Young The Giant - Home Of The Strange Album • Page 3

damn Elsewhere is so sick
this album is groovy

 

This album's solid, immediately like it more than the last. "Titus Was Born" an early standout

 

So happy this album is finally out! Love these guys.

I absolutely love Mr. Know-it-all.

 

Wow!! This album is super solid! I was somewhat looking forward to this after the last album which I thought was meh... but this just climbed to the top of my AOTY list. Flows really well too I hit start and next thing you know it's over and I gotta hit play again.

 

yeah actually enjoyed every track a lot on this, they do a really good job of keeping every song engaging all the way through. Some of the ideas are so whacky too and the production is really sick. The snares on this album are fat af

 

Damn, I think they released all my favourite tracks first. I wish bands would stop releasing half an album beforehand.

 

This is really good

 

Yeah, no idea why they released so much of this album. They should have stopped after releasing Titus Was Born, which I think is definitely the best song on the record.

My current non-signal favorites are Mr. Know-It-All and Nothing's Over. Love these two. Also really digging the more direct sound on this album, along with a greater focus on the groove and rhythm than we've seen in the past.

This thread/album/band needs more love!

 

Stuff like that is why I stopped listening to singles before an album.

 

Yep, totally agree about Titus Was Born being the standout

 

I feel like I'm in the minority of those who love Mind Over Matter. On my first few listens I think I prefer that to Home of the Strange, but I don't ever see me not enjoying new music from them.

 

the lyrics on mind over matter are so bad, he really stepped up his game on this record.

 

Really? Like what songs/lines? The lyrics are something i thought were always pretty strong

 

I do like that album, but it is 2 songs too long. I was listening with my brother the other week and we agreed that deleting Crystalized and one other song would do it wonders.

 

I agree 100%. I like Crystalized and I like Mind Over Matter, but they sound so similar to me that I really don't like them back to back on the album.

 

So far, so good. I really, really like the front half of this. "Art Exhibit" is very cool too -- definitely the highlight for me of the songs I hadn't already heard.

Only complaint is that I could do without "Silvertongue". That song doesn't do anything for me.

 

they're just pretty generic and familiar... don't really have a strong message...

"And if the world don't break
I'll be shakin' it
Cause I'm a young man after all
And when the seasons change
Will you stand by me?
Cause I'm a young man built to fall"

ugh

"Look in my eyes
This is just the reason why I stay
I know there are things we shouldn't say
Blame it on the reason why I came
Maybe cause I couldn't feel the
Pain"

come on this is just recycled ballad lyrics

plus that stupid truman show line in it's about time

 

I think the biggest misstep on the album is having Firelight and Camera back to back. I like both songs, but back to back ballads probably never should have happened. They played back to back ballads as well when I saw them live last year and I could practically feel the energy leaving the room.

 

Yep, agreed there. And especially coming off of 4 tracks with practically the same tempo and very similar sounds... very poor track placement.

Man, I keep hitting repeat on Mr. Know It All. So good.

 

Underwhelmed sadly after my first listen.

 

3 favorites:

Mr. Know-It-All, Titus Was Born, Nothing's Over

Silvertongue has grown on me, and I'm a quite like Repeat as well. Really happy with this album.

 

Mr Know It All is the shit

 

Impression after 2 listens: I'm very glad this album exists and I will give it many more listens, but I don't love it near as much as I love Mind Over Matter. Fight me.

 

Saw these guys in Nashville on Thursday, was really damn good. Got tour debuts of Elsewhere, Nothing's Over, and Art Exhibit. They also had Brandon Benson up on stage and they played Steady as She Goes, which was awesome.

I loved that they were willing to just let the groove roll on a few of their songs in a live setting. In Eros and Nothing's Over especially, they sit in that groove and just riff for a few minutes and I love it.

 

Such a great series of videos:

In The Open: Home of the Strange - YouTube