Nice riff, shame about the lyrics...

[mrkeys]

I think JV Pt II is alot better than Pt I

they are both very very Tool-like. Still a big fan of "Holes"...JV Pt II showcased the more soundscapey stuff....but the first songs that really really grabbed me not from a musicanship level was "Real Life" and "Silence Is Violence" they where being played for ages before the album came out....and where the highlights of the set for me..

The New Normal I think shows COG standing on their own two feet with their own unique voice...lots of love for this album

I think Flynn's rhyming lyrics are deliberate actually in this song...

[Hitman]

The New Normal I think shows COG standing on their own two feet with their own unique voice...lots of love for this album

Agreed.

Real Life was the best rock song released last year...

[Chantel]

Agreed Keys.

JVII is the better out of the 2 by far.

I remember ages ago I saw them play at once was known as the Roma Room (ie. Transit Lounge) and they had just written Charades. They had no vocals but were so excited about playing something new and refreshing they 'played' it anyway.

However, halfway through the song they kind of forgot where they were going with it and fucked it up completely.

I remember thinking "fuck that's so poppy and different and exciting!"

I adore The New Normal over the EP's by far but it's the sentimental attachment I have with the EP's and the song 'Just Visiting' that feeds my appreciation for them - watching a band that you started paying $2 to see at the Excelsior to 5 people and just watching it grow and grow and grow.

Being assaulted in a crowd by some asshole, getting pushed on the stage during 'Moo' after defending myself, having Flynn and Luke put down their respective instruments and dragging the fucker out of the venue by the collar of his shirt, coming back in and finishing the song then going straight into JV...

Seeing them sell out the Annandale for the first time, everyone sweaty and drunk and singing at the top of their lungs "We're all going to die" whilst hugging each other and smiling with a bitter sweet optimism...

Memories...

[Hitman]