Unpopular album opinions

[BoatRich]

Case, I'm glad we can agree to disagree on Underoath like that.
How do you feel about that first Maylene and the Sons of Disaster record, though?

Maylene is pretty cool, I was really into their first two albums for a while and they're good drunk jams but not a fantastic band by any means

[Iommic Pope]

Can definitely come to that party. ^

[psychic vampire.]

I have not listened to practically any of the music on the last page. I guess Patti Smith and Television, years ago. Is that unpopular?

[Olin]

I think Loveless is overrated at a really bizarre level. I feel like the behaviour, exaggerated rumours aside, of the members during recording was a massive piss-take and arrogant to a painful degree. I get pedantry and artistic preference, but nearly bankrupting a label because of your whims and having a permanently shitty attitude about it makes it really hard for an album to resonate w/ me.

:/


PS. Soundtracks For The Blind/Swans Are Dead (including them as one because live album with songs from the former, but better?) was their peak.

[imJonWain]

I dunno if it's unpopular but I still like the first few Donnas albums, they held up to me better now then other things I liked then. I loved the first white stripes album when it came out but can't really sit through it anymore.


I also don't get how the newest 3 or so Oh Sees albums (which sound more Ty segal esq to me) got bigger then the earlier stuff which is wayyy better (albeit less accessible to most).

[D.o.S.]

L7>Breeders?

[Chankgeez]

L7>Breeders?

In many ways I like In A Silent Way better than Bitches Brew

[Iommic Pope]

L7>Breeders?

No I'll back this statement.

[popvulture]

I just checked out a Brand New song on YouTube. Made it 15 seconds. What in the world.

[psychic vampire.]

Instead of Brand New, listen to this Blofeld Demo on youtube. It's almost certainly better:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXvQs4Nq06c[/youtube]

/unpopular

[popvulture]

Hahaha yes, better all around!

[foomanfat]

I just checked out a Brand New song on YouTube. Made it 15 seconds. What in the world.

What song?

[casecandy]

I just checked out a Brand New song on YouTube. Made it 15 seconds. What in the world.

What song?

Beat me to it! Like... how could you know in 15 seconds?

As far as that goes I've fallen in love with a few of their songs in 15 seconds, so.

"Tommy Gun" is definitely less than 15 seconds to love it.

[popvulture]

This is the song I checked out, was one of the first that popped up on YT:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgtkPKZ2OPk[/youtube]

I think if I didn't have visuals (the ridiculous, flailing around emo backup vocalist with the sideways hat, especially), I might have been more tolerant of it. Tommy Gun was ok, but the lyrics made me cringe.

I know these guys are some of your faves, Case, so I'm sorry to rag on em! I just kind of universally despise newer emo—I think the closest I can get to that degree of heart-on-sleeve earnestness would be maybe Clarity-era Jimmy Eat World. Or Blake Schwarzenbach at around 75% of his mope potential.

I think I'm about 10 years older than you, and god knows I've had plenty of experiences of guys who are 10 years older than I am, telling me they can't deal with the stuff that I love

[D.o.S.]

In your defense though that song is total dogshit.