Saosin - Along The Shadow (May 20, 2016) Album • Page 44

TTN has really amateur songwriting all over it imo

 

random but everyone know that harmonic note stuff Beau always throws into some tracks? I wonder how many tracks will have it next time. I dont really know what Im getting at but it made me chuckle when it reared its head again on ATS, so many years later.

 

Agreed, though I'm a sucker for those basic metal riffs.

 

the end of lost symphonies always makes me laugh

 

Like the ones you hear at the end of Illusion & Control's prechorus?

 

High school metal band vibes

 

I still have about as much fun as Ill ever have listening to this band when I listen to Translating the Name (the title track)

 

I probably love it mostly bc of nostalgia

 

maybe Id have to listen again

Second Guesses has it all over the place and Count Back From Ten has it in the intro and it sounds exactly like another time they did it on some songs years ago hahaha

edit: anddd on Old Friends too lol

 

Secret Meaning of Freedom and Drinking From the Fountain are pretty big jams

 

wth were they thinking with Old Friends

 

Old Friends is my favorite song for some reason. It's the one that stuck with me the longest. The percussion work makes me think of O Disambiguation. More sludgy vibes on the next record please.

 

I remember making a friend listen to it, and him saying that the chorus sounded like Kiss, and I can't unhear it.

 

Oh I see. Beau has such a distinct songwriting style that I was surprised at how much ATS sounded like it could have been released in 2003.

 

those super gainy gutiar tones also sounds a ton like post hardcore from 2003 as well.

 

If they want to be old school, they could throw some dissonant chords all over the next album.

O God The Aftermath who?

 

this Fountain breakdown. good lord.

 

I always wonder what this kind of music would sound like to someone who's never heard it. Like, the entire TTN EP must sound like a bunch of random riffs to someone who doesn't have the nostalgia attached to it

 

I recently introduced a friend to TTN who absolutely loved it

 

now imagine showing someone ST or ISOSG for the first time rn

 

That's awesome haha. It's pretty cool that bands like Saosin can attract new fans even as the popularity of this genre dies a bit!

 

If they do another album I think it will sound a lot better, Beau has gotten a lot better at producing/mixing over the last few years.

 

That's exactly what I think, and I still think it's really powerful, though they've topped it with other quality work, it is what it is.

 

He always enjoyed the brief Circa Survive track here and there but I showed him this. Next time I saw him he was singing lyrics from it, I think because the songs are so concise and well done they can't help but have an impact.

Desperately want new music

 

hard pressed to find an EP that had more impact on the music scene than TTN