N8TRU Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Easily the worst of the three and I'm probably cancelling my preorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntslash Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 42 minutes ago, N8TRU said: Easily the worst of the three and I'm probably cancelling my preorder. This is the only song of theirs I really like so far. I heard this today and almost preordered. Then I heard the other songs and didn't pull the trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathbyart Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, ntslash said: This is the only song of theirs I really like so far. I heard this today and almost preordered. Then I heard the other songs and didn't pull the trigger. That include the first two albums or just this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntslash Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 52 minutes ago, Deathbyart said: That include the first two albums or just this one? Just this one. The other two singles didn't do anything for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatrocket8 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 https://equal-vision-records.myshopify.com/collections/vinyl-lp/products/grhatbbwbt-lp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethanpricington Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Entire album is up on YouTube (linked playlist below). All those concerns we had about the direction of their sound were quickly obliterated after the opening track 👀 zacktx and Deathbyart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zacktx Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Boy gee golly, I’m sure happy I didn’t cancel my preorder like some others in this thread. This album fucks. Always happy to support these underrated dudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 Yeah the record is pretty good. I take that back I said after all candy. Anyone has an idea what is the retail color of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroNowhere Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Received this today and after a spin I thoroughly enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 The boys did not disappoint. Saw it was out for delivery today and got excited to spin when i got home, only to realize it had my old address on it. PAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanSmithers Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 My goodness this album is great!!! Same as y’all. So glad I didn’t cancel. Really stoked on this album. The guitarist for this band is so good. His riffs are so varied and gives the vocalist so many different ways to go in each song. Can’t pick a fav yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethanpricington Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) JESUS CHRIST, this album rips so hard. Idk how, but I honestly thought they wouldn't be able to match Empty Black level, but hell I think they surpassed it. The back-to-back-to-back onslaught of "Fed to the Lights", "The Quiet Shakes" and "And It's Still Too Loud" is just an absolute epic ride. My only wish is that the closer was as epic as Echo and Dust, Pt. 2 was off Empty Black, especially after such a strong trio of tracks prior. PS: Isn't it the record label who gets final call as to the singles that are released? If so, Equal Vision needs to re-eval their marketing dept lol Edited April 26, 2022 by ethanpricington RyanSmithers and xabsolutefuturex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V3XED Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 hours ago, ethanpricington said: JESUS CHRIST, this album rips so hard. Idk how, but I honestly thought they wouldn't be able to match Empty Black level, but hell I think they surpassed it. The back-to-back-to-back onslaught of "Fed to the Lights", "The Quiet Shakes" and "And It's Still Too Loud" is just an absolute epic ride. My only wish is that the closer was as epic as Echo and Dust, Pt. 2 was off Empty Black, especially after such a strong trio of tracks prior. PS: Isn't it the record label who gets final call as to the singles that are released? If so, Equal Vision needs to re-eval their marketing dept lol I was just thinking about this while re-listening to the album (which slams, so good!) I know its a different label, but I wonder if @IanRees could give us some perspective, as a industry guy. Do bands usually dictate what gets promoted as singles? Do labels? I imagine its probably a 'depends' type of thing based on however they sign their contract. Certainly seems like odd choices in this case anyways. ethanpricington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 I think the idea behind choosing all candy as the first single was the traditional radio single (probably never got any radio play though), "let's release the poppiest song first" path to sell it to a wider audience range than their already attached fanbase, however I don't think it's still working in 2022 anyway to sell records. It did the opposite effect and scared away everyone (including me) and made less hype around the record than it deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethanpricington Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, xfactor675 said: I think the idea behind choosing all candy as the first single was the traditional radio single (probably never got any radio play though), "let's release the poppiest song first" path to sell it to a wider audience range than their already attached fanbase, however I don't think it's still working in 2022 anyway to sell records. It did the opposite effect and scared away everyone (including me) and made less hype around the record than it deserved. Exactly. If I remember correctly, "Echo and Dust Pt. 1" was the first single from Empty Black. It was my first taste of the band, and at the time perfectly demonstrated their style - dark melodies, energetic (at times chaotic) and full of great guitar work. I think Sweet Machine, a much more chaotic "heavier" track came next. Whereas this time, as you mentioned, for whatever reason, someone at Equal Vision thought it best to release "All Candy" which was essentially an equivalent of Empty Black's "White Lighters" as the first single instead of something more along the lines of "Echo and Dust Pt. 1" (possibly "Fed to the Lights" which would've been a freakin great first taste of TBBW) There's this - maybe Equal Vision thought 'let's pick a new song as the single that has the same exact first note as the previous album's single'. 😅 Edited April 26, 2022 by ethanpricington xfactor675 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 1:23 PM, V3XED said: I was just thinking about this while re-listening to the album (which slams, so good!) I know its a different label, but I wonder if @IanRees could give us some perspective, as a industry guy. Do bands usually dictate what gets promoted as singles? Do labels? I imagine its probably a 'depends' type of thing based on however they sign their contract. Certainly seems like odd choices in this case anyways. I can't speak to other labels but typically we will propose a rollout schedule with the bands and they always have final approval of what gets released. Most often they have at least a couple songs they like to focus on as singles but not all the time. In terms of our label artists always have final approval on anything that is released wither its singles, merch, vinyl colors etc. ethanpricington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethanpricington Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 22 minutes ago, IanRees said: I can't speak to other labels but typically we will propose a rollout schedule with the bands and they always have final approval of what gets released. Most often they have at least a couple songs they like to focus on as singles but not all the time. In terms of our label artists always have final approval on anything that is released wither its singles, merch, vinyl colors etc. Sounds like a good label right there 😎 IanRees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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