Yup - its a goody!!

Ohhhhhh, it's "Now I know it's fuckin over."

found this in the drum media magazine and it made me smile
thought I'd share it, scuse the bad photo quality :/

^^ Haha, they added a sparkle on Craig's sunglasses.
Also, what's that record bag that's mentioned at the bottom?

I don't know, but I want one!

That's just what I would like to know. Jessica wants.

aha well had I known earlier I'd get one too. Its only available if you buy the album from Red Eye Records 66 King Street Sydney

I've been listening to the album for a few days now, and long after everyone else has posted their thoughts, I'm finally ready to talk about it... Pure opinion, mind you.


"Get Out"
Love it. Awesome opener.

"Manger"
I dig it. Sounds a bit Highly Evolved, to me

"A.S. III"
It's a great track, but takes it's name from Autumn Shade and Autumn Shade II, and I don't like it as much.

"He's A Rocker"
I'm not crazy about it. Then again, I've never been crazy about The Vines' first singles. But I know they're never good representations of the album.

"Orange Amber"
Again, I'm not crazy about it. But I like the second half better.

"Jamola"
Blue Jam. I thought the "He's A Rocker" b-sides were exclusive? I still really like it.

"True As The Night"
Thank God it's here. I was starting to get a little bummed out. I love it! My favorite track on the album. Right up there with "Spaceship" and "Amnesia," in my mind.

"Braindead"
Awesome. Hearing this track on youtube is what made me most excited about this album. The studio version is every it as gret as I had hoped

"Kara Jayne"
Ugh. And I've never said that about a Vines track. I really don't like it. I've never had a Vines song I just knew I would be skipping forever, but this is it. Vocally and musically, I just find it irritating.

"MerryGoRound"
One of my faves. Reminds me of "TV Pro," which is one of my all-time faves.

"Hey"
It's different. I'm not exactly sure how, but it is. I like it, though.

"A Girl I Knew"
Love it. I know I'll be listening to this one a lot.

"Scream"
Probably my favorite next to "True As The Night." I can't wait to hear it in CD quality.

"She Is Gone"
I absolutely love it. I only wish it was longer. If only they'd chosen this for their six-minute epic, right?


All in all, I'd have to say that "Melodia" is my least favorite Vines album. But that's only because, for the first time, there's a song I don't like to hear. It is a bit of a bummer, because several of my favorite artists have recently put out albums I liked less than their previous. Don't get me wrong, though. I'll be listening to "Melodia" forever. It's a great album.

Took the words right out of my mouth. There is no song like "Kara Jayne" where I hear it come up on my music player and I go running and screaming (dramatic action sequence style, of course) "NOOO!!!" across the room to change it.

I was insulted in one of the million of articles that's come out lately when they compared it to "Mary Jane." BLASPHEMY.

There are some songs that I just can't get into very much ("Country Yard," "Candy Daze"), but when they come on and I'm busy doing something, I don't notice it and catch myself singing along. But "Kara Jayne" is just instant "oh god the melody is wrong the singing is wrong the rhythm is wrong stop saying "baby girl" oh god." It's so pointless. It's between "Braindead" and "Merrygoround," COME ON NOW.

I think they should have replaced that song with "Make Believe" on the album, I love that song.

/unnecessary rant

where can I find 'make believe'? Never heard of that one.

I can't stop playing Melodia. I want to, because I know that every album has a shelf life, but I can't help it.
Merrygoround is so fucking brilliant and genius its addictive - it's been going round and round my ipod for days!

It's a b-side that you get when you pre-order Melodia from insound.com

I pre-ordered mine online from Chaos and it's not here yet. I've never wanted to download an album so much. I'm waiting until the CD gets here though. Argh!!!!

I'm also waiting for mine to arrive from jb hifi.. and I too am getting tempted to download it. But I won't

WTF? Sanity hasn't got the album in, and don't expect to until at least monday. The same for Big W.

Who is distributing this thing?

I got mine from JB

Which one of their songs?

Sanity sucks - at least the Wollongong store. They cater more for top 30 pop artists... Distribution on Melodia does seem a little dodgy though. I think Ivy League are doing it on their own (i.e. no help from a major label) so that might explain it.

Someone who has gotten the album and could tell if it says A.S III or Autumn Shade III? I know it says the first one at their Myspace but I just wanna know for certain.

A.S III

Currently #10 on itunes.

Ok, thanks

i can't stop listening to Melodia. best goodamn record ever!! i just can't stop!!! awesome awesome awesome!!! braindead is a great song!

me too

Just FYI (this has probably been posted elsewhere), you can also buy "Make Believe" through iTunes, at least in Aus. It's not a bonus track in the sense that you have to buy the whole album through iTunes to get it.

Nice. I mean, I live in the US, but still... I need to find that track in high kbps... Out of curiosity, is it iTunes Plus?

i have 'make believe' on my computer if anyone wants it just PM me

I found a bit of interesting information:
The name "Melodia" is the name of the music store where the character Alex in Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange" buys his pre-ordered record of Beethoven's No. 9.
I'm not sure if I should include the source as it includes a download link for Melodia, but I thought this was interesting.

EDIT: Is that in the booklet because I noticed someone edited Wikipedia page as well? I don't have the CD yet, see.

Oh, wow. That's so neat!

I tried to read that book before. The slang really put me off. It has been the inspiration for a lot of great music though.

Not as far as I know. Just the standard iTunes.

I personally thought Vision Valley was a really weak effort from The Vines. However, Melodia is probably one of the best things I've heard all year. The Vines are back as far as I'm concerned.

Yeahhh

Well, I don't think they will ever get as good as the first two.
But it's fucking brilliant.

My music tastes have changed a lot since highly evolved, yet I still love this album. Every time I listen to it, it gets better.

However, I think there are definitely some naff tracks on there - Get Out is a really bad opener, mainly due to its VV simplicity. It just made me think "oh bollocks, he still hasn't remembered how to write songs properly". But then as it progresses it gets better and better. Especially Scream.

Also, don't you think that prehaps that little riff at the end of She is Gone sounds like the start of a new song, which could be very cool haha.
Maybe album number 5 will start with that?


Not that they will have planned that far ahead...

I think my absolute favorite is Merrygoround.

Better then Vision Valley (what isn't?), not as good as HE or WD, ~5.5/10. (5 being average)

It's a hard call on picking a favorite one yet but merrygoround is fucking great and would have been a good one to use as the first single for the album.

Has anyone else seen the tv commercials for Melodia?One just came on for it here,it's the first time i have seen any tv promotion for it...jumped up and down like a kid in a candy store

What station?

That's harsh,vision Valley is a awesome album.




Channel 10

Here I was thinking I was the only on who seemed to appreciate Vision Valley as an album.. I thought it was great how can you not think spaceship was brilliant .. or Anysound or Dope Train..

Okay, the "what isn't?" bit mebbe a little superfluous, but it was below average. I feel that Dan from Popmatters summed it up perfectley.

[quote name='Decomposing Trees' date='Jul 13 2008, 11:10 PM' post='653467']
Okay, the "what isn't?" bit mebbe a little superfluous, but it was below average. I feel that Dan from Popmatters summed it up perfectley.

Everyone has formed some sort of opinion on VV but i disagree with his....

No,your alone Spaceship is a brilliant song as are most of the others...

i thought Vision Valley was awesome ive played it tons in 2 years so much that i can't even decide now if i like Melodia more than Vision Valley. Even though Melodia is technically better than VV, VV has a murky darkness that seems real.

I agree with the above. Vision Valley is so familiar to me, I can't decide either. Though I know once I receive Melodia in my damn letterbox and listen to it a few times it'll quickly be right up there too

I thought that vision valley was a great album too.I agree with you Spaceship!

loved Vision Valley. And Spaceship is still my favorite Vines song.

The signed copies from JB are hand signed. I got mine today
Brad hasn't signed it though

I'm off to buy another copy.

The damn postman hasn't come yet.. I'm thinking of standing outside my house and snatching it off him as soon as he gets here (or she..) not hand signed?! and Brad hasn't signed?! *goes to letterbox to check*

Whoa, I'm not understanding the VV hate. That album was my LIFE when it came out, it was so awesome - Nothins Comin, DLTTR, Gross Out, Atmos, fucking Dope Train!

It is hand signed

You get mail on Sunday?

Anyway, my order supposedly shipped Wednesday, so I hope to find it when I get home from work tomorrow...