![]() ![]() ![]() Size estimate/diagram 100% courtesy of Ars Technica. Where in that did you expect to fit a Wii U disc? Don't you need, oh, I don't know, a disc drive for that? Wii U discs are basically bigger than the entire Switch device. I made a very mind-blowing diagram of all of the Nintendo Switch's parts, just so we're all clear on which part is the actual Nintendo Switch: The screen. Look at our hyperlinked article in this article's first sentence. Why, they'll run stupid headlines like this one from IGN: Nintendo Switch Not Backwards Compatible With Physical 3DS or Wii U Games. Oh no! What ever will a Nintendo-focused website do to pass the time until then, especially with the game lineup for Nintendo's current systems for the rest of the year basically depleted? (With the exception of Pokémon.) It turns out that Nintendo apparently does not plan to publicly announce any more relevant details pertaining to the Nintendo Switch until 2017. I mean, for me, it feels like that JUST happened. While some people believe that's a looooooong time away, I look back at five months ago and see that's when we annexed Alberta and had our three-year anniversary. W e are less than a week after having watched and analysed the first-look trailer for Nintendo's new system, the Nintendo Switch, which is coming out March 2017. The Zombies provide themselves, and listeners, with a track that hears them feel “like a fool”, but they are far from it with a track this well-worked.By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Is it a question of negative coverage, or desperately trying to have any coverage? Some bits and pieces feel lifted from earlier works or a bit flat, but the bulk to precede those moments comes with a great dedication to continuing on a sound that still has space to breathe in a genre rattled by guitar music. Dropped, Reeling and Stupid is a quality track that does well to straddle the line between modern audience interest and the futility of chasing nostalgia. The Zombies are back, and provide a solid track to prove it. Those technical strokes throughout, the layering and that simmering drum beat, the shimmering moments of brilliance are all right there for the taking. Blunstone and Argent appear to be in good form, returning to some strong melodies and broad concepts. Perhaps the rest of the album concludes these thoughts. A track about finding a “good reason to live.” An answer to that is not given by Dropped, Reeling and Stupid, but it is on the right path. They are solid pieces the track has a slow burn that lasts through those first few listens. Upbeat and verging on relatively considered at times, there are stronger moments found in the playing styles, more so than the lyrical offerings. Thankfully The Zombies avoid what Iggy Pop could not resist. With bands of this calibre, this longevity, lyrics can slip toward the bashing of the modern world. The Zombies strike through on this new release with a desire to improve on roots that have served them well over the past fifty-eight years.ĭoing so gives way to a solid instrumental section toward the end of the track before an inevitable bridge, break and launch into one last litter of lyrics. “Why do you treat me so mean,” preceded and followed by some quick riffs is a quality that feels as classically rock-oriented as it does fresh and committed to a sound that has steered the group well for so long. Peeling away somewhat from that glorious opening organ explosion comes a focus on a bit of guitar work that cuts through with a great feel to the sorrow peppered throughout. Not quite the highs of their earliest works, but for a group that is still somewhat together almost sixty years on from their initial conception, it is hard to knock the consistency here. It has been some time since audiences were able to ready themselves with some new work from Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone, but this is worth it, and for those fans that found themselves enjoying As Far As I Can See…, this latest piece will be a treat.įor those that still have belief in what The Zombies can do next, Dropped, Reeling and Stupid is a delight. ![]() This is a different game from the one they played with on The Zombies’ previous album, Still That Hunger. Bold strokes, strong vocal presence and a heavy guitar riff cement themselves with this new single, a fine way to promote the upcoming album Different Game. Organs and worthy lyrics of The Zombies strike through their latest track, Dropped, Reeling and Stupid, which picks up where those great classics left off. ![]()
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