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A bargain...
if you don't think Rolo Tomassi are god-awful.
I have no doubt they're good at what they do, but what they do hurts my ears/brain.
Still that chick Eva Spence (their lead singer) is really hot ;)
Too bad she screams like hell...
Nah, it's all good.
I mean, I could like some screaming from time to time, but not like that.
They want to compete with Napalm Death or something? That screaming is a sure way to destroy your own songs.
alright dad
One more thing...
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqcpk7ElI1qa86h9o1_400.jpg
I see at least two things of interest there.
what
her eyes?
She has a nice pair of eyes. I hope all her gigs, she wears clothes to show of how nice her eyes are.
her mammaries
i think it was her mammaries
(that's english for tits)
oh no the poor SONGS ;_;
destroyed utterly by being performed in the style and genre they were written in by the people who wrote them ;___;
Poor sarcasm
Just in case you didn't get the idea: I like the instrumental part of their songs. The problem is the singing...
Just in case you didn't get the idea:
that's not a problem with THEM because that's how it's supposed to sound and it's well executed in the context of that style of singing. its a problem with you.
:S
stay classy
I prefer Romola Garai
who is always who I end up thinking of whenever I see Rolo Tomassi mentioned.
I find that I end up thinking about Romola Garai quite a lot
Whether I see Rolo Tomassi mentioned or not
the
singer is definitely a 9/10
Music is decent to though
PHFWOAAARRRR
'EY? 'EY?
Anybody who assumes they're nothing more than a spazzy mathcore band needs to give these two tunes a listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VynfFh4Qla4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcGzuDZRjIY
zzzz
nothing will top the first ep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1gUEkEfDlY&feature=related
^Listened to the first clip above, didn't do much for me
Sounds like they've jsut turned into another UK band who want to be Isis.
to be fair both the tracks posted there
are the closing songs of their last two albums. They're not representative of the rest of the record, but they are proof they're a far less inventive band these days
Fair enough- haven't listened to the new album so I shouldn't be too judgemental.
Was just sort of hoping they'd get even more spazzy and experimental and sound like Naked City or something.
If more of their songs were like "Cosmology"
This band would be ace! All that screamo stuff- pointless, really.
*thread implodes*
Basically, everybody is too hip to admit that this band now shares more in common with Yes than they do Circle Takes The Square.
I think they're all the better for it.
good point
well made
"Cosmology" -- the song or the album?
I'm not adverse to a bit of screamy vocals
But I couldn't handle this lot live. Just did my head in.
when i saw them live they were amazing but the audience did my head in
almost literally, so many hipster kids with no idea how to properly mosh without hurting themselves/each other
bit
Hard to mosh with a boner i'd have thought
I have some old test press/credit card shaped CD thing by them.
Does anyone want to buy it? I think it's quite rare.
To the lads in the thread going on about the looks of the singer
kill yourself yeah?
Men in "having penises" shocker.
What
a bloke can't call a bird hot anymore ?
It's a plus for watching the band, some nice totty on stage.
Political correctness has literally gone mad.
Exactly. You can't call a girl beautiful because some 'righteous nuns' get offended immediately...
Get a life, "nuns"!
Righteous Nuns
should be a band name.
No, it's not like it used to be, when women kept quiet
and blacks knew their place. it's different now.
This is all you can come with? You make me laugh...
Let me guess: you're a woman.
Let me guess: you're a prick
BINGO
You looked yourself in the mirror. Then you said: "you're a prick"
BINGO
yeah no that doesn't really work as a comeback :(
penises and no goddamn brains or self-respect
What a cocktail.
Men in ``being cretins`` shocker
^This too.
No. Follow your own advice.
So, we're not allowed to appreciate a beautiful girl in a band? Do you think we're fucking blind and we don't see that she looks great? Or do you see her wearing some grandma clothes that hide her completely? I think not.
Just give me a break with your crappy morals. We're not monks (or else) to not talk about girls. Oh wait, even monks talk about girls...
oh cool this is one of those threads where we emptyquote from some dumb terrible facebook comment thread
...... right. .?
was gonna post almost exactly this
except with youtube comments
Wrong.
Obviously you're allowed to be a sexist creep
I'd just rather you kept it in your cave instead of making a fool of yourself and stinking up the place.
Shut up, crazy feminist.
It's "sexist creep" if you call a woman beautiful? What sick world we're living in, where compliments are interpreted as insults?
If you're not Eva Spence, why the hell "defend" her from compliments? Are you her lawyer? Get a life instead making a fool of yourself and stinking up the place with your stupid arguments.
I'll help you out a bit
saying `I don't know about her other skills/attributes/personal worth, but she's HOT PHWOAR!!1` - that's not a compliment.
!
"...saying `I don't know about her other skills/attributes/personal worth, but she's HOT PHWOAR!!1` - that's not a compliment."
This is stupid on many levels. The compliment was that she's hot. If I say that she's hot I must say OTHER compliments about her skills/attributes/personal? From where did you get this bizarre idea?
Your logic is flawed.
PS: If I said: 'she's so ugly' then you'd be offended too? Or we're not allowed to express our opinions about the appearance of a person because you say so?
shut up
everyone just shut up
this is deeply, deeply boring, and I'm this close to just deleting the whole thread so you can think about what you've done
Pretty sure it will vanish entirely from people's minds as soon as it's gone from the boards so I wouldn't count on that happening.
``Or we're not allowed to express our opinions about the appearance of a person because you say so?``
Oh you're allowed to, in the same the way that you're allowed to call people `fags` or `gypos`, it's just that doing so makes you a cunt.
You mix all things up.
Doing so makes you an imbecile cunt. I feel pity for your low IQ.
A sick misogynist patriarcial world is what.
Have fun getting upset on the internet when anyone calls you out on your part in it.
Also: fuck off for your comment 'kill yourself yeah'
With that 'constructive' advice don't expect respect.
I think she's fit
Her boyfriend (Gallows douche) threatened to "gouge my fucking eyes out"
Because I told her I loved her. Weedy little cunt
bit weird mind
Telling strangers you love them I mean...
I tend to go the opposite with hero-worship. Just feel embarassed even talking to them.
What
She is going out with one the Gallows lads???
Please don't say it's the ginger one.
No, she used to go out with Steph, Gallows' guitarist
but she's going out with some guy from Architects now.
Back OT, I'm going to their gig esta noche and quite looking forward to it. Will be my 12th time seeing them.
Not entirely related, but whenever I go to a gig and some bedwetter shouts out "I LOVE YOU, X" at a female member of the band...
I internally groan so hard that I'm surprised I've not yet ruptured a vital organ. So sad.
I
Only send letters saying that to females in bands i fancy. Written in a mixture of crayon and my own tears.
But seriously, lighten up dudes. If there is a fit bird in the band, you are thinking ' Cor i would'. You can still like the music and respect whatever she is doing onstage.
but seriously, get fucked.
Shut up!
whatever turns you on, Puds.
Getting back on topic:
OP's username keeps making me laugh
I just keep thinking
"Look what trouble you've caused wibbly pig" and wibbly pig looks at me with his big sad eyes.
:8(
Love them live
not too keen on record, it's just not the sort of music I generally listen to on record anyways
some really embarassing posts in this thread
(the ones in which people say they like Rolo Tomassi)
some
People need to take a chill poll. Saying a girl in a band is fit isn't the sake as opressing her for fuck sakes.
She seems like a nice girl, and a good person to have a chat with. Really nice personality.
Her looking good is a bonus and should be commented on
All went good until the crazy feminist WhiteLightWhiteCity appeared...
let's take a chill poll
HOW CHILL ARE YOU?
[ ] pretty mellow
[ ] nark
[ ] really uptight, like a feminist or whatever
[ ] chill enough to compliment a fit bird, brother
[ ] overtired and acting out on the internet
:D
deserved much, much more recognition
nah
I wanna keep ohgood as my precious indie secret, posting exclusively in tiny warehouses to an audience of eight
:D :D :D
I can't figure out whether it's worse that you're actually this stupid
or you're a knowing creep.
I can't figure out whether it's worse that you're actually this stupid
or you're a knowing dumb.
PS: Cementimental, I wonder why you follow her comments like a dog and click this'd. I thought you were more intelligent than that.
A knowing dumb.
That's the joke ;)
WLWC's a man
now seriously, shut up
Who's comments?
i don't really remember usernames or know/care who people actually are
just post annoying callouts of dumb/terrible posts and ^this pretty much any post on DiS so dunno what you are getting at
Bored of this now.
The new album is very good.
All the best.
Literally NO ONE commented on my review of the new record
and this thread gets a million replies.
Tch.
The humanity.
no I tell a lie, there is one. Phew.
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17312/reviews/4145677
I read that review
Quote (at the beginning):
"Poor Rolo Tomassi. Few bands have ridden the backlash rollercoaster as hard or as far as they. Originally they were feted for their clash of musical styles and ideas (and perhaps for the perceived novelty of possessing AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG FEMALE SINGER with a voice like Jacob Bannon fighting an angry bear)."
God forbid to see that crazy feminist that intro of your review. She would explode from too much sexism...
oh ffs :(
Honestly, you made yourself look like a bit of a tit from the get-go, but you're only making things worse for yourself now.
Also, I think the fact that you consistently use the term "crazy" in conjunction with "feminist" says it all, really. :D
Of course you don't know me
This is half serious/half entertainment
and 100 per cent stupid
*boring ;)
that too
he, boring?
his threads usually have over 50 posts.
get a life, nun
I think
most the complaints are from blokes pretending to be feminists, so that thye look sensitive and get birds into that sort of thing. Most women probably hate the lead singer for being very pretty.
Righteous monks would be better i think.
for fyi
i'm not actually defending deep-blue.
I don't think so.
And btw mr joeymahone, just because you don't agree with my opinions you call them '100 per cent stupid'?
Very clever.
I see that you and few others this'd that comment "To the lads in the thread going on about the looks of the singer kill yourself yeah?" That explains your position.
I guess that "kill yourself yeah" was meant to be a joke. IMO there's not a place for jokes about suicide. I guess that you & few others this'd a 100% percent stupid comment.
You sound a bit like you want to go to bovine university
@splitterwill You sound like a bovine
Do you have business with me? No? Then shut up!
This made me laugh
very hard.
you da man deep-blue!
literal 'INTERNETS SERIOUS BUSINESS' spotted
amaze
:'D
hastag ouch#
Can we please, please
let *Do you have business with me?* be a new thing on here
cheers
One more for joeymahone:
What do you think about the opinion of the reviewer of the newest album? Quote "...possessing an attractive young female singer..."
This fall under "To the lads in the thread going on about the looks of the singer kill yourself yeah?" comment or not (you agreed with that comment)?
Or there's double standard?
*perceived novelty of possessing an attractive young female singer*
i.e. a large percentage of the attention Rolo Tomassi get is taken up with tedious dullards talking about how much they fancy her
That's MR joeymahone to you, pal
probably not sexist enough
/no one reads the site
i read through this thread yesterday and enjoyed it.
i got back today and saw there were a zillion replies. no i do not want to read bedwetters argue about sexism thank you very much
Good work, virgins.
*nuns
deep-blue is my favourite
Get a life, "nuns"!
I actually came here to say something about Rolo Tomassi
But after reading this debacle I've genuinely forgotten what it was.
Too much entertainment... :)
personally
i think they're quality and i'd love to bang her.
honest
this went well
So who went last night? How was it?
I haven't seen them live for a few years now. I need to remedy that.
fuck that
did the singer get her knockers out?
i
hope not. I like a bit of mystery to fit girls. If she just gets her knockers out every gig, makes her less special
Obviously, you can't argue she's hot, but it'd be nice if she had a bit of self respect as well
shut up
ban request
that's funny because it'd be nice if you had a bit of self respect AND a bit of respect for other people
OH WEll
i
respect her deeply, as a woman, as a human being. Her looks are part of what i respect about her, nothing wrong with that.
Deliberate Anal Cunt reference? If so, hi CG!!
Hey
A very good band, but unless some people pretend to be sexist and other people rush to defend the ladies honour, there is no way a Rolo Tamassi thread is ever going to get more than 10 posts on here.
girls! girls! girls!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_rALCga6CmQ/TmI0wxUXZOI/AAAAAAAAALs/OAH7wz1Qf6g/s1600/Motley+Crue+mullet.jpg
She's got nuthin on that hot bird from Paramore WITH THE FAKE TITS, eh? PHWOAR!!! And that Karen O? I'd make her O, and A, LOLZ, yeh? PHWOAR! Aaaand I'd give Warpaint a facial they wouldn't forget, right lads, yeh? yeah? Right? PHWOARRRRR!!!!! Fuckin Hell I'd ruin them yeh! And if Adele hadn't just sprogged I'd do that cos of course all fat birds are gagging for it aren't they yeh? GET IN THERE SON! PHWOOOOAAAARRR!!!
<etc>
Rolo Tomassi are great by the way.
ok
Paramore: 6/10. Bit skinny and Christian for me
Karen O: 4/10. No thanks.
Warpaint: On average 7/10.
Adele: 6/10. Not bad, but y'know, probably not worth getting too obssessed over.
Try harder!:-)
Wotevah
every bird, at the end of the day, is just a pair of gammon goalposts to be scored in. Your mum included.
http://ultimateclassicrock.production.townsquaresites.com/files/2011/04/Motley.jpg
who the fuck
is this?
this thread
i've seen Rolo Tomassi too many times
Oh shit
what happened here?
I'll stick to posts about Masterchef in future.
good grief
well no hipsters from where i was standing, and some good moshing, though the album is a little experimental for a good circle pit...the gig was great for the 3 people that care about music, rather than just tits. Oh and as a good Sheffield girl Eva would kick the living shit out of anyone that attempted to say garbage like that to her!
Right.
Their earlier stuff was jerkier and had more 8-bit style synths, which made songs like Film Noir and Beatrotter quickly accessible and really fun. The downside of this was that very few tracks were actually cohesive. Fofteen, for example, has some great bits, but they're all welded awkwardly together, with very little flow. When the band tried to do synthey, quieter passages, meanwhile, they dragged it out too much (see: the 14-minutes of Fantasia).
Their more recent work is structured much better. They've also got a lot better vocally, with call-and-response sections and a lot more singing from Eva. The trade-off is that there are fewer surprises. Astraea is still heavy, but it never chucks out a crazy jazz-guitar widdle or a Nintendo jam. The more expansive, synth-led bits, though, have got a LOT better - you can tell how much they've been listening to M83, and how good they've gotten at cooking up keyboard bloops and tones. Cosmology and Illuminaire are the best examples.
I'd say the band hit their peak somewhere between these two stages, where they managed to combine the spazziness with good song writing. Tracks like Abraxas, Scabs and Party Wounds are incredible.
IN CONCLUSION. They're definitely still worth paying attention to. And they're great fun live.
Cheers for this
[posted too soon]
Definitely going to pick up the new album, is what I was going to say.
remember when they covered Arcarsenal at ROTA some years ago
that was great.
I get chills just thinking about it
Tim Harrington from the Les Savy Favs was there as well
top ROTA that.
He's
Well fit. I liked it when he took his top off last time. Pwroah
Can't remember what the music was like, but when a hot piece of stuff like Tim is offstage rubbing his chest in your face, who cares?
I played with Rolo Tomassi at the Notting Hill Arts Centre once
at what i'm pretty sure was a vaguely DiS related event. Anyway, Tim Harrington was at that too. it was an honour!
hold on
think we're talking about the same thing.
115 replies.
Good job, gang. What have I missed?
Fuck all, really
Might delete all the irrelevant replies and see how it looks. Danger's post just above this is worth a read though.
I need to get into this lot
if the Cardiacs comparisons hold any weight
Or even if not. They do have an album entitled Cosmology after all
get a life, nuns
Well, that escalated quickly
Wibblypig007 :DDDDDDDDDDDDD
i LIKE TO DO TEH SEX TO LADIES
Fucking hell, thread.
The band are absolute titans in British heavy music at the moment. I really wish I'd gone to see them with Oathbreaker and Goodtime Boys on the last tour. Huge bill.
just to be absolutely clear about this:
no, i wouldn't
Christ, what a clusterfuck
I didn't realise Rolo Tomassi were still going. Might give the new one a listen, never really enjoyed the first album but it seems as though they might have moved on a bit from then.
This thread though. I didn't realise saying a female was an attrative was now classed as rampant sexism. I am fucking bored of DoC's creepy trolling but it's nice to see people still clamber over each other to the be as righteous and feminist as possible on here.
*I didn't realise saying a female was an attrative was now classed as rampant sexism*
There are almost 150 replies in this thread and nearly all of them are about Eva Spence's looks. Would that have happened if the singer of Rolo Tomassi was a man? No. That's pretty much a dictionary definition of sexism right there.
Would it have happened if everyone had just ignored a couple of stupid comments
rather than turning the whole thread into a debate about it?
a couple
That would be the wise choice
But we're humans after all.
On my side I admit that WhiteLightWhiteCity comment about suggesting us to kill ourselves if we appreciated the singer's beauty (previously), made me reacting a bit over the top. That was a defiance. He wanted war, he got it.
But you posted a bunch of dumb sexism and invalid music 'criticism' before that
so
No.
- Dumb sexism? I said that singer is hot. Which is true. I put a link with a picture with her to support my argument. Nothing wrong here.
- Invalid music 'criticism'? I expressed my opinion about the fact their songs would be better without all that screaming (I don't care that on their genre is supposed to scream like a monster). Nothing wrong here.
What's the problem? You misunderstood my comments.
If the thread was about an all-male band
would you comment on the singer's looks?
No. I wouldn't care.
But this is different. The look is important for a woman in music business. Because beauty is an important attribute that defines a woman. This is since the beginning of the world.
And don't tell me these women don't care about their look. Otherwise you'll see them wearing only casual (non-sexy) clothes and forgetting about makeup etc. Right?
PS: There are/were singers like Patti Smith, Janis Joplin, Dolores O'Riordan etc. that are taken seriously as artists without talking about their look.
beauty is an important attribute that defines a woman
:')
classic sexism
But it really is.
Otherwise you wouldn't see so many women involved in:
- public relations
- TV shows
- pop music
- movie industry
- modeling
- xxx etc.
A lot of women make money because of their look. That's the way things are. And you're telling me that beauty is not an important attribute that defines a woman? You're fooling yourself.
:')
That's "the way things are" because of sexism, dummy
The thing is that a LOT of women (no matter where they work) use their beauty to obtain advantages.
A lot of them obtain advantages (less work, higher wage, etc) just because they're women and beautiful. That's not sexism against men?
:''')
What?
This is true. Real example at my ex-job. A lot of women are not the angels that you think they are.
I'm surprised by your position. I would understand if you were a woman to support their cause...
i......think we're all being trolled
nobody's this stupid.
I wish I could agree
no-class you don't have class
What stupidity you're talking about? That's the truth. I think you live on a different planet, not Earth. Read again what I wrote.
For example: "The thing is that a LOT of women (no matter where they work) use their beauty to obtain advantages."
WTH, you didn't encounter a situation like that? Or you're way too stupid to notice women's tricks?
i have class.
^ School in July
@joeymahone:
So you don't agree that "beauty is an important attribute that defines a woman". Then let's suppose this: would you marry an ugly & intelligent girl (because the beauty is not an important attribute)?
YEAH, SURE! ;)
In reality I bet that you'll care if she's beautiful or not. QED.
the difference is that I don't *define* women by their looks
I think I remember you saying once that English wasn't your first language? Maybe you should take my word for it, as a native speaker, that you're really making a fool of yourself.
also I really don't see what my hypothetical girlfriend's looks have to do with the music industry
Let's be clear
You said that "I don't *define* women by their looks". OK.
I said that's an important attribute that define a woman NOT that is the MOST important attribute. Read again.
Now tell me: it's important or not?
We're still talking about women in bands, right?
The way they look is supremely unimportant. I really couldn't care less.
I'm done with this.
My head will explode if I continue...
Can't blame you, I admire your dedication to summoning the worst ideas possible at least
But don't let it pollute your mental health please, it's not worth it for the sake of Internet tomfoolery
even the ugly ones need love
Stupidity is an important attribute which defines your unimaginative unfunny mean-spirited trolling
Cementimental, you're a way too unimaginative, not-funny and stupid troll for this planet.
You try to act like a superior troll. You're pathetic. And fucking stop crawling in my discussions. You're boring, not important. Now, fuck off.
Nah I'm good
In every respect
I only even posted in this thread as light relief from SERIOUSE Internet dramaz elsewhere, it barely registered with me.
Who could even enjoy posting like you do? There are too many people who would sincerely write and think like that, it's just depressing and no fun to pretend to be that ignorant a person. :(
can't believe you missed an i, boring? opening
A wha
it's an amusing deep-blue meme
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4388421#r6934782
ha Ha hA HA H@
"My topics usually have over 50 replies."
At that stage that was true... ;)
BTW, I'm even surprising myself now by the evilness of my reply to that poor didyousayhand
Deep Blue Something
They wouldn't sound better tho
I like how I still get singled out when I'm the least creepy of the trolls in the thread.
zahidf is the boss here
And he/she goes almost unnoticed...
i have noted and appreciate their work
still a troll though :D
you're not a troll. you never will be.
Feeble thread
Yeah.
A bunch of so-called men that are probably scared by women, defended the right to not saying that a woman is hot... Men? Pussies.
Crazy times...
btw if this thread hits 200 replies I'm deleting every single post that isn't about Rolo Tomassi's music
Nah delete the ones that are and leave the rest
I really tried.
Rolo
Tomassi
great thread
the kind of clusterfuck I can really get behind
#YOLO
YOLO Tomassi
YOLO Tengo
hahaha joeymahone only has a hypothetical girlfriend
more than one
are they hot?
wish dis threads would spend more time getting down to the nitty gritty of feminism
y'know, the whole non-existence of empirical facts, reality as entirely constructed through discourse.. all that shit. 200 reply threads about a woman-in-a-band's attractiveness are so passé.
I wonder what they find more offensive...
people saying their music's shit, or people saying they like the band and the singer's quite pretty?
I literally have no real opinion on either, but most of the people above, both those who are sat with their willies out, and those giving it the feminist spiel, just come across as utterly boring bastards, really.
i thought you were open to femenist views?
disappointed in you.
we should just be glad he's here to bring the party to this thread
Nice choice of photo in the band profile.
Can't believe this is still going strong. :(
*going weak
With this many replies, I'd assumed a member of RT had joined the thread
This should definitely be the next development.
in a sour note
one of the departed joes took to the internet to criticise the band, drawing heavy blame on whether anyone would pay attention to Rolo Tomassi if it wasn't for their female singer, Eva Spence.
This is probably true (the last part)
They're lucky to have that gorgeous Eva Spence as their lead singer.
i'm sure she thinks the same
*probably not true
apparently I this'd this.
no recollection of this.
they
Should. And then write articles for the next few years complaining about how sexist blokes on the internet are. Next to pictures of Eva of course, just so the lads know who he is talking about