cwhitmuzik Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Any one else listened to this yet? It's such a disappointing departure from the direction of Forget and Not Slow Down. Sure, some of the songs aren't terrible. But overall. I'm not a fan. is this out there or are you another of those people got who copies long before it was even announced? weird situation with this album, sucks that it's nothing like FANSD though. found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylo234 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I have yet to hear something positive about this album...hope it isn't as bad as it's being made out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmhmm Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Argh, your reply made me think the vinyl preorder was up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noalarmplanet Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 OMG. This is awful and ridiculous. I will only listen to it 40 more times today. brianmorgante 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmhmm Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I like the album. Physical preorders need to go up today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgarmen Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Everything I have heard (especially that song with Owl City) sounds terrible. Never thought they'd go this route. Oh well, at least they gave us several other good albums that we can always turn back too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorgante Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 just listened to the leak. was planning on pre-ordering this, i've always had a soft spot for relient k...but this is legitimately the first album from them i can't really see myself listening to for any amount of time. i only like maybe 3 songs off of the entire thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpazzyMcGee Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I like Boomerang alright from the audio I heard from tumblr and I'd need to listen to PTL again. Very different..I'll still preorder it though Edit: After listening to a majority of the song, gonna be a no for me. Just not up to par sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylo234 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Finally listened to it. First listen, have to say, not as bad as everyone made it out to be, but definitely a pretty bad album, especially for them. The slow songs on this album are unlistenable. I'd say 8 out of the 11 tracks are good, but nothing compared to FANSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardacus Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 anxiously awaiting this effing preorder. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 PTL reminds me, when Matthew goes in with a high voice, of the band Passion Pit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popscratch Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Finally listened to the entire album. I wasn't a big fan of the drum samples that were used in some of the songs, but I liked some of the synth stuff they used. If I Could Take You Home and PTL are my favorites off the album. Can't Complain is my least favorite, too Bruno Mars-ish for me. And after hearing the live version, I was a little disappointed by the album version of Boomerang. This is probably my second favorite album from them, besides Mmhmm. I really like the big choruses most of the songs have. I'm even more excited for the album release now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorgante Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Think any of these songs will hit the radio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popscratch Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Think any of these songs will hit the radio? I could definitely see PTL being on the radio. Others may have a chance, but I would think PTL has the best chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Curious to see how this does in the Christian market, pretty sure their last few albums all went to #1 on the Christian charts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviex2shoes Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Curious to see how this does in the Christian market, pretty sure their last few albums all went to #1 on the Christian charts. Its Relient K it will do just fine on the Christian charts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nardes Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I bet there will be plenty of backlash from the christian market... talking about one night stands, drugs, and being unfaithful. It's all said in a clean yet non-subtle way.... just enough to cause some problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardacus Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 PTL reminds me, when Matthew goes in with a high voice, of the band Passion Pit. I can definitely see the resemblance there. And eh.. I guess that isn't too bad. Finally listened to the entire album. I wasn't a big fan of the drum samples that were used in some of the songs, but I liked some of the synth stuff they used. If I Could Take You Home and PTL are my favorites off the album. Can't Complain is my least favorite, too Bruno Mars-ish for me. And after hearing the live version, I was a little disappointed by the album version of Boomerang. This is probably my second favorite album from them, besides Mmhmm. I really like the big choruses most of the songs have. I'm even more excited for the album release now. I've listened to the record a few times now, and it still doesn't flow. I mean the record starts out pretty decent, even Lost Boy has grown on me. But then the album loses all credibility after If I Can Take You Home. At least it ends well, sort of, with When You Were My Baby though CL. The album feels almost like another cover record, more than a authentic Relient K album. Matt's singing and the band's orchestration feels over produced, and forced. Nothing like what we've come to love from the band, and that's a great shame. In my opinion this could be their worst album they've "written," or lack there of. I'm hoping it'll grow on me as time goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardacus Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I bet there will be plenty of backlash from the christian market... talking about one night stands, drugs, and being unfaithful. It's all said in a clean yet non-subtle way.... just enough to cause some problems I was thinking the exact same thing. The record is very "promiscuous" for a Relient K record. It's almost on one hand, I'm hoping for this album to do poorly enough so that they'll start to write new material to offset this record, yet on the other hand, I hope the record does great, or at least decent; I'd hate to see them go though tough times because of a failing record. Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Pretty sure they've already started. People made some interesting points on AP. one guy said that this album is almost like a stopgap album to just allow Thiessen to recharge his batteries after the intensive, personal writing process that was FANSD. He linked to some interviews that made it sound like a pretty good theory. I can find those links if you guys want later. SpazzyMcGee and pickrunner18 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popscratch Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I can definitely see the resemblance there. And eh.. I guess that isn't too bad. I've listened to the record a few times now, and it still doesn't flow. I mean the record starts out pretty decent, even Lost Boy has grown on me. But then the album loses all credibility after If I Can Take You Home. At least it ends well, sort of, with When You Were My Baby though CL. The album feels almost like another cover record, more than a authentic Relient K album. Matt's singing and the band's orchestration feels over produced, and forced. Nothing like what we've come to love from the band, and that's a great shame. In my opinion this could be their worst album they've "written," or lack there of. I'm hoping it'll grow on me as time goes on. I've listened to it a few more times now as well. And I can see what your saying, and maybe I was a little too fast in saying this was my second favorite. I listened to some tracks off Five Score and Two Lefts, and they both just feel more genuine. I still think this album is a good album, but I think it has dropped down in the list of my favorites after thinking about. Pretty sure they've already started. People made some interesting points on AP. one guy said that this album is almost like a stopgap album to just allow Thiessen to recharge his batteries after the intensive, personal writing process that was FANSD. He linked to some interviews that made it sound like a pretty good theory. I can find those links if you guys want later. There really is no heart in some of these songs. I do find it hard to believe that Thiessen would release an album that he just didn't want to release, especially since they have their own label. So he must have had some reason to put them out rather than just to get it out of his system. I'm still going to support them, but it makes me think less of the album when the singer didn't even think that this was their best work. Wow. Going from really liking the album yesterday to thinking it was just ok today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmhmm Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I feel like someone should tell Relient K their new album is leaking everywhere and now would be a good time to put up physical pre-orders...sounds bad to say this but I think the more people who hear the album, the less success they'll have with pre-orders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noalarmplanet Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 For a while I hoped this would be like the "Way to normal" leak from Ben Folds. chutterhanban 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popscratch Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I feel like someone should tell Relient K their new album is leaking everywhere and now would be a good time to put up physical pre-orders...sounds bad to say this but I think the more people who hear the album, the less success they'll have with pre-orders. I was on YouTube last night and it showed something were someone had uploaded Collapsible Lung and Relient K had commented telling the to take it down and wanted to know where they got the album from early. I can understand bands not wanting their music leaked but in this day and age I would say that like 99.9% of music gets leaked before release. And it also frustrated me that they have time to comment and worry about that, but they don't have time to update Facebook/Twitter/Instagram about why pre-orders aren't up yet when they were supposed to be up last week. I'm not like super upset, I just feel like they should have the decency to say something like "hey sorry preorders aren't up yet. we're working on it. thanks for your patience" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylo234 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The more I listen to this album the more I hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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