Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 556

I will say, listening back to 152 makes me more sad about the situation with Mark. What he’s released solo has been rough but the man brings it on the drums on this record. When those drums come in for I’m The Only One Who Knows You it really takes the whole song to another level.

 

Apparently Mark & Eddie’s project is holding auditions for a random person to sing on one of their songs titled “OG”. Their whole thing is having some known singers and some lesser known singers/total randos sing their songs.

in the words of Pat Finnerty, I’ve got a bullshit voice, but I can carry a tune. There is a small part of me that is morbidly curious enough to audition for the sake of the story

 

The whole back half of that album rips. It really sucks about the whole Mark thing because I thought the album proved they still had plenty of gas in the tank.

 

I’m assuming they didn’t want to put another song about Fred on an album proper and release it as a B-side long enough after the fact so that people wouldn’t assume it was about him.

 

I saw some videos of their Rockville set and it sounds like they’re now playing songs a whole step down rather than half a step. It’s really helping Adam stay in range, Decade sounded better than they’ve played it in a long time.

 

The ever polarizing self titled record is 14 today.

 

God damn. I remember Adam tweeting out the best places to be a mom demo. I also remember endlessly replaying their studio videos to hear clips. And John Nolan’s crispin glover impression lmao

 

152 is their best record since new again.

 

Maybe someone has been helping them overhaul their live sound in rehearsal to try and repair their tattered reputation as a live act

 

Would be cool if that guy had a YouTube channel.

 

initially it was framed as a contest that would have fans voting on the top 3, but that idea was scrapped. There are also no lyrics so the singer would have to come up with those (but this was not immediately clear the last time I looked—it was clarified in an Instagram comment), and the terms of the contest are a huge red flag to me. (Also it doesn’t clarify if the winner would have to pay for their own transportation or lodging, but I suspect the answer is yes).

https://www.thebandme.com/singtome

 

When you need to hold an open audition because nobody wants to work with you. Good for them.

 

Still firmly believe that its their worst despite some excellent songs on there.

 

Hope that whatever singer(s) get chosen write better lyrics than Mark's. Can't be that hard, though.

 

So you're hoping they're bedda than him

 

Coheed and Cambria vs Taking Back Sunday: New Jersey emo legends pick each other’s greatest tracks

 

back in the day I was in an punk/pop-punk/emo cover band and we played everything a full step down. I specifically remember TBS songs sounding great in that tuning. They sounded heavier and less poppy.

 

Error: Operator came on my gym shuffle playlist over the weekend and I had to rewind it 2 times. Such a killer song.

 

quintessential is how I would describe it. It just does everything that band does well.

 

boy this sure is something - I sincerely hope someone submits themselves singing the Don't Know Why I'm Better Than You lyrics over this music.

 

Oh, I just watched a couple of those Rockville videos out of curiosity. They sound very distinctly better.

 

I am legit starting to worry about John's voice. His mic is really hot in this mix, and I love the dude but some spots in this are really rough.

 

Yeah for all the shit that Adam gets, I feel like John's vocals have been the weakest part of TBS's live show for years. I know he has some Straylight shows lined up this year, I honestly don't know how he's gonna handle main vocals.

I know the rumor is that Fred is gonna fill in while John takes some time off for personal matters. My first thought was maybe he needs surgery to remove polyps or nodules on his vocal cords.

 

i like this band on record, but i hate them live. it's like 2 totally different bands haha. adam's on-stage persona and vocals mixed with john's vocals is all just nails on a chalk board for me.

 

Yeah he’s for sure got something wrong with his voice. The strain he is doing to get to even some of the lower parts is obvious and hard to watch