Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 570

I’ll die on this hill

 

I'm also waiting until Friday to see them live. It helps build up the hype some more for me.
For the record, I have no problem with Twenty-Surgery either. That song rules, I love that post-chorus.

 

I like Twenty-Twenty Surgery a lot.

 

"El Paso" and "Flicker Fade" are my two favorite "new" TBS songs.

 

“El Paso” rips live and the only reason I can think of for the relatively lukewarm crowd reception is maybe bc its sound/ vibe is quite different from the band’s other songs, even their other heavier tracks

 

This Is All Now, Call me in the morning, all the way.

 

they should play a Terrible Things song actually. Fred and Josh Eppard are right there in the building together

 

“Conspiracy” would especially suit Adam’s vocal style

 

Regardless of how people feel about New Again, I hope most can agree that Carpathia is a really solid song. Probably my favorite on the album along with EMG

 

El Paso is good but also it’s a BN song

 

Damn what a boring crowd…

 

I think it’s unfair to judge TAYF without proper cultural context. The impact that album had is way more important than it’s quality as an album.

 

They sound so much better tuned down - it's wild.

I wonder if anyone has suggested it over the years and if so why they didn't do it?

 

Maybe Mark didn't want to tune down his drumkit

 

The Live at Bamboozle album (2009) is all Half a step down.. I figured that out when I was playing along to it with my guitar and Adam sounds incredible on that... I feel like once Fazzi left they stopped trying to sound technically good live and just wanted standard tuning vibes over downtuned solidarity.

 

They started tuning down a half-step when they were recording Louder Now, so I guess they just got comfortable with it, and it became an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” situation both live and in studio. I think they should’ve tuned down again around the time they were touring on Tidal Wave, and definitely during the 20th anniversary shows.

 

gotcha. so I guess we were already a half step down in the Fazzi years and stayed there until this tour so now they are a full step down?

 

If they bust out I'll Let You Live, we know Fred and the boys mean BUSINESS this summer.

 

Basically yep, they started playing and recording a half step down from Louder Now onwards. They did go back to standard for most of Tidal Wave, at least in the studio.

MakeDamnSure is played even lower now as it's one and half step down.

 

Snippet of 20/20 Surgery, sounds great

https://www.reddit.com/r/takingbacksunday/comments/1mv2a23/twenty_twenty_surgery_chicago_081925/