I'm pretty much regretting downloading this. I only did because I've had a shit day and I wanted to be cheered up, and my excitement for this album has been stupid. And it didn't cheer me up.
From what I've read so far, I am the only person who isn't loving Northern Downpour. I'm decidedly unimpressed with that song. But bizarrely I do love Folkin Around (clearly I just have ludicrous taste in music). She Had The World is my favourite at the moment.
Don't get me started on the album version of Behind the Sea. It drowns Ryan out too much. Brendon's voice would work on that version, but Ryan's voice isn't that powerful and he's lost on it, which was why I love the alternate version. I managed about 30 seconds of the album version before having to skip. Plus the album version is missing the comedy "haoom" thing lmao.
I do think this album will grow on me after further listens, I think it's just the mood I'm in today. And like you say, they're wearing their influences too visibly on their sleeves, but they are young and stupidly talented (Brendon especially) so they have to time to work out who they really are. It feels to me like they've just tried too hard to distance themselves from Fever (which I loved on first listen apart from Lying).
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Date: 2008-03-18 10:20 pm (UTC)I'm pretty much regretting downloading this. I only did because I've had a shit day and I wanted to be cheered up, and my excitement for this album has been stupid. And it didn't cheer me up.
From what I've read so far, I am the only person who isn't loving Northern Downpour. I'm decidedly unimpressed with that song. But bizarrely I do love Folkin Around (clearly I just have ludicrous taste in music). She Had The World is my favourite at the moment.
Don't get me started on the album version of Behind the Sea. It drowns Ryan out too much. Brendon's voice would work on that version, but Ryan's voice isn't that powerful and he's lost on it, which was why I love the alternate version. I managed about 30 seconds of the album version before having to skip. Plus the album version is missing the comedy "haoom" thing lmao.
I do think this album will grow on me after further listens, I think it's just the mood I'm in today. And like you say, they're wearing their influences too visibly on their sleeves, but they are young and stupidly talented (Brendon especially) so they have to time to work out who they really are. It feels to me like they've just tried too hard to distance themselves from Fever (which I loved on first listen apart from Lying).