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Just got back from the Detroit show. I wasn't planning on catching any of this tour, but I already had this week booked off work and realized it wouldn't be too difficult to hop across the border for it. Glad I did, TMV put on an incredible show. The new material sounds great live, they've clearly ...

nah that won't work because even people who have heard the leak are thinking that the version coming out officially will have extra stuff on it haha

Guys, imagine for a moment that Lucro didn't leak. They start playing it like they are doing now, people going nuts, wondering if Teri's on the record/part of TMV group, album title, tracklist, etc. I've been thinking about this. The hype levels would be so much higher. But honestly I'm glad about ...

What Cedric said was silly. Clouds Hill were following all the steps about how to distribute an indie movie. The only mistake here was to screen it online at a polish festival, they underestimated TMV fanbase here. Johann made boxset and reissues, Omar boxset and reissues, produced and promoted the...

Just got a notification from an app I have that Lucro will be on streaming services April 11, which means it's entered into the streaming systems on the backend etc. and will be available for pre-order / pre-save, so I expect we'll get something from Clouds Hill quite soon, maybe a preview single.

I can only hope it's some guerilla marketing thing going on or something because really it's very disappointing to see that Clouds Hill haven't done any promo at all and we're a month away from release. This is such a good album and it deserves the best chance it can get. It's fucking TMV we're talk...

We've got our first soundboard folks: https://www.themarbleshrine.com/show/20250301/
Awesome stuff!!

The 2022 Teri EPs SATURN SEX and STATE OF FEAR have a line up of: Teri Gender Bender Omar Rodriguez Lopez Marcel Rodriguez Lopez Marfred Rodriguez Lopez Rikardo Rodriguez Lopez Philo Tsoungui All songs are written by Teri Gender Bender + 'Violeta Felix' (which I believe is Omar + Marcel?!) Produced ...

Haven't watched or listened yet but someone seems to have filmed the full gig last night, and I saw Matt Bittman (MixMasterMatt on TheComa, who seems to be doing sound for TMV again) say this was a special one!

BallsMcGrath wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 2:10 pmYesss. If someone decides to rip the audio, please send it to me!

TMS have apparently done this just today https://www.themarbleshrine.com/show/20250227/

Got the full Seattle gig through these 3 videos!

Yeah I've found myself scouring for new clips, it sounds so good live. Imagine if this was the first we heard of the new album, how fervent we would be for live recordings right now.

Glad ye like it :) Hopefully I can do some more at some point soon. Working on one for the Cambridge show on the same tour. I see the ORLProjects account on instagram is posting some teasers with tour footage and some music, some are unfamiliar and one is an ambient version of Fin! Perhaps the ones ...

I think the idea of having Teri on to double Cedric's vocals live is a nice one because with this album in particular, even more than the last, the doubletracked vocals are very much a part of the sound, very forefronted. Also hearing Teri sing TMV music is just cool. Kinda like how some moments on ...

wow now these are the types of setlists i expected when they started touring again a few years back. bold moves. absolutely love it. so wish i could see them on this tour. also seems like teri gender bender has joined the line up on backing vox! she sounds amazing on these tracks. love omar's new ha...

I know this is off topic but since this is where we're all chatting I just wanna say I'm real excited to show you all something I've been working on for the past week that I'm not sure has ever been done quite like this before: a re-mix / re-master of the 25 min Jacob Jam from the 2011 Highline Ball...

It's actually crazy to see how one person can sow so much doubt. Like, there's this air of 'who knows if there's a real or AI album' when the question was literally created by one person, or maybe a few people. Even when shown solid stuff like the many record store pre-orders etc. the response can b...

That one guy on the Facebook group who keeps saying he made the leak with AI is actually so constant with his posts that a few people actually believe him and it's doing my head in. Actually feel like I just need to leave that group at this stage because of it! So annoying. I feel like the part abou...

I am actually delighted to see more replies in here this morning haha I was worried that was it then... I am in love with the album but found myself listening to it multiple times a day and had to impose some limits so I didn't wear it out. I do that naturally enough these days because I have spoile...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJcyZEyZI4 Download: FLAC This is a compilation I put together with tracks taken from 2 ORLG performances at Metamorphose Festival in Japan that have been remixed and remastered. 00:00 Intro 02:24 Untitled I 07:58 Sea Is Rising 11:14 My Horror Is In Park 20:21 Untitl...

Well it does actually bookend perfectly on the album proper without the single, so I think the "encasing it in a sarcophagus" idea still applies. I never tried listening to it the other way I feel like I would have a hard time listening to 3 min of bells after Cassandra lol oh you're dead...

I can't wait until we get an official release and hopefully lyrics with the vinyl so I can dig way deeper, but I do feel a general balance of light and darkness on this album. Even the titles Mictlán (Aztec underworld) and Nefilibata (cloudwalker) gives a heaven & hell / light & dark vibe. ...

Feel like it's about moving on from traumatic events. 'Cue The Sun' may be about making sure you ensure there's joy in your life because the mask you wear to protect you in harsh times can eat away at you. 'Voice In My Knives' seems to also be about how the darkness can take you over and you can't l...

Feel like with the excitement of the back catalogue getting reissued, I never proper gave this one the time I should have.
Definitely need to give it another listen, feel like I remember it being one of the more focused and cohesive Omar-vocal albums!

I wonder if this is some sort of pre-master of the album, considering the early leak and the quite bass heavy sound to it. The ST record was also bass heavy but not really in this way, it still felt quite crisp and balanced where this sounds a little muted. By the way the current leak is a transcode...