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Battles are inhuman.

Those guys are inhuman, really. Or superheroes, either.

1) Their drummer is just too fast and too good to be human
2) Guitarists can play tapping guitars and synths at the same time
3) Tyondai Braxton is an incredible vocalist. See what he sings in Ddiamondd:

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The diamond that was stolen held the code that melted
water into letters spelling where it had been taken to.
In fact, I had a vision of the numbers corresponding with
the letters T-H-E-D-I-A-M-O-N-D.

They're suspended like a prism splitting floodlight to
poles of primary colours clawing the veil of the vacuum.
There's a picture of this given to authorities, the
sentence,"I'm an architect and here's my prison" written
on it.

With schematics so meticulous the measurements of
superimpositions of a room within the window make a
dream that ends up being such an entity in your
reflection, you are the dream to it, you are the prism.

The mirrors in the corner throwing images against the
other mirrors made counting corners impossible the
breaking news had counted one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven corners of the
mirrored corners.

Why have you done what you have done something is so
sinister when staring at the diamond something you
have done sinister why have you done this am I in the
mirror am I what you have been staring at am I a
diamond?

Just like a reflection of a friend of mine, I am a
reflection of an enemy, am I a reflection of an enemy,
just like a reflection of a friend of mine?

So my conclusion is that their not human. Which probably explains why they're so good.

I'm not a big fan of Mirrors. The other shit was fucking intense, though.

I'm assuming you just watched the Lowlands set, SYRFox.

Yeah, intense.

An aside here, but when I made a double disc comp from last year's releases, "Ddiamondd" was the very first track, and the only by Battles.

Lowlands? Vat iz tat? I didn't watch it but it seems like it's even more intense according to your message, what is it?

it's a pro shot set from the lowlands festival. up on dime. pretty great, i wish the drums' sound was a bit more "prominent" in the mix, though...

Haha I love the lrycis to DDiamondd.
As a joke, I tried to look up battles lyrics (I just thought they were singing whatever) and was surprised to find that they had lyrics.

^ yeah, i thought it was just random humming. those lyrics are awesome though.

so basically they were on tv today, the atlas video and a live video from lowlands and i came to the conclusion that they are cyborgs. theres no way in which they could do that.

besides the drumer being so fast, he just sounds so fucking clean and it sounds more like a drum machine.

and tyonday's movements and everything creep me out.

bttls rule!

john stanier's always been a good drummer. he's part of what made tomahawk really enjoyable for me, b/c he plays really interesting rhythms CLEANLY without sounding all neal pert-y.

and yeah, they're fucking swell live. ty's a really cool guy.

they're human, too. mostly.

Battles drumming is good, but this guy rules all right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_cnh...eature=related

listen to don cab; they're even more insane.

yeh, the battles EPs are better than the album.

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Butcher

listen to don cab; they're even more insane.

yeh, the battles EPs are better than the album.

don cab is a better band, true, for respect and don cab 2 are math rock masterpieces, but battles is more complex. but yeah, i was trying to avoid battles for a long time because nobody would stop talking about how great they are, so i was like, fuck battles, then i heard them, and i was like, fuck, battles rules, i suck.

i wonder if daddy (anthony) braxton is proud of the musis his son is doing?

There's a thousand Battles threads, and you have to start a new one?

I saw them in November here in Buenos Aires, they didn't play Diamondd
but they played almost the entire EP that night.
Stanier is superfast, but Dan Peters is still better for me

Does John Stanier play in Battles? I did not know that. I guess I learnt something.

He also plays in an Australian band called the Mark of Cain. Very early Helmet-eqsue. Top band.

maybe the best show ive ever seen... saw them in sydney... met Ian and Tyondai afterwards, both are nice dudes... i talked to Ian for almost 3 minutes or something,

Tapping and playing synth at the same time isn't too hard if you are already decent at tapping.

I've heard some of their stuff and I don't really get it. I prefer Damon Che's band Thee Speaking Canaries as far as Don Cab related bands go.

Don Cab is freaking awesome btw.

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

but yeah, i was trying to avoid battles for a long time because nobody would stop talking about how great they are, so i was like, fuck battles, then i heard them, and i was like, fuck, battles rules, i suck.

yeah same here!

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Originally Posted by davenotdead

maybe the best show ive ever seen... saw them in sydney... met Ian and Tyondai afterwards, both are nice dudes... i talked to Ian for almost 3 minutes or something,

Where in Sydney are you at, Dave?