NCTH is a great album imo. It didn’t connect as immediately as the previous couple albums and the production is spotty, but overall it’s really good. Cardinals, Cigarettes & Saints, Patsy Cline, Bluest are some of their best songs.
I started listening to TWY right before suburbia came out, liked TGG but didn't love it. Suburbia was my favorite until NCTH came out and I think that album is TWY's best work. Not that what I think matters, but I've seen some weird patterns with TWY fans and what they like/don't like.
TWY is one of those bands where I am a less than casual fan of, but I own a physical copy of all their albums for some reason haha. TGG is legendary though. I do like that album a lot.
Looks like they're being accompanied by a string quartet at both of the New York shows. Wish that was happening at Philly too :/
My EP just shipped! Honestly forgot it was coming out so soon, so it was a nice surprise to see the email.
Me Vs The Highway: A song that resonated with me from the beginning. I know I've shared the story of stealing my college classmates laptop while she was in the bathroom to stream this song when it dropped. Great bridge, love how structurally odd it is and those dueling guitar lines are just delicious. The idea of battling the highway has been rattling around in my mind for many years and this song perfectly summed up my feelings towards riding down the same highway every day, either to go to work or go to the nearest larger urban cities or to just ride alone. Theres an overpass bridge before entering the city of Wilmington and it used to have the words "stay" and "how did i end up here" graffitied on it. I'd like to think they were connected. Don't Let Me Cave In: The song became my anthem the moment I heard it. I was starting to crack after being diagnosed as bipolar and I was afraid that all of my friends and family thought I was crazy because of how paranoid and unpredictable I could be. My friends Qwen, Kris, Erin, and Keith all took me out to eat one night and they asked me why my face was so red. I'd been crying for hours but I just told them I hadnt slept in a while. They told me they were worried about but they loved me and bought my food for me. I wont ever forget that. Cigarettes & Saints: My friend Dillion passed away in 2015. He'd been struggling with depression and pill addiction. He snapped when his fiance called off their wedding so that he could get help. They found him in his backyard. We met in band in middle school and we clicked immediately, I played clarinet and he trombone. We entered the talent show along with some of our other friends and played some march, i cant remember but it was wonderful. He was a hell of a musician. Our friend Nick came into the restaurant I was working at to tell me that Dillion had passed. The pastor got his name wrong at the wake and its haunted me ever since. We miss you Dillion. The Devil In My Bloodstream: my grandfather suddenly became very ill early 2013. he'd struggled with a lot of things, an untreated depression, possible bipolar disorder, heart issues, he also had a very bad back and had to walk hunched over. I cant think of any time where he didnt walk with a hunch, the only time he stood straight up was for pictures and even then he could only hold himself up for a minute at most. When he died I found his old journal he kept from when he was in the Navy. He was very candid about the very dark thoughts he had. Seeing people die had really shook him to his core. "In the end I dont think it was worth it" was the last line in the last entry and I don't think I could some up going to war any better. I remember thinking how incredible it was how far he'd made it in life, depression didnt take him but it certainly didnt leave him be. I couldnt help but think I'd never be that strong. I'm glad I dont think that way anymore. I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave: One of my friends I made in middle school was named Kevin. He, our other friend Brandon, and myself were really close and we remained close through highschool. We legitimately believed our kids would also be good friends and that we'd be uncles and fathers. The first time I ever went to Kevins house his parents seemed very nice. All of a sudden Kevins door swung open and his father was yelling about a broken broom handle. He threw Kevin from his bed into the living room and then closed the door on me. I wanted to open the door and stop whatever it was that he was doing but I just didnt have the guts to do it. Kevin came back with a bruise on his face and some cuts on his arm. I'd noticed bruises and scars on him before this but it never occurred to me that his parents, or at least his dad, was abusive. When I asked him about it he said that they only hit him when he does something wrong and that he deserves it and that a "real man" should be able to take whatever consequences come with actions. I was stunned, I still am. Hes doing better now, he went to the army for a while but now hes moved out and I think he lives near one of the beaches here. I havent talked to him in a while. Passing Through A Screen Door And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Washington Square Park There, There Palm Reader I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral Cul De Sacs Stained Glass Ceilings Hoodie Weather Its Never Sunny In South Philadelphia Dismantling Summer Cardinals Thanks For The Ride Teenage Parents I Dont Like Who I Was Then Local Man Ruins Everything Woke Up Older Coffee Eyes Everything I Own Fits In This Backback The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves Chaser The Bluest Things On Earth Slow Dancing With San Andreas I Was Scared & I'm Sorry A Raindance In Traffic A Song For Patsy Cline I Wont Say The Lords Prayer You In January Its (Sort Of) A Pleasure To Meet You No Closer To Heaven An American Religion My Last Semester A Song For Earnest Hemingway Hostels & Brothels Melrose Diner My Life As Rob Gordon You Made Me Want To Be A Saint Logan Circle We Could Die Like This Living Room Song My Life As A Pigeon Summers In PA Leavenhouse 11:30 All My Friends Are In Bar Bands This Party Sucks New Years With Carl Weathers Dynamite Shovel Hey Thanks Madelyn Suburbia I've Given You All Brothers & I could probably write a little story for all of these songs, minus the bottom like 5, but thats probably too much and would just clog up the thread. but heres my rankings of everything from The Upsides to NCTH and the b-sides
sounds like theyre preparing to maybe possibly start announcing the new LP. the loneliestplaceonearth ig mentioned theyre gearing up for the next album.
Follow the band on Spotify for a free download of the Burst and Decay version of "Ernest Hemingway." I like this one a lot. Get "A Song For Ernest Hemingway" Early
Hmm they also said that they wanted this to be a collective type of thing right? So maybe not a TWY release at all. Are any bands they're tight with due for an album?