David’s is closer to mine. Omni, Infinity, and Voids are pretty interchangeable for me at 6, 5 and 4. Some really strong tracks on each, but none ever captivated me in full. Top three will always be 3) Pirates, 2) Planet, and 1) Menos. A truly incredible run of inventive and emotive albums.
1. Planet of Ice 2. Highly Refined Pirates 3. Menos El Oso 4. Voids 5. Infinity Overhead 6. Omni planet of ice is just a classic. and the tapping riffs and nostalgic feel of pirates gets me every time. i honestly really like Voids, and it almost takes the number 3 spot cause of the catchy songwriting, but menos el oso was just so unique. infinity has some good songs but leans a bit too generic. same thing with omni, i feel bad putting it last cause it was the first minus the bear album i listened to and i really enjoyed it, but it's just not very memorable to me.
I won't post any spoilers for folks who don't want to know, but... I just saw the setlist for the farewell tour and it is AMAZING. I will be seeing them in St Louis in two days! I am so pumped.
So I see their new final ep on Spotify and I’m a bit perplexed. 2 songs were already released as singles and one song is a remix of a song from the previous album? Just seems strange to hype up for months an ep with only 3 new songs (2 of which have been released already) and one remix song.
I see they’ve been releasing remixes of their songs across their career so I guess it makes sense, time to listen!
So happy to have a last few great tracks from this band. This feels less like an EP and more like a compilation of songs they didn’t really know what to do with, but it’s the most I’ve enjoyed listening to new MTB since 2010.
I would highly recommend going to the farewell tour if you’re on the fence. It’s a great set and the band sounds really good. It was a happy send-off, and I’m glad I went.
Viaduct is the best song MTB has released in years. Better than anything off of their last 2 albums imo. Looking forward to seeing them next week.