Tier 1: CTTM Tier 2: EIIKM, IATM Tier 3: Go Tier 4: MDL, PS Very fond of all the albums in the first three tiers, not that into either MDL or PS *as a whole*.
Commit This To Memory Go Even If It Kills me My Dinosaur Life I Am the Movie Panic Stations Go and EITKM always change, but this how I feel today. Recently, I found a flash drive with a video message about depression from Justin Pierre that a random anonymous user on Tumblr did for me. MCS played their school is what I was told, and they asked after the show. I never found out their identity, but I'll always be thankful for them.
I listened to it again like, last week? For the 10+ time, there's like 3-4 good songs and then zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Sorrrryyyyy. If I never hear Boxelder again in my life it'll be too soon
The verses are fine, I guess, but the "chorus" is poor and I really hate how he sings the word boxelder, maybe it's petty, but I really hate hearing it
Alright regardless if you think MDL is their best or low tier or whatever, you gotta admit it has a god-tier album cover
Recently listened to them all in order Commit This to Memory Even if It Kills Me My Dinosaur Life I Am the Movie Go Panic Stations Days Will Run Away hit particularly hard when you listen to everything at once. Such a perfect song to go out on.
"Everything Is Fine" shouldve been on Panic Stations. That song is way too good to be relegated to forgotten vinyl b-side
CTTM - an all-time top 5 record for me IATM = EIIKM - EIIKM used to be a tier below but i realized i come back to it much more than IATM Go MDL PS
Just wanted to stop in here to say that the second verse of Where I Belong encapsulates everything I love about this band and music in general. Quirky, meaningful, how-did-he-make-something-so-wordy-so-catchy, lyrics. It's chaos in the courthouse And the left side's all upset Because the right side wants a summer home And knows we can't afford it I try to mediate between this constant tug-o-war machine But wind up in a never ending game of telephone There's so much going on And I just need seven minutes to calm myself back down Now I forgot where I was Was it me we were talking about? This is what I feared from the start I keep falling apart
I feel like every song on EIIKM is like that, haha. I love it so much and I hope he brings some of that to his solo album.
Shot in the dark here: I had a profound experience this weekend that told me life is for living right now. Weird, but true. One of the things I've wanted most to add to my vinyl collection is My Dinosaur Life. It's impossible to find in most places, and I am eager to find any version needing a new home. I'll pay market price because fair is fair. But the band has meant too much to my life to have an incomplete collection. Please PM with any leads or if you have one you'd consider parting with. I promise you, I'll give it a good home - it'll join a complete collection of their other work, including special editions of CTTM and EIIKM. If it wasn't for this band, I wouldn't have met my wife, and we wouldn't have two kids whose births we announced like this: Many thanks for any help.