I remember the first time I listened to that album: it was the leak and my buddy and I grabbed a 12er of Bud bottles and got comfortable on the couch. Then we hit play, turned the volume all the way up and were blown away.
Can't believe NJA is 10 years old. I always liked ETID before that, but that's the album which really turned them into a favorite.
I'm listening to it right now and this album is just incredible. I'd say it's the 2nd heaviest after FPU, but it's still got so much catchiness too it.
My friend and I drove to 2 different Best Buy’s to find the deluxe edition with the Shit Happens dvd.
Tracks 6-9 are probably the only 4 song stretch on any ETID album that i'm not crazy about, but the rest of the album is great. Roman Holiday is probably my favorite ETID intro track.
Who Invited the Russian Soldier? is one of their best. “There is nothing to see here and that nothing looks back at us.”
nja is definitely top-tier etid! roman holiday/marvelous is about as strong of a 1-2 as they have in their discography. for the record is awesome and organ grinder is one of my favorite songs of theirs. if i had to pick a least favorite on the album it'd probably be turtles all the way down, but i still enjoy it.
When I was listening to it today I remember thinking Turtles was my least favorite on the record right before it played. And then once it was on I was thinking, "okay but this still slaps..."
Man, I gave Low Teens a spin I was listening to an interview today where Keith talks about all the shit he went through during the writing process. Listened to it right after and it’s 10x as devastating now.
Low Teens Ex-Lives New Junk Aesthetic The Big Dirty Hot Damn From Parts Unknown Gutter Phenomenon Last Night In Town From Parts Unknown is the one I'm constantly undecided about because of the loud production, it can be fifth or even fourth depending on how I'm feeling.
Low Teens Ex-Lives The Big Dirty New Junk Aesthetic From Parts Unknown Hot Damn Gutter Phenomenon Last Night In Town
I have to say Low Teens strikes me as objectively the best I just don't have the emotional connection to it as I do with the others.