/snw got high and hooked up, this would be the lovechild. love the effects on the vocals and the way they harmonize with the guitar in the chorus. verse riff just hammers. essentially the epitome of deftones. driving guitars, dynamic vocals, rhythm you can't shake. one of my favorites so far.

entombed - had a lot of hopes for this track and it lived up to them. the verses remind me of  the life and times (sidenote, people should listen to them dudes) in a great way. great atmosphere, dark harmonies, and dissonant guitar line dancing all around it. "shapes and colors are all i see" might be my favorite lyric on this album, minus the leathers chorus. might have liked this better than whty? as the closer, honestly.

graphic nature - between stef's playing in the verses and abe's hi-hat work, there is east coast post-hardcore sweetness ALL UP IN THIS SHIT. guitar tone in the chorus is wicked. can't get enough of it. abe is the man. also, chino, these lyrics are clearly about my relationship with my ex. mostly, this: "i'm aware of the demons that you've tucked away. i like to watch you release them. go on and say... tell me how you do it. every time, it takes my knees out. every time you do it, i'm surprised." thank you.

tempest - steady, unrelenting heaviness. not as jagged as a lot of other deftones, but still packs a great thump. as i may have mentioned before about this track, i'm super into sergios line throughout. simple and exactly what the song needed. frank's work here, as in all of these tracks so far, is excellent. can't have a great meal without proper seasoning.

gauze - war drum intro. siren-y guitars. little bass flourishes. digging the isolated guitars in each channel for sure. also, the little frank bits in the back ground. gnarly 8-string thickness in that sludgy outro riff hit me. especially on the first listen. i believe i smiled sitting alone in my car.

rosemary - hadn't ever noticed the high strings sample in the intro on the cassette rips. gives it a nice tension during the buildup. slower riff, of course, but it fits. outro fades well into goon squad.

goon squad - intro goes for same dynamic change as leathers, but with just a slight crescendo at the end, which helps it tons. one of my favorite moments of this album from the very first listen. this song is where i think the white pony comparisons are the most appropriate. super catchy chorus/hook. has that 1999-2000 deftones swagger with the musical refinements they've made since then. great track.

what happened to you? - honestly was kinda not into this song at first. it's grown on me though. it's solid song and a really interesting departure, sonically at first, but i feel like because it is so different in the opening moments, it doesn't flow terribly well with the rest of the album. so, maybe it's just the sequencing of it that bothered me. again, i feel like entombed would have been a bit stronger closer. still, good tune. also, don't know if this is the first this has been mentioned, and i hate even saying it for how obvious it feels, but these lyrics made me think about chi immediately (once i could make them out, of course).

overall, yeah... i really like koi no yokan. relieved that it definitely makes all that ridiculous anticipation seem justified. like i've seen some folks say, it's got a different feel to it than anything prior, but it takes bits and pieces of everything in their back discography. the way they put it all together is what i think makes it so unique. chino wasn't fucking around when he said "it's a hot record." most definitely. contender for the top spot even. which is surprising and exciting.

thanks for reading my attempts to have intelligent opinions!

i love deftones.

excellent review. Very similar to my opinion on the album. I gave it a 4.5/5
I can't stop listening to it. It definitely lived up to it's expectations.
- oh! and The Life and Times are epic.. but Shiner was better 

[mrpelon94]

yo whats up with this piece of shit (Royaldeftonicboy)..PM me talking hella shit and saying the new album sucks ass.....fucking punk.

[IN WAVES]

Wow! 9/10 from me. This has to be the rock album of the year. Nothing less than that. WOW!

What makes this more enjoyable is that I listened to this album with my cat, the same kind as the Deftones cat, sleeping right next to me. lol

[Sett]

I downloaded it and it's on my hdd, but I am not listening to it. Fuck it, I am getting the CD tomorrow anyway.

Haha why have you downloaded it if you're not going to listen to it? Go on... It's waiting for you.

Well, I listened only to Tempest, just to compare its quality with the official download and I liked the official one better even though it's only 160 kbps or something like that.
That's not the main reason I didn't listen to it. I just want to whole experience - picking up the CD, removing the foil, paging through the booklet. Then taking my headphones and just listen to it for an hour...Oh yeah . Don't get me wrong, I just hate to listen music just as a background noise. Especially new release of Deftones. I don't understand the people who were listening to the leak and posting in the forum at the same time.

[thenoiboi]

excellent review. Very similar to my opinion on the album. I gave it a 4.5/5
I can't stop listening to it. It definitely lived up to it's expectations.
- oh! and The Life and Times are epic.. but Shiner was better 

dude, slight sidetrack (with a segue back on topic!), shiner totally toured recently! i some crazy how got to have pizza and beers with the members of murder by death, and they mentioned the show they went too.

jason gerken is a bad-ass drummer. i'd LOVE to see a deftones/shiner tour for this next cycle.
how about it, relevant tour management people who probably aren't reading this?

[Electron§]

Very first impressions:


"Swerve City"

Poppy, and very simple. Not much here. I kind of think of it as almost just an intro to the album because it lacks structure really.... Its barely a song. I also get a strange country-ish vibe off of it and it turns me off, also the lyrics seem pointless.

"Romantic Dreams"

This song really blew my mind. Doesn't sound like any other Deftones song, and a little tiny bit poppy, but in the right way, almost kind of like a Weezer mixed with classic rock vibe off this one.

"Leathers"

Bad ass mysterious dark intro (probably one of the best parts of a Deftones song ever), descends into a cliche pop metal song. Meh.

"Poltergeist"

Awesome, explosive, somehow transcendent to the other chugga chugga songs since Diamond Eyes, this era's "Korea" (but still less epic and dark than "Korea").

"Entombed"

Bored me to death. 

"Graphic Nature"

A lot better than I expected, love the verses especially.

"Tempest"

Another cliche pop metal song with a bad attempt at new wave influence in the opening.

"Gauze"

A bit disappointed by this one, sounds a little lazy in terms of structure.

"Rosemary"

Futuristic and spiritual simultaneously, sounds like it could be a lost Led Zeppelin classic. Potentially the best song on the album overall. Feels the best put together and satisfying. Closest thing to classic Deftones I think this whole record has.

"Good Squad"

I can imagine the intro being the music to someone overlooking the skies, as nuclear weapons slowly make their fall to destroy every trace of sweetness from the existence experienced by that someone.... Then the bomb hits and its something completely unexpected.... Not an explosion..... Its Good Squad! Pretty good song, sounds murky and unusual. Favorite part is around 3:34. Once again reminds me of Weezer right there. 

"What Happened To You?"

I don't find anything particularly interesting or experimental about this song. Its once again like "Swerve City" barely even a song. It sounds like an idea that was too quickly finished without a further glance or an attempt at being different from the usual style which is just way too simplistic to really feel affective.


Coming to the end of this album, I feel kind of incomplete. All the ideas feel rushed and not very well thought out even though some of them do work very well. Deftones really need to strike a balance between efficiently writing songs, and the original long drawn out process. Because obviously taking forever doesn't work for them, but It does generally create highly satisfying material.

[Visitant]

Very first impressions:


"Swerve City"

I also get a strange country-ish vibe off of it and it turns me off, also the lyrics seem pointless.

LOL!

[SomeOf]

away
waves
tonight
inside

Officially the favorite words of Chino...

[Electron§]

away
waves
tonight
inside

Officially the favorite words of Chino...

Don't forget "more" and "sounds like White Pony".

[mrpelon94]

idk i fucking love What happened to you.....i might be wrong but it sounds like a vampire love ?

[Graphic_Nature]

I think Leathers is the worst song here. And its like a 9.5/10.

[Electron§]

I think Leathers is the worst song here.

[Electron§]

Will the youtube police murder me in my face if I tried to upload the album?

[mrpelon94]

I think Leathers is the worst song here. And its like a 9.5/10.

fuck no it adds to the heavy ness