The Tokio Hotel album Dream Machine - The machine that crashed...
OK. So I'm going to try and write this post that I've been trying to write for days. No joke. I didn't know how to start or how to word this, so bare with me. I have a lot of feelings.
I've been following Tokio Hotel since 2009. That's when I discovered them and fell headfirst into the fandom. Since then they've grown and changed A LOT. As they should! The boys in this band were SO YOUNG when they started out, and you're not the same person now that you were when you were 15, 16 and 17 years old. 12 years ago. So of course that would be reflected in their music!
And this, that they were so young starting out and you can really hear in their music how they grow up, test things and develop... that's what I think is so cool with this band! And I LOVE how far they've come musiclly and how they've developed further into electronic music. It's really their own sound, and I do think that's cool! Even if I sure liked the more rock music they did as young as well. For sure!
But. And here's a mayor but... This new album? Really a step back for them in my eyes. (Or ears?) I was so so excited when their new album was going to be released! Dream Machine! Sounded great! And they were releasing their tour before their album, which was odd maybe, but I bought both a regular ticket and a VIP one, because hell... I've been following them for 8 years at this point! (Oh gawd....) I pre-ordered the album to, and had only heard the two songs they'd released with music-videos on their website and YouTube channel. And those two songs gave me red flags already... I didn't like them much. :-/ Something New didn't really go anywhere... It just went on and on and I waited for a refrain or something, but nothing. A bit odd a piece of music. What If was better, and I loved the music-video for that one! But none of them got even close to the music-videos and songs that were released for Kings Of Suburbia, the album they released before Dream Machine.
And the problem with the song What If is something that goes through the entire album for me. I can't really hear when one song ends and the next begins! The only upbeat song on the album that is moderatly catchy is What If. The other songs is very low key, there's no other upbeat song. This is not an album that makes you happy or smile one second and then get all the feels the next, like Kings of Suburbia does.
Yes, I will compare this with Kings of Suburbia, because both of these albums have a very modern electronic feel to them which makes them very similar in that regard to me.
And I want to stress one thing. I DO NOT MIND THAT THEY'VE GONE MORE ELECTRONIC!!! I know a lot of fans dislike the direction the band has taken their music, but I don't at all. It's just this album that irks me.
There's just no upbeat song on this album, no happy song or playful song. Nothing like that at all. The whole album is just like a great big downer. And I have to wonder why? Why are the songs so similar to each other? Why is everything so sad and blue?
Let's not forget that it's 10 songs on this album. If you look at their previous albums, I do believe this is the shortest one. Why? It's well produced, they clearly show they know what the hell they do in a studio and with various music-instruments. But still. Why the blue mood? Why fewer songs? And why go on a tour with an album with fewer songs than any of their previous albums?
I just can't get my head around it.
One thing is for sure though, my heart plummeted when I listened to this album the first time. I was so, so, so disappointed. Unlike when I listened to Kings of Suburbia the first time and I giggled and danced in my seat, loving near to every song on that album. (Still do.) Both just as electronic, but oh so very different. And not in a good way.
Seriously, Tokio Hotel? What are you doing? And why? :-/
I don't know... This post is all over the place. I just wanted to somehow try to get my feelings down in writing. I'm seriously nervous about going to the concert in Stockholm now. Of course I'm nervous about meeting them to, but mostly I'm nervous that I won't enjoy their show or how the music sounds like live. :-/
One thing's for sure. This is the LAST TIME I buy one of their albums blind. Or a concert ticket blind. I'll listen to the music first, one way or another. I do not want to feel this disappointed again.
This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.
I've been following Tokio Hotel since 2009. That's when I discovered them and fell headfirst into the fandom. Since then they've grown and changed A LOT. As they should! The boys in this band were SO YOUNG when they started out, and you're not the same person now that you were when you were 15, 16 and 17 years old. 12 years ago. So of course that would be reflected in their music!
And this, that they were so young starting out and you can really hear in their music how they grow up, test things and develop... that's what I think is so cool with this band! And I LOVE how far they've come musiclly and how they've developed further into electronic music. It's really their own sound, and I do think that's cool! Even if I sure liked the more rock music they did as young as well. For sure!
But. And here's a mayor but... This new album? Really a step back for them in my eyes. (Or ears?) I was so so excited when their new album was going to be released! Dream Machine! Sounded great! And they were releasing their tour before their album, which was odd maybe, but I bought both a regular ticket and a VIP one, because hell... I've been following them for 8 years at this point! (Oh gawd....) I pre-ordered the album to, and had only heard the two songs they'd released with music-videos on their website and YouTube channel. And those two songs gave me red flags already... I didn't like them much. :-/ Something New didn't really go anywhere... It just went on and on and I waited for a refrain or something, but nothing. A bit odd a piece of music. What If was better, and I loved the music-video for that one! But none of them got even close to the music-videos and songs that were released for Kings Of Suburbia, the album they released before Dream Machine.
And the problem with the song What If is something that goes through the entire album for me. I can't really hear when one song ends and the next begins! The only upbeat song on the album that is moderatly catchy is What If. The other songs is very low key, there's no other upbeat song. This is not an album that makes you happy or smile one second and then get all the feels the next, like Kings of Suburbia does.
Yes, I will compare this with Kings of Suburbia, because both of these albums have a very modern electronic feel to them which makes them very similar in that regard to me.
And I want to stress one thing. I DO NOT MIND THAT THEY'VE GONE MORE ELECTRONIC!!! I know a lot of fans dislike the direction the band has taken their music, but I don't at all. It's just this album that irks me.
There's just no upbeat song on this album, no happy song or playful song. Nothing like that at all. The whole album is just like a great big downer. And I have to wonder why? Why are the songs so similar to each other? Why is everything so sad and blue?
Let's not forget that it's 10 songs on this album. If you look at their previous albums, I do believe this is the shortest one. Why? It's well produced, they clearly show they know what the hell they do in a studio and with various music-instruments. But still. Why the blue mood? Why fewer songs? And why go on a tour with an album with fewer songs than any of their previous albums?
I just can't get my head around it.
One thing is for sure though, my heart plummeted when I listened to this album the first time. I was so, so, so disappointed. Unlike when I listened to Kings of Suburbia the first time and I giggled and danced in my seat, loving near to every song on that album. (Still do.) Both just as electronic, but oh so very different. And not in a good way.
Seriously, Tokio Hotel? What are you doing? And why? :-/
I don't know... This post is all over the place. I just wanted to somehow try to get my feelings down in writing. I'm seriously nervous about going to the concert in Stockholm now. Of course I'm nervous about meeting them to, but mostly I'm nervous that I won't enjoy their show or how the music sounds like live. :-/
One thing's for sure. This is the LAST TIME I buy one of their albums blind. Or a concert ticket blind. I'll listen to the music first, one way or another. I do not want to feel this disappointed again.
This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.