I know Atom isn’t on the record but all of Derek’s parts feel like Atom could have written/played them. New song is a jam and a half!
Both songs are fun. But boy do I hate how they sound. Don’t know anything about production or mixing, but whatever they were going for isn’t working for me.
Love the songs, but not a fan of how overcompressed the mix is. My dad is a sound engineer and record producer, and he would cringe so hard at this if I showed it to him lol
New song rips. Sounds like it could be straight from 03, but not in a way that feels like they are pining for nostalgia. I do wish we could have gotten drum parts from Atom, but I love the new songs and the overall tone we have gotten so far. Big fan of the two Lektron songs, I wonder if they had brought Atom in 6 months earlier they would have made their way on to this record. Cool era for this band. I loved ITTC, but it felt like an album that was in the midst of other creative projects. This feels like the band took the time they needed and had a very specific vision. IMO matt's lyrics are either prolific or silly and this song lives in the silly camp. I love it.
Skiba is straight up feeling it in the music video for Bad Time. I also really appreciate Dan’s mustache.
Liked this song right away but this is becoming my favorite Trio song in a long time. And I love the last album a lot
https://consequence.net/2023/11/alkaline-trio-bad-time-stream/ Cool little article where Matt talks about the meaning of Bad Time
The way i wanna declare "I'm being stalked by Latin royalty and me and Bobby just ate shrooms, it's a bad time" my favorite Skiba lyric ever lol
Also it's the rare music video for me that makes the song even better. I don't watch any music videos but I've watched this one like 15 times already.
I find funny that the actress in video is so look alike to Skiba’s ex girlfriend who was on the cover of My Shame Is True. One of my favorite videos they ever made for sure