Fully agree dude. The self-titled album and ILAD beat all the rest of the useds discography by a mile.
Eh, if we were 7-8 years ago I would be going bonkers over this. I'm just not into them as much as I used to be. I put some Used here and there in my music rotation. I'll still always be interested to hear what they put out though.
Just coming in here to say that "Vulnerable" is actually a pretty good record from these guys. Too bad the rest can't be said for other records of theirs..
While I don't think Lies is great- it does have some solid jams. I think with less over the top production by Feldman (go figure) and better lyrics that make me cringe less- Lies could have been their best. Till then, it's S/T all day for me.
Probably a super unpopular opinion but I wish they continued in the raw direction they took on Ocean of the Sky.
I honestly think they've gotten significantly worse with each release with the exception of Shallow Believer being better than Lies.
I like Ocean a lot. I usually rank it low bc it's kinda hard to put it up against full albums since it's so short (and I don't even include Tethys bc wtf even is that).
Oh and speaking of songs I like to pretend don't exist: Disaster. I fucking hate that song. The lyrics make me uncomfortable and I always skip it. Prob just me but w/e.
Went through most of the discography today for the first time in awhile. S/T is still a masterpiece but I've kinda grown out of it. In Love and Death is my favorite still. Lies was kind of annoying to get through. I enjoy the Shallow Believer songs way more. Artwork...still holds up and is underrated. This might be my second favorite album by them. About to listen to Vulnerable and IM, but in the past they didn't really hit me like the other albums did. I did think IM was more enjoyable for some reason.
I'll never grow out of s/t, I was singing/screaming along to the entire album last night on my drive home
S/T will forever be my favorite album ever. That album is so special to me. I don't think I'll ever connect with an album like that again. So many albums I love and connect with obviously, but that was just something else. It was just the right album to hear at the exact right time. Now I gotta go listen to it again!