you won't there have only been a couple made by director Gemma Lee, with A.O.F's budget there probably won't be many (if any) more made unfortunately :-(
The songs of the latest album are solid efforts and still worthy of more recognition and airplay but there's something that was in all the songs on Second Storey that seems to have gone in these newer songs: the tortured feel of the other songs is nowhere to be found and they did it so well.
I disagree in part to this Gregusse. While I feel overall Second Story was the best album release by A.O.F. thus far, there are a couple of absolute gems from Runaways that house some of the most intense emotion of any of the Art of Fighting songs, most notably "Less than an Instant" and "Distance as Virtue", they are definately 2 of my fave A.O.F. songs.
You are right though (in regards to the emotion and sentiment in Second Story) and I have to say Second Story is one of the most underated albums by an Australian band. How can you not be drawn to such passion as "Along the Run", "Your easy part", "Break for me" & "Heart Translation", all are simply genius. Yearning and longing, without the whine that so many songs have.
I am glad that you are such a fan that you can comment on A.O.F. with good integrity and obviously being a fan you have a great knowledge and attachment to their music and I always enjoying talking to other fans to see just what the music means to them. Thanks for your comments and I hope to see you at an A.O.F. show in the near future!
Thanks for your reply. Maybe I need to give the album a listen again (I have to admit that I only own their first two albums and not Runaways) but there are a number of reasons I don't like the direction they've taken in the last album: a bit too upbeat (they did miserable quite well), I'm not sure about the production quality on these new tracks.
Second Storey is definitely underrated, simply because it sounds like one of those epic albums that stands by itself instead of just being a collection of good songs. It seems to tell a story (at least to me) that I find so rarely in my favourite albums bar maybe one or two Counting Crows or Pearl Jam albums.
I can imagine someone picking it up in a decade or so and wonder how it never became a cult album.
It's definitely in the league of some of the best indie bands' albums.
that is unbelievable! You must be my music twin! I am a massive fan of both Counting Crows and Pearl Jam, I too get so much out of "lyrical story telling" something where u get such a vivid picture of the story being told (and the emotion brought with it). For the record my fave songs by Pearl Jam would be "Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town", "Black", "Corduroy" and by Counting Crows "Anna Begins", "Round Here" and pretty much the whole August & Everything After album!
I'm probably a bigger Counting Crows connaisseur than Pearl Jam. I'm mainly a fan of the whole No Code album for PJ and This Desert Life for CC "Amy Hit The Atmosphere", "Mrs Potter's Lullaby", "Mr Jones"...
Yes it was the form of story-telling that must have appealed to me in the case of AoF. It sounded like a story I was familiar with, although as far as I know it's mostly about the relationship of singer Ollie with the female member Peggy.
Thats great, in all honesty I haven't listened to This Desert Life for ages, I should be considering I am going to see C.C. in 3 weeks (really pumped). You are spot on with Ollie and Peggy, most of their songs are about breaking up and not being right for each other (they went to high school together). The band disbanded after their relationship ended, then close friends told them that their music was too good to let that get in the way so they reformed and things haven't been better musically.
A couple of wides of them playing from above or through the hole in the window would have been nice spatially. But maybe the window is a different location. Just a thought. good job anyway. :-)
gorgeous music
rfutcher 1 year ago
I'm searching the video of Heart Translation, but i haven't find it!
74thecoach 2 years ago
where can i find some more art of fighting vids? i like them.... especially the second storey stuff... but im o/s and cant find it anywhere :(
aphexxx77 3 years ago
you won't there have only been a couple made by director Gemma Lee, with A.O.F's budget there probably won't be many (if any) more made unfortunately :-(
pir8king1982 3 years ago
The songs of the latest album are solid efforts and still worthy of more recognition and airplay but there's something that was in all the songs on Second Storey that seems to have gone in these newer songs: the tortured feel of the other songs is nowhere to be found and they did it so well.
Gregusse 4 years ago 2
I disagree in part to this Gregusse. While I feel overall Second Story was the best album release by A.O.F. thus far, there are a couple of absolute gems from Runaways that house some of the most intense emotion of any of the Art of Fighting songs, most notably "Less than an Instant" and "Distance as Virtue", they are definately 2 of my fave A.O.F. songs.
pir8king1982 3 years ago
You are right though (in regards to the emotion and sentiment in Second Story) and I have to say Second Story is one of the most underated albums by an Australian band. How can you not be drawn to such passion as "Along the Run", "Your easy part", "Break for me" & "Heart Translation", all are simply genius. Yearning and longing, without the whine that so many songs have.
pir8king1982 3 years ago
I am glad that you are such a fan that you can comment on A.O.F. with good integrity and obviously being a fan you have a great knowledge and attachment to their music and I always enjoying talking to other fans to see just what the music means to them. Thanks for your comments and I hope to see you at an A.O.F. show in the near future!
pir8king1982 3 years ago
Thanks for your reply. Maybe I need to give the album a listen again (I have to admit that I only own their first two albums and not Runaways) but there are a number of reasons I don't like the direction they've taken in the last album: a bit too upbeat (they did miserable quite well), I'm not sure about the production quality on these new tracks.
Gregusse 3 years ago
Second Storey is definitely underrated, simply because it sounds like one of those epic albums that stands by itself instead of just being a collection of good songs. It seems to tell a story (at least to me) that I find so rarely in my favourite albums bar maybe one or two Counting Crows or Pearl Jam albums.
I can imagine someone picking it up in a decade or so and wonder how it never became a cult album.
It's definitely in the league of some of the best indie bands' albums.
Gregusse 3 years ago
that is unbelievable! You must be my music twin! I am a massive fan of both Counting Crows and Pearl Jam, I too get so much out of "lyrical story telling" something where u get such a vivid picture of the story being told (and the emotion brought with it). For the record my fave songs by Pearl Jam would be "Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town", "Black", "Corduroy" and by Counting Crows "Anna Begins", "Round Here" and pretty much the whole August & Everything After album!
pir8king1982 3 years ago
What are ur faves? And what area do you hail from?
pir8king1982 3 years ago
I'm probably a bigger Counting Crows connaisseur than Pearl Jam. I'm mainly a fan of the whole No Code album for PJ and This Desert Life for CC "Amy Hit The Atmosphere", "Mrs Potter's Lullaby", "Mr Jones"...
Yes it was the form of story-telling that must have appealed to me in the case of AoF. It sounded like a story I was familiar with, although as far as I know it's mostly about the relationship of singer Ollie with the female member Peggy.
I live in London but I'm from several places
Gregusse 3 years ago
Thats great, in all honesty I haven't listened to This Desert Life for ages, I should be considering I am going to see C.C. in 3 weeks (really pumped). You are spot on with Ollie and Peggy, most of their songs are about breaking up and not being right for each other (they went to high school together). The band disbanded after their relationship ended, then close friends told them that their music was too good to let that get in the way so they reformed and things haven't been better musically.
pir8king1982 3 years ago
you can only be tortured over an ex-gf for so long, and then you become happy and stuff:D
rowania 2 years ago
awesome - a great contrast to the feel of the Free You video.
noway876 4 years ago
A couple of wides of them playing from above or through the hole in the window would have been nice spatially. But maybe the window is a different location. Just a thought. good job anyway. :-)
moopjaw 4 years ago