Bayside - The Red EP (October 19, 2022) • Page 3

Like I said, a ten-week rollout where they drop a song per week would be fine and not an abnormal amount of time. I'm not a fan of the whole "release each song individually and then the album is out at the end" idea but at least 10 weeks is a normal album rollout length. I'm just really not a fan of, like, releasing a new song each month or something, so the album wouldn't be out in full until 2023.

 

I know they're pretty beloved on this site...I just...don't get it.

And I've been listening to Thrice for 20+ years. Bought their first three albums in HS. I know they kind of changed their style after that, but I've never been able to get into anything.

I have seen them live a half dozen times (as well as Dustin solo a few times).

 

I would be very surprised if they actually released each song off the album individually. I also don't know where that came from. Someone said it was from The Gunz Show interview, but I watched the same interview and all Anthony confirmed was that there was new music coming in 2022 and that it'd be very soon. Unless he said it somewhere else along the interview, but I'm pretty sure I watched the whole thing. It was the Emo Jeopardy show/interview on Twitch.

 

I really hope they don’t do that.

 

Ehm, not sure how to tell you this, but guessing from your feedback above... you might like Thrice more than you care to admit. :D

 

I literally bought everything in High School in the early 2000s. I never caught onto their first two albums, I did like Artist, and then after that, I just listened to each album once or twice but nothing stuck with me. Since the Bayside co-headliner announcement a few months ago, I've tried to go back and I just can't get into it. I don't dislike them, I just don't find them interesting at all.

I've seen them live a bunch because they've toured with bands that I've seen a ton (B***D N*W, Manchester Orchestra)

 

I feel you. I mostly really liked everything up until The Artist in the Ambulance back in the day, but everything afterward has been a miss for me. “Uninteresting” is also the word I’d use.

 

i swear to sweet baby Jesus he says it on the emo jeopardy show . Unless they cut it out or something

 

yup, go to 31 minutes

completely disagree with everything Anthony says there but he’s the one in a band and I’m not so….

 

Oh wow, I missed that entire first segment...I was referring to the end of the interview where he talks about new music in 2022.

My bad.

They really are going to fucking release 10 singles, haha.

 

I guess I see his point of people not listening to their albums but I can't imagine an actual fan of Bayside ignoring the rest of their music just because they released a single. A casual listener that happens to catch something on a playlist is not necessarily a fan.

3 songs this year is pretty disappointing but he says they aren't even recording the next group until October.

As I said before by all means release every track as a single for the most playlist potential but that doesn't mean the songs can't come out first as a full album.

 

I don't even know what to name this thread...Singles EPs?

 

He first mentions selling the entire album as a vinyl when all 10 songs are rolled out...but then he also says they may just release the EPs as vinyls.

UGH.

 

I'll be in denial until the day I die that the 'single' approach is preferred over albums. It seriously breaks my heart.

Ironically, 'until the day I die' is the only song I know from story of the year lol.

 

So very much not a 10 week rollout with one song per week. I'm happy to hear new Bayside on whatever time frame they choose and I do get Anthony's explanation of why they want to try it this way as a band, but, man, spreading out 10 songs over a year or so is kind of disappointing when you're used to having a whole batch of songs to listen to together all at once. Kind of hard to imagine a true "album" experience coming from that, even if that is what the band intends

 

This strategy is a great way for me to not engage at all until the full thing is out, sadly. I personally don't want to hear ten piecemeal songs, I want a single or two and then everything else in context.

 

I wonder if this approach kills cohesion. Didn't emery release an album that was basically 3-4 eps over a couple years? Songs written and recorded in different sessions etc.

 

This approach works for major pop stars...not cult-like fanbases that couldn't care less about singles, music videos, radio hits, etc. THIS is the exact type of fan base that still appreciates the idea of the entire album front to back.

 

Thrice is awesome. It’s you. That said, you’ve given them a shot and you like what you like. No big deal.

 

I normally try not to have an ounce of negativity towards a band's approach to a roll out ( I love surprise and short-notice roll outs, but I also want my favorite bands to find success however they're able) but I'm basically in denial and hoping this is just a joke to pull the wool over people's eyes until they announce the new album with a concrete release date. This seems like a rough approach for a band that has a very cult-like status even with the mainstream success they've seen in the past. As @ncarrab said above, this is a very 'pop-centric' approach where the audience really just want's singles and playlists. Bands like Bayside typically have a fan-base that loves a good, cohesive album experience. I remember not loving AFI's idea when they announced Bodies and the dual single rollout really messed with my feelings toward that album because I really liked having the sequence of those songs all together, even though the album wasn't one of my favorites. I still like to spin that one, even if shuffled, but the dual singles really kind of killed my excitement for it

 

God, Gunz is so insuffrable.

 

I don't know much about Gunz, but I've seen a few interviews with him over the years and he kind of seems like he's trying to be the Jimmy Fallon of the punk talk shows.

 

I think Gunz is probably a nice enough guy, but his whole persona just comes off as wildly corny.

- Gunz

 

True

- ACA

 

About the new track: it’s solid and all but my god if I hear another comparison about heaven and hell in a Bayside song, I am going to riot.