So... Homestuck Volume 10 should be out by now!
I wonder how many references to other songs there will be in comparison to new material!
So, there's probably a new Doctor remix or at least leitmotif in there.
Something to do with the Retcons perhaps? Retcon Heir would be a nice name for a track.
I really hope Penumbral Phantasm is finally released, but I'm not sure.
If I understood correctly, Toby wasn't as involved in bringing this volume together as previous years.
And he might be all kinds of busy still with Hiveswap.
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Ooooh, that track art!!!!
B1 and B2 meetup - and Casey, pffff. "Hi, I'm here too!"
Yuss, nice rendering of their meetup, in full god tier getup and out in the open air under a blue sky.
Yeah, that wasn't possible in the session except on LOLAR.
"VOL TEN", heheheh, nice nickname. So, no subtitle for this volume either.
I guess the message is "try to make sense of this mess yourselves"
I wonder what "music zones" there will be on this volume. A John zone? A Malcolm Brown zone?
... Nice photobomb there, Casey. Or, uh, I guess, maybe they made a selfie? XD
Okay, now to look at all the track names... GIT HYP!
Oooh, and like Blaperile says, the cost of the album. It'll also immediately mention how many tracks are on the album, so we don't need to scroll down to see.
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$10.25, awesome. And huh, no mention of the total track count.
But that price... I should compare with previous albums, but that's indication it's a load of songs, >30 for sure.
Now, to look at the track names. Listening to them will have to wait for another time.
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1. Creata - SO. EXTENDED. That's a good way to start, though. It builds slowly, and might explode after the part where Karkat in the flash attacked Lord English.
2. Train - Uhm... Get on the hype train?
Maybe? "Choo choo motherfuckers". Heh, a small intermezzo apparently for the next song.
3. Of Gods and Witches - Yusssss. Another track from Songs Unsung is canonized. I wonder if it's any different, maybe remastered?
4. Beatup - Ooooooh! That's an Astro Kid remix, by the looks of it! I reckognize it from his Soundcloud. Awesome. I LOVE his remixes of Homestuck songs, and original material.
I wonder if Jackbot and the remix of the two is featured here as well? And for that matter, any of his other remixes, like Starblaze (of Stargaze), or Firefly, or...?
5. You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die) - AAAHHHAHAHAHAH. I should REALLY watch Princess Bride somewhere, I keep hearing how good it is. I'm pretty sure this is a song for John vs. Jack, maybe about their rematch in the dreambubbles?
Angry John is angry.
6. Sound Judgement - A Terezi song, I figure?
7. Aggrievocation - OH HELL YES. YES! A new Aggrieve remix! Didn't expect that, but Aggrievance has always been one of my favorites.
8. Stride - Nuff said.
Strider Strife song FTW! Or maybe it's an Arquius song: StRIDE.
9. Skaian Overdrive* - HELL. YES. THE SECOND ONE BY ASTRO KID! Ahahahah. What... Uh, what is the asterisk doing there, though?
10. Freefall - Uhm, a Homefree remix? Heh, Freefall was also the name of a Big Brother theme song here in Belgium, years back.
11. Moonsweater - PFFFFF, awesome pun on Moonshatter. So, is it a sweater as in the garment, or a sweater as in Equius or Horuss? Or both?
... Hopy shit this song is HUGE.
12. Castle - Not to be confused with the police series.
So, a remix of Kingside Castle? Or an entirely new song.
13. Skaian Happy Flight - Oooh, a remix of Skaian Ride/Flight? Well, that was unexpected! But I like those songs, I'm reminded of the flying boat in Super Mario 64 DS.
14. Voidlight - Wait, I believe I saw this song get mentioned in the music thread before. Obviously a Roxy/Rose song. ... Please no Horuss/Aranea.
15. Beatdown DX - Ooooooh, is this an instrumental version of Beatdown in the same vein as the Walls Covered in Blood DX song on Alternia?
16. Solar Voyage - Uuuuh... A remix of Pilot Light, which was itself a remix? Or, it's a song about Calliope and Jade going to the Green Sun.
17. Feel (Alive) - Incoming feels? I'm guessing it might be a Vriska song.
18. Breeze - Cooool, heheh. There wasn't a song yet referencing the Breeze. Long song again.
19. Starfall - Uh, a remix of (Stargaze and) Ocean Stars Falling? Maybe about the planets crashing into each other in the Game Over timeline.
20. Ascend - Oooooooh, this is a remix of or parallel to Descend for sure!!! Wow, I don't really know what to expect, except maybe bits of Sburban Countdown and Upward Movement.
21. Lilith in Starlight - Uhhmmmm... at the moment, the only Lilith I can think of is of the Gaia webcomic. Maybe it refers to the lilies in the dry land which Rose was meant to breed?
22. Thanks for playing - N'awww, yeah, it's appropriate we have a song by this name. But uh, is it the last one? Are there any bonus songs?
23. Renewed Return - Psyche! Ooooh, a remix of Revered Return from Vol. 8! ... HOPY SHIT. 9 MINUTES??
24. THIS pumpkin - Yesssss, hahahah. Obligatory pumpkin reference. I'm... kind of sure it's a song I've seen Rosetti post a piece of on Tumblr?
25. Conclude - Ooooooh, god. THIS is the last song for sure. Fitting in with Cascade and Collide, you'd almost think it's meant for the epilogue, but Andrew presumably hasn't really started on that yet, much? Or has he?
.... That's it.
So Volume 10 has 25 tracks. But, sadly, none of the previously unreleased songs. Kazoostuck, Horscatska, any of the Openbound songs...
Okay, I admit they wouldn't have been that epic in comparison to what some of these songs are apparently going to be like. But still.
Lexxy made the cover art, nice.
And hey, I guess the asterisk in Skaian Overdrive isn't really meaningful, or at least, if there is a footnote, it's not here on the album's main page, maybe on the track's individual page.
Oh, and hey, what was the thing we were teased about would appear on the Homestuck official channel?
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Pfffffff, awesome commercial. So very phonebaiting, if that were an actual word that was real.
And hey, it shows some interesting tidbits! Buzinkai did Train, Tensei Ascend... LOADS of people worked on YKMF (PTD), so that might be another Dogfight-like song in epicness!
Lilith in Starlight is apparently a Rosemary song, and Solar Voyage a PM/Jack song, of all things! Well then.
I'll be thrilled to listen to this album when Blaperile and I find the time, that's for sure.