Can't remember the last time I went into an album with literally no hype and was so blown away. Will need to see if I think the same in December but atm this is my AOTY
Not a ton, but more than was present on FPU, I'd say. There are two tracks that are almost entirely singing, and 4 or 5 that have sung portions.
Okay, sounds par for the course, other than the one all singing song. I'm anxious to finally hear it.
Yeah, it's not any more singing than they did on The Big Dirty or New Junk the more I think about it. And this record is still dark and heavy as hell.
Not too many at all, and Keith's vocals are on point throughout. Theres only one sorta out of place song with singing but it still rules!
Keith's performance on this record - in regards to both screams and cleans - is maybe his best? I don't know. It's close.
The pain in his voice when he screams "Untimely ripped into this world, I was born again as a girl" is absolutely crushing.
That's still my favorite moment on the album. And how he just talks the line "First I need to save the life of God..." gives me chills
I think it's his best personally. On Nothing Visible; Ocean Empty when he screams "I lit a match and threw it into the garden. Yeah and it took, oh it took" it sounds so raw and dirty. I love it. So many great moments on this record
This is brilliant. Every Time I Die and cowbell is one of the world's greatest romances. Meant for each other.
Already listened to this album 2 more times today. Still pondering where to insert the bonus tracks for a good flow
Has that jackass ever listened to ETID? He thinks Two summers is trying something new, when they have had a "rock n roll" style song with clean vocals on every album since GP. Furthermore, ETID tried lots of new things on this record. It is very apparent that they did not follow a formula, especially because each ETID album sound different from the last, while maintaining what makes ETID, ETID... Fuckin absurd. Did he want them to write a country album?
It just pisses me off. I mean, if you don't like the record, that is perfectly fine. But to say that they are just following a formula is idiotic.
The Rolling Stone "review" was hardly a review in my mind. More like some quick thoughts, which is fine even if I don't agree with it. What gets me is that he probably re-read what he wrote and hit submit for the review. Come on man. Be better.
I haven't even heard the album and that review seems wrong. If the songs are good, who cares if they change their style? The Black Dahlia Murder has been essentially the same craziness their entire career, but that doesn't mean they're bad in any way.
My gripe is not that he doesn't like the album. That's fine with me. But, unless this is going in their printed section of the magazine where they squeeze a bunch of things on one page, I don't like the length here at all from the standpoint he is not really breaking anything down or expounding on what specifically he doesn't like about it. For a new listener of this record, this review is pretty worthless, but carries weight due to the publication attached.
That song is painful. You never want someone to feel that way, especially someone who you have been listening to for years. And the song is so good, it almost feels bad to like it so much because of the meaning behind it.