Saw them once in the Olympia and they were brilliant.

Will do everything I can to catch them again.

I'm still going to live in hope for words of an album but it's a fair long long shot. When they say victory lap though, Sol Invictus is far from victorious. It's okay is all

Quote from: Barnacle Billy on November 11, 2026, 12:50:51 PMVictory lap #1, in a round of 10  :laugh:

Ya gotta love these "farewell" tours.

10 laps and they will still skip Ireland on every single one.

What are the chances of FNM ever releasing anything that even comes close Album Of The Year in 2026, let alone The Real Thing or Angel Dust. Zilcho, mes amis.

They did it once already Sol Invictus was a great comeback album.

AOTY is their worst one, I'd stick Sol Invictus over it

That's my point. AOTY is fine, a few decent songs but nowhere near the power of the earlier stuff, and that was out in 96 or 97! They were off the boil 30 years ago  :laugh:


One last record with a fully engaged Patton and Spruance writing could be fantastic though.

But I don't expect it.

I like Sol Invictus. It always helps to have zero expectations of anything and just take things for what they are. But of course it's not even close to their peak material.

I think it was Bill who said Sol Invictus was written by guys living in their 50s as opposed to guys pretending they're in their 20s. Or something like that. In their prime, they were unmatched

We don't need anything new from them. Tours and represses will do.