Charles the Osprey

This is Chris.  Chris has an opinion on just about everything, and he’s fairly hard to impress.  We think he likes our band, but just to be sure, he’s set out to review the new Charles the Osprey album, track by track, in 140 characters or less each, via his Twitter account.  Below are the results.

Charles the Osprey – Consider.  Track by track tweet reviews… #CTO
3:15 PM Jul 7th

Scimitar Children & Their Rugs – Jesus, this intro feels long.  Then it gets all Sharks Keep Moving. Much prettier than I remembered #CTO
11:21 AM Jul 12th

Lipstick With Bull Tendencies – Starts off Primus then gets really mathy, then does a pretty end.  This is not record I remember. #CTO
11:32 AM Jul 12th

Hornets Don’t Have to Feint – Here is the band I remember.  Opening drums are rad, but long.  1:23 tapping craziness.  All over the place. #CTO
11:37 AM Jul 12th

Conversations with the Deacon Vol. I – A gentle interlude complete with finger snaps. Feel free to snap along. #CTO
11:39 AM Jul 12th

The Idirian-Culture War: Primus wants their intro back and Marilyn Manson wants to know how you made Beautiful People sound better #CTO
11:45 AM Jul 12th

Alia Pompeii; The Temptress: 1/2 way in this thing sounds like an old Zelda game. #CTO
3:22 PM Jul 12th

The Frontal Lobe A-Go-Go: take out the firs 2 minutes and 9 seconds and I love this song.  With it in, its one of my least favs. #CTO
10:44 am Jul 28th

Conversations with the Deacon Vol. II: Gentle, calm and pretty.  Then suddenly… #CTO
4:00 PM Jul 12th

Lovecraft! Smile!:…Ducks.  And they won’t stop quacking and they sound pissed! This is one of the album’s heaviest tracks. #CTO
4:30 PM Jul 12th

@dlancioni These are my tweets damn it, I make my own rules, but I’ll make an edit for you
4:25 PM Jul 12th
(Editor’s note – this is because he’d been doing the tracks out of order…whoops!)

Gideon’s Hyper Extension and Aftermath: OH SHIT. This is the hardest and fastest level of Mega Man ever. #CTO
4:26 PM Jul 12th

Eucharist Prototype:  This may be my fav song on the album.  It’s the entire CTO aesthetic perfectly in 4 1/2 minutes. CTO CliffsNotes #CTO
10:58 AM Jul 28th

Interlude 5: [Conversations with the Deacon Vol. III] A nice soft ending to Consider.  An after dinner mint that degrades into noise and the sound of beer cans getting crushed. #CTO
11:27 AM Jul 28th

I just did a search for the #CTO tag I’ve been using for my Charles The Osprey – Consider track reviews, all IT nerdery.
4:46 PM Jul 12th
(Editor’s note – the #CTO tag is almost exclusively used to discuss Cloud Computing…also, as @mwilliamrice pointed out, “to be fair 78% of Twitter is IT nerdery”)

I do actually like Charles the Osprey, I’m not a total prick, and my opinions are based on broad undfounded generalizations. #CTO
1:48 PM Jul 28th