have a nice life -- who the fuck are these guys?

I wonder what Mr. N. Raggett would think of this album, by the way.

Indeed (having just noticed this thread). Will investigate.

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/irpa/IR/inair/investigate.gif

Elementary.

This has pretty much completely taken over my music listening time. Keep looking for reference points and have stopped trying to at (first disc: A Silver Mt. Zion / second one: The God Machine - but also the "this production sounds wrong but it works" feeling I got from discovering Unknown Pleasures, Loveless, Psychocandy) Ordered it, even. Cheap! Friendly guy too, that Dan.

(both of those band comparisons are also way wrong btw)

it's too repetetive with the same formula.

though the 2nd track is great.

Nice, with a lot of potential, but I wish they had used a little more variety in their drum machine rhythms. Another plus for me is these guys seem to have a sense of humor too. "Waiting for Black Metal Records to come in the Mail" is a great and funny title. If your talking obscure Factory reference points, they sound more like later The Royal Family and the Poor than Joy Division. But I'm probably the only person who'd think that.

sense of humor here starts and ends on the song titles i'd say

Gotta agree there. Title is the best thing about that track.

This keeps veering pretty close to greatness but falls a bit short IMO. It sounds a bit too much like a demo tape so I wouldn't be surprised if they released something really great in the near future.

purty

I cannot tell if this tongueincheek or not (I hope it is cuz otherwise these guys sound like metal cornballs)

WHAT IS DEATHCONSCIOUSNESS?

Deathconsciousness refers to three things:

It refers to the debut double album from HAVE A NICE LIFE, featuring over 4 years and 2 hours worth of recorded material. All songs have been re-recorded, remixed, and remastered, including the songs from our demo release, Powers of Ten.

It refers to the short book of the same name that accompanies the record. Over 80 pages in length, written by a University of Massachusetts History professor, this book explores the deep religious symbology we used for inspiration while writing the record. The songs contain elaborate references to 12th century apostasies; the book will help those without a background in religious history to understand their meanings.

And, finally, Deathconsciousness is the concept that lies at the heart of the record itself: the overwhelming awareness, at all times, of death and it's proximity.

Oh no I should stop reading their website cuz it's making me cringe...

Combining digital with analog, DEATHCONSCIOUSNESS is a deeply exploratory collection of tracks, combining the aggressive industrial elements of Sister of Mercy with the angular guitars of Joy Division and the droning shoegaze of My Bloody Valentine. Ranging from near-abstract ambience to extreme heaviness, DEATHCONSCIOUSNESS is ambitious and exhibits a complete and utter disregard for the tastes of the mainstream. This was designed to be something New, and it is.

there were some that said mew were the new pale saints and i heard the album and it was dreadful. i imagine this is more of the same. if only ian masters would just release something other than musical saw records.

This sounds nothing like the Pale Saints

Yeah, this sucks.

Hehe - that killed the thread, did it? Tsss.

Arrived in the mail today, can't wait to read the whole booklet (a treatise on the Antiochians, a medieval religious movement, by professor (name blacked out) )

I got my cdrs with the booklet in the mail today.

I need to give this another shot (despite "elaborate references to 12th century apostasies" nonsense)

haha
There's a poem in it called "Waiting For Black Metal Records To Come In The Mail"

Stan did you ever read the booklet?

Not yet, no, bit afraid to start :-)

Poem? Aren't that the lyrics?

Oh is it? I've not investigated yet

Yeah, they are, just checked - and they're in the wrong order in my booklet too. Telefony = after Hunter, not before The Big Gloom.

still enjoying this very much

me too

got this on vinyl now, still love it.

Compiled here are two separate EPs, the first being Have A Nice Life's extremely rare second demo, Powers Of Ten, and the second being What Happened Next Was Worse, a collection of tracks written around the same time as Deathconsciousness that didn't make it onto the main album. Together these two EPs make up Voids, a sort of footnote detailing a little more of what was going on during the five year period leading up to 2008's Deathconsciousness

http://www.mediafire.com/?yjkmwiynyg4

Also, from their myspace:

We will release a record, an honest to goodness, printed record, this year. It will have around 13 songs. 10 of those are done now, and we're already at 1.2 hours of music.

missed this thread revival but heard about the vinyl version and ordered it(i have the original cdrs with booklet) and came here to let people know!

hows the packaging on it?

My lp came yesterday.

Looks very nice

hope it sounds as good as it looks.

I got mine several weeks ago. Pretty spendy, but worth it I think. Great album.

So they're playing their first show on 28th feb at the stone in nyc. Wish i could be there.

what is the stone?

http://thestonenyc.com/

Free EP

http://www.enemieslist.net/timeofland/

I got this in the mail today http://enemieslist.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=13&zenid=c8455954fc19df9e1fa5bde14e237c25

It's not anyone from Have A Nice Life but it's the same record label and you guys might be interested in it.

That sample song sounds vv nice, thanks for the tip!

I knew you would be along in a min ;)

LOL @ the URL to the new site

http://enemieslist.net/kvlt/

yeah i noticed that too, thought it was funny

http://tinyurl.com/5u7s4bf

Preorders going on now for the vinyl repress of Deathconsciousness over at enemieslist. If you missed out the first time, now's your chance to grab a copy.

Got into these guys via the holyfuckingshit40000 blog... esp considering the album art is the site's masthead. Despite, I've still always been a little underwhelmed that this dude who actually purveys a lot of my taste in things trumps this over much of what he posts in way of... err, maybe this isn't so legal.

I was reminded of Deathconsciousness when I heard Sólstafir's 2011 "Svartir Sandar" album - they're supposedly the metal Sigur Rós (Sólstafir means crepuscular rays by the way)
I know this isn't the right thread per se (no actual connection to Have A Nice Life afaik but anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBqH_8h_KmY

Did anyone pre-order the new vinyl only album?

pre-orders are shipping

I've not heard Deathconsciousness, but I am loving this new album, which is streaming in full here:

http://pitchfork.com/advance/317-the-unnatural-world/

Good "vibe" these folks have.

you need to hear Deathconsciousness

Just discovered Dan Barrett of HANL's solo project - Giles Corey. The self-titled album is...well I'm only two tracks in but it is already amazing enough to generalise about. It is darkest folk. Beautiful choral harmonies and lots of gravelly echoes. Really recommend everyone to listen.

2019 album is going to be called Sea Of Worry:

https://www.kerrang.com/features/have-a-nice-life-arent-joking/

& there's a tour too:

http://theflenser.com/have-a-nice-life-announce-north-american-sea-of-worry-tour-dates/

Nov. 8th - http://theflenser.com/sea-of-worry/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLkxcoEPcMc

guess i'm glad they finally abandoned the shitty garageband drums but this doesn't really do much for me

deathconsciousness is a really frustrating album to me because there's clearly a pretty good post-punk album there but it's all buried under the shitty production that sounds so blown out and clipped in a way that just makes it sound like a badly recorded demo and not even in a cool way

I've been obsessed with the unnatural world lately and was really looking forward to the new one, but it's pretty mediocre. The singles are the best tracks..

Not received mine yet