QOTD: Best Opening/Closing Duos • Page 2

Fuck yeah.

 

Hightide Hotel - Naturally
Hello Cruel World/A Soft, Subtle Sound

 

Off of Jimmy Eat World's Chase This Light:
"Big Casino" / " Dizzy"

Off of TWIABP's Harmlessness:
"You Can't Live There Forever" / "Mount Hum"

Off of Copeland's Ixora:
"Have I Always Loved You?" / "In Her Arms You Will Never Starve"

Off of Thrice's Beggars:
"All The World Is Mad" / "Beggars"

Off of Pinegrove's Cardinal:
"Old Friends" / "New Friends"

 

Do I Wanna Know/I Wanna Be Yours (Arctic Monkeys - AM)

 

More recent, "Old Friends/New Friends" from Pinegrove

 

The Rocket Summer - Do You Feel
"Break It Out" and "So, in This Hour..."

 

I still really like this record. "So, In This Hour..." is great.

 

Now that Zoetic is out, I've been revisiting Bryce's discography. This record holds up really well.

 

I liked Zoetic but I have so many memories tied to Hello Good Friend and Do You Feel. They're both really fun listens.

 

Life Will Write The Words is my second favorite behind Do You Feel. It's got that awesome southern tone I really dig. There are even some moments that remind me of Noah Gundersen, which is rare.

 

I don't think I've heard that one, although I did see him when he was touring on it. I'll definitely check it out.

 

Let me know what you think!

 

Springsteen's Born to run:
Thunder Road/Jungleland

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds:
Everybody's On the Run/Stop the Clocks

Fleetwood Mac
Monday Morning/I'm so afraid

The Rocket Summer's Do you feel:
Break it out/So, In this Hour...

Saw the Rocket Summer last night! Bryce is badass!

 

Under The Pressure/In Reverse

War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

 

Can't believe that
Matches/If Work Permits didn't get a nod from anyone.

 

Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf/Into The Void

 

Does Bryce still switch instruments from song to song? The last time I saw them (probably 2007 or 2008) they were opening a show and I think he played every instrument on the stage in the span of 7 or 8 songs. Always thought that was pretty impressive.

I still have to check out Zoetic.

 

He does! That's around the last time I saw them too. At one point in the show he used several loop pedals and bounced from instrument to instrument to build a song. Started with drums then went to bass, piano, guitar, vocals. It was pretty gnarly. Definitely check out Zoetic. It took me a couple listens but now I'm hooked on it and the only other album I ever really got into was Do You Feel.

 

Do You Feel is my favorite TRS album by far, so I'll definitely have to check out the new one. That's awesome about the loop pedals. I've seen a couple of artists do that really well (Howie Day and David Ford come to mind) and every time I see it it blows my mind haha.

 

I agree with all the mentions Hotelier "Home..." is getting

The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation
"There There" / "I Just Want to Sell Out My Funeral"

The Lawrence Arms - Metropole
"Chilean District" / "October Blood"

 

Hopefully this also doesn't end up being stupidly long. Ahem...

The American Dollar - A Memory Stream: The Slow Wait / Starscapes
Amyst - The Eastern Silhouette: The Elephant / The Elephants
Boys Night Out - Boys Night Out: Get Your Head Straight / It Won't Be Long
Brand New - The Devil and God...: Sowing Season / Handcuffs
Circa Survive - On Letting Go: Living Together / Your Friends Are Gone
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness: Tree Village / Powder to the People
Dexter Britain - Creative Commons vol. 2: The Tea Party / After the Week I've Had
Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine: Insomniatic Meat / Dreams of Psilocybin
God Is an Astronaut - God Is an Astronaut: Shadows / Loss
Jeremy Larson - Salvation Club: Exposition / Goodnight
Lydia - Illuminate: This Is Twice Now / Now the One You Once Loved Is Leaving
Lydia - Run Wild: When It Gets Dark Out / Georgia
MewithoutYou - Ten Stories: February, 1878 / All Circles
Person L - Initial: Wooden Soldiers / Storms
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi: Swallow People Whole / Pale Blue Dot
Theset - Never Odd Or Even: Never Odd Or Even / Red Spider
Treebeard - Here Are the Answers: Star Garden / Whispers of Life on the Wind

 

Off of Pinegrove's Cardinal: "Old Friends"/"New Friends"

Off of Kevin Devine's Put Your Ghost To Rest: "Brooklyn Boy"/"Heaven Bound and Glory Be"

Off of Manchester Orchestra's Simple Math: "Deer"/"Leaky Breaks"

 

The Hold Steady- Almost Killed Me (Positve Jam / Killer Parties)
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Constructive Summer / Slapped Actress)
Against Me!- TDB (TDB / Black Me Out)
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake... (At the Bottom of Everything / Road to Joy)
Saves the Day- Stay What You Are (At Your Funeral / Firefly)
The Gay Blades- Ghosts (O Shot / Cellphone Song)
Jason Isbell- Southeastern (Cover Me Up / Relatively Easy)
New London Fire- I Sing The Body Holographic (Different / Somewhere in Between)
Oasis- Definitely Maybe (Hello / Champagne Supernova)
The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (I.O.U. / Can't Hardly Wait)
Sharks- No Gods (Til the Wonders Rise / No Gods)
Titus Andronricus- The Monitor (A More Perfect Union / The Battle of Hampton Roads)
Weezer- Blue (My Name Is Jonas / Only in Dreams)
Weezer- Pinkerton (Tired of Sex / Butterfly)

 

Death Cab for Cutie- Transatlanticism: The New Year/A Lack of Color
Death Cab- We Have The Facts: Title Track/Scientist Studies