michaelmanfredi Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 yeah judas decapitation is pretty catchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Good call, knew there had to be a reason why I particularly liked the vocals. Drew, do you have an advance of the album? If so, whatcha think in it's entirety? I've only listened to it a few times but overall I like it - it's going to incredibly polarizing (as you can tell thus far with the songs released thus far) but I like that Max is challenging himself as a musician and thinking outside the normal Say Anything box. Does everything work on the album? No, but it's definitely one of the most intriguing and interesting listens of the year for me so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayteamanis Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 New song has me happy that I haven't pre-ordered it yet. I'm hoping this thing will be a grower on me, and at least a little bit better than Anarchy, though I'm not too hopeful at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewfro Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 definitely glad i held off on preordering as there are other things i'm more interested in right now. we'll see what the rest of this album brings. maybe i'll pick it up eventually down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 it's the type of the album that's definitely a grower - I'll be surprised if anyone instantly enjoys it. that sounds like an excuse but whatever. also a lot of these songs sound "better" within the context of the record as well. rcafilm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedvigilante Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 The songs plays so much better as a full, cohesive album. The production is also much better when you are listening to the album and not the stream. The aggression from IDotG is back. I totally dig this album basically. YesPlease 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedvigilante Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I'll be surprised if anyone instantly enjoys it Happy to be that person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcafilm Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Ahhh screw you guys and your advanced copies. I'm dying here and there's still a week left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 It leaked though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Happy to be that person. haha that's awesome - it only took me about two listens to get fully hooked but I'm an unabashed SA fanboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 i don't like this at all. few songs are less bad than others, but there's so many cringey moments that i just can't take it boyd is probably the most ridiculous song i've heard all year. it's not the worst, just so strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Just listened to the leak. It would really sound a lot better with guitars. Nashy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedvigilante Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 haha that's awesome - it only took me about two listens to get fully hooked but I'm an unabashed SA fanboy Right here with you Drew. They're unabashedly my favorite band, so take my review with a grain of salt. But Max's venom is definitely back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureIsOutThere Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 At a hotel with the worst possible download rate... John McClane is wonderful in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightonthesun Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Just listened to the leak. It would really sound a lot better with guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 At a hotel with the worst possible download rate... John McClane is wonderful in my opinion. The best song. One of the few I liked at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kforkevin777 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Well I'm trying to put this on my iPod so I can listen, but iTunes is fucking stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I would like for someone to explain how they think this would be better with guitars? lyrically it's not much different from IARB IMO - Max has more or less written in this manner his entire career. I think these are his strongest lyrics since that album and much better than what he's written on the previous 2 nightonthesun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I would like for someone to explain how they think this would be better with guitars? lyrically it's not much different from IARB IMO - Max has more or less written in this manner his entire career. I think these are his strongest lyrics since that album and much better than what he's written on the previous 2 I haven't had a chance to really delve into the album lyrically, but during the initial listen the keyboards started to irritate me. The songs could be a lot worse, but they could sound a lot better, too. Nashy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashy Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Glad I canceled my pre-order now that I've heard the entire album. Most of the lyrics are either boring or cringey, with that song "Kall be Kubric" being completely unlistenable. "Boyde" is the most violent sounding song SA has ever written, only the lack of guitars and meh lyrics taint it for me (get her home by 11:30). The lyrics on the first 40 seconds of "My Greatest Fear" made me cringe, while the rest focusing on his fear of his family wanting to leave him are uninteresting and repetitive. Oh, and "Push" is a little wierd for me. There are some decent pop songs with self depricating, shouted lyrics on here, but overall not what I wanted their return from Anarchy to be. Unfortunately I also didn't fall in love with SA for their pop songs. toxicity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundboard Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I would like for someone to explain how they think this would be better with guitars? lyrically it's not much different from IARB IMO - Max has more or less written in this manner his entire career. I think these are his strongest lyrics since that album and much better than what he's written on the previous 2 I don't think it would sound better with guitars. That being said a better album might sound better with guitars.On the lyrics I just disagree that it's much better than I've heard on the last couple SA albums. nightonthesun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kforkevin777 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Definitely better than Anarchy, and some moments might even beat S/T, but I in no way think it has the same level of piss and vinegar that In Defense had. That being said, there are some pretty decent songs. And some pretty fucking annoying ones, but I think the former outweigh the latter, which is the opposite of Anarchy. Still think it would've been a much better Say Anything album if it had some guitars in there. I don't hate it, which is a step up from what I was expecting. marc32137 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helsabot Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 never heard anything from this band before, but I'm liking the new songs a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I'll have to find the leak and give the whole thing a listen tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedvigilante Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 As well, the whole album is up on Spotify now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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