Yes to all of this. Number City and Evagria are two of my favorite Coheed songs. They are so groovy and such absolute bops
It's definitely latin-influenced. Borderline afro-cuban ala Paul Simon Grandland-era. As a drummer and aspiring bassist, "Evagria" is very much my jam for the rhythm section alone.
Claudio is on record saying Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine are big influences. I hear it on Number City and Evagria.
Just wrapped up another listen through this band's discography so I thought I'd update my top 20 songs because this band has way to many great songs to do just a top 10. Time Consumer Everything Evil Delirium Trigger In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 Three Evils The Crowing Blood Red Summer The Light & The Glass 21:13 Ten Speed The Suffering No World For Tomorrow Gravemakers & Gunslingers Here We Are Juggernaut Domino The Destitute Vic The Butcher Evagria The Faithful Sentry The Defiant Number City Gravity's Union
So I've been reading about the Amory Wars story since I've fallen back in love with this band and I started with the Afterman albums. This is a very cool, interesting, and sad story. Very glad I bought the hardback ultimate editions of SSTB and IKS five years ago in a comic store now too
Yeah Junesong isn't on there and probably wouldn't be in my top 30 if I cared to make one. Atlas barely missed the cut
*SUPPOSEDLY* the next album will have to do with Claudio (from the story, the Crowing) and Sirius meeting after Claudio destroyed the world.
I hardly know the Amory Wars story (outside of YOTBR since I bought the deluxe edition with the novel) but I do want to look into the comics.
So since I'm obsessed with this band right now I decided to put together my dream setlist that covers their entire discography. It looks like the usually play about 15 songs on headlining tours because a lot of their songs are so long. I haven't listened to mine yet because I just made it while bored at work, but here's what it looks like. 1. Sentry The Defiant 2. Gravemakers & Gunslingers 3. Here We Are Juggernaut 4. Delirium Trigger 5. Three Evils 6. The Crowing 7. Blood Red Summer 8. Everything Evil 9. Evagria The Faithful 10. No World For Tomorrow 11. The Suffering 12. Domino The Destitute 13. In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 Encore: 14. Atlas 15. Welcome Home
Video is called Call Your Mother, maybe we hear something on Mother's Day in around a month? That teaser sounds DARK.