Every once in a while I remember that he released the first 4 BTMI records in a span of like 2 years from 2005-2007 and I’m blown away again. Imagine being that good.
Stand There Until You're Sober is just such a perfect song. I spent many high school parties super fucked up blasting this song and singing along to it at the end of the night. That was usually when people left my house.
I always rank To Leave or Die like extremely high compared to other people lol. Congratulations John is also an all timer.
This is a real ripper of a record, I think it's probably his second best. I know WORRY is the consensus favourite but I kinda missed the boat on that one since I was hardly listening to the genre at that point (I like it but I don't have that connection with it), so We Cool? has been my reigning favourite. POST- was a great reintroduction though and I feel like this one really builds on that one.
Honestly, I don't remember lol. I had it in my library at some point and I think I heard Vacation once but obviously not enough for anything to make an impact.
Goodbye Cool World is clearly the most realized of the first three releases, which I group together as their own era.
Well get on it! I feel like if I only got into Jeff during We Cool/everything after, I'd be kinda lukewarm on him as a whole.
Get Warmer is a clear transitional record. It might be the most similar to the Jeff Rosenstock records? Maybe? Still some synth throughout it I guess. This one is like the most "rock" of the BTMI records
i wanna buy all his records now. like, anything he's been a part of. probably just the exhilaration of this album talking but goddamn i've literally had this on repeat since 7 am.
"Cold Chillin" is such a great opener. "It Shits" and "Stuff" rule. I think the album really picks up at "Fresh Attitude"/"Drinkball". Love "25!" so much. Heavy Vacation vibes on it while still retaining his old style. Loses me at "Gang of Four" and "9/11 Fever". Shut Up the Punx gets a little annoying. The last three songs are some of their best