I really enjoy New Again as a whole, and the only other TBS albums I can say the same for are WYWTB & Happiness Is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lonely Lonely Summer Man Swing Catholic Knees Carpathia Everything Must Go Love 4 songs, Catholic and Carpathia are ok enough to stay, I don't need to listen to the others ever again
I wish my copy of Happiness Is didn't skip through twenty seconds of Flicker, Fade. Probably my most listened to song on that album and my vinyl skips a big chunk of it
how I’d rank the NA songs: Everything Must Go Swing Sink Into Me Lonely, Lonely New Again Cut Me Up, Jenny Summer, Man Capital M-E Where My Mouth Is Catholic Knees Carpathia Everything in the first bracket is on par with their best imo. The first half of the album is way better than the second, but all in all it’s a pretty darn good release.
Only song on NA I can't stand at all is Capital M-E. I'd say everything but that song, Sink Into Me, and Cut Me Up Jenny, is all good to great stuff.
It’s honestly my least favorite single and maybe a bottom 5 tbs song for me. I’d prefer 90% of NA songs over that one
Musically, Sink Into Me is a great time and I love the final chorus melody so that’s what keeps me coming back to that song. However it does nothing for me in terms of lyrics.
Honestly, I’m surprised an album ranking hasn’t been brought up since we started discussing this album again. Good job, everybody!
my favorite thing about New Again is how "Where My Mouth Is" goes directly into "Catholic Knees" with nothing in between at all