Finch Band • Page 3

The three demos are so much better.

 

Highly disagree. I found the two demos (other is a Oblivion b-side) to be generic and just a continuation of BTO which was fine but not great aside from some key tracks. PHANTASMA is what I always wanted the band to sound like. It reminds me of a more gothic Deftones. I loved World of Violence but this is more focused and cohesive in my opinion.

Either way, you can definitely see conflicting views between Nate and the guys. It sounds almost like two entirely different bands to me.

Yessir.

 

If Slash and Axl can re-unite and tour together as Guns N' Roses, then ANYTHING is possible in rock and roll.

I expect Nate and the rest of Finch to make up, break up, make up, and break up again. They will do something together again as long as they are all healthy enough to continue to play music.

On a sidenote, Finch responded to fans on their facebook and twitter regarding the recent events. They are not going to do Finch without Nate.

 

..where is Randy?

 

Haven't heard either of the released demos. I played Black Roses, and somewhat enjoyed it. Though it looks like a BTO b side.

 

He quit last year before they recorded these demos. Daniel won't go into details "yet" but insists it's not because of Nate.

 

Listen to PHANTASMA. It's great.

 

I shall

 

Been listening to Say Hello to Sunshine a ton for the first time in a while since the breakup announcement... still so bummed that the band's history in the aftermath of that album is the way it is. I really do think that album being such a commercial failure led to some fissures within the band that never fully went away, and I can't really blame them. But I still have so much respect for the band for making that album in the first place when they could've played it safe and continued down the path of What It Is to Burn for the rest of their career.

 

If Nate starts a new project that basically makes music in the vein of Say Hello to Sunshine and the demos he released, I will be a fan 100%.

 

I still think Sunshine is a shit album and WIITB is all I ever liked from this band. Oh well.

 

Say Hello to Sunshine is incredible

 

Steve....

 

Dammit Steve.

 

boring as fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

 

WIITB is more boring for me than Say Hello

 

Let's be honest though...SHTS is a great album, it just came at the wrong time. It's almost like there needed to be a transitioning album between WIITB and SHTS.

 

whoa, not that familiar with Finch, but checking this out now - good sales pitch

 

Yeah I kind of agree. I feel like they didn't have the right audience to appreciate an album like SHTS either. If it had come out today, at a time when "scene" bands are more niche and have devoted corners of the internet like this one built around covering them, I feel like it would have gotten a lot more favorable coverage and maybe would be considered a modest "success" if it was released on an indie label, as opposed to having to live up to the major label success of an album like WIITB.

 

100%.

 

I'm starting to work on a retrospective piece on Say Hello to Sunshine and how that album affected Finch's career more generally in the wake of their latest breakup... more broadly it's going to be about the risks and rewards of a big artistic leap such as that album. I'll post it here when it's up.

 

Awesome. I'll definitely be checking it out.

I know it was the most popular track from the album, but Bitemarks is unbelievably good.

 

It really is! Everything about that song just blows me away every time.

 

It's not like I would really expect a band to do this...but if the album was made around that song I think it would've been way more accessible to their fans at the time. That song truly bridges the gap previously mentioned.

 

I love when band's do "wildcard" albums

I am soooo attracted to that - also "go for it" albums

also "transition" albums