Nothing to do with the new album but I have to say that I was mightily impressed by this collaboration.
Oh nice! Been hearing about this for over a year now, looking forward to giving it a listen. What's your take on it now that you've had some time with it?
I'm not really disappointed with it but I don't love it? I feel like the most I have to say about it is "it's another Emery album". Definitely liked Eve and especially YWNA more
I'm really enjoying it. I like the overall vibe although I agree with the above that it doesn't feel as memorable as other recent releases (particularly lyrically). There are some beautiful songs here though - it's everything you'd expect from an Emery album I guess.
I’m trying to decide if I should re-join Emeryland. It was cool to get the EPs early, and I used the extra discount to purchase a physical copy of the album, but other than that I don’t really use the perks. I like WLF, but it feels a little disconnected and stale since I’ve had some of these songs for a year now.
I'm in two minds as well. I haven't used much of anything else. I think the fact that we got the Palmetto EP and the Christmas EP meant it was almost worth the money in terms of quantity of songs received. I think hearing 7 of the songs before the whole release has impacted my connection with the new album.
I keep forgetting this exists. Will definitely listen to it when it drops. Last album had 0 staying power for me. I think I listened twice the whole way through...maybe only once. The BNO collaboration was awesome. So many memories with that song. And Toby was in rare form.
I, for one, loved it and still do. I think the new one might actually have more staying power if people persevere for it and give it time.
Samesies, but I made sure to not revisit any of the EPs songs too often because I feared the album wouldn't sound fresh. I wonder if that played a part.
I listened to the first EP quite a bit but tried to avoid the second one. Next year I'll probably try to be even more intentional with that. Maybe not even listen to the EPs at all and then have a whole bunch of songs at the end of the year.
Well. I just finished my first listen. It's an Emery album. There was no point where I was like, "that was really cool" or "Oo I like what's going on here" it was all... fine.
I've been listening since The Weak's End and I think this might be my least favorite Emery record on first listen. There are some cool parts, but no stand out songs. And being a big lyrics guy, I didn't dig lyrics about them becoming a band much. That being said, still a solid record, because it's Emery doing Emery.
I haven’t found myself coming back to it much. As stated above, it’s an emery record. Usually that’s enough for me to keep revisiting but idk, the hooks aren’t as good or as plentiful, instrumentation isn’t as great as I expected. It’s not diluted, just feels like a lot of B sides maybe.