just here to remind everyone that War Paint is a god damn masterpiece of an album, and it's absolutely wild how good it is on the heels of Reach for the Sun, also a damn near perfect album, especially for a debut. Absolutely no shade to RFTS, it's absolutely still one of my favs, but the performance and production on War Paint are just transcendent, it flows so well and still tears me apart after all these years. I know AJ has had some missteps over the years, but honestly I cannot imagine the pressure of trying to keep going after creating those monumental albums at such a young age. Wish him/them all the best and hope to see them on the road again soon.
Agreed, War Paint is still great and my favorite of theirs. I was just listening to RFTS and WP for the first time in ages yesterday, funny timing.
For my money, Gravity has 5-6 songs that are fantastic and can hang with the rest of the post-reunion discography, but the rest is just fine. Overall, it's a very solid...7th....? album
They should have just made one album instead of making both Coming Home and Gravity. Each is about half great.
tbh, i found Gravity very forgettable unfortunately like, at least Coming Home had a few songs that i still spin but i deadass forget about Gravity constantly tho i feel for AJ being the sole member now- i miss Bryan and Tyler lol
i dont really listen to this band anymore but when mother nature came out i was as all in as you could be and i liked every album a lot at that time. the ep with aaron gillespie had some cool stuff but these last two albums are misses for me