sunburnt is freakin incredible and makes me wonder what the next underoath record would have been like. I would be fine with this type of sound with Aaron acting more like a second singer and spencer taking over all main parts
actually unsound was fantastic too, just do this. i forgot how incredible those songs were.. god damn. What a band. I wish I would have gotten into sleepwave bc I love Spencers cleans. I just didn't think sleepwave was as musically interesting as UO
As someone who isn't a big fan of Nine Inch Nails or Radiohead, you can probably imagine why I didn't connect with it. It will be fascinating to see how Spencer & Aaron work together for this and also the direction they take their sound. I've already said before but I'm hoping for some post-rock vibes. I'm not sure that's what we'll get - they could literally do anything. It's going to be interesting.
Listen to "The Wolf" by them again, if it's been a while! I remember getting so stoked to hear his screams on that track, haha. "Hold My Head" was my #2 after that one
Agreed! It was interesting throughout the album to hear him personally dig into his emotions through descript, instead of the abstract he uses a lot in Underoath.
Paper Lung sounds nu-rock to me and I have a feeling it was intentional. It’s the only song I’ve actually listened to.
Funny I came to the thread to be annoyed about Underoath really milking the rebirth/return and booking a bunch of festivals instead of actually making new music, and come to find out actually have a new album coming soon. Kudos Underoath, glad to be wrong!
People calling some of the sounds on Disambiguation more nu metal makes sense, but I really think it was meant to be more a grunge and industrial influence paired with their overall sound. Grunge and industrial directly influenced the nu metal era so I guess it's not a stretch.
With the likelihood of a summer release, i’m glad they are not announcing it right now. It sucks when a band announces an album and releases a song 4 - 5 months in advance. 2 months is my preference.
I mean they could play those two albums for the rest of my time on earth and I would always be stoked to go
I think people (likely younger) unfamiliar with grunge and industrial are going to hear some of that album and think back to nu metal. I kind of did a step back when I saw it in here. Given the band's age, I definitely think they were going for more of the NIN and some grunge influences though.
I just listened to Disambiguation and LITSOS back to back, and I got to say, I think I would take those two over DTGL and TOCS. I have more nostalgia for the earlier ones, but those two later ones hold up well. I didn't initially give Disambiguation a fair shake, but I am down with that album now.
What the fuck is "nu rock" and nothing on Disambiguation sounds like nu metal. Pretty stright up metalcore with some atmospheric/industrial tendencies
This is nu-rock. nu rock is another name for post-grunge for sounding similar to nu metal without the metal feel and the elements of hip-hop. Although post-grunge isn't commonly known as nu rock, many believe that if you had to call any kind of music 'nu rock', it would have to be post-grunge more than anything.