new RUINS cd - go one : get me overexcited!!!

The only two albs by Ruins I've heard are the ones they made w/Bailey, and I really wasn't that thrilled by 'em. Too prog for me, I think, too many time changes and wibbly/clever bits. Much prefer Musica Transonica, Mainliner or good old High Rise.

Definitely doesn't sound like Burning Stone or Stonehenge. Anyone notive that Hisashi Sasaki doesn't use any distortion on his bass (but does do a lot of pedal stuff with octaves, effects, etc thereby making me ask, "why not bring in a guitarist?" -- but the joke's on my, all those Ruins bassists were really guitarists in the first place) -- old Ruins was like thrash prog, new Ruins is like super-brain RIO. But everyone knows all the real money is Koenjihyakkei anyway.

hehe andrew I'm here!

haven't got a single thing by them but have heard a track and its basically magma/univers zero type stuff.

There seems to be little beyond 'funny' time signatures but I'll prob give it a go someday.

And now that I've listened to the new Ruins, yeah, it is a bit underwhelming. A little too clean for my tastes, though when things get spacy, the album improves. But Burning Stone 4eva.

new Sax Ruins CD in Ipecac is cool. Concept is simple, but all the saxes are overdubbed, so it's more like a big band w/only saxes playing Ruins tunes.

yes. it's amazing. strong album of the year contender for me.

ruinzhatova's "close to the edge" is one of the best covers ever