Not the Actual Events Artwork
-Directly referencing Still (though musically not really on that tip at all)
She's Gone
-Both a vague stylistic association with Reptile and the physical component sheet connecting.
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-Directly referencing Year Zero (though also, musically not really all that similar)
-One of the switches is labeled "Pinon" (Though in the context of the image, it probably just is being used as it's definition of: "to bind ones limbs"
-There is also a gauge labeled "Presence" which could either be referencing Year Zero's "The Presence" or a more general use of the word, or both.
-A numerical readout is labeled "Deviation" which could be a reference to "The Fragileeviations", or the statistical term, or both.
Less Than
-The 'Welcome Oblivion' line referencing the How to Destroy Angles Album
-Possibly the fact that a lot of previous song melodies and styles are 'mashed up' in this song to make a sort of uber-single.
-Music video has a lot of "hand" imagery. Hand coming from TV, floating hands coming down on the player in the game. Referencing Year Zero's "The Presence?"
The Lovers
-Referencing 'Dear World' once again with the whole "Everyone Seems to Be Asleep" talk
-Lots of talk about stepping outside of time (Beside You In Time?) and other 'Bleedthrough' topics
This Isn't the Place
-Possibly referencing the cut With Teeth track "My Dead Friend?" Lyrics about a friend, and talking about thinking they had more time: common feeling in the grieving process.
Not Anymore
-Fuck...this...song
-"Mouth Taped Shut" references the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack (it's mini-ARG was called Mouth Taped Shut)
-"Can't Seem to Wake Up", possibly similar to referencing "Everybody Seems to Be Asleep"
The Background World
-LOTs of 'Bleedthrough' context to the lyrical content on this one
Some References:More Tenuous/Subjective Connections:
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-One of the dials has a "Self Destruct" option. Referencing Mr. Self Destruct from The Downward Spiral?
Less Than
-Lyric "And you can justify it all" vs Zero Sum from Year Zero: "How could we justify it all?"
-Lyric "The missile trails across the sky again" vs Satellite from Hesitation Marks: "Data trails like fingernails scratch across the sky"
-Embedded (not sung) lyric in the MP3 tag "Yes this is about you" possibly referencing the Carly Simon lyric in Starfuckers?
The Lovers
-A general plot device of "going back" to something, possibly references similar lyrics in Burning Bright, though sounds like more of a literal time travel reference
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...046#post361046
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...038#post362038
So yeah, let's talk about and catalog all of the connections that seem to be making. I will try to update this post periodically as new things are found/released.
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