Tales
Of Acid Ice Cream
- Awaken -
(LP, 1996)
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Party
In Lyceum's Toilets
- Awaken -
(double LP, 2001)
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Farewell
To The Pulsar
- Awaken -
(demo LP, 2001)
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ToAIC,
as it is known, is one of the few albums that gained a cult status
before actually becoming cult. Blame it on journalists who couldn't
really know what to do with it, and thought they could get rid of it by
labelling it cult.
As you
know, albums that become cult have the same fate as collectible old
wine: you pay a high price to get the bottle but there's no way you
should ever drink it. The taste is gone and it would lose its value in
a minute.
Therefore, Tales Of
Acid Ice Cream
is something you buy as an investment, and keep it preciously. And you
should never want to even think of listening to it. The taste would
turn into a shitty embarrassement, at best. |
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There are three ways of thinking:
optimistic, pessimistic and realistic. Example:
Optimistic: a rock band can be a democracy.
Pessimistic: a rock band can't be a democracy.
Realistic: a rock band can't be a democracy.
A lesson in intense realism? If you expect a band to be a democracy,
quit the music business. Or go solo.
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Can I give you one
good reason to get your hands and ears on this EP? It actually
destroyed Awaken as the band it tried to be.
Band lads hated it (except maybe yours truly) and approached this demo
without any slice of enthusiasm.
Yet
external people praised the 7 songs, which infuriated some more
internal players and little by little it was time for heavy
restructuration.
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