my opinions of Atum Act 1

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by reprise85

Oh they finally released this thing properly, huh? guess I'll finally listen to it

And....??

[Joey Goldberg]

Originally Posted by ilikeplanets

When all 3 parts of ATUM are finally out, I will pay whoever listens to all 33 tracks in a row with actual cash

deal

[eviltimeban]

Originally Posted by Ram27

WHY THE FUCK IS HE HIDING JAMES UNDER 50 LAYERS OF SYNTH GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

Plot twist: James is the one playing all the synths

[VoxUpDoc]

Here's how bad ATUM is. I still haven't listened to the tracks in sequence outside of the podcast. I didn't finish a couple of them. And every time I pull up Spotify to give it a run-through I can think of literally anything I'd rather be listening to instead.

[Gavvvvvin]

Originally Posted by VoxUpDoc

Here's how bad ATUM is. I still haven't listened to the tracks in sequence outside of the podcast. I didn't finish a couple of them. And every time I pull up Spotify to give it a run-through I can think of literally anything I'd rather be listening to instead.

I was the same until I actually listened to it. It is not a bad album. There is actually a lot to like. Even moments of brilliance.

[TheAlter]

Originally Posted by Gavvvvvin

I was the same until I actually listened to it. It is not a bad album. There is actually a lot to like. Even moments of brilliance.

Best rekkerd since Nothing Ever Changes, mang. Fuckin mega!

[brothahi4L]

Lol gavvin.......ever tried Q-Tips?

[ourruseoffools]

ok i know i defended this album but i just saw the reddit post where they recapped the concept in order and goddamn it is the worst story ive ever read

https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPum...ef_source=link

[ourruseoffools]

he really named the characters "osira" and "nighthawk"

[ourruseoffools]

its like something i made with a friend in microsoft word circa fifth grade (2010)

[run2pee]

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

can u believe i used the nigh-ubiquitous microsoft word word processing software to make something in microsoft word and can u believe it this was way, waaaaaaaaay back in fifth grade when i was a total idiot not like now where i am so much older and have learned a lot about living, a little ‘bout love, sufficient such that i could definitely, if i wanted to, but i don’t since it’s lame, but i definitely could, write a science fiction opera that is better than a story written by the best-selling author of blinking with fists, which i could also do a better poetry book in my sleep, using microsoft word, obviously

[FoolofaTook]

This guy gets it. Beguiled is a lyrical masterpiece and the video is pure genius, when you actually take the time to give it a proper analysis. It's obvious that the music was written intentionally to match the tone that's being set with the lyrics and video. Good in Goodbye is my favorite of all the new material so far but Beguiled gets better with every listen, and the video is much more than just a live tiktok performance. I couldn't be happier with everything that SP is currently doing right now, and I look forward to hearing new music every Tuesday. They've definitely got my full and undivided attention, at the moment. 🤘

[MyKeyZ]

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

ok i know i defended this album but i just saw the reddit post where they recapped the concept in order and goddamn it is the worst story ive ever read

https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPum...ef_source=link

The point of a concept album is the lyrics and the music itself tells the story. If you need a 33 hour long podcast episodes to explain what the hell is going on, you failed at making a concept album. If there was no podcast, there would be no story discernible from this mess of an album. Only Billy can't completely screw up the entire point of a concept album.

Somehow this...

Who sweeps the squalid rain
To scan through pinks and pray
I laughed without escape above a frightened rays
A touch of wanderlust, a tome of all that's dust
It settled on the first rung

It's morning to good morning
Good morning to you sun
Don't ever set on our love
As our love has begun

To hold you from afar
To sing out butterfly
I'm sloth when miles presides
Bedances rent with crying

It's morning to good morning
Good morning to you sun
Don't ever set on our love
'Cause our love has begun
I'm here to be, the same degree with you
Believe (believe, believe)

Escaped, 'cause here I am to follow you with I
Climbed with dead stuck I, to follow you
Unto I

For love, you catch freedom
For love (love, for love), it makes wanton
For love

It's morning to good morning
Good morning to you sun
Don't ever set on our love
'Cause our love has begun
Across this realm of dew stains
Swept with tears from gulfs
Adrift upon dread heaven
Strangers as their own

I'm here to be (I'm here to be)
The same degree with you
Believe (believe, believe)
I'm here to be (I'm here to be)
The same degree with you
Believe (believe, believe)

Equates to this...
Shiny has been scrubbed from Earth's history and has been exiled into a spaceship prison eternally floating in space. Willingly, through a bribery and wealth, June follows Shiny into exile; believing her and Shiny have a "destiny to be together". Shiny does not know of June or that she is in space next to him, but she spends her days watching Shiny through the window of her prison; singing him songs he'll never hear. One day, Shiny goes on "The March Of Life" which is when someone in exile pushes a button that launches their ship into the sun. June sees this and is in shock that Shiny would do such a thing. She knows she must do something.

No wonder Machina is a complete mess of a story.

[ilikeplanets]

Asking again, isn't there supposed to be an official visual accompaniment to this? He mentioned actors, etc. That would bridge the gap.

[ourruseoffools]

June is down bad ASF for a bald guy who wears a dress

[ourruseoffools]

You’re in his DMs June is in space trying to save his life via an anonymous cryptic message board

[run2pee]

Originally Posted by MyKeyZ

The point of a concept album is the lyrics and the music itself tells the story. If you need a 33 hour long podcast episodes to explain what the hell is going on, you failed at making a concept album. If there was no podcast, there would be no story discernible from this mess of an album. Only Billy can't completely screw up the entire point of a concept album.

Somehow this...

Who sweeps the squalid rain
To scan through pinks and pray
I laughed without escape above a frightened rays
A touch of wanderlust, a tome of all that's dust
It settled on the first rung

It's morning to good morning
Good morning to you sun
Don't ever set on our love
As our love has begun

To hold you from afar
To sing out butterfly
I'm sloth when miles presides
Bedances rent with crying

It's morning to good morning
Good morning to you sun
Don't ever set on our love
'Cause our love has begun
I'm here to be, the same degree with you
Believe (believe, believe)

Escaped, 'cause here I am to follow you with I
Climbed with dead stuck I, to follow you
Unto I

For love, you catch freedom
For love (love, for love), it makes wanton
For love

It's morning to good morning
Good morning to you sun
Don't ever set on our love
'Cause our love has begun
Across this realm of dew stains
Swept with tears from gulfs
Adrift upon dread heaven
Strangers as their own

I'm here to be (I'm here to be)
The same degree with you
Believe (believe, believe)
I'm here to be (I'm here to be)
The same degree with you
Believe (believe, believe)

Equates to this...
Shiny has been scrubbed from Earth's history and has been exiled into a spaceship prison eternally floating in space. Willingly, through a bribery and wealth, June follows Shiny into exile; believing her and Shiny have a "destiny to be together". Shiny does not know of June or that she is in space next to him, but she spends her days watching Shiny through the window of her prison; singing him songs he'll never hear. One day, Shiny goes on "The March Of Life" which is when someone in exile pushes a button that launches their ship into the sun. June sees this and is in shock that Shiny would do such a thing. She knows she must do something.

No wonder Machina is a complete mess of a story.

“bedances.” This is even better than i could have dreamed. This is like something i did with my grandma in microsoft paint back when i was in 11th grade in 1999