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Michael Schmidt · Mar 10, 2018

Micool1 said:

It is easily their most experimental album and at the time it came out, it was very polarizing among the fanbase. Honestly, at that time I hated it, but it was mostly because I was young and it wasn't what I expected from this band. As time passed by, I started to love it and I might agree with a lot of people saying it's their best album. You might have liked Minutes to Midnight or The Hunting Party more as they are more Rock than their other post-Meteora albums.

That is interesting that a good chunk of their base considers it the best. Perhaps that is just me not close to the situation haha. I will admit I probably didn’t go in with the right mindset. That’s why I wanted to do a few listens to see if the music meshed with me and that was the hurdle I never got over.

Michael Schmidt · Mar 10, 2018

Patterns in Traffic said:

Morning Report is a super fun listen, not really familiar with their other albums. I should probably dig into their discography a bit more.

High Noon was a lot of fun!

anonimito · Mar 10, 2018

Michael Schmidt said:

That is interesting that a good chunk of their base considers it the best. Perhaps that is just me not close to the situation haha. I will admit I probably didn’t go in with the right mindset. That’s why I wanted to do a few listens to see if the music meshed with me and that was the hurdle I never got over.

I remember getting ATS the day it came out and totally loving it - with that being said, I'm always a fan of the more "experimental" albums that seem to come out of nowhere, and it is completely in my wheelhouse. It'll always be my favorite LP album - the first one I owned on vinyl, too!

Nate_Johnson · Mar 10, 2018

ugman_2000 said:

Right so this week I had @bachna84 and he gave me the following albums to review:

Tiny Moving Parts – Swell (2018)

Right so first up is Tiny Moving Parts album Swell. I’d heard of this band before as they’re on a record label I like but I’d not yet got round to checking them out. I also recognised the artwork from a review I’d read in here. They’re an emo revival band that you’d probably lump in with bands like The Hotelier, Modern Baseball, The World Is a Beautiful Place… and Tigers Jaw.

So I have a feeling I’m not really going to do this album the justice it deserves due to the fact I haven’t really given it enough listens for it to really click with me yet. I’ve only given it two proper listens so far, you can blame the other album for this

To be honset ’ve not been particularly overwhelmed with it; I thought it was alright but nothing amazing. With this sort of style of music I really feel there needs to be loads of hooks for it to gel with me and I didn’t really find this album had too many songs like that.

As for their sound they play heartfelt emo that’s vocally like a lot of the newer emo/pop punk sound but musically a lot like the 90’s style of emo with the twinkling guitars. There were a few songs that stood out to me which I did enjoy a fair bit these being Smooth it Out and Caution and Malfunction which I feel all had very strong choruses. I will add musically I can’t fault this album at all but I just haven’t been able to click with the vocalist.

I'll give this album a couple more tries over the next month and see if it eventually clicks but it's not looking likely it will atm.

Favourite Tracks: Smooth It Out, Caution and Malfunction.

RIYL: The emo revival scene

Deafheaven – Sunbather (2013)

Right so I’ve been looking forward to reviewing this one all week, out of all the albums I’ve done so far this one has been truly a special discovery for me, what an album.

For those of you who don’t know who Deafheaven are they’re a post-metal band with a lot of black metal influence in there too, particularly in the vocals. This album got a lot of hype at the time of its release and had glowing reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and even AP’s very own Drew Beringer gave it 100%.

I’d heard about this album at the time of its release but I never got round to checking it out, probably because my musical tastes back then had shifted from metal a bit as I’d got a bit bored with the genre as a whole (thanks generic metalcore ). It’s only in the last couple of years my love for all things metal has been rekindled. Because I know how influential this album has since gone on to become, when @bachna84 suggested this album I jumped at the chance and my god I’m glad I did.

So to the sound of this album, from the second the album starts with Dream House this music is intense, there’s no two ways about that but it’s a beautiful intensity. It starts with the guitars playing fast but faintly in the background and then all of a sudden it kicks in. The volume goes straight up with the guitars and drums pummelling away at you for a good minute and then the black metal vocals come in over the top giving it such an abrasive edge. The music just keeps building from there like most post metal bands do, taking you on a journey where layers upon layers just keep getting added in. Then after about 5 minutes of this it all just fades away into beautiful guitar plucking that gives you time to breathe before the next onslaught kicks in. The album then keeps doing this in various ways across its 7 tracks, most of the songs clocking in at around the 7 to 10 minute marks, everyone taking you on a real rollercoaster ride of emotions.

The magnum opus of this album though is the track Vertigo that clocks in at over 14 minutes, this track is just incredible. This song is such a wild ride it starts off very post-metally and you can really see the Isis and Pelican influences shining through. It just keeps building that lovely proggy post metal sound from there. Then at the 04.30 mark that guitar solo comes in and it’s just so beautiful and then straight after that the song just boots you right in the face, where the intensity of the music ramps up and the vocals kick in, it’s just all sounds so sublime. From then on the track just keeps building and building its intensity throughout the rest of the 14 minutes but when it pauses for breathers those moments are just so beautiful and reflective.

Honesty this album has blown me away every time I’ve listened to it (and I’ve listened to it a lot this week). It’s a real master class in this genre and you can really see how influential it’s gone on to become in that scene. You just need to look at Oathbreaker’s Rheia and Ghost Bath’s Moonlover both of which I’ve loved over the last few years to hear that influence.

Anyways thanks for recommending this album @bachna84 as my god is it good. This will be on heavy rotation for me for a long time and it’s even got me contemplating dropping £50 on discogs to get it on vinyl when I get my bonus this month.

Favourite Tracks: All of them, but if your gonna check out one make it Vertigo

RIYL: Post-Metal but with extreme vocals and lots of intensity. Also if you like having your head feeling like it's been rattled about for ages and then calmly nursed back to health.

(ps sorry for the essay)

Great reviews! I’m glad you finally got to check out Deafheaven.

Nate_Johnson · Mar 10, 2018

sophos34 said:

getting mine out of the way today so i dont forget tomorrow

this week @broken22 and i swapped one album and i was given..

Stone Sour - Hydrograd

ive never heard a complete stone sour album in my life but obviously ive heard some singles, and im a big slipknot fan so i know all about corey taylor and what he's all about. so anyway this album was a bit confusing to me. some of this borders on metal so much that theres not much distinguishing it from slipknot's later day material, which poses the question why does corey taylor need two bands doing similar things? i mean this isn't EXACTLY like slipknot, its definitely not as rooted in metal but there are definite metal moments. but the choruses here are way more foo fighters, very soaring very catchy very poppy. now im not very into this style of hard rock, i'll be honest with you. this is definitely the stuff youd find on hard rock radio which is just not my cup of tea. but i actually find myself enjoying a lot of this more than ive enjoyed anything else in this style since i was a kid. maybe its my bias for corey taylor because i think he's a great guy and love his style. "song #3" is probably my favorite song here, it's ridiculously catchy and pretty far from what slipknot does in a way that justifies this band's existence. straight up rock n roll seems stale a lot of the time but something about this is definitely fresh which i think is important. anyway, ive rambled enough. final verdict: pretty good album, glad i listened to it.
6.5/10

Corey Taylor really is a good egg and I need to read his two books!

ugman_2000 · Mar 10, 2018

I really respect and like Corey Taylor as both a person and as a vocalist. I just wish he’d release something I find interesting again. Other than the odd song I haven’t really liked much from him since All Hope Is Gone.

cshadows2887 · Mar 10, 2018

highfidelity203 said:

Easily the best album Thursday ever put out. I was lucky enough to catch them when they were touring that record and they closed the set with Autumn Leaves Revisited...it was incredible.

I feel like I brag about that show a lot. We made a good call on that one. Haha

bachna84 · Mar 10, 2018

ugman_2000 said:

Right so this week I had @bachna84 and he gave me the following albums to review:

Tiny Moving Parts – Swell (2018)

Right so first up is Tiny Moving Parts album Swell. I’d heard of this band before as they’re on a record label I like but I’d not yet got round to checking them out. I also recognised the artwork from a review I’d read in here. They’re an emo revival band that you’d probably lump in with bands like The Hotelier, Modern Baseball, The World Is a Beautiful Place… and Tigers Jaw.

So I have a feeling I’m not really going to do this album the justice it deserves due to the fact I haven’t really given it enough listens for it to really click with me yet. I’ve only given it two proper listens so far, you can blame the other album for this

To be honset ’ve not been particularly overwhelmed with it; I thought it was alright but nothing amazing. With this sort of style of music I really feel there needs to be loads of hooks for it to gel with me and I didn’t really find this album had too many songs like that.

As for their sound they play heartfelt emo that’s vocally like a lot of the newer emo/pop punk sound but musically a lot like the 90’s style of emo with the twinkling guitars. There were a few songs that stood out to me which I did enjoy a fair bit these being Smooth it Out and Caution and Malfunction which I feel all had very strong choruses. I will add musically I can’t fault this album at all but I just haven’t been able to click with the vocalist.

I'll give this album a couple more tries over the next month and see if it eventually clicks but it's not looking likely it will atm.

Favourite Tracks: Smooth It Out, Caution and Malfunction.

RIYL: The emo revival scene

Deafheaven – Sunbather (2013)

Right so I’ve been looking forward to reviewing this one all week, out of all the albums I’ve done so far this one has been truly a special discovery for me, what an album.

For those of you who don’t know who Deafheaven are they’re a post-metal band with a lot of black metal influence in there too, particularly in the vocals. This album got a lot of hype at the time of its release and had glowing reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and even AP’s very own Drew Beringer gave it 100%.

I’d heard about this album at the time of its release but I never got round to checking it out, probably because my musical tastes back then had shifted from metal a bit as I’d got a bit bored with the genre as a whole (thanks generic metalcore ). It’s only in the last couple of years my love for all things metal has been rekindled. Because I know how influential this album has since gone on to become, when @bachna84 suggested this album I jumped at the chance and my god I’m glad I did.

So to the sound of this album, from the second the album starts with Dream House this music is intense, there’s no two ways about that but it’s a beautiful intensity. It starts with the guitars playing fast but faintly in the background and then all of a sudden it kicks in. The volume goes straight up with the guitars and drums pummelling away at you for a good minute and then the black metal vocals come in over the top giving it such an abrasive edge. The music just keeps building from there like most post metal bands do, taking you on a journey where layers upon layers just keep getting added in. Then after about 5 minutes of this it all just fades away into beautiful guitar plucking that gives you time to breathe before the next onslaught kicks in. The album then keeps doing this in various ways across its 7 tracks, most of the songs clocking in at around the 7 to 10 minute marks, everyone taking you on a real rollercoaster ride of emotions.

The magnum opus of this album though is the track Vertigo that clocks in at over 14 minutes, this track is just incredible. This song is such a wild ride it starts off very post-metally and you can really see the Isis and Pelican influences shining through. It just keeps building that lovely proggy post metal sound from there. Then at the 04.30 mark that guitar solo comes in and it’s just so beautiful and then straight after that the song just boots you right in the face, where the intensity of the music ramps up and the vocals kick in, it’s just all sounds so sublime. From then on the track just keeps building and building its intensity throughout the rest of the 14 minutes but when it pauses for breathers those moments are just so beautiful and reflective.

Honesty this album has blown me away every time I’ve listened to it (and I’ve listened to it a lot this week). It’s a real master class in this genre and you can really see how influential it’s gone on to become in that scene. You just need to look at Oathbreaker’s Rheia and Ghost Bath’s Moonlover both of which I’ve loved over the last few years to hear that influence.

Anyways thanks for recommending this album @bachna84 as my god is it good. This will be on heavy rotation for me for a long time and it’s even got me contemplating dropping £50 on discogs to get it on vinyl when I get my bonus this month.

Favourite Tracks: All of them, but if your gonna check out one make it Vertigo

RIYL: Post-Metal but with extreme vocals and lots of intensity. Also if you like having your head feeling like it's been rattled about for ages and then calmly nursed back to health.

(ps sorry for the essay)

Awesome reviews! I had a feeling you’d enjoy Sunbather - I think it’s a special album! You’ll probably like they rest of their discography too :)

bachna84 · Mar 10, 2018

ugman_2000 said:

I really respect and like Corey Taylor as both a person and as a vocalist. I just wish he’d release something I find interesting again. Other than the odd song I haven’t really liked much from him since All Hope Is Gone.

Stone Sour’s House of Gold & Bones (Parts 1 & 2) were pretty enjoyable I thought! Worth checking out I think

ugman_2000 · Mar 10, 2018

bachna84 said:

Awesome reviews! I had a feeling you’d enjoy Sunbather - I think it’s a special album! You’ll probably like they rest of their discography too :)

I’ll definitely be giving the others a blast when I find the time to.

As far as Stone Sour, I think they’ve got a great set of songs now to do an awesome headline set I just find all their albums (apart from Come whatever may which I love) to be a bit long and I generally lose interest with them. I do think there’s some great songs across all the albums though.

BTDandFeelingThis · Mar 10, 2018

Our resident lurker since the beginning has finally decided to give the club a try! Welcome @anonimito !

I gave him:

Blink-182: Self Titled

He gave me:

Darren Hayes: The Tension and the Spark

Spenny · Mar 10, 2018

Nice to see a lot of Thursday love in here. I've honestly never listened to them before, which is a bit odd because I've seen them held in a similar esteem as Thrice (which was my favourite band for many years, and still one my absolute all-time faves). Will be checking both of my recommended albums out this afternoon for the first time! @JediMasterKevo182

sophos34 · Mar 10, 2018

I gave @Larry David

Frameworks - Smother
Burial - Untrue

And he gave me albums by dredg and captain we're sinking that I forgot the names of already

bachna84 · Mar 10, 2018

sophos34 said:

I gave @Larry David

Frameworks - Smother
Burial - Untrue

And he gave me albums by dredg and captain we're sinking that I forgot the names of already

kinda surprised that @Larry David didn’t give you 3 doors down

BTDandFeelingThis · Mar 10, 2018

Spenny said:

Nice to see a lot of Thursday love in here. I've honestly never listened to them before, which is a bit odd because I've seen them held in a similar esteem as Thrice (which was my favourite band for many years, and still one my absolute all-time faves). Will be checking both of my recommended albums out this afternoon for the first time! @JediMasterKevo182

I’m excited for you to listen to two awesome albums :)

Spenny · Mar 10, 2018

JediMasterKevo182 said:

I’m excited for you to listen to two awesome albums :)

Are we allowed to post first impressions in here? Or save our thoughts when we "review" the album at the end of the week?

iCarly Rae Jepsen · Mar 10, 2018

okay @Kiana will be listening to Loner by Caroline Rose and I'll be listening to Sale El Sol by Shakira

Larry David · Mar 10, 2018

bachna84 said:

kinda surprised that @Larry David didn’t give you 3 doors down

Fuck you Andrew

Larry David · Mar 10, 2018

sophos34 said:

I gave @Larry David

Frameworks - Smother
Burial - Untrue

And he gave me albums by dredg and captain we're sinking that I forgot the names of already

Lol

dredg- El Cielo
Captain, We're Sinking- The King Of No Man

Nate_Johnson · Mar 10, 2018

I love that Frameworks album. I got it in my Deathwish grab bag.

skurt · Mar 10, 2018

bachna84 said:

kinda surprised that @Larry David didn’t give you 3 days grace

ugman_2000 · Mar 10, 2018

I was very close to giving Kev St Anger earlier but I decided to be kind to him.

skurt · Mar 10, 2018

ugman_2000 said:

I was very close to giving Kev St Anger earlier but I decided to be kind to him.

That would have been ruthless.

BTDandFeelingThis · Mar 10, 2018

ugman_2000 said:

I was very close to giving Kev St Anger earlier but I decided to be kind to him.

skurt said:

That would have been ruthless.

I’d have handled it. Just couldn’t promise the review was glowing lol

skurt · Mar 10, 2018

St.Anger has some good tracks but overall it's their weakest album. I saw them live in July and they didn't even touch it.

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