I think "Set Phasers to Stun" has some of their best lyrics ever. The whole "we paint our sins on the ceiling" part is gold! Or maybe I jus like the melody. Either way, it's a fun one!
The bridge is definitely one of my favorite bridges of the band's. Probably between that, "What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?", "Flicker, Fade", and "You Can't Look Back."
It’s easily at the top of the list when I think of albums that defined me. Such a good successor to TAYF.
They always killed at writing bridges. The three you mentioned are great, gotta add 180 and Cute to the list too
WYWTB being 21 years old is throwing me for a loop. I liked it a lot at first but less than TAYF; over time it's become my favorite of theirs, the perfect combination of their songwriting and a level of polish that wasn't there on their debut. The singles are all stacked on the front half of the album but it's the back half that really sets it apart. Slowdance on the Inside is still their best closer
I remember exactly where I was when I first listened to it (and I didn’t like it that much haha). Fast forward a month later and it was one of my favorite albums.
180, Number 5, Little Devotional and Slowdance is such a great lineup of songs to end an album on. Agreed that Slowdance is their best closer although Everything Must Go is a close 2nd
I’m gonna come in with a hot take here but because of Orensanz, Fazzi is the definitive vocal on songs like 180. Live, Fazzi sounds better then Fred. I’d actually be more stoked to see them with Fazzi back as they’d sound much better.
Not a hot take at all. Fazzi is pound for pound the best singer they’ve ever had, and also his live performance/stage presence was the best as well. The only thing he didn’t really do vocally were screams.
He was the touring guitarist when I saw the Movielife and he was the most fun to watch. I didn't realize he was Fazzi.
Fazzi is a great musician that was held back a lot in TBS. Would’ve loved to see one more album with him, assuming the working environment would’ve been better this time. Would love to get new music from him in general. I’m not sure he’s even released anything since the Rare Futures album and that’s from 2016.
Finally made it back to watching the longer video where they talk about Fred coming back and man, I hope John is okay. This is understandably a tough topic for him to talk about and props to all of them for making such an honest video and being so up front about it. It is goofy how they reference "3 guitars" like they didn't do that for years already though. Don't think I'll be able to make it to the tour, but looking forward to seeing some footage and hearing how they sound.