Threads is my favourite album of the decade. Cannot get into more than a few tracks from Saved—not that I think that record’s not good by any means. Threads is songwriting/ production magic, and it came out right when I needed it. Plus I saw them five times when they toured it, and not only was the band fantastic, but I made close friends I still have to this day at those gigs, and the NN-related memories I have from around that era are all really special to me.
Threads is probably a top five album of all time for me, so it was always going to be near impossible for them to match that. But Saved is still fantastic
Dave Bazan’s cover of Threads is in the conversation for my favorite cover. The raw emotion he brings to that song slays me.
Saved got me through some weird emotional shit, so I’m thankful for that. It was my most played album of last year. I just think Threads is their defining work and captures a mood in a way Saved doesn’t.