Foxing - Nearer My God (August 10, 2018) Album • Page 109

NMG is more diverse, but the sustained mood on Dealer is really pleasing to me

 

I’m sad to say but Nearer My God still does very little for me. There are some good moments but I’ve struggled to get into it. I still think Dealer is wonderful.

 

Been super about this album lately, I think I like it more than Dealer now. Listened to it multiple times a day this week and it really clicked into something meaningful for me

 

I actually re visited The Albatross last night, and it’s much better than I give it credit for.

 

The Albatross is awesome

 

well, they're both wrong

 

also my least favorite on the record


still slaps tho

 

crown candy is great

 

I love Crown Candy, probably one of my favorites. I get so lost in the intro and the vocals are so ominous. The way "A kiss for luck and we're on our way" is sung gives me chills every single time. The chorus feels so helpless too! Gonna listen to it on repeat now to make up for the lack of love

 

Crown Candy feels too much like a Smidley track to me. I think it is a bit out of place on this record, but still a fun song.

 

I agree with them. It’s cool, I don’t skip it, and the bridge section is incredible (and wayyyyy too short), but it’s one of two tracks on the record that I don’t think are great.

 

i'm waaaasting my life on youuuuuuu!

that part gets stuck in my head a lot. it's an odd song but i like the weird vibe of it quite a bit actually. i can't say any song off of NMG would be my least favorite foxing song.

 

Crown Candy was the one I felt they should have cut when it came out even though I do like it. now I think I'm glad it's there

 

I said it a couple weeks ago, but Crown Candy is my least favorite song on the album. Interesting to see that the band seems to agree. As great as the album is, I think it tends to drag in the back half and they could have done without a song or two like Crown Candy.

 

Saw this on Twitter too. 100% accurate it's a bad song and to me it detracts from the otherwise stellar second half of the album.

 

the second half is great

 

Crown Candy is the weakest point of the album but like MJ couldn't shoot 3s that well

 

like its an 8 on an album of 10s

 

It’s an 8 on an album of 10s and a smattering of 11s

 

I don't know what my fav song on the album is. It changes most listens. So many classics. Part of me thinks the lack of a true standout track is making it difficult for me to rank it against other end of decade albums. I'll be like, Home has 3-4 stunners, Harmlessness has January 4, etc etc. What is The One on NMG? Some days I think it's Grand Paradise, others Lich Prince, or the title track, or Slapstick, or (often) Bastardizer which is like they realised they wrote a heavy Coldplay song so threw bagpipes on it to make it weirder and it worked perfectly.

 

GP for me me

 

Grand Paradise is my favorite song off their discography

 

Yup. Grand Paradise. The bridge is one of the greatest musical moments of the 2010’s.