Bummer to hear the lukewarm reaction to the new one. Not listening till I have the album. But, I snagged a Sunday Boston calling ticket. Wish it was just a headlining show but whatever! I’ll be the dork in the back dancing and crying and happy
Got BC tickets, as well. Going to try and get there early enough for a good spot on the barricade, but my experience at this festival in the past is it’s pretty easy to get close to the front on the sides of the stage regardless.
I like it but it’s not a song I’ll be listening to in a year, feels quite disposable. Don’t get me wrong though, I’m enjoying it and it’s immediately hooky. The stifled riff at the start is of course straight up Bloc Party and I’m sure it’s wearing a bunch of other obvious influences on its sleeve too.
outside of obvious influences, it definitely feels like Zac has had a much bigger hand in these tracks, which I'm not mad about.
There’s actually a lot going on in this track, that light acoustic in the quiet parts is really cool. But I’ve heard this done before back in 2002-2006. Still excited for the record and like the track, it’s just very early 00s NYC.