The Menzingers - Hello Exile (October 4, 2019) Album • Page 47

The back half of this is so good. Strain Your Memory is still my favorite after 5 or 6 listens. And whoever said I Cant Stop Drinking is a Chris Stapleton song is spot on. Mean that in the best way possible.

 

Never thought my takeaway from the new Menzingers record thread would be "I need to check out Chris Stapleton" but here we are.

 

Really like strangers forever in the track list. Was off base on that track previously.

Portland is the only thing that hasn’t hit for me.

 

Weird how we're getting "menzingers by the numbers" and then comments about how it's way more mid-tempo. It can't be both lol

 

It's definitely not Menzinger's by the numbers. Very obviously different sounding at first listen.

My current gripes would come with the production, and the somewhat "same-ness" of it. But there's some obviously stand out tracks, and I'm excited to keep listening. And to get home to my vinyl eventually.

 

Album's great and way better than I expected it to be

 

The Tom songs here are my favorite Tom songs ever.

EDIT: Anyone else hear "My inner monologue is Brian" on SF? Just me?

 

Tom's songs have been fantastic for this and ATP. Think it's because he's had less songs that he's probably put a lot more into them. Jolly good show

 

sorry, it’s mid-tempo Menzingers by the numbers

 

Anyway, the more I listen the more I obviously latch on to certain parts of the record. It isn’t bad by any means, it’s just the first time that a Menzo record didn’t knock me off my feet on first listen. Even Rented World had Rodent and My Friend Kyle

 

Farewell Youth is great, but everyone is overlooking Chamberlain Waits in terms of best closers

 

glad half the vocals sound like they're bouncing around in a coffee can, very nice

 

...You’ve never listened to Chris Stapleton?!

 

America has really grown on me. I feel like I'm going to enjoy this entire record a lot more when the songs have all settled in with the rest of the Menzos on shuffle

 

Defo feel that this record is a grower. Been lukewarm on most of it so far but America, Anna and Strangers Forever grew on me SO much over the weeks after they were released. Gonna give it some time before I collect my thoughts on it

 

I've never understood the hate for rented world

 

I just find the majority of that album to be forgettable. It's not "bad", it just isn't what I want out of a Menzingers record.

 

"May the highways cross their fingers and hope
That we may one day find ourselves home"

Such a great line

EDIT:
"The grief starts when bumping into friends turned acquaintances
We stumble around the small talk
We break the silence with Jameson
But once we were inseparable
We were the only punks in town
We spent every weekend raisin’ hell in the basement of your parents house
But we’re older now"

Yeah this song hits a lot harder sitting with lyrics.

 

Just tried to order from Kings Road. $20 shipping on a 50 order?! Nope nope nope

 

album is seriously so good

 

Today’s the first chilly fall morning we’ve had and it goes perfectly with this album. I’m going to have it on repeat.

 

For a genre I normally don’t engage with much, he does it very very well.

 

Need to listen with lyrics but first couple listens through I’m underwhelmed. It’s okay. I hope it grows on me but it’s the first time I haven’t been floored first listens through a Menzingers album

 

This is the correct answer.

 

Just hit play! It's a toe tapper already.