The best thing about this band is how the stuff that doesn’t originally ring off ends up working its way into your brain. I remember being kind of meh on the C side of ABI and now it’s one of my favorite sections of that album.
this!!! Exactly. I had the same thing with ABI. Another reason I am glad I held off on listening to the singles- hearing the “oh what’s the vibe?” part on FSOM for the first time.
I really also love hearing how happy Matty sounds on this now that he is clean. I heard the ache on ABI.
I get a lot of enjoyment out of that whole period, just as a fan and someone who ends up feeling personally invested- I’m happy for Matty. I feel the same way about Justin Pierre.
Oddly enough I think I prefer Justin's fucked up music better too :/ It is fantastic for both of them though for sure. Far less important than the tunes.
I was able to listen to it 3 straight times this morning - afternoon trying to catch up on grading/planning more remote learning. It's honestly the easiest 81 minute listen of anything to me.
that erection line is rl gross i love his delivery on that track though, especially the "i'm a busy guy" line lol
If nothing else, this record was necessary to bring us Roadkill. It's certainly not my fave on the record, but I wholeheartedly believe it's *that* track on the record. It reminds me a lot of the first time I heard If I Believe You (albeit significantly less cinematic and bombastic). Like - oh shit! cool.
I'm beginning to come around to thinking that Playing On My Mind might be my favorite acoustic 1975 song
i’m loving the positivity and everyone picking out their own different highlights. I love polarizing albums bc everyone always comes away with different faves but basically the whole tracklist (of a 22 track record!!!!) has been mentioned and that’s rad!
I love all of it lol, we’ll see if that stays. that’s the determining factor as to whether or not it tops ILIWYS probably.
Im feeling at the moment that s/t was the perfect precursor to ILIWYS and ABI was an entirely separate but perfect precursor to Notes. Edit: ILIWYS
I’m sitting by a fire next to a lake and there’s a group of people listening to them down the coast. It’s a refreshing change from the constant pop country trump shit I’ve been hearing all week.