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1. JohnDoe
   

   EP
   Joined: Dec '08
   Posts: 119

   Posted 1 year ago #

   I was just watching the videos from their show here in Cali (OC) a few months ago and it is noticeable... .

   Straight up, that's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to speak any life into it.

   String Theory said:

   MrQc said:
   His earlier stuff is great but for the last few releases he’s not been as on point as he used to be & I think the same follows suit on this one. But as a total package it’s awesome!!

   LA Times article touches on the fact that he's had some health issues in the last few years. In the 12SP promo he's still pretty big but I've noticed that he looks skinnier lately. I hope everything is okay, his episode of the house list eluded that he was planning on releasing a solo album.

2. jtt
   

   new cat
   Joined: Feb '19
   Posts: 1

   Posted 1 year ago #

   About the stylistic turn.. from the Next Step to Stepfather, they're all classics in my book and I revisit them often. They also have a special meaning to me from a special time. Five stars. But sometimes I feel like I've OD'd on them so hard, that I have to go further in to the new albums; they're still decent 4 star efforts no matter what. I just love what PUTS does so well with everything in their music.

   This last album - listened for a couple of times now - is a rather melancholic, but another slight twist to their repertoire of albums. I think you can get only so much from their blueprint, and I feel like they juiced their oranges empty by now, creatively speaking. And it's totally okay. This was a good album to leave and venture in to something else.

   As a fan. MAN it's hard to live so far away deep in Europe and watch all this merch go by, I've been fiending for a P hat forever.

3. YoYoPo
   

   The Architect
   Joined: Feb '05
   Posts: 3,381

   Posted 1 year ago #

   

4. JohnDoe
   

   EP
   Joined: Dec '08
   Posts: 119

   Posted 1 year ago #

   YoYoPo said:
   

   So damn good!

5. disiskurt
   

   7
   Joined: Aug '08
   Posts: 35

   Posted 1 year ago #

   Finally got my day to listen. Proceeded to go through it 4 times now. A number of thoughts which I'll try to come back to, but overall an amazing bookend to a singular career, and I'm extremely thankful that Thes saw this through to the finish line. Was expecting Sound of a Memory to be the main tear jerker, but it was Dream Sequence '88 that had me completely break down each time. I haven't heard a track that's done that to me since Partir by DJ Day (and nothing before that.) I can't explain it, but that was a hell of a contribution from Alibi/chiefbargus, just incredible.

6. Hoser dave
   

   EP
   Joined: Feb '07
   Posts: 116

   Posted 1 year ago #

   Forever the P. Thank you Chris and Mike.

7. chunkyrice
   

   LP
   Joined: Sep '08
   Posts: 344

   Posted 1 year ago #

   disiskurt said:
   Finally got my day to listen. Proceeded to go through it 4 times now. A number of thoughts which I'll try to come back to, but overall an amazing bookend to a singular career, and I'm extremely thankful that Thes saw this through to the finish line. Was expecting Sound of a Memory to be the main tear jerker, but it was Dream Sequence '88 that had me completely break down each time. I haven't heard a track that's done that to me since Partir by DJ Day (and nothing before that.) I can't explain it, but that was a hell of a contribution from Alibi/chiefbargus, just incredible.

   Ths pretty much sums up how I saw the LP too. Dream Sequence 88 is an excellent song as is The Effects of Climate change. The later sounds like classic P. The former is something really special!

8. djGUERRILLA
   

   LP
   Joined: Sep '11
   Posts: 394

   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thes posted today not long ago that this is him retiring from touring and not quitting music altogether or anything like that. Taken with the knowledge that Double has pledged to have more releases in the pipeline, I'm sad the P is ending, but its just a new beginning most likely. Any more music we get from them is just icing on a 12 layer cake. This album is definitely a fitting end note. It's thought out and deliberate, melancholic, but balanced with the foreknowledge that would be the case. The beats are great, classic trading off Mike and Chris, back and forth. Really dig the cast of characters that contributed that was larger this time but included many who've been with the group for ages (saxophone and guitar by son and daughter! too awesome) . The instrumental sections and interludes really helped give the album depth of field and make it feel complex with many subsections that are part of larger pieces within the whole. Overall, a stellar job. Can't wait for the vinyl. Gonna jam the sh!t out of it.........

9. Instrumentalist
   

   LP
   Joined: Oct '06
   Posts: 380

   Posted 1 year ago #

   I love and hate the pit in my stomach that "The Sound of a Memory" gives me.

10. joediese
    

    new cat
    Joined: Jul '18
    Posts: 3

    Posted 1 year ago #

    Instrumentalist said:
    I love and hate the pit in my stomach that "The Sound of a Memory" gives me.

    I had to put off listening to this for a week: I wasn't ready.

    When I finally say down and played it I was brought to tears that it was the end, that the vocal sample was so fitting, that the sentiment expressed in the song was so strong and positive, and that piano playing out felt so right.

    I won't be over-playing that song, I want it to keep its meaning.

11. YoYoPo
    

    The Architect
    Joined: Feb '05
    Posts: 3,381

    Posted 1 year ago #

    I definitely feel the same... it gets harder to listen to each time!

    String Theory said:
    LA Times article touches on the fact that he's had some health issues in the last few years. In the 12SP promo he's still pretty big but I've noticed that he looks skinnier lately. I hope everything is okay, his episode of the house list eluded that he was planning on releasing a solo album.

    For sure. I think it was something fairly serious as it's not just a case of losing some weight. But he seemed really positive about releasing more music and touring DJing, so hopefully he will get his energy back and re-build super powers! Having said that his verse on Redeemer killed it - loving the jamaican slang vibes dropped in. Stars in the House is another great one

12. JohnDoe
    

    EP
    Joined: Dec '08
    Posts: 119

    Posted 1 year ago #

    Just a couple short vids I had on my phone from the dudes last show here in Cali back in September @ Marty's on Newport- 9/22/2018

    It's crazy now that I think of it, because for a minute after my wife and I strolled up(prior to going in), that we were just going to bounce. She talked me into staying.. . I then talked my brother-in-law into cruising out. After a good 15 minutes(while waiting for my bro-in-law), my wife ended up talking herself into staying as well.

    If i recall correctly, it was the following morning that These announced thru Insta that they were done. No joke, I teared up that morning knowing that I caught the P for the last time and that I very well could have missed it.

    Anyways.. . enjoy! #ForeverTheP

    Youth Explosion-
    

    Acid Raindrop-
    

13. YoYoPo
    

    The Architect
    Joined: Feb '05
    Posts: 3,381

    Posted 1 year ago #

    that's a great story JohnDoe and thanks for sharing the vids man. Loving the big P balloon and Double K's dookie gold chain

14. Instrumentalist
    

    LP
    Joined: Oct '06
    Posts: 380

    Posted 1 year ago #

    Looks like thes is sending out orders already

15. nohospitality
    

    new cat
    Joined: Feb '19
    Posts: 4

    Posted 1 year ago #

    How could you tell? You already got a tracking?

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