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Posted: Jan-29-2008 at 12:00pm |
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Does anyone else like them? I just discovered them. I bought their acoustic album "Seattle Sessions" on iTunes yesterday and it's amazing. I also have "The Fight" and "The Coldest Heart". They're refreshing to listen to amidst all my heavy metal.
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Posted: Apr-19-2008 at 7:21pm |
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The Classic Crime is amazing.
Along with The Fight and The Coldest Heart, I also dig Who Needs Air, one of the coolest slow songs
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Posted: Apr-19-2008 at 8:31pm |
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I absolutely love "Who Needs Air," great song. I'm not sure if it's on Seattle Sessions though. New album on June 24, yay!
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Posted: Apr-19-2008 at 11:17pm |
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the classic crime is absolutely amazing... who needs air has been one of my fav songs ever since albatros came out... the whole album is excellent. there isn't a dull song on it, and i cannot wait for seattle sessions to come out. every song ive heard from it is still great... they have a lot of promise in them for the future...
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Posted: Apr-20-2008 at 7:08am |
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the classic crime is absolutely amazing... who needs air has been one of my fav songs ever since albatros came out... the whole album is excellent. there isn't a dull song on it, and i cannot wait for seattle sessions to come out. every song ive heard from it is still great... they have a lot of promise in them for the future... |
Seattle Sessions is already out.
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Posted: Apr-21-2008 at 5:52am |
Albatross is one of my top 5 albums of all time, it's absolutely incredible stuff. Matt McDonald is easily the best Christian vocalist IMO.
So who else is looking forward to their next album, The Silver Cord? It comes out in June. Matt had this to say about it about 6 months ago...
Over the past few months we've been writing, demoing and rehashing material for the full length follow up to Albatross. I can't explain to you how pleased we are. We feel this record will be so much more mature; musically and lyrically. It will be deeper and darker and hopefully sometimes a little disturbing, but all the while maintaining songs that have some semblance of a "pop gem" as they call it in the industry. The concepts of songs on the record range from death and mortality and anguish, to love and lust and life. We're focusing on the record as a whole so it will flow from one concept to the next, rather than having 10-12 fragmented singles lined up together. It is our hope that there is something on it for everyone, something that grabs a person at their very core and relates to them in a sincere way. We do not want to put out next years fad or be a flash in the pan. We do not want to be "ahead of the game" or of whatever "scene" is hot. We hope to rise above this game, and to put out timeless music you can listen to years from now and appreciate (kind of like when I put in U2's Joshua tree or Third Eye Blind's S/T) It's not just that they were good, its that they are good, and will continue to reach the ears and hearts of people for a long time.
...and also this about 2 months ago...
For those of you who know about recording an album in this day and age, you know about click tracks, beat detection and quantizing, borrowing samples and re-amping... all are the industry standard for a quality manufactured recording. The crazy thing is we aren't doing any of that, for the most part we're making this record how they used to be made. We're capturing a vibe rather than a tempo, and allowing the songs to move rather than squeezing them into a perfect mathematical grid. Every sound we get is original and unique, and it's feeling live and real and big.
Sounds promising...pretty much as long as Matt is singing and writing the lyrics, it's going to be incredible. I can't decide between this, UnderOATH and Anberlin for my most anticipated album of '08...
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Posted: May-21-2008 at 11:47am |
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The Classic Crime will soon be releasing a new song, "Closer Than We Think," to radio from their upcoming album The Silver Cord (7/22).
Here's the link: http://wm.allaccess.com/allaccess/clasclos.wma
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Posted: May-21-2008 at 4:37pm |
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I can't decide between this, UnderOATH and Anberlin for my most anticipated album of '08... |
i'm guessing you aren't too much of a ff5 fan then? yeah. i'm sure it's gonna be great. i think their debut showed a lot of potential and then the ep was great.
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Posted: June-03-2008 at 7:32pm |
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Abracadavers, the first single, is out today. I bought it, it's pretty sweet...and much more direct spiritual lyrics too which is good to see.
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Posted: June-03-2008 at 7:51pm |
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Not bad...but I like "Closer Than We Think" better.
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Posted: June-04-2008 at 11:02am |
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Yeah, the new track sounds pretty good.
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Posted: June-04-2008 at 10:12pm |
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all the memories is an amazing song.
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Posted: June-06-2008 at 4:58am |
piano89 wrote:
Not bad...but I like "Closer Than We Think" better. |
Whoa whoa whoa....where did you get to hear this??
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Posted: June-06-2008 at 9:08am |
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piano89 wrote:
The Classic Crime will soon be releasing a new song, "Closer Than We Think," to radio from their upcoming album The Silver Cord (7/22).
Here's the link: http://wm.allaccess.com/allaccess/clasclos.wma
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Posted: June-07-2008 at 12:24am |
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The Classic Crime is amazing, I loved their Albatross album. The Acoustic sessions were okay, but I'm not really into acoustic songs all that much. Can't wait for the new album!
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Posted: June-10-2008 at 4:59am |
piano89 wrote:
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piano89 wrote:
The Classic Crime will soon be releasing a new song, "Closer Than We Think," to radio from their upcoming album The Silver Cord (7/22).
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Ok, I didn't realise that had been released yet. Why wouldn't they mention that on their MySpace??? Odd.
Anyway, I got to hear Gravedigging as well....ooh yeah, this album's gonna be good.
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Posted: July-18-2008 at 2:42pm |
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Hey guys, long time reader of this message board, first time posting... Just thought I'd pop in and let ya'll know that the classic crime has ALL of they're songs from the new album up.
It's amazing.... one of the best albums I've heard all year. Any Christian with spiritual depth will notice the ties to the death of Jesus. Even the album cover.
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Posted: July-18-2008 at 2:55pm |
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^^Thanks! :)
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Posted: July-22-2008 at 1:08am |
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I think they have an amazing sound, but the reasons they have listed on why they don't want to be considered "Christians" is completely moronic.
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Posted: July-22-2008 at 1:15am |
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th@'s so funny......... i wuz just reading th@ and i though "why wouldn't u want 2 be considered Christ-like?" If ppl don't listen 2 ur music becuz it's labeled Christian than they aren't supposed 2. leave it up 4 God 2 decide who needs 2 hear ur message.
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Posted: July-22-2008 at 3:02pm |
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I really want the new CD; it sounds great. I have the other two. I was kind of surprised when I read the interview. I thought that they would say something along the lines of, "We're Christians in a band, not a 'Christian band'". That's what I hear a lot of artists say, and I'm fine with that, in fact I don't really believe in "Christian bands". I think they made a valid point about that. But they never really even claimed to be Christains at all in the interview. Maybe I just didn't understand it. I still love their music though.
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Posted: July-22-2008 at 11:15pm |
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everyone must get the new cd. it's amazing.
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Posted: July-23-2008 at 12:33am |
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I just listened to them for the first time.. and I'm really liking their Albatross album!!
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Posted: Aug-06-2008 at 3:37pm |
awww man... did you guys see that interview with matt (lead singer)... I've always liked their music before, but after reading that it gave me a whole new respect for them  ... i also want to comment on their new album.. can i get a wow?
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Posted: Aug-09-2008 at 3:18am |
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I think you guys need to read the new interview. I don't think you can call what he said 'moronic' at all anymore. I'm with the poster above, always loved their music, but now I have mad respect for them. Even more than before.
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Posted: Aug-09-2008 at 5:49pm |
Sharp-e wrote:
th@'s so funny......... i wuz just reading th@ and i though "why wouldn't u want 2 be considered Christ-like?" If ppl don't listen 2 ur music becuz it's labeled Christian than they aren't supposed 2. leave it up 4 God 2 decide who needs 2 hear ur message. |
It's not a matter of them not wanting to be Christ-like. They never said that. It's a question of whether they want to be labeled as a 'Christian' band. I know a lot of people are turned off my the concept of Christian music as a genre, so these guys could just be trying to breach those borders and live their faith through their lyrics, rather than simply preach it. They have some excellent lyrics that definitely explore some real issues.
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Posted: Aug-10-2008 at 7:14am |
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I enjoyed reading the interview and it was nice to see what a artist actually believes. The Christian music industry pushes so many bands to the Christian market and we have no idea what any of the artist actually believe.
Even though I enjoyed the interview and it was cool too see them share what is on their hearts i will not be buying the classic crime cd.
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Posted: Aug-18-2008 at 8:06pm |
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Yeah I Like them a lot. Lately I've had "Salt in The Snow" stuck in my head.
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Posted: Jan-31-2012 at 10:23am |
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These guys have a new cd coming out this year, can't wait to hear some stuff
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Posted: July-19-2012 at 3:11pm |
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Sometimes I wonder if this band is really Christian. They sing about drinking and smoking and wahnot in some songs.
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Posted: July-19-2012 at 5:56pm |
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Sometimes I wonder if this band is really Christian. They sing about drinking and smoking and wahnot in some songs. |
What song(s) are you talking about specifically? "Four Chords"? It mentions someone else smoking cigarettes; I'm not sure how that reference makes someone not a Christian? Can you explain a little more? Have you read our interview with this band? Yes, it's from 2008 but it's clear these guys are Christians.
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Posted: July-21-2012 at 9:52am |
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In the song "Medisin," they mention drinking, but it's not in a positive light in the slightest. They say "I know there's more to life than drinking."
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Posted: July-21-2012 at 12:16pm |
The new music is epic. I'm glad I was able to be a part of the Kickstarter.
GlorytoGod wrote:
Have you read our interview with this band? Yes, it's from 2008 but it's clear these guys are Christians.
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I also read a more recent one, I think from IVM, that confirmed the same.
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Posted: Oct-01-2012 at 1:20pm |
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Oh hey there haven't been any posts since this came out. What does everybody think about it?
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Posted: Oct-10-2012 at 4:13pm |
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I think it's a great album, probably seond to The Silver Cord, though. There aren't really any bad songs, and it's a big step up from Vagabonds, which wore off of me pretty quickly.
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