Textures - Genotype - Album Review

00:00:00.240 Textures dropped their first album in a
00:00:02.800 long time at the end of January and uh I
00:00:06.400 am a fan, full disclosure right up
00:00:08.720 front. So, let's talk about it.
00:00:14.880 >> What's up, dude? What' you think?
00:00:16.960 >> Genotype.
00:00:18.160 >> Did I say that correctly? Is that
00:00:19.600 >> genotype? Genotype.
00:00:20.720 >> Genotype. Genotype.
00:00:22.880 Yeah, they had an album that they the
00:00:25.760 the previous album before the band broke
00:00:28.000 up in 2017 was Phenotype.
00:00:31.119 >> Phenotype. Yeah.
00:00:31.920 >> Or Phenotype, I don't know.
00:00:33.840 >> Um and then of course they disbanded.
00:00:36.640 >> Um I know that initially the album that
00:00:39.600 just came out was meant to be a sort of
00:00:41.200 a companion piece with Phenotype and it
00:00:45.360 is not. They decided to just scrap
00:00:47.280 everything and and write all new
00:00:49.120 material which is I hey whatever. I
00:00:51.520 would have liked to have heard what they
00:00:52.719 had going. But your thoughts, sir?
00:00:56.160 >> Well, my understanding is this is
00:00:57.920 experimental ambient leaning uh music.
00:01:02.320 Uh less genty is what I have read about
00:01:06.400 it. Um I listened to it several times
00:01:09.520 through. It is definitely ambient in
00:01:12.080 nature. Uh much more so than phenotype
00:01:15.119 was. Uh, I really really like the song
00:01:18.080 uh shaping a single grain of sand on
00:01:20.080 phenotype. Like it's a amazing
00:01:22.880 >> Yeah.
00:01:24.159 >> amazing track and so I kept looking on
00:01:27.439 on this record for something that was
00:01:29.759 similar to that and I never got it.
00:01:33.360 >> So that's not to say that the record
00:01:35.680 sucks, but it was not nearly as heavy as
00:01:39.040 the previous record.
00:01:40.479 >> That is one of my absolute favorites of
00:01:42.880 theirs. Um, Storm Warning is another.
00:01:45.920 Uh, I I am a, you know me, I'm the
00:01:48.720 Prague guy between the two of us. This
00:01:51.200 band has has tickled me in all the right
00:01:53.040 places uh over the years, and I was
00:01:55.840 excited when this came out. Um, but
00:01:58.880 you're right, it is there are moments of
00:02:00.799 of sort of the older school uh textures
00:02:04.479 throughout the record, but yeah, it is
00:02:06.479 definitely uh not spacey, but yeah, a
00:02:09.598 little more ambient. There's the intro.
00:02:11.680 Void is uh is I love it. I think it's a
00:02:15.120 great intro. It
00:02:16.800 >> it's very theatric and cinemat the whole
00:02:19.040 album is very theatric and cinematic in
00:02:21.040 nature. And uh I it sets the tone. And
00:02:25.200 then of course the first the first big
00:02:27.520 track um just comes in at the at the
00:02:31.440 edge of winter with Charlotte. I think
00:02:33.360 it's Wessles or Wels.
00:02:34.480 >> Wessles. Yep.
00:02:35.519 >> And she's great. Um I don't know. I
00:02:38.480 mean,
00:02:40.000 you're to simplify it, you're more the
00:02:42.319 thrash guy or I'm more the Prague guy.
00:02:44.800 Vocally, I think that this album sits
00:02:48.400 with a lot of other progressive metal
00:02:50.160 bands with like some heavy VBR and
00:02:52.560 stuff. How does that sort of vibe land
00:02:54.879 with you?
00:02:56.480 You know what's funny is I was taking a
00:02:59.040 crap actually before this and I was
00:03:01.120 thinking whether or not I wanted to say
00:03:04.159 what I'm about to say to you is I felt
00:03:06.319 like the vocals were a weakness on this
00:03:08.480 record. I I really liked the vocals on
00:03:12.080 the prior record uh phenotype much more.
00:03:15.200 I am more of an aggressive listener
00:03:18.480 >> and I just felt like it was a little bit
00:03:21.200 forced. Um, I wasn't in love with it.
00:03:24.159 And in fact, I was thinking that I would
00:03:26.640 would have actually liked this record to
00:03:28.400 almost be just ambient without vocals on
00:03:30.959 it because there's a lot to hear, you
00:03:33.280 know, from a musical standpoint on on
00:03:35.280 the entire record. Um, you know, at the
00:03:37.680 edge of uh Winter, it's a weird duet for
00:03:41.360 me. It's it's a very strange track. I
00:03:44.319 didn't dislike it. I didn't love it, but
00:03:47.120 I loved parts of Phenotype. And that was
00:03:49.840 the difference for me. It was like I I
00:03:51.760 just couldn't sink my teeth into this
00:03:53.680 and get into it the way that I did with
00:03:55.680 the prior record.
00:03:56.959 >> Well, I'll tell you I I don't love
00:03:58.879 everything that they've put out. Um I I
00:04:01.840 wouldn't say I dislike anything that
00:04:03.599 they've done, but you know, as we were
00:04:06.319 saying, um you know, Arms of the Sea,
00:04:09.360 Storm Warning, Shaping a Single Grain of
00:04:11.360 Sand St. Each album has had standout
00:04:14.239 tracks and this album is no different in
00:04:16.079 that regard. And I think that the thick
00:04:19.918 VBR vocal style is
00:04:24.080 I don't it's not good, it's not bad. It
00:04:26.160 is what it is. And if you like it, you
00:04:28.080 like it. If you don't, you don't. Like
00:04:30.320 Dream Theater. When I first got into
00:04:32.000 into progressive metal uh in what God
00:04:35.840 trying to remember when Images and Words
00:04:38.000 came out.
00:04:38.560 >> Yeah.
00:04:38.800 >> And James Lee's vocals with Dream
00:04:40.880 Theater. That was the one thing that I
00:04:43.280 and I love Dream Theater, but his vocal
00:04:45.280 style is that heavy thick VB and it's a
00:04:48.960 little too it's always been a little too
00:04:50.800 oporadic for me and kind of takes me out
00:04:53.840 of the metal vibe and it's a personal
00:04:57.840 preference thing. Music is subjective as
00:05:00.000 we all know. Uh but I don't totally
00:05:04.320 disagree. I prefer Daniel's the lead
00:05:07.120 vocalist. I prefer or vocalist rather. I
00:05:10.000 prefer his more aggro, gnarly uh
00:05:14.000 passages than I do the clean stuff.
00:05:16.080 Though I do like there are some pretty
00:05:17.919 cool clean vocals on this album, I
00:05:20.880 think. Um yeah, Vanishing Twin, you
00:05:23.199 know, very emotional uh incredibly
00:05:26.479 emotional. It's kind of like for me it
00:05:28.160 was like the very heart of the record.
00:05:30.000 It was haunting and the best way
00:05:32.160 possible. Um, and so that that stood out
00:05:35.039 to me, whereas that probably wouldn't
00:05:37.360 have fit in phenotype prior.
00:05:39.440 >> Well, the the intro, I think it's uh
00:05:41.199 Vanishing Twin, where they have that uh
00:05:43.360 that kind of Cynthy Voder style
00:05:47.039 >> vocal intro, which I apparently the band
00:05:48.960 has joked that that is their Prague
00:05:51.120 metal uh answer to like Bohemian Raps
00:05:53.360 City or something like that.
00:05:54.639 >> Oh, okay.
00:05:55.199 >> Um,
00:05:56.479 >> but uh yeah, some great drums in that in
00:06:00.000 that track. band members. I'm going
00:06:01.840 sticking with first names because I'll
00:06:03.440 I'll kill the last names.
00:06:05.280 >> Uh the band is from Tilberg in the
00:06:07.120 Netherlands. We have uh Daniel Dejon, I
00:06:10.560 think, on vocals, Bart and Joe on
00:06:14.319 guitars, Remco on bass, Yuri on keys,
00:06:17.919 and Steph on drums. And they're all
00:06:20.639 great musicians. They they they're top
00:06:23.520 tier, and they they bring strong
00:06:26.400 performances to the record. Um, it was
00:06:30.560 produced by Forester Sevel or Savile.
00:06:34.400 Again, we're just terrible with names
00:06:35.919 and I'm worse today than than I usually
00:06:37.600 am. Um, he mixed the album. He's worked
00:06:40.479 with Carnival, who is another favorite
00:06:42.160 band of mine. I think from a production
00:06:44.000 standpoint, it's a great record. It's
00:06:46.000 really thick production. It's a big
00:06:48.400 record and I love the overall tone of
00:06:50.960 it. And he did a great job mixing these
00:06:53.039 tracks uh to really give each instrument
00:06:57.039 uh its own space. And uh I think vocal
00:07:00.720 stylings
00:07:02.479 I don't know if I'd go so far as to say
00:07:03.919 it was a weak point on the album. Not my
00:07:06.000 favorite part of the album, but the
00:07:08.240 album package as a whole I think was
00:07:10.479 really well produced and and and uh is a
00:07:13.440 great finished product.
00:07:16.319 The general consensus is in looking at
00:07:18.319 other media out there is that this is a
00:07:20.800 master class in progressive metal. Um I
00:07:24.720 prefer my progressive metal to be much
00:07:27.199 more aggressive. Uh, Mashuga, for
00:07:30.080 example, you turned me on the Mishuga
00:07:32.560 years ago and I loved them. And I kind
00:07:35.199 of looked at it and I go, well, if I was
00:07:37.120 a fan of textures the way that I'm a fan
00:07:40.160 of Mishuga and they came back with all
00:07:42.400 this ambient melodic stuff,
00:07:46.560 >> I would not love it. I want to hear the
00:07:49.199 blood and the gore and the and the
00:07:50.800 rhythmic um, you know, onslaught that is
00:07:54.800 Mishuga. And so I don't know if the band
00:07:58.800 are going to love this or hate it, but I
00:08:01.199 think for
00:08:02.879 folks that are probably not progressive
00:08:06.240 or know who textures are, this is a
00:08:08.160 great launching point into them and then
00:08:10.000 go backwards and listen to the more
00:08:11.520 aggressive stuff.
00:08:12.639 >> Agreed. Yeah, I think it's a it's a
00:08:14.319 great entry point um not just for people
00:08:17.280 getting into textures, but maybe folks
00:08:19.199 who want to dabble in uh in the
00:08:21.919 progressive metal waters. Uh Mishuga, as
00:08:25.199 you know, were both huge fans and they
00:08:27.520 are I've you know, Mashuga is the
00:08:29.599 godfathers of progressive metal to me.
00:08:32.080 You know, when you think of the early I
00:08:35.039 mean, they've been around for 40 years,
00:08:37.679 but there's a reason they're so good.
00:08:39.519 They've been doing it a long time, and I
00:08:41.279 think they sort of pioneered the style
00:08:42.880 to an extent, and they they they come
00:08:46.320 hard. and excuse me, Yens as a as a
00:08:50.160 vocalist with Mishuga, he has a very
00:08:53.040 very aggro vocal style and I too love it
00:08:56.399 and lean towards that side of vocals
00:09:00.160 when it comes to aggressive music. But
00:09:02.080 I'll say that and then turn right around
00:09:03.920 and bring up Tessaract, a band who is
00:09:07.600 very genty and and mathy and and
00:09:10.160 progressive metal oriented. and they
00:09:12.560 have they have now and have had
00:09:14.959 vocalists who are very melodic and very
00:09:17.360 clean. The last vocalist that Tesseract
00:09:19.839 had was all clean. Um,
00:09:22.640 >> so I I I think that clean vocals
00:09:25.279 certainly have a place. Uh, but I
00:09:27.839 appreciate that if you're into the more
00:09:29.440 aggro style, you're into the more aggro
00:09:31.120 style.
00:09:32.080 >> I tend to like poly rhythmic, you know,
00:09:35.279 progressive metal. I mean, let that's
00:09:37.440 the word. Um, and again, you're the more
00:09:40.080 of the expert on Prague, but I like the
00:09:41.920 poly rhythmic version with the more
00:09:43.680 aggressive side. And so, this didn't
00:09:45.760 touch all the buttons for me. Uh, I am
00:09:47.839 excited about the the fact that uh I was
00:09:50.640 able to go back and listen to uh
00:09:52.720 Phenotype. And I will listen to that
00:09:55.120 record probably a lot more than this
00:09:57.120 one. And so, for those of you who are
00:09:59.360 watching or listening to the podcast,
00:10:01.760 take that for what it's worth. I think
00:10:03.279 that giving both records a chance is a a
00:10:06.240 great way to go. Um, there's a lot to
00:10:08.399 hear. They're super talented. I just
00:10:10.399 don't love the vocals on this record
00:10:12.080 comparatively.
00:10:13.200 >> Are there any songs on the album that
00:10:15.040 you would pick out and put on a
00:10:16.480 playlist? Uh, anything from this along
00:10:19.600 with their other other albums?
00:10:22.000 >> Yeah, I mean, I thought Measuring the
00:10:23.680 Heavens was, you know, it kind of built
00:10:25.680 tension. Um, and then it finally did a,
00:10:28.399 you know, there was a payoff there.
00:10:30.320 >> Um, you know, I I like the intricate
00:10:32.880 synth synth as pretty deep into the
00:10:36.079 track. that was really good as well. Uh
00:10:38.160 kind of a kicking in the nuts, if you
00:10:40.560 will. Um you know, but for the most
00:10:43.200 part, I kind of and I liked Vanishing
00:10:44.959 Twin quite a bit. I thought Closer to
00:10:46.959 the Unknown was super accessible, a
00:10:49.200 little too accessible for me.
00:10:51.200 >> Um I didn't love that one at all. And um
00:10:55.360 the one thing I will say is I was glad
00:10:57.040 that they they kept the the track list
00:10:59.360 at eight. um they didn't go too far and
00:11:02.000 they didn't go too far down the the
00:11:04.640 rabbit hole of cinematic sounds because
00:11:07.120 they could have very easily done that
00:11:08.480 and put a couple, you know, tracks at
00:11:10.160 the end here that were had nothing to do
00:11:12.560 with metal at all and they didn't. They
00:11:14.160 they stayed kind of true to their sound
00:11:16.480 and what they were looking to do.
00:11:18.480 >> 45 46 minute run time for the whole
00:11:20.880 record and they've got some longer
00:11:22.560 tracks in here. Interesting that Closer
00:11:24.480 to the Unknown was not a a well, it's
00:11:26.880 not interesting. It is what it is. Not
00:11:28.480 one of your favorites. That was one of
00:11:29.839 the standouts to me that I I felt that
00:11:32.399 that brought a lot of the prototypical
00:11:34.720 textures elements to it and
00:11:37.279 >> kind of took me back to some of the
00:11:38.720 tracks that I really loved by them.
00:11:40.399 >> It was really catchy. Um, and I maybe
00:11:42.560 that's what I didn't love about it was
00:11:44.560 how catchy it was cuz you know it and
00:11:47.440 again maybe I'm ruined when it comes to
00:11:50.959 Prague because of Mishuga,
00:11:53.440 >> you know, and you might have ruined me
00:11:55.360 with it because I everything else I
00:11:57.680 compare it to them and it doesn't
00:11:59.680 compare.
00:12:00.720 >> And I do blame you. You're the you're
00:12:03.920 you're a jack wagon for ruining all
00:12:06.720 progressive metal for me. Um, but so
00:12:09.440 much so that I actually just found uh a
00:12:12.160 download of them at I believe it was
00:12:14.560 Whacken a couple years ago on the
00:12:17.200 Immutable Tour and I downloaded the
00:12:19.760 whole thing on MP3 and I have it on, you
00:12:23.440 know, and I've been playing it pretty
00:12:25.200 much nonstop
00:12:26.880 >> and I hate to say this, yesterday I was
00:12:29.279 driving back from dropping my kids off
00:12:32.079 uh cuz I had them for vacation and I
00:12:35.360 listened to textures for about 20
00:12:37.839 minutes of the ride and then I went and
00:12:40.800 listened to Mishuga.
00:12:42.480 >> Went to Mishuga
00:12:43.519 >> and I listened to that live whacken
00:12:46.560 recording.
00:12:47.839 >> So good.
00:12:48.800 >> It is. It really is good.
00:12:51.040 >> Well, you and I have talked I mean we're
00:12:52.959 this is as much about Mishuga. We're
00:12:54.959 making this as much about Mishuga as as
00:12:57.279 it is textures. But you and I have
00:12:59.920 talked recently about wanting them to
00:13:02.560 put out a live record of, you know, some
00:13:05.360 of the current tours. And this may, you
00:13:07.839 know, those recordings may be as close
00:13:09.760 as we're going to get.
00:13:11.120 >> Yeah. Well, you never know. I mean, and
00:13:12.880 I sent those all to you on MP3 and they
00:13:15.600 are out there. If you're looking for
00:13:17.120 them, just go on YouTube and people take
00:13:20.000 them, uh, track them,
00:13:22.560 >> upload them as MP3s as you just direct
00:13:25.760 downloads. Um, in fact, I have them. So,
00:13:28.639 if you're interested, DM us and I'll
00:13:30.480 send them to you cuz they're really
00:13:32.480 worthy. Um, but uh, you know, back to
00:13:36.079 textures. I mean, look, there's way more
00:13:38.720 talented than I am. Um, so I shouldn't
00:13:41.120 be complaining too much, but you know,
00:13:43.279 just when it comes to personal taste, I
00:13:45.839 appreciated the more aggressive side.
00:13:48.079 I've said this three times and I'll say
00:13:49.760 it again. Um, but it's it's it's worthy
00:13:52.959 of your time. I think that starting with
00:13:54.800 this and then going backwards is the
00:13:56.560 right way to go.
00:13:58.079 >> It'll be interesting to see where
00:14:00.000 textures goes from here. you know, they
00:14:02.639 the they took a pretty pretty extended
00:14:04.959 hiatus and uh I think this is a very
00:14:07.760 strong return, especially after, you
00:14:10.639 know, pretty pretty damn strong records
00:14:13.120 before, uh, you know, in the early
00:14:15.360 2000s. So, I'm excited to see what they
00:14:18.240 do. I have not seen them live. I would
00:14:20.320 love to see them live. Um, it's always,
00:14:23.760 you know, when you have your favorite
00:14:25.360 band or the a band that you're really
00:14:26.959 into. I get a little nervous uh when it
00:14:30.399 comes time to seeing them live because I
00:14:32.079 never want to be disappointed by a band
00:14:35.120 that can work magic in a studio but then
00:14:38.959 can't replicate it live. And I would
00:14:41.680 expect that a band that has such
00:14:43.920 talented players as Textures, I would
00:14:46.959 expect that they can get up and
00:14:48.240 replicate it, do a pretty a pretty fine
00:14:50.320 job of presenting the material live. But
00:14:53.760 it's tough. I mean, some of the the
00:14:56.160 music, especially the progressive stuff
00:14:57.760 that's out now, it's super super
00:14:59.440 involved and the parts are not
00:15:01.680 necessarily uh you know, intrinsically
00:15:03.920 simple or easy to play. Um, and so I I
00:15:08.639 get a little I get a little twitchy
00:15:10.320 like, "Oh [ __ ] I hope these guys get up
00:15:12.000 there and just crush it because I want
00:15:13.360 to leave." I think everybody wants to go
00:15:15.040 to a show and see the most amazing live
00:15:17.279 music they've ever seen before. And it's
00:15:19.040 disappointing when when a band doesn't
00:15:20.959 hit the mark. My expectation is that
00:15:23.199 Textures would be a great live band, uh,
00:15:25.920 you know, up close and personal. So
00:15:27.920 hopefully we'll get the chance to see
00:15:29.440 it. They're very Devon Townsenlike. And
00:15:33.279 I think that if you like Devon Townsen,
00:15:36.399 you'll probably really like this band,
00:15:38.399 especially this record.
00:15:40.000 >> I think that it it there's a good uh
00:15:42.079 metamorphosis there. Um if I could, I I
00:15:44.480 want to get, you know, use um our very
00:15:46.959 little platform for the three people
00:15:48.560 that um stick with us. uh a seat for the
00:15:52.160 like-minded really got me thinking um
00:15:54.720 about people and there's people in our
00:15:57.279 lives and for some life is much heavier
00:16:00.320 and harder for them. Um, and a lot of
00:16:03.440 that has to do with mental health. And
00:16:05.839 so I wanted to take this moment to
00:16:08.639 remind everybody that if you love
00:16:10.560 somebody and people are around you, but
00:16:12.320 they're life is harder and they make
00:16:14.240 your life more difficult and they suck
00:16:16.079 you in and they take up a lot of space,
00:16:19.040 remember that you are there to help
00:16:21.440 them. And I think it's hugely important
00:16:24.399 for people to um accept that some people
00:16:27.360 have mental health problems and don't
00:16:29.360 hold it against them, but help them. uh
00:16:32.000 you know just just help them any way
00:16:34.079 that you can. Ask them to go get help,
00:16:36.000 mental help, get um you know, if they
00:16:38.240 have a a mental disorder that is a
00:16:40.480 chemical imbalance, um psychiatric help,
00:16:43.440 getting some medicine can help. But uh
00:16:45.680 don't give up on your your friends and
00:16:47.279 your family. It's it's hugely important
00:16:49.279 to um stay in that foxhole with them.
00:16:52.000 >> Yeah. Yeah. uh just on on the human side
00:16:54.880 um you know be a we I think everybody
00:16:58.639 probably wants to be a good steward for
00:17:00.880 humanity. I think it's inherent in
00:17:02.959 people to just be good and be good to
00:17:04.959 your neighbor and you know your brother
00:17:06.720 and your friend and your co-workers and
00:17:08.400 that sort of thing. And uh my I
00:17:10.640 appreciate the sentiment. Um, and you
00:17:13.520 know, equally as important, when when
00:17:16.240 someone is struggling and you stay there
00:17:18.959 to help prop them up or just be there in
00:17:22.480 the room with them, whatever it is that
00:17:23.919 they need, take uh take note when things
00:17:26.640 are great, too.
00:17:28.559 >> And appreciate the days that are
00:17:30.559 awesome, when there isn't something bad
00:17:34.000 happening. And I'm I'm very guilty of
00:17:36.160 that. I I have to remind myself like,
00:17:40.000 "Oh [ __ ]
00:17:40.960 >> take note that today is [ __ ] amazing
00:17:44.559 and that things are good and that, you
00:17:46.320 know, me and the people around me are
00:17:48.400 having great days and embrace those days
00:17:50.880 because life is hard. Life is [ __ ]
00:17:53.760 hard, man."
00:17:54.880 >> You know, and the right things are the
00:17:56.559 hardest things to do and and it is
00:17:58.559 easier to write people off. Um, and I
00:18:01.280 think that we live in a society and
00:18:02.960 look, let's be honest, you know, the war
00:18:05.039 just broke out in the Middle East with
00:18:06.640 Iran and you turn on the news and it is
00:18:10.240 >> pretty desolate and it's it's hard and
00:18:14.559 but what is easy to do is to give up on
00:18:18.559 the people that need you at the time
00:18:20.880 that they need you. And I and again,
00:18:24.000 music and art is supposed to bring that
00:18:26.400 stuff out of you. And when I was
00:18:28.559 listening to this yesterday, um you
00:18:31.520 know, a seat for the like-minded really
00:18:33.760 did um really did sit with me and it
00:18:38.480 made me start thinking about somebody in
00:18:40.799 my life that needs help
00:18:42.880 >> and how easy it would be for me to run
00:18:45.440 off and uh I'm not going to do that. Do
00:18:49.440 I want to sometimes? Yes.
00:18:51.919 >> But I'm not going to. And so again, use
00:18:56.080 that for what it's worth. And thank you
00:18:58.160 for textures for drawing up that emotion
00:19:00.960 out of me to get me to reflect.
00:19:03.200 >> Yeah. Yeah. It's it's tough to find the
00:19:06.160 uh to find the good and the positive
00:19:07.919 sometimes, especially when it's when
00:19:10.160 things are at their darkest. And as you
00:19:12.400 said, society, things are kind of dark
00:19:15.919 >> still these days. And
00:19:18.320 >> yeah,
00:19:18.799 >> um I mean thank God for music and art
00:19:21.039 and the things that we find beauty in
00:19:24.160 >> uh you know the little things as well as
00:19:26.320 the big things.
00:19:27.840 >> It is the small things too and you know
00:19:30.240 again finding you know I didn't want to
00:19:32.000 come on here and crap on textures cuz I
00:19:33.760 don't like the the vocals on it. Right.
00:19:35.840 But you know I but there is those little
00:19:38.799 things and it was that that stood out
00:19:40.799 for me but there's little things like
00:19:42.240 putting on a Black Sabbath t-shirt. Um,
00:19:45.200 you know, my uh my partner Heidi got me
00:19:49.280 um hand sanitizer that smells like the
00:19:52.320 resort that we stayed at at Disney. And
00:19:54.880 it's does smell like the resort and it
00:19:57.120 takes you back there. And it's those
00:19:58.640 little tiny things that can get you
00:20:00.960 through some of those dark days. And you
00:20:03.039 know, turn off the news. Just turn it
00:20:05.679 off. If you can't handle it and you
00:20:07.360 don't want to hear it, turn it off and
00:20:09.679 go listen to textures. Go listen to
00:20:11.600 Mishuga. Go put on your favorite
00:20:13.120 Metallica record. Go put on whatever
00:20:15.440 black metal band that's come out that's
00:20:17.520 super dark and evil and turn, you know,
00:20:19.520 twist your knobs in the right way.
00:20:21.120 >> Yeah. Hell to hell, for that matter,
00:20:22.559 throw on some Van Morrison, some Neil
00:20:25.039 Diamond, whatever it is that turn your
00:20:26.559 wheel turns your wheels and lifts you
00:20:28.480 up.
00:20:29.280 >> Yeah.
00:20:30.000 >> Take advantage. I mean, sure, somebody
00:20:33.120 people have put lots of heart and soul
00:20:35.120 into
00:20:35.919 >> into these artistic endeavors over the
00:20:38.000 years. And I sure I mean I'm I'm sure
00:20:40.080 plenty of artists write just for
00:20:41.440 themselves uh and produce art works of
00:20:44.880 art just for themselves and that's great
00:20:47.120 but uh it the fact that they share it
00:20:49.120 with us like we get to use them as a as
00:20:52.080 tools.
00:20:53.280 >> DM us and we'll give you some stickers.
00:20:57.520 Send us your address and I will drop
00:20:59.840 them in the mail. I got a bunch.
00:21:01.760 >> Yeah. some some guy we wound up on one
00:21:05.679 of our we'll quote unquote call him a
00:21:07.520 listener uh Roger from Vermont we you
00:21:10.640 know wound up on a sticker as he called
00:21:13.039 us out as the worst podcast he's ever
00:21:15.200 heard and I couldn't be more proud of
00:21:17.120 his feedback so thank you
00:21:19.679 >> yeah and uh keep you know for all the
00:21:22.080 trolls out there keep leaving comments
00:21:23.919 and telling us we don't know our asses
00:21:25.440 from a hole in the ground
00:21:26.960 >> and we've got some some new listeners
00:21:28.960 some new subscribers on YouTube and some
00:21:30.880 of the other social media channels So,
00:21:32.320 welcome. We appreciate that you check it
00:21:34.080 uh check our stuff out. Uh if you uh
00:21:36.799 agree with it, awesome. If you don't
00:21:38.320 agree with it, that's cool, too. Feel
00:21:40.720 free to, you know, we're not sitting in
00:21:43.039 a silo here. So, you have an opportunity
00:21:45.440 to comment and let us know what you
00:21:47.120 think. So, definitely go right ahead.
00:21:49.360 Yeah, I I I really thoroughly enjoy the
00:21:51.679 record. Uh there's things I love,
00:21:54.000 there's things that I don't love as
00:21:55.280 much, but overall, I think it's a great
00:21:56.799 package. and uh textures, genotype,
00:22:00.159 genotype, we don't know. We're idiots,
00:22:03.919 but uh it's it's worth a listen for
00:22:05.840 sure. So, enjoy it.
00:22:08.400 >> Yeah, sounds good. We'll see if we can
00:22:09.840 get some interviews and see if we can uh
00:22:11.840 tee up something uh really good that's
00:22:14.159 on the horizon for you guys to uh check
00:22:16.240 out soon.
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