At The Drive-In - in•ter a•li•a (May 5, 2017) Album • Page 6

I've heard 2/3 (Hostage Stamps and Contagions) and think they're both on par with early ATDI

 

This comparison is probably a long shot but do the riffs in Hostage Stamps remind any of y'all of something you might hear on Questions and Answers by The Sleeping?

 

Yes, it's crazy because I thought the same thing. Like some early The Sleeping, the latter was prob influenced by ATDI.

 

I really miss The Sleeping haha

 

got a really bad feeling about this tbh

 

Me too, both the old and new guitarists were so talented. At least Night Verse are going strong

 

idk, they could still shit the bed with the other songs

 

I like hostage stamps

 

This will probably be my aoty.

 

new TMV would be less restricting

still so confused why they would come back to AtDI.

 

For fun?

 

I wonder if they ever had fun as a band. Wasn't there drama when they got back right at the start

 

New Volta would be awesome, as well. Hopefully they get back together at some point.

 

I find this an incredibly strange question.

 

It's really not

?

 

By the sound of these songs, they're not looking to be too creative IMO

 

why is it confusing that people you don't know make a decision that you know nothing about? None of us have any idea what any members of the band are thinking or thought about "coming back" to ATDI

 

If by drama you mean Omar's mom dying before their first shows...sure.

Every show lately they've looked and sounded great. Doesn't seem like they're annoyed at all.

 

Did I remember there was a feud between members? And a member left? Idk maybe not

 

Ward left, but I don't remember it being super awful. He just didn't want to do it

 

It's not a personal query dude. I don't care about or try to feel out their personal situation

As a music listener, familiar with the genre, familiar with the members' output and achievements, I find making the music they are making right now to be artistically confusing (at the very best) when I listen to it.

 

Antemasque was the closest thing to ATDI that Omar and Cedric had done in years, it's not surprising that it led back to ATDI if you are talking musically

 

It's especially weird when you see TMV interviews where they talk about "desperately wanting to get out of exclusive genre work and into more inclusive musical forums" or when you weigh alot of their pretty damn avant garde post-atdi endeavors against this now.

Antemasque was/is confusing too for the same reasons but it was lower profile

 

Antemasque needs to release their album.

 

Those interviews were SO long ago. People change, mindsets change, everything changes. I don't think it's really fair to hold them to comments they made that long ago