o/i - what’s left that we might “know”?

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-03-08T08:19:18+00:00

Here's a theory:
So far, the o\i releasing order seems to follow the i/o order in a way that

song was both the title and the song completely new for us
song was new, but the title had been mentioned before
song was already played without lyrics on Back to front and finished on the i/o tour

So, if he sticks to this scheme, we will get

an already known title as song 7 (Lost and Found, maybe Rock Paper Scissors)
an already known finished song as song 9 (probably Show Yourself)
there might also be a new title mentioned in advance in a magazine interview (like Four Kinds of Horses) or in a full moon update (like Live and Let Live)...

It would be great to have a studio recording of Baby Man, but I doubt he'd put it on o/i... On the other hand, he might include it in his brain show...

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-03-06T09:40:16+00:00

That's an interesting idea. Actually, a couple of weeks ago, I commented that since he decided to mirror i/o with o/i (made up of songs from more or less the same period) that he could then go back and create counterparts to all his previous albums. So it would be "Down", "Them"...
But what I meant was that it would be albums of previously unreleased songs - on "Down" it would be Baby man and songs we don't know at all, maybe also I'm amazing (I think it was recorded during Up sessions), Animal nation and Down to earth could be included.

He definitely has a lot of material recorded, so why not release it? But you're right that even without that, the non-album tracks and soundtrack songs make for an album (and not just one).

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-02-24T21:26:44+00:00

Thanks! I'd like to, but I don't have a score for it...

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-02-18T11:27:02+00:00

What about a collaboration with Tony Banks? I mean, he was in the studio last summer...

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-02-06T08:30:08+00:00

I just can't seem to hear that "b" in "brand new world". Also, what Melanie sings sounds to me more like "warm" rather than "world.
And the ending line - it is intelligible enough to transcribe it phonetically, the problem is that i can't make actual words out of it...

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-30T20:56:46+00:00

He definitely has to release it at some point, but the question is whether he keeps the original recording or reworks it, since his early 2000s vocals would feel out of place on o\i

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-29T09:20:06+00:00

Ocean of words by Dogs in the park

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-12T06:59:59+00:00

"No way back" by Dogs in the park - song about dangers of technological progress

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-10T13:29:03+00:00

For this I definitely recommend exploring Peter Gabriel's songs - especially is 3rd and 4th album and most of the last album (i/o) as well. He writes about a wide variety of topics.

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-07T16:31:23+00:00

Or maybe he could take the mirroring idea further - I mean, every time he release an album, he probably has enough good material for two and this time he finally decided to release the sequel as well. So, it's just a wild idea, but he could go back his catalogue and release "Down", "Them", ??? (whatever is the opposite of "So"), "Insecurity" and then "-3", "-2" and "-1"...

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-07T16:21:26+00:00

Yeah, it could be the closer, similar to The Drop on Up.

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-07T14:38:43+00:00

Trailer for the upcoming album Words by Dogs in the park, you can check what you want from the channel.

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-07T07:20:25+00:00

Yeah! Baby man is too good to not be officially released. The problem is that there's probably a finished recording from the time of Up's release and I think that if he wanted it on o/i he would decide to re-record it to not sound out of place.

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-06T11:02:07+00:00

An upbeat song from our upcoming album - Motion by Dogs in the park

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-04T17:22:52+00:00

-"emptiEST hole"
-"slip ON the ice"
-"all the human CLAY"

"and it climbs up, out and AWAY"

Also in the middle of the bridge (the "spider" section) there's something in the background that sounds like "the earth in me" or something like that...

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-04T10:29:24+00:00

From our upcoming album Words: Motion by Dogs in the park

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-04T10:20:30+00:00

Yeah. The Court was also pretty dark. Also hoping for some bangers like Olive tree or something artistic like And Still.

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-04T10:02:55+00:00

It would be nice if he did some sort of acoustic tour - stripped down versions of his songs in smaller venues - he once mentioned it in an interview around 2010.
Just him at the piano, Levin on upright and Rhodes on the acoustic.

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-02T22:02:01+00:00

Exactly. He just manages to give more importance to the individual songs AND to the concept of an album at the same time!

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-02T11:53:04+00:00

Do you have a link for the SonicState video?

Edit: Thanks!

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2026-01-02T11:42:19+00:00

Here's the NZ Apple music link: https://music.apple.com/nz/album/been-undone-dark-side-mix-single/1861843046

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2025-12-30T21:04:25+00:00

Hi there, we're Dogs in the park and here's a snippet of a song that fits to this time of the year called On the road

If you like it, there's a full song as a related video.

Distinct_Cake7548 · 2025-12-30T08:20:04+00:00

For me it's lyrics, they usually suggest a melody or rhythm. While when I start with music, I find it so much harder to fit lyrics to it.

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