#size and scale

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[twitter convo between @ciassketchbook and James Roberts @jroberts332 on 7 March 2018.

C: Very important question! My friends and I are wondering--how old is Ratchet? And Kup? Could you give us some insight?

JR: Questions about height and age are really hard to answer...! Age: TFs tend to all be millions of years old, so rather than make up a specific figure (Blitzwing is 5,361,780 years old) it’s a case - when such things are material - of X is older/younger than Y.

JR: Height: I’ve got no idea how tall your average TF is. 60 feet? Editorially, we tend to say ‘X is taller than Y but shorter than Z.’ The alternative - finger-in-the-air estimates like Finback is 77ft, Overdrive 71ft - would eventually have to involve spreadsheets.]

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[twitter convo between DDD @hehehessbb and James Roberts @jroberts332 on 6 November, 2017.

DDD: Could you please clarify: are Star Saber and Deathsaurus the same size in the MTMTE universe?

JR: Hmm. Yes. ]

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Whales - Size & Scale

Whales are a noise pop slash indie rock outfit from Chicago. They released their second full-length release, Size & Scale, back in August. The album is a mix of genres, from some pretty heavy noise to grungy 90s-style indie rock. Best of all, there's always a solid bedrock of pop songwriting underpinning things, so it never becomes a self-indulgent rock-fest. Frontwoman Maigin Blank's vocals are great too, adding a dreamy element to proceedings and cutting through all that rockin' out with some real blissful grace.

<a href="http://whalesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/size-and-scale" data-mce-href="http://whalesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/size-and-scale">Size and Scale by Whales</a>

To be honest, you can try to pin down genres or namedrop influences all you like, but the best summary I can come up with is that Whales are a proper rock band who are making the music that they want to make. What's better than that?

Stream the album and then buy as a digital download via the band's Bandcamp page. Alternatively you can get it on vinyl, with a lovely handmade cover via The Michigan Independents Network.