you'd think going from pop punk to dark experimental post-hardcore would mean they would stretch out and try on many hats but instead they just zero in on this totally iconic new sound and lock into it for p much the whole album
― flopson, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
Stands up. I'm going to have to think about this more than I expected.
Great drumming on this album.
Agreed and I think this is what let me down on the one when I read some favorable comparisons to this album. I wanted more of Barker's drumming on this album. I'm not even bothered by the programmed beats on the new one, just the way they seemed to be pushed so far back in the mix even when I do like them.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
better than any fugazi album imo
― flopson, Thursday, 3 October 2019 00:49 (four years ago) link
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― System, Friday, 18 October 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
oh shit what did i vote for
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 18 October 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
well i voted for "obvious"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 18 October 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
the singles on this are so good
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Friday, 18 October 2019 00:03 (four years ago) link
voting Down
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Friday, 18 October 2019 00:04 (four years ago) link
this was where I got off the bus. the fucking cover was enough. I like the chorus of I Miss You though.
― flappy bird, Friday, 18 October 2019 04:58 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 19 October 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
get ready for action
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
burned into my brain
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
this was the soundtrack to early puberty along with that pink album i can never spell. i felt the band and i were growing up together (didn't know they were over twice my age) and that first horny tom verse gave me some strange new feelings
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
turned out to have longer legs than I think anyone anticipated, fans and probably band included
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:41 (one year ago) link
That bit in Feeling This where they Tom is waaay off-mic under a big drumbeat completes a trilogy of UK hits that do this (cf. Hotlegs' Neanderthal Man and The Goodmen's Give It Up)
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
so this still fucking rules and dammit tom is still hot in spite of everything. and his weird mannerisms are all over multiple genres now
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:01 (one year ago) link
OK it's not wall to wall bangers as you go on, not all the proggy stuff works and i get it girls are so cruel aren't you like 30. but still a solid album with a handful of all timers
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
Yeah I've never cared about the second half so much. Used to play tracks 1-8 all the time once upon a time though
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
the last four songs are the best ones!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
it does pick up again but not sure I'd go that far, maybe it's the relative unfamiliarity of the songs to me- I started this way more than ever I finished it. I assume you're not including the live anthem part 2 (which is fun) as one of the 4
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
lol no i just think “easy target”/“all of this” is a dope suite, the peak of the record, “here’s your letter” is the better of the two hoppus-songs on the record, and “i’m lost without you” achieves the “shoegaze epic” feel it’s going for, ultimately uh “losing” itself in clouds of guitar riffs and drum fills
album’s appeal (and ava’s appeal if you’re a dumbass who likes them like me) is at least partly that it feels smartly constructed even though it is very very very dumb
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
I don’t even like BLink 182, but the quiet-loud dynamics on some of these tracks is spectacular.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 17:58 (one year ago) link
rip jerry finn really in the conversation for the goat alt rock producers
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
Apparently this tour is plagued by the same dynamic pricing bullshit as Springsteen's, so a whole new generation of fans are discovering how shitty Ticketmaster is. Seeing reports of up to $800-$900 per ticket. Jesus fuck. I like Blink and saw them when they toured with Green Day, they aren't worth $50 as a live act. Especially now that Tom is only doing this to raise money for his UFO company, I'm highly skeptical they are suddenly going to be a better live act.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 October 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
very sympathetic while also thinking anyone paying $300 for a blink-182 show is clowning themselves hard
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 21:25 (one year ago) link
so yes you’re otm jon