Skin & Bones Feeling Small (Those lyrics on Shake Tramp...) Far From Here ( This was a hard choice!) Fix Me (This was tough as well!)
Push - Absolutely love this song, and is really the footprint for the band's later albums. Feeling Small - Still stand by the statement that Shake Tramp is the worst song on this album, and one of the band's worst songs by far. Far From Here - such a fantastic riff - absolute madlads! Fix Me - listened to this, why was this not on the album?! Overall, I'm so glad I've listened to this album more because of this. I've placed this album to the side in my mind for the more fully realized MPT, EA, Astoria trilogy. But this album has many great songs that accomplishes a completely different thing than those albums.
Glad it helped you re-discover this album! It is really a gem - I have so many memories associated with listening to it back when it came out. Even if the later albums are more refined, I love the raw passion and honesty of these tracks. Though @sawhney[rusted]2, Push isn't one of the options for the first choice - let me know if you want Skin & Bones or Alive Again and I can update the scores below to include your correct choice. Current Score Skin & Bones - 2 Alive Again - 0 Feeling Small - 2 Shake Tramp - 1 Far From Here - 2 Alibis - 1 Say Anything - 1 Fix Me - 2
Skin & Bones vs. Alive Again Feeling Small vs. Shake Tramp Far From Here vs. Alibis Say Anything vs. Fix Me
Current Score Skin & Bones - 2 Alive Again - 2 Feeling Small - 2 Shake Tramp - 2 Far From Here - 2 Alibis - 2 Say Anything - 1 Fix Me - 3 Get your votes in y'all, or else I'm going to be deciding three of the four match-ups myself haha. 13 hours left in this round!
My votes! Skin & Bones - This song has always hit me really hard and been one of my fave early Trench songs, so had to give it the win. Feeling Small - Shake Tramp was the song that got them known, but Feeling Small is probably my favourite MT b-side so I had to give it to this track (and Shake Tramp's lyrics are still quite cringe-y) Alibis - One of my all-time fave tracks from the band and my favourite on Fix Me, so this was an easy choice. Say Anything - Won't make a difference, but I adore this track and Fix Me doesn't quite stand up to it IMO.
Final Score Skin & Bones - 3 Alive Again - 2 Feeling Small - 3 Shake Tramp - 2 Far From Here - 2 Alibis - 3 Say Anything - 2 Fix Me - 3 NEXT ROUND Skin & Bones vs. Feeling Small Alibis vs. Fix Me I will leave this round 48 hours again, since I am not available to be online tomorrow, but for the final Fix Me round we can always cut down to 24 hours or less if we get all the regulars to vote who have been voting on this bracket :)
Final Score Skin & Bones - 5 Feeling Small - 0 Alibis - 3 Fix Me - 2 Sorry for being a few hours late, busy day. I voted for Skin & Bones, and Alibis to break the tie with Fix Me. Time for the final round for Fix Me! Skin & Bones vs. Alibis