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The Casey Bates Podcast — Overcast

 

That was great insight! I love hearing tidbits and cool production things like this. Also hearing the different isolated parts was really interesting.

 

Okay, this album is my second favorite of the year so far. The only album coming out that I could see knocking it to third is Anthony Green's in September. I haven't loved an album this much in awhile.

 

Spent some time with the new record after buying it last week. I feel like it kind of drags at the beginning but the second half is so good. "Young Lonely" and "Blue" are definitely my favorite songs. I also don't know if the TREOS reference in "Re" was intentional, but I enjoyed it either way. This is probably been discussed before but I'm too lazy to read the thread.

 

I never really cared for TREOS, what's the reference?

I think I agree with it "dragging" because the sound seems to be pretty post-hardcorey on the first 3-4 tracks before splitting off, which is confusing because this is supposed to be them leaving that sound behind.

 

The start of this record is one my favorite album beginnings ever. Hurt to One Car Garage is flawless, Sure is great, and then Miracle is my favorite single from the album.

 

Sorry for double post, but closest thing to a drag on the album is Young Lonely, and even that is great and has some of the best vocals on the album (which is saying a lot). haha I might go full fangirl for this album.

 

The choruses of those first two just seem so...blunt and Rise Records-y. I dunno. Absolutely adore the verses, but then Sure might be my favorite song on the record, and the string of three singles also being up there.

 

I don't really think they're that Rise. I think it would be odd if the band did nothing even a little heavy though. I don't know, I really like both of the choruses, especially Hurt. I also like a good few Rise albums though so maybe it is just something I never thought about.

 

It has Jason Vena of Acceptance though!

 

I actually didn't know this. Haha I never really got into Acceptance so I don't really know his voice or anything. But that's really cool, I know Bradley loves them.

 

It's kind of distorted but Bradley sings "This is the last night in my body" from Planning A Prison Break and Epilogue.

 

There's a few Rise albums I'm crazy about, I just meant it was jarring to hear because I was expecting nothing like that based off what Bradley said.

 

Love Young Lonely.

 

It's grown on me and is now a stand out track! Such a catchy chorus

 

Never listened to TREOS, but there's also that r&b song reference in Helpless.

 

As a fan of The Dear Hunter, I don't like TREOS. I think Casey is much better off doing what he's doing now.

 

The "this is the last night in my body" part is from their song "Planning A Prison Break." Sounds like they were paying homage to it.

 

I've been returning to this album a bit more lately. Man, Bradley has some pipes. But I still stand by my previous critique, the band is next to non-existent. There should've been a bit more of a balance. The only times where my ears fully acknowledge the guitar parts is when ER hits a lower power chord. His leads on songs like Sure and Never should stand out more imo.

Top tracks for me go:
Sure
Hurt
Never
Young Lonely
Re

Helpless and Porcelain are in my opinion, the worst this band has done. Bradley is trying too much on Helpless, and Porcelain is just tiring and goes nowhere.

 

Love both Porcelain and Helpless.

 

Hey, opinions are like...you know the saying.

I may be in the minority, it's just that those songs are repeats of what they've already done, and when Bradley repeats the same thing over and over it gets to be a bit hard of a listen.

 

Seeing Helpless live solidified it for me as one of my favorite tracks by them... everyone was having a blast when they played it, and the energy they brought to it instrumentally made it even better than the studio version. Also, I definitely don't think Helpless is much at all like previous Emarosa songs. I'd argue it's kind of a first for them actually.

 

I thoroughly enjoy the first half and ending of the album, but yeah the rest just didn't do much for me. Sure is my absolute jam.

 

I'm there with you. Helpless, vocally, seems very similar to what he did with Say Hello to the Bad Guy.
Soon as I heard the song I was like "Oh, okay, so he's doing this again..."
I skip that and Miracle every time now.