Saosin - Along The Shadow (May 20, 2016) Album • Page 30

Do it now! It's only 15 minutes long

 

Oh cool. I'll do it tonight then. NOT NOW STEVE

 

I'm on the train of enjoying this album and not liking TTN at all lol

 

Wanna sell it?

 

um yes! Let me see if I can actually find it when I get home, hah

 

This album makes me so happy, I love that this exists. Big fan after first real listen

 

This album gets better with every spin, especially as I pick up more and more of the guitar work and drumming. But now that Thrice is out, there's pretty much no way I'll listen to this again for months.

 

I was super excited for this, Thrice, and Architects this month. I'm loving all three, but this is my favorite. Still my early pick for AOTY.

 

5 is generous in my opinion.
"The Alarming Sound of A Still Small Voice" is the one song I would say I love off ISOSG. "On My Own" is good as a remake of "Uphill Battle", and "Is This Real?" is pretty good too. The remaining 10 songs range from meh to really bad.

 

I like I Keep My Secrets Safe, Changing, On My Own, Is This Real, and Fireflies. There are definitely some clunkers on there, but I mostly think the album is overly maligned.

 

To play devil's advocate, it certainly did it no favors that expectations were so high after TTN and the Self titled.

 

Yeah, I definitely agree.

 

Got an email an hour ago. My pre-order vinyl shipped!

 

I've been listening to this a lot, I think I played it 3 times yesterday. It's definitely one of my most played albums this year.

 

Those would be the first three I'd take from the album. I Keep My Secrets Safe and The Worst Of Me are the only others I'd consider as well.

 

I thought, "Fireflies," was great.

 

Anthony sounds amazing. Guitar work is wonderful. I really can't get over this album.

 

The screaming/yelling vocals ruin a few songs on this album.

 

My favourites on ISOSG are "What Were We Made For" and "It's All Over Now", mostly because they didn't sound like shallow retreads of the selftitled stuff, they were just decent pop songs. I also liked the grey ep version of Love Maker.

 

Both these bonus tracks are excellent

 

I don't like "The Alarming Sound of A Still Small Voice" at all.

 

See for me the pop songs felt forced and bland. I like the epic feel that "Alarming Sound" has.

 

Really? "I Keep My Secrets Safe" was one of my least favorite songs. I felt like it was such a weak opener. It's never a good thing when the first song on your record feels like a throwaway track.

 

Well, for what it's worth, the whole album is a bunch of throwaways haha