Yellowcard Band • Page 50

I'm not sure what my ranking would look like, but the more time I spend with Painkillers the more I love it. I think it's his most consistently great album. It might be my second favorite after The 59 Sound, to be honest. After that, probably American Slang, Handwritten, Elsie, Get Hurt, Sink or Swim.

 

Mine is dangerously close to the reverse of this.

 

Not really. I'd go:

Handwritten
Get Hurt
American Slang
59 Sound
Elsie
Sink or Swim
Painkillers

Truth be told though, I dont really care about anything below AS on that list.

 

Yeah I love Painkillers I just like the others more. Elsie is the most seasonal of them all.

 

Wow. I thought I remembered you being lukewarm on Painkillers, but maybe I'm just thinking of Jason

 

I like Handwritten but it's a bit bland compared to the others imo

 

It was the first one I ever heard, so it's got that going for it

 

I don't know. They strike me as extremely American in terms of appeal. That, plus Key's voice, the slickness of their sound, etc. seem like things that wouldn't do it for you normally. Granted, I have trouble pinning down your tastes in general.

 

Yeah that Palm mute riff is such an iconic feature of Lose Yourself I don't think it was very smart to use it for their first hip hop song

 

Hollywood Died, Rough Landing Holly and Down on my Head aren't in your top 50 YC songs? Hmmmmmm

 

I guess I can see that. I think that probably does a better job explaining why I don't like them than I could give honestly, ha. I'll probably check out their new one and see if that does anything for me.

 

Elsie is an album I really like, but it's never quite been a "love" for me, and I don't know why. I think there are a few tracks I like less than the others and their pretty evenly interspersed throughout, so that keeps me from really immersing myself in it like the others. Plus, yeah, very seasonal. I have trouble listening to that one and enjoying it outside of the fall.

Ha, nope, I gave it a 9.5 and consciously worked things out so it was my 200th and last review on AbsolutePunk. I'm honestly a bit baffled by Jason and Thomas's indifference toward it. I think it's a big step up from the recent Gaslight material and has some of his best songwriting ever. Seeing him live also elevated it for me. But I'm pretty much the target audience for the genres he was going for there.

This is kind of where I've arrived, based on a recent revisit. I really love that record, and it means a lot to me just based on how much I played it in the summer of 2012, but I feel like it's going to date quickly. The lyrics aren't as good and, in retrospect, it's overproduced in a way that feels almost claustrophobic. There's something about T59S, AS, and Painkillers that feels timeless, and Handwritten does not have that.

 

Absolutely not Down on my Head, hahaha, that song is awful. The other two songs are ok, definitely the best on the album, but don't touch their other material.

 

Wow, my bad. I thought it was entirely forgettable after several listens, but maybe I should go back.

 

Yeah, I immediately thought of that song, and then of the Weird Al cover of that song, and it was just all bad. They had to know, right?

I doubt I'd be the fan I am if they hadn't been like a "growing up" band for me. I think it would be a lot harder to go back and get into them later, which is probably why you're still not getting much out of those albums. Not to say that they're all about nostalgia for me, but that's definitely part of it.

 

Is The 1975 the best chance we all have to agree on stuff? They only have two albums, it'd be kinda hard not to...

 

I always thought Yellowcard was super overrated and they never clicked with me much until Southern Air came out. After digesting that record, Paper Walls finally hit and it was like listening to a completely different album.

 

You should see his current tour. Those songs sound fucking incredible, and they're such great live sing-alongs. Honestly, hearing those songs alongside most of the Elsie songs sort of made me realize how much more I like Painkillers than Elsie.

 

Probably.

 

1975 are garbage

 

Jk love both albums and EPs

 

"Holly Wood Died" is probably my favorite song on Lights & Sounds, but I don't really care for it that much until the end when "Three Flights Up" gets reprised.

 

I Like It When You Sleep
EPs
The 1975

Agree? Disagree?

 

Agreed

 

At this point you're looking to get absolutely trashed on the next podcast, hahah. But yeah, I feel like I might owe that album another listen. I thought the response was generally pretty meh, so I didn't think I was missing much, but we'll see.