Tomahawk - Anonymous

Eirebear

yeah i know, another patton related thread....im such a fanboy

Anyway had it for a few days and i really like it.
The music is based on some old native American songs and stories, with your usual Tomahawk dark edge thrown in to the mix.
Patton is on good form with on vocals and the album as a whole has some great atmosphere around it.
My comparison for it would probably be fantomas' directors cut, its a bit of a removal from the last two tomahawk albums.
Anyway to sum up, if your a fan of patton in general i reckon youll enjoy it (more so than peeping tom )

yevveh

Thankfully it's a bit of a removal from those albums as I can't say I'm a big fan of Tomahawk, hate to judge without having giving it a proper and I mean a *proper* chance but they're my least favourite Patton project. I won't get it til after my exams but in the meantime I'll watch this awesome live vid of God Hates a Coward - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt856_nRxQk

I've been saying I'll give them another chance for a good while now though

Eirebear

lol i somehow knew i'd get an answer from you.
I'm not the biggest Tomahawk fan, although i did like Mit Gas, so maybe theyre imroving as the go along...i'm really enjoying anonymous.

cracking video by the way!

DeadSkin

Eirebear wrote:

, so maybe theyre imroving as the go along....

Yeah hopefully, some of the Tomahawk stuff I struggle with, but I will give the new stuff a go.
I do like some of the Peeping Tom stuff.
I love the tracks he has done under the Lovage project, I think Damon Albarn was involved there somewhere too.

Eirebear

DeadSkin wrote:

Yeah hopefully, some of the Tomahawk stuff I struggle with, but I will give the new stuff a go.
I do like some of the Peeping Tom stuff.
I love the tracks he has done under the Lovage project, I think Damon Albarn was involved there somewhere too.

Dont think Albarn was involved in Lovage mate, Dan The Automater was, who worked with Del the Funky Homosapien for handsome Boy Modelling School, who was also the "ghost" inside Russell for a couple of Gorrilaz tracks......i think thats how the gorrilaz link goes lol could be wrong.
Lovage was fantastic though, the chemistry between patton and jennifer Charles was sexy as hell!

yevveh

Eirebear wrote:

lol i somehow knew i'd get an answer from you.
I'm not the biggest Tomahawk fan, although i did like Mit Gas, so maybe theyre imroving as the go along...i'm really enjoying anonymous.

cracking video by the way!

If it's got something to do with Patton and I haven't replied, I'm probably dead

I don't think I listened to Mit Gas actually, but I do have it. Another friend said it was better than the s/t now that I think about it.

'Book of the Month' by Lovage gets stuck in my head quite a lot. The rest of the album is pretty good too. Peeping Tom is pretty sweet too though I haven't listened to that in ages.

DeadSkin

Eirebear wrote:

Dont think Albarn was involved in Lovage mate, Dan The Automater was, who worked with Del the Funky Homosapien for handsome Boy Modelling School, who was also the "ghost" inside Russell for a couple of Gorrilaz tracks......i think thats how the gorrilaz link goes lol could be wrong.
Lovage was fantastic though, the chemistry between patton and jennifer Charles was sexy as hell!

I'll have to check that out....tis buggin' me now that Albarn connection!!!
Yeah Patton and Charles sound fantastic together, Sex(I'm a) is one sexy song.

Oh just found this;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Albarn
Just looks like he featured on one track.

Eirebear

DeadSkin wrote:

I'll have to check that out....tis buggin' me now that Albarn connection!!!
Yeah Patton and Charles sound fantastic together, Sex(I'm a) is one sexy song.

Oh just found this;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Albarn
Just looks like he featured on one track.

Hmm interesting, although i cant figure out where on that track he figures...unless its him talking about 2 parts lovage to one part hennessy.... i dunno!
Nice find

John

I can't believe you guys don't like Tomahawk, I think they're ****ing excellent. Granted they're not a head**** like some of his other projects but they rock like donkeys!

Eirebear

John wrote:

I can't believe you guys don't like Tomahawk, I think they're ****ing excellent. Granted they're not a head**** like some of his other projects but they rock like donkeys!

"rock like Donkeys!":D Thats fantastic, quote of the week for me.

I liked Mit gas but the first album didnt do it for me, Anonymous is a cracker though....strangely not quite as donkey rocking though...

John

I'm always one for the succinct analogy. I have to say, I'm surprised so many people here prefer Mit Gas to the first one. For me the first one is one of those classic Patton masterpieces.

DeadSkin

John wrote:

I have to say, I'm surprised so many people here prefer Mit Gas to the first one. For me the first one is one of those classic Patton masterpieces.

Have bein givin Mit Gas a run there for the last couple of days.....still finding it as tough as the first time I heard it.
Find it very fustrating, dunno it seems like it's all stop & go, if that makes sense!!!!
Haven't heard any of the new stuff yet.
Now where did I leave the first album.....