Foxy Shazam - The Heart Behead You (February 14, 2022) Album • Page 9

This song is definitely better, the song itself seems pretty solid. Production a mess again, which really just makes me miss what they used to be, but cool to hear they still have it in them

 

At least they're somewhat self aware

 

But like… just make it sound good?

 

Too many negative comments about them! We need that one guy with hearing problems who pops in here occasionally and says positive things about them to balance this out.

 

You’re right haha. I try not to say anything mean about them, but every decision they’ve made since The Church of Rock n Roll has absolutely confounded me.

 

One of the oddest cases of band implosion I e seen. They had everything going for them around church of rock n roll and just had a massive drop in quality for everything after. Not even a glimmer of recapturing the highs of previous albums.

 

Ya'll are missing out on some great songs.

 

I've listened to all of it multiple times. Gonzo is shit top to bottom. The first two albums post hiatus have some really good stuff but it sounds like trash so it's hard to enjoy. The latest one is horrible, unredeemable. I'll listen to the new one and anything else they do

 

This is a good summary. I heard glimmers of the old band in the first two post-hiatus albums but can’t endure the production. Everything else has been…made for clockwise I guess?

 

MORE FOR ME

 

I like maybe 6-7 songs from the post Gonzo albums in total. At the most. I don't really understand the strategy, is it just "back to our lo-fi roots" or what? I have zero doubt Nally could still write some arena-ready bangers if he wanted to.

 

And yes the production doesn't help, but for the most part, the songs aren't great either.

 

Even their “lo-fi roots” is just one album that almost no one has heard. Introducing sounds great!

 

PAGEANTRY BEFORE LAST CALL

that hit hard in the spine

 

I remember when Gonzo came out - I was a new/recent fan - and the 2 previous albums were so fucking great........being just SO DISAPPOINTED that this was the follow-up. It sounded like a bunch of bad demos.

 

GONZO rules, even if it sounds like shit.

 

Neither here nor there but they're announcing a tour tomorrow

 

A few songs on Gonzo I don’t mind but even if the production sounded good, the songwriting took a nosedive.

and again I’d like to state that I would never expect a rock band in the year 2025 to have the production or energy of the self-titled, but in a world where it is easier/cheaper than ever to make things sound good, I’m just so confused.

 

Bands still very fun live

 

This shit is wild and I love it.

 

You liking it, is not a good sign



I'll listen tomorrow

 

I think this is their best post-hiatus album but the production and narration sections (which are not helped by the production) really really hamper it.

 

It's a broken record at this point, but there are some tracks on this album that absolutely would be pretty good with ANY production at all, and likely would be great live. I recently upgraded my speaker system, so they shitty production stands out even more than it used to

 

Narration sections? Please God no