mrewest Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 4 hours ago, mattisr1984 said: Based on the 3 tracks released thus far, I have a feeling im going to like this record a lot more than beggars and major minor. I'm inclined to agree here. Loving the return to heavy form thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 5 hours ago, throwgncpr said: Based on the 3 tracks released thus far, I have a feeling I'm going to like this record a lot less than beggars and major minor. Hah, don't get me wrong. They're good records but I'm glad to hear them return to a little more aggressive songwriting. Plus, black honey is ace front to back. texan4life 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwgncpr Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 9 hours ago, mattisr1984 said: Hah, don't get me wrong. They're good records but I'm glad to hear them return to a little more aggressive songwriting. Plus, black honey is ace front to back. I'm glad you're enjoying the songs so far. Ultimately, I'm hoping the album as a whole works well, but I've been really unimpressed so far. I don't understand where people are hearing the "aggressive songwriting." To me these new songs sound like Thrice knock-offs, but without as much character. Major/Minor and Beggars lacked really aggressive songs, but I thought the band finally started to dial-in their own sound, especially with Major/Minor which was a fantastic, cohesive record. From my perspective, aggressive Thrice is obvious in songs like The Messenger, Hold Fast Hope, or Paper Tigers. I like Thrice when they're melting my face off, but I don't need that on every record. I'm definitely not hearing anything like that in the new songs, but that isn't a big deal to me. These songs just aren't connecting with me like anything they've done in the past. I'm going to withhold judgment until I can properly spin the album, but I am keeping my expectations low (maybe that will help). ksleap, davepriz and Derek™ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasj182 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 1 hour ago, throwgncpr said: I'm glad you're enjoying the songs so far. Ultimately, I'm hoping the album as a whole works well, but I've been really unimpressed so far. I don't understand where people are hearing the "aggressive songwriting." To me these new songs sound like Thrice knock-offs, but without as much character. Major/Minor and Beggars lacked really aggressive songs, but I thought the band finally started to dial-in their own sound, especially with Major/Minor which was a fantastic, cohesive record. From my perspective, aggressive Thrice is obvious in songs like The Messenger, Hold Fast Hope, or Paper Tigers. I like Thrice when they're melting my face off, but I don't need that on every record. I'm definitely not hearing anything like that in the new songs, but that isn't a big deal to me. These songs just aren't connecting with me like anything they've done in the past. I'm going to withhold judgment until I can properly spin the album, but I am keeping my expectations low (maybe that will help). I couldn't agree more with you, I love that they're back and making music but the 3 released songs haven't done much for me. Thrice has been a favorite band of mine that I hold in high regard and always will but the 3 released songs haven't done much for my excitement. I do like the 3 songs but none of them have really grabbed me, like the first time I heard Image of the Invisible or even the first time I heard All the World is Mad, it feels more like the first time I heard Cataracts, happy for new Thrice but not terribly thrilled with the song. M/m is probably my least favorite album of theirs. It's not a bad album by any means but it never really grabbed me like Vheissu, AI, AITA, IOS, or Beggars. I think my list would look like this: 1. Vheissu 2. Beggars 3. Artist 4. Alchemy 5. IOS/IC 6. M/m 7. TBEITBN (but who the hell knows, I haven' heard the damn thing yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Monkey Boy recs in the UK, got their copies, so these will be shipped soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I'm excited for this because everyone seems to have a different opinion on it. I haven't listened to anything from it yet, and don't plan to until I get the LP. I haven't enjoyed a Thice record since Vheissu, so I really don't have a single expectation besides it being a Thrice record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, throwgncpr said: I'm glad you're enjoying the songs so far. Ultimately, I'm hoping the album as a whole works well, but I've been really unimpressed so far. I don't understand where people are hearing the "aggressive songwriting." To me these new songs sound like Thrice knock-offs, but without as much character. Major/Minor and Beggars lacked really aggressive songs, but I thought the band finally started to dial-in their own sound, especially with Major/Minor which was a fantastic, cohesive record. From my perspective, aggressive Thrice is obvious in songs like The Messenger, Hold Fast Hope, or Paper Tigers. I like Thrice when they're melting my face off, but I don't need that on every record. I'm definitely not hearing anything like that in the new songs, but that isn't a big deal to me. These songs just aren't connecting with me like anything they've done in the past. I'm going to withhold judgment until I can properly spin the album, but I am keeping my expectations low (maybe that will help). i wouldnt call these songs "heavy" but they seem (to me) to have way more drive and energy than what was on the last couple records. not withstanding a couple tracks on beggars, they also appear to have a lot more bite as well. i also felt like with beggars and major / minor that it was the first time that the band released consecutive records that didn't do something substantially different from the previous one so in some ways those records kind of blur together for me at times. They're good records that have some great moments. they just sound more inspired here than they have in awhile. Edited May 23, 2016 by mattisr1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Pig Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I joined the board just to say how excited I am for this album. I got my shipping notification this morning. llamaface, grizzlyfoz and mmhmm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 14 minutes ago, Fuzz Pig said: I joined the board just to say how excited I am for this album. I got my shipping notification this morning. Thanks for joining for a reason other than to post a stupid question in the Hot Topic thread. Welcome! jamdbz, tape, cbbrew22 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texan4life Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Got my shipping notification woohoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcha Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 1 hour ago, texan4life said: Got my shipping notification woohoo Same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Samesies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejc625 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 People that ordered from Barnes and Noble started receiving copies today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 4 hours ago, The Butcha said: Same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 and in the meantime amazon still hasn't shipped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stress On The Sky Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I got my shipping notification yesterday and to be honest I kind of forgot I had this on order. Probably be a while before I get mine simply because I ordered direct from the band and it's an international order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Looked into my shipping details. Hasn't gone out yet, but it's shipping from Crozet which is only two hours from me; interesting. Says it's estimated to ship Friday. Odd it's coming via FedEx, but since it's so close I'm guessing it'll be here Monday or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Pig Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Dave Grohl said: Looked into my shipping details. Hasn't gone out yet, but it's shipping from Crozet which is only two hours from me; interesting. Says it's estimated to ship Friday. Odd it's coming via FedEx, but since it's so close I'm guessing it'll be here Monday or so. Mine is coming from Crozet too (also two hours from me). My estimated ship date was LAST Friday. Are you sure yours says 5/27 not 5/20? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 8 hours ago, Fuzz Pig said: Mine is coming from Crozet too (also two hours from me). My estimated ship date was LAST Friday. Are you sure yours says 5/27 not 5/20? Yup, I can read. Haha. And it's in transit now. Should be here Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperg1ant Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 The whole album is in a lot of download sites. Really tempted to hear it, but I will be strong and wait for the pre-order to arrive hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaba1337 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Overall not a bad album, but I'm not a big fan. A lot of "radio biscuits". Just something missing here, not the Thrice I've known in the past, even with all of their evolution. Seems kind of generic. Musically it sounds pretty good, but the lyrics are creeping into Three Days Grace realm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 17 minutes ago, jaba1337 said: Musically it sounds pretty good, but the lyrics are creeping into Three Days Grace realm. Was dreading that. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 20 minutes ago, jaba1337 said: Overall not a bad album, but I'm not a big fan. A lot of "radio biscuits". Just something missing here, not the Thrice I've known in the past, even with all of their evolution. Seems kind of generic. Musically it sounds pretty good, but the lyrics are creeping into Three Days Grace realm. I totally feel the same about the radio biscuit thing, it's somewhat better in that way than the last two, but damn when I think about this band wrote Vheissu or even Alchemy Index, i have to cringe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Only listened once but I have a feeling a lot of people are going to dislike it at first and then warm up to it after. My two complaints would be that the The window is a weak track and upon multiple listens of death from above I kind of feel like those lyrics feel a little forced to fit the song. It's definitely the most guitar heavy thing they've done in a long, long time (and that tone is just mean sounding). Need to give it a few more listens before I can decide where it stacks up with everything else but I like what I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 On the second listen Awful: Blood on the Sand, The Window, Wake Up Ok: Hurricane, Seneca, Death from Above, Salt and Shadow Good, but still well below Thrice standards up until TAI: The Long Defeat, Black Honey, Stay With Me, Whistleblower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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