We’ve got roughly 8 months left this year. 279 days - and they can’t get this album released in 2026? This can’t be true. I simply don’t believe it.
They obviously wouldn't release it in November or December, but that sill leaves 7 months left in this feasible year. Annoying.
I can't believe I allowed myself to believe Finch and The Ataris were going to drop new albums this year. I'm such a fool. https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/781/156/76d.gif
I wish Kris/the band all the best; the music business is hard, people are complicated, shit happens, everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt, and sometimes things are just out of the hands of the band in terms of scheduling but god damn man they had a "comeback" single do reasonably well last year and it's wild that there wasn't a concrete plan for following it up as quickly as possible with the full album or at the very least an EP if the album didn't find a home and be able to be printed in time. Really depressing to hear after all of that momentum last year.
Has anyone confirmed what was actually said? Latest Reddit post says Kristopher said September, someone else said in DC he said it was done but didn't have a date. No one mentioned anything about not this year. https://www.reddit.com/r/theataris/comments/1s626ca/comment/od9gnwv/ Last I heard is album's completely done (like, mastered, art, everything), they're trying to find the right fit for a label that everyone's happy with. I offered to put them in touch with literally any label they were interested in but didn't hear anything (but a few labels did like my post about it).
Hey, remember when a few years ago the idea of there even being a new album was a pipe dream? How great it is that we live in a time where we even have an album to complain about.
we'll get it when we get it. the good news is that the album is actually finished and we're not hearing "i just need to finish lyrics to a couple songs" for 10+ years. i've waited this long. i can wait a few more months if it means the album will get a well deserved push and support from a good label.
i just got home from D.C. (was there for work) - went to the same show and can confirm as well that this is what i heard
the sliver of hope i can give it is that i saw someone in that reddit thread say that at the charleston show, he had mentioned that it WILL be this year, so maybe i misheard? or he misspoke? who knows. i find it really difficult to believe that there's NOTHING this year.
Listening to the Mexico City 2006 bootleg again. I love how aggressive Sean Hansen's basslines sounded during the WTN era live performances. (You couldn't call the bass playing/mixing on the album itself particularly aggressive, but it really stands out in the bootlegs -- especially on Summer Wind, Fast Times at Dropout High, and 1*15*96.) I definitely think Sean was the band's best bassist.
Feel free to call me out if this is against anything and I'll delete the post, but where might one find this (if it's better quality than what I find on Youtube, anyway)?
I'm referring to this one. It's not the best quality, but it's one of two existing full sets for a WTN era show.
Ugh I wish I could time travel and see them on the WTN cycle again. If they marketed the album differently and got on tours with (2007) Brand New or Thrice or any other of those bands that got super pretentiously artsy during that time, I think it would have been received very differently.
Totally agree. That album definitely didn't fit in on the pop punk circuit and they may have had a totally different trajectory if they had been playing with the bands on the more "experimental" side of things like Circa, Dredg, As Tall as Lions, etc. I realize I'm basically just echoing your exact comment with different band names in it, but it really does feel like it went mostly past the radar of the crowd who could have loved it.