Still on my first listen and not reading the thread but holy cow "Fear and Loathing" stopped me in my tracks. Had to listen twice before I moved on.
Well, that settles it: 1-2 punch of "Dry Year" and "Send the Rain" is the best ending of an album all year.
Okay so now that I’ve been able to digest “Cocaine Sex & Alcohol”, I pretty much love both halves of the song for entirely different reasons, but absolutely believe they shouldn’t have been combined into one song. The first half is heart wrenching and beautiful, and all that emotional weight is just totally lost when that jam starts. The jam is badass from a “bob your head” standpoint, but I think it is just that - a jam. Also I’ve changed my mind on “Bad Actors”, I love it now
Gotta say he couldn't have done a better job when it came to choosing the singles. Heavy Metals is my favorite still. Fear And Loathing is close
I still have no confirmation that my preorder bundle has shipped yet. I guess that means I'm not gonna see it tomorrow. Anybody else heard anything? Preferably someone who preordered from Noah's store?
I tried to hold out for release day, but here I am listening to the stream drinking beer and fucking loving it.
I think Bad Desire might be the best song he's ever written as a whole. But I still love Heartbreaker.
Everyone at my college loved Noah Gundersen (his cousin went to the same school as me) so for whatever dumb reason that made me not want to listen to him haha. I know that makes no sense. But I've been getting into him more and more over the past year. This new album is really, really good.
New album is many different things. Really enjoy it. Really enjoy Send the Rain closing out the album. Probably will like this more than Carry the Ghost.
I'm not sure what to make of COCAINE after one listen. I thought it was really cool up until about 4:30-5:00 minutes. Then it sort of lost my attention.