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withchappedlips liked digitalbath's post in the thread Tour Tour Prediction and Speculation Thread.
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Aug 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM -
withchappedlips replied to the thread Band I See Stars.
i’m hoping it rules- and anytime i hear Devin’s voice i’m going to end up enjoying the songs because he is an incredible vocalist. i just disagree completely with the vocal techniques they chose for the songs released so far. him just loudly exclaiming or shouting, whatever you’d call it that you hear regularly is off putting for me. it makes the “heavy” portions fall so flat. i think the part at 2:27 in “are we even” where he is yelling- that’s a tasteful addition. however, “Damage Done” 2:23, and 2:27 in “Anomaly” are prime examples where I just don’t know why that made sense. Split feels like the perfect song for me of all the releases so far. it has heavy sounding parts, but without feeling like it needed more aggression than what they added into it vocally, and I think the twists in the song are really cool. i do roll my eyes when people say the band died when Zach and Jimmy left. Jimmy had literally zero creative control as far as I have read/heard, and Treehouse is, imo, better than New Demons- although I do think New Demons is such a great and slept on album in the genre.
Aug 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM -
withchappedlips replied to the thread Band I See Stars.
while the last part of this is true, i promise you these songs are just not it so far. treehouse was a masterpiece for me, and ive been an absolute gigantic fan of this band since before 3D even came out when they were just a local band playing gigs and i was in high school eating it up. these new songs have some cool concepts, but it’s so clear they build all of them up for what could be really cool screamed parts only to underwhelm every single time. and it’s not even just the screaming that bothers me- on Treehouse, Devin had so many great melodies and his voice shined. on these songs he’s just like talking loudly at me a lot of the time??? it’s so weird. treehouse felt like they made the perfect blueprint for a band like bad omens to learn from. these singles just feel disjointed to me in a lot of ways. and are we even sounds like running with scissors 2.0 but not as good (imo).
Jul 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM -
withchappedlips replied to the thread TV Show The Challenge (MTV Series, formerly Real World vs. Road Rules).
this season is looking so good already. i really hope they bring it because the last few seasons were pretty average imo
Jul 30, 2025