VR To Release 'Melody And The Tyranny' EP

[Steve McKagan]

SonyBMG Poland reports that VR will release an EP titled 'Melody and the Tyranny' a month before 'Libertad'. According to the report, the EP will contain two tracks from 'Libertad', as well as the Talking Heads cover 'Psycho Killer' and a video documentary about the making of 'Libertad'.

[mrlee]

SonyBMG Poland reports that VR will release an EP titled 'Harmony and the Tyranny' a month before 'Libertad'. According to the report, the EP will contain two tracks from 'Libertad', as well as the Talking Heads cover 'Psycho Killer' and a video documentary about the making of 'Libertad'.

awesome, EPS are cool!

[Grouse]

SonyBMG Poland reports that VR will release an EP titled 'Harmony and the Tyranny' a month before 'Libertad'. According to the report, the EP will contain two tracks from 'Libertad', as well as the Talking Heads cover 'Psycho Killer' and a video documentary about the making of 'Libertad'.

I would like to have seen two songs on there which didn't make libertad and I'm guessing that the video documentary are just the Vlogs pasted together, So I am not really excited about this...

[Jizzo]

i am, early listens to studio tracks plus a cover, im all for it

[EFISH]

i am, early listens to studio tracks plus a cover, im all for it

Exactally. This is awesome!

[ShotgunBlues1978]

I wish that they would release the material they recorded with Josh Todd and Keith Nelson on an EP or something.  Call it Guns N Cherries or whatever, I'd like to hear that shit

[Timothy]

Fucking nice .

[Gonzo Axl]

Im REALLY excited because I saw them play Psycho Killer live in SF and it was this great Slide Guitar blues thing. I LOVED IT! BTW, Any tentative date set for this?

[vietnow138]

Sounds pretty sweet, can't wait to see what they did with "Psycho Killer"

[slashvr86]

i woulda rather here more originals then cover songs, they play enuff covers in their set why do more

[Booker Floyd]

Thanks to Jul at the VR forum:

According to SONY BMG Germany, the EP will be titled "Melody and the Tyranny". Tracklist:

1. She Builds Quick Machines
2. Just Sixteen
3. Psycho Killer
4. Making of Libertad
5. Do It For The Kids

EP should be out June 1st.



It also has details about what the Making of Libertad contains (each title is only a few seconds long):

1. She Builds Quick Machines
2. Let it Burn
3. Acoustic Guitar Improv.
4. Acoustic Guitar Song
5. Circus Theme 1
6. Circus Theme 2
7. The message you left
8. Acoustic guitar improv.
9. Pills, Demons, etc.
10. Get out the door
11. Just Sixteen
12. She builds quick machines
13. Mary Mary
14. Instrumental Improv.
15. Drumbeat
16. Muthafucka
17. Guitar Solo
18. The Last fight


http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=343382&product=88697112302

[stolat]

That is a great album cover. Very East Berlin! 

[Booker Floyd]

The "Making of Libertad" is obviously just the VLogs.  That would likely mean that the opening riff in VLog #3 would be "Pills, Demons, Etc."

Overall, this sounds like a pointless effort.  A geunine EP would be great, but this is really just a glorified single whose only selling point is the Talking Heads cover. 

[Mikkamakka]

The "Making of Libertad" is obviously just the VLogs.? That would likely mean that the opening riff in VLog #3 would be "Pills, Demons, Etc."

Overall, this sounds like a pointless effort.? A geunine EP would be great, but this is really just a glorified single whose only selling point is the Talking Heads cover.?

I agree, but I'd love to hear some songs before the album comes out, so I'll definietely buy it. (Although it'd have been much better if instead of DIFTK they'd release a song that didn't make Libertad.)

[cyllan]

I freely admit that I'm no great admirer of VR's music and I promise that I'm not trying to start an argument here, but I am genuinely interested to know whether any of the VR fans feels that the release of this EP is more of a moneyspinner than anything else.? I realise that no one is being forced to buy it but, to an outsider, it does seem to smack just a little of money-grabbing.? What are your thoughts; anyone agree and feel a bit miffed that their enthusiasm is being taken advantage of or are you just excited to be getting more VR product and feel that the more the merrier?

[Booker Floyd]

I freely admit that I'm no great admirer of VR's music and I promise that I'm not trying to start an argument here, but I am genuinely interested to know whether any of the VR fans feels that the release of this EP is more of a moneyspinner than anything else. 

It appears that way.

I had no problem with the three-cover gimmick they used for the first album; I thought it simply gave buyers the option to choose their favorite.  This is a bit different, as the record company is pawning off a single as an EP.  The "documentary" is nothing more than brief clips that have been available online for months now (worse yet, it appears to be going on the album as well).  This is a very crass product with little value.  Its also a wasted opportunity to release a real EP.

The most disappointing aspect of this news, to me, is the inclusion of a cover on the album, as well as the exclusion of several previously discussed originals.

[cyllan]

Thanks for the reply, Booker.? I think, like you, that calling it an EP is a little misleading as it does create the expectation that you're going to get something rather special.? I remember the excitement, back in the days of vinyl 7" of buying a single and flipping it over, only to discover that the B-side was an unheard gem.? As you say, it does seem a missed opportunity to give the fans a little something extra, but without knowing how much say VR have over the product released by their record company, I wouldn't like to lay the blame at their door just yet.

[greendog]

i feel like im going to be ripped off. i know i shouldnt buy it, but i want the songs and the 'making of' in decent quality, hehe.

though, the making of (if it is the Vlogs, which is very likely) is a complete bastard. Id expect a making of more in the style of the contraband one that was on VH1 or whatever. That was cool. I dont really want the shoddy edits that appeared on the site. When they were on the site it was cool coz it was like the band are doing it for the fans, then to release it on an 'EP' to boost the tracklisting and selling us something we can access for free is bollocks.

Ohwell... atleast I get some cool artwork from the CD. hehe.

PS: if this is sold as a jewel case then thats just another punch in the gut. Bring on the digipack, make the artwork stand out!

[Butch Français]

Im getting it! jewel case ot not!

[greendog]

Im getting it! jewel case ot not!

hehe so will i... its just jewel cases seem so pathetic. digipacks are nice... look at all the nin releases for a good example of displaying artwork