This is number 9 on my aoty list so far as it clicked hard with me over the last couple of weeks. In a year's time it wouldn't surprise me if, on reflection, it was actually top 5.
Listened to this today, and feel like everything they pulled from Death Cab pulled them a little too far off balance from some of their ability to let loose. Still love this as much as Keep Doing but feels like this should've been a lot farther ahead.
I feel like the songwriting is tighter, they learned how to pull back, but that they're still doing a little balancing. Like, on Pioneer of Nothing, it worked perfectly, partly because it's a smaller release, partly because there was a series of build ups and releases of tension. But this album is more tension than release, which isn't inherently bad, but kind of feels like they didn't go as far forward as they COULD'VE gone. That being said, not denying they definitely took a step forward
this one hurts, the worst thing about some band breakups for me is that it makes it nearly impossible to ever see and say hi to specific people ever again. huge bummer
I'm guessing this is a big part of the reason: This is a huge bummer. I was really excited to see where they went. I'm just glad that after seeing them three times on accident (because they kept opening for shows I went to and I kept meaning to listen to them more but never got to it), I finally got to see them as an actual fan on the tour with All Get Out & Free Throw.
hmm. i'd assume there are bigger reasons for a band ending than perception based on word association and feeling typecast.
real life? not feeling happy writing and performing within the band? just burnt out? lots of reasons that can happen to anyone in a band especially one that's not a full time money making thing
Maybe the Jade Tree stuff was a bigger setback than imagined. Seemed like they were quieter then than they meant to be before triple crown picked them up