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I guess it depends what the person is into.

If they are familiar with emo then I would start with clarity. It might scare the average listener away imo since it's so raw.

 

Haha yeah, that's what I was saying last night. Personally, I'd suggest listening to BA first.

 

yeah you can't go wrong with BA having "the middle" and all. Everyones familiar with that tune.

 

Yeah, it's got a little bit of everything imo

 

Good morning everyone. What JEW record should I listen to on my way to work?

 

I would never recommend Clarity or Bleed first, to be honest. The former is long, ambitious, and kind of unwieldy. I agree with those who said it's inaccessible. As for Bleed, I don't think it's a great encapsulation of their strengths. I guess I see the logic in recommending their most commercially successful, but as I find that album to be the clear weak link of the 1999 - 2013 streak, I wouldn't start there.

Futures is by far the best starting point, imo. It has the introspection of Clarity, the accessibility of Bleed, and the glossy production of Chase. It also has a good handful of their best songs.

 

I'd say Futures or Chase This Light for sure.

 

CTL starts out so good for a new listener imo.

 

I'd definitely start someone out at Futures to be honest.

 

Futures is kinda sad though. So good, but a bummer sometimes. I love that album in October.

 

Ya tbh Futures would be a good one

 

We shoulda started em on static

Or from the very beginning with the s/t

 

Tough question! I always tend to start with the fan favorite if I am getting into bands but for JEW I'd suggest. I would put clarity higher but depends if you're into that kind of slower, emo music. Futures is my favorite from them then Clarity.

Futures & the Stay on my side EP
BA
CTL
Clarity
Invented
Damage

 

Rude.

 

Man that S/T is so bad

 

Let's be honest, there is not an all-around "happy" JEW record.

 

There's a question: which JEW record is the saddest?

 

sometimes I honestly think Chase This Light is deceptively their saddest

 

non sad to sad

Damage
CTL
BA
Futures
Clarity

 

the further down, the sadder it is

Damage
Invented
Bleed American
Futures
Chase This Light
Clarity

Futures, CTL, ad Clarity all have moments where they could be #1. Futures has the most hopeful lyrics of those 3 though (title track and The World You Love especially)

 

CTL is probably the saddest album, Hear You Me or Drugs Or Me are their saddest songs

 

I agree chase is the saddest probably. I'd say dizzy may be their saddest song

 

i wouldn't say it's a sad sounding album

big casino - booya
let it happen - doesn't sound that sad
always be - happy
carry you - happy
electable - givener happy
gotta be somebodys blues - song sucks
feeling lucky - happy sounding
here it goes - happy sounding
chase this light - positive
fire fight - sounds sad
dizzy - sounds good not sad

 

I thought we were going by lyrics

 

saddest song imo is 23