The Menzingers - Some Of It Was True (October 13, 2023) • Page 19

Thought this was a bit of a snooze, unfortunately. Need to give it a few more listens.

 

It is getting better for me on more listens but right now i'd put it on the lower end of their discog

(I DO LIKE IT THO)

 

The one Tom song is definitely a Warning era Green Day melody

 

I love this. Real Petty vibes throughout.

High Low might be my favourite song.

 

there’s def one song that sounds just like Waiting lol

 

It’s gotta be Love at the End cause last night I told my wife the melody reminded me of Green Day lol

 

Honestly, this might be my favorite album since Rented World. Really enjoying it start to finish.

 

Take It to Heart is a highlight for me

 

ha that's my least favourite!

Struggling to connect to this album, love the rest from Chamberlain to Hello Exile.

The Menz bite feels gone for me from these songs, and lyrically there's only a couple of lines I really like, whereas usually there's loads

 

This, hello exile and after the party are their 3 best.

 

This, ATP, and Rented World for me.

 

Chamberlain, OTIP, & ATP are my personal faves (love RW & this one too tho)

 

High low, high low, it’s off to work we go

 

This is fine I guess. There’s a few songs I really enjoy like Ultraviolet, Hope, and Alone in Dublin, but can’t see myself coming back to this much.

 

Interesting to me how many people feel so lukewarm on this, I think it’s awesome

 

Yeah it’s def that one lol

 

Really enjoy this. I was extremely bored by Hello Exile, but this one brought me back.

 

Probably first time I didn’t even fishing the listen.
Not necessary bad but I feel like heard all the songs before.

 

I definitely enjoy this a lot more than HE. I don’t think anything will touch the Chamberlain-Rented World stretch and that’s ok. Those are three of my favorite albums ever. I’m just glad the production lets the music shine and this is probably the best Tom has sounded since OTIP. His songs are my favorite on this.

 

When you have records as perfect as Chamberlain Waits, OTIP and After the Party in your back catalog its really hard to write a record that matches those levels

I enjoyed the first listen. But even my less favorite Menzingers records (RW and HE) have some absolutely 11-out-of-10 bangers with songs like Asshole, In Remission and Anna . Whereas this one feels like a solid record -- maybe even a better overall record than HE -- but even the top songs are just 9/10s

 

I’m sure someone else already called it out, but I don’t wanna dig. But in Ultraviolet, the melody of the “oohs” are 100% ripped from Sleeping In by postal service.

 

Still hasn’t grabbed me fully.
I really am enjoying the songs that take a chance, but the more standard fare feels a little empty.

Lyrically feels more vague…hard to describe.

 

Only really got into this band with After The Party and I’d say this is the weakest of the three releases I’ve been a fan for. It feels like a more consistent album front to back though? But it’s missing some big bangers for me.

i need a long night drive with it

 

I barely made it through, alas. I don't hear anything threatening to compete with their best material.

 

wild takes being dropped rn