Incubus - 8 (April 21, 2017) Album • Page 11

So is Chino featured on this?

 

No

 

It was alright after my first listen. Will give it a few more before I make any final decisions.

 

8 is already better than If Not Now,When? after first couple of listens.
Sadly it's nowhere near as good as Crow Left of the Murder or Morning View.

 

So after my first listen:

This is definitely better than INNW and Trust Fall.
"No Fun" and "Nimble Bastard" are both jams and a great way to start the album
After "Nimble Bastard", the album really falls off for me though. The entire middle and much of the end of the record drag and, while there are interesting parts of some songs, the songs themselves don't really hold up.
Overall I probably won't come back to this. It's not bad, but it's not what I was hoping for.

 

This record reminded me to go back and listen to their back catalog again. Just A Phase is easily their best song imo

 

After a few more listens I like it more than my first. They definitely didn't push themselves, which frustrates me because I know they have it in them to make that unbelievable album. But this is enjoyable.

 

Hmmmm I'd say they pushed themselves more than ever, if you mean experimenting or trying new sounds. But it doesn't always work, I'm not a fan of the last few songs.

 

I think they have a jammy, atmospheric Pink Floyd-esque album in them.

 

Second listen today was better than the first! Definitely a good record.

 

State of the Art is a hell of a song, the second half of this album is pretty strong too. Solid first listen!

 

Jammy Incubus is perhaps my favorite Incubus. Sick Sad Little World is pretty much perfect

 

This starts off so strong and then slowly spirals into a mess of an album. It gets rough after the first 5.

 

This sounds a lot more like Hoobastank than any version of Incubus I remember

 

welp that comparison is spot on, what happened to hoobastank anyway ? besides that the singer still is in Always Sunny In Philadelphia ?

 

this record doesn't sound like hoobastank at all?

 

it depends if you're thinking of their early or latest albums. the ones I remember (the last three ones I think ?) shares some similarities with this

 

Hoobastank sounds exactly like low quality Incubus, the comparison was made almost instantly when Hoobastank became popular, and Doug Robb has always sounded uncannily like Brandon Boyd. Therefore my comment meant that this album = low quality Incubus.

Listen to these two songs back to back if you still doubt

 

State of the Art is awesome.

 

That's like being the hottest waitress at Denny's

 

Incubus SCIENCE and Hoobastank Basketball Shorts are the closest these two bands have ever been to each other

 

this is a gross analogy, don't be gross

 

also yeah i'm not hearing grand similarities between the two tracks you posted. if you wanna trash the record do it in good faith imo

 

Hoobastank fell off so much, there were some good songs on the latest album. Too bad they are inactive

 

Lol, nevermind that the beat and vocals are nearly identical - I'll trash the record on my own terms whether they're in agreement with yours or not.