What makes FPU so good to me: -Keith’s lyricism, both in serious songs and ones he has fun with, felt like it was effortless. Smart, thought-provoking, funny, and intense at times. -The entire album is a speeding bullet. Some of their most technical writing, Moor provides a pallet cleanser, and then it’s right back to it. They organized the track listing perfectly. -Having liked, but not having been blown away by Ex-Lives, there was a time period where I wondered what direction the band was headed. Or if they’d even want to keep going. I also feel like there weren’t many metal bands gripping me during that time frame so the unexpected arrival of this album landed that much harder. -Production was my favorite since TBD. Couldn’t have been better. -Over everything else, ETiD broke all doubts about them being able to keep up the intensity/energy of the band, and IMO, set a new bar for their peers to live up to even if that wasn’t the intention.
even though Petal is probably Keith's emotional masterwork lyrically I was listening to Old Light earlier and shit man I think that might be his best set of lyrics ever
FPU NJA HD! I know New Junk isn’t as popular as the rest of their discography but I think it has some of ETID’s best tracks
FPU Ex-Lives Low Teens As much as I like the older stuff I find the most recent albums just keep hooking me back in I think that it's mainly because DADDY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES
I would probably agree with this if we're talking about Production solely, which is nuts because Evetts ain't the best, but man... Ex Lives is also really high up there in terms of Production too.
Wait - are we ranking?? Low Teens > FPU > Gutter/Ex-Lives > NJA > Big Dirty > Hot Damn! > LNIT >>>> Burial Plot sucks
It's really hard for me to rank their albums because they're all top tier shit. But Low Teens, FPU and Ex-Lives are probably my favourites.