Chrundle The Great

that record in the photos is pink.... yeah and grizzly adams had a beard

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/12058

better be real this time....

1 hour ago, Derek™ said:

I don’t think it’ll contend as an AOTY

Sure hope not. With the way this year has started, Greet Death's New Hell is gonna be contending for both 19 and 20.

But if this is a definite step up and not in AOTY contention, really how good was schmaltz, then?

1 minute ago, Derek™ said:

I liked this new album a whole lot more than Schmaltz for what it’s worth.  When Dan said that album has “a few bangers” [paraphrasing], he wasn’t exaggerating.  Some standout moments but nothing as a whole that floored me, if we’re being honest.  Didn’t feel compelled to snoop on Discogs immediately after, as I usually do when I’m late to the party with something that impresses me.

 

I don’t know if I fully grasp that TWIABP comparison.  Does anyone else get the same vibe or connect those dots?  Just going over my head, then?  Okay.

 

(And to be fair, a lot of TMV’s discography is pretty whatever in my books.  But De-Loused is pretty timeless.  I was mostly just baiting.)

Ha - I knew I shouldn't have even acknowledged the tmv reference last time. my mistake entirely.  the TWIABP comparison was whatever of the released spanish love songs songs i was listening to when i typed that. just another reference point of albums i erroneously think are "better" without having listened to this one yet. also edited my last post with a general aside about your comment on the music landscape of 2020, in agreement. but yeah, i will definitely give this album a shot. there is so little out there, as you said. i wouldn't put it past a band like this to impress on a second attempt.  thanks

29 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

But for real, as someone who was never into Alkaline Trio or a pop-punk phase, it’s a fun record.  It doesn’t reinvent the wheel.  It doesn’t just totally, like, speak to me on a relatable level, man.  And maybe some bands have honed in on elements of their sound more proficiently, in years prior.  Totally willing to accept all of those things.  But at the end of the day it’s still an enjoyable album.  And in a timeline where Green Day is still churning out records in 2020, I’m gonna’ go this route.  If we tried to compare each and every new release with what’s been done before, modern music would be pretty fucking dull.

look, i respect your opinion and i'm pretty sure you've turned me on to a few great albums/bands here before. your posts in this thread contributed to me even considering listening to this album. but i heard schmaltz a bunch of times and ive heard plenty of menzingers. seems you are coming around on the latter's later stuff being rubbish, but I just think it needs to be said that there is such better stuff out there than all of this - and better stuff in this specific genre subset. if tmv has become a meme or coheed-esque joke, so be it. their albums remain some of the best songwriting and lyricism i have ever heard

edit: also, I agree with the general sentiment of Derek's post about enjoyable albums and the music landscape being pretty barren. to each his own very much... i just feel that people I talk to in public about punk bring up the menzingers all the time like they are some revelation (im guessing this is the next version of that), and it irks me a lil bit.

figured it was an unpopular opinion. didn't expect this type of well thought out rebuttal, but i expect you'll see many tweens fresh off of the paramore tour at whatever show of these guys you attend, so to each his own i guess. it sounds like others have heard the entire album, and if it is anything like the singles, I guess no one wanted to mention how much more formulaic and less "hearty" these tracks are than schmaltz, and this is coming from someone who deleted that album after 3-4 listens.

last album was horrendous, two singles have been very meh. bringing nothing new to punk, just like the menzingers. theyre like a bad version of mom jeans. is this pop punk for people who havent heard better recent lyricists and songwriters like Posture & The Grizzly, Graduating Life, (old) Modern Baseball, or didn't grow up with that Alkaline Trio- type "alt rock" sound in the early 00's that we've now heard a million times? cool twinkly guitars like the ole days of TWIABP, but way too fast-paced to create the right mood. what am i missing? cheap low iq lyric anthems. refrain x40: "it gets harder, doesnt it?!??!?". Like come on. might as well be matchbox 20's "how far we've come". unpopular opinion, i get it

already in the Top 10 Full Pages of Meaningless Updates for 2020

hoobastank did this better in '01. not quite a timeless genre

it was certainly ideal for sales of the split color (they only sold out because they were the "most limited"), as splatters tend to go quickest of colored vinyl. I'm also pretty sure the website was not updated to say the split would be limited to 300 once the additional split copies went up. once again, the only loser is the only party that did nothing wrong, the retail consumer. yikes all around

14 minutes ago, Sh100by said:

 If a grownup can't understand why a child can't consent they are creepy. End of story.

also grownups that still listen to blink, amirite?

Deja Entendu and The Devil And God are great records. Nothing that anyone did can change that. Stop making it so complex.

20 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

 if you’re sleeping on the P A I N EP you’re really fucking up.

 

Also have no idea how you can’t hear the similarities between Cloakroom and Logan’s vocals in Greet Death.

Need to check out the Pain EP for sure... don't think I have. But yeah - earlier Tennis System LP(s) were(was) meh. Lovesick is a start, has a few real highlights, but I think they can really peak on their next album. One would hope.

With Greet Death/Cloakroom, I hear the similarities absolutely, there is no band Ive heard that sounds more similar in style to Greet Death than Cloakroom. The problem is, I haven't liked more than a couple Cloakroom tracks, and this was after listening to each full-length 3 times. Will check out Sedimentary and any other reccos more closely again though.

Edit: Just to jump back in on the Greet Death - Dixieland talk, Cumbersome is the highlight to me, but it is much more like New Hell so that is probably why.  But New Hell took several listens to sink in so I'll probably queue up Dixieland here in a sec.

glad we got the 50/50 approval from oldkentuckyshark, important update. also i tried cloakroom hard, but it aint doin the greet death / holy fawn thang for me, thats for sure. lot of people making the Greet Death / Cloakroom comparison. just don't see whats so special about cloakroom. It has been mentioned a few times before, but Tennis System's new album "Lovesick" is very good - I think the rest of their stuff is rubbish, but thats just me. For those into this kind of stuff as I am, Drab Majesty's "Modern Mirror" is still one of my favorite albums of the year, and definitely has ties to this genre/style. Some might not like it, but I feel like me n rooks are onelove on most topics.

hard to believe someone who pushes their content so forcefully on the internet could be so thin-skinned

yeah, its great. in a year of weaker releases this has shot to the top few on my list. something about the super-slow pace of some tracks and the bass tone. along with the gaze, there's definitely a grunge element to some of the tracks. as i've continued to listen to it 2-3 times a day, the closing track "new hell" has become one of my favorites, and specifically the 2nd half of that track. Having been back over their first album "dixieland" several times, it hasn't grabbed me quite as much, but "dragged to hell" and especially "cumbersome" are my favorites off that one so far.

- big khruangbin fan

9 hours ago, Derek™ said:

That Greet Death album is good fun, but I don’t recall a total shoegaze vibe from the whole thing.  It’s got a great variety though – I seem to think there were some twangier moments on it that surprised me.  I need to revisit it.

Its definitely not strictly shoegaze. all these cross-genre gazers are getting hard to classify. greet death album has a lot of classic "alt rock" elements that remind me of stuff from the late 90s early 00s. they throw a few silly acoustic folk songs on every album that break up the consistency, and it takes a few listens but they make 9 minute tracks feel like 4 minutes.

the new Tennis System album is good, both Holy Fawn albums are great, and it seems everyone is still sleeping on Greet Death. its not a perfect album as I think there are 2-3 weaker tracks, but this ones gonna be big once enough people hear it. just 2 of many highlights

On 9/24/2019 at 12:58 PM, CalebDW said:

Greet Death "New Hell" in stores November 8th!

Watch Video for "Do You Feel Nothing?"

 

DW Exclusive - Bone / Beer Split w/ Bone Splatter

 

This album is great. I know its shoegaze, but I get some Sioux Falls Rot Forever feels in "You're Gonna Hate What You've Done" and some other tracks. Anyway, album is a grower for sure.

how much can I pay for a livestream of the event (crowd not concert)?

13 minutes ago, dantheriver said:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/taking-back-sunday/2019/franklin-music-hall-philadelphia-pa-6b9a9a3e.html

Can’t help ya with the Red City Radio time, nobody has uploaded that set info yet.

Thanks - I'll keep an eye out if that gets uploaded.

if anyone was at the first Philly show last night and can tell me which album other than Tell All Your Friends they played, and also about how long Red City Radio opened for, I'd appreciate it.

1 hour ago, holyvacantsholyhell said:

willfully obtuse

Listening to this... its pretty good, its no Departure Songs, but its alright. But 'Dust' is definitely a cover of 'East Hastings' by Godspeed You Black Emperor, right?