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Emeritus
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Last Active 01-01-70 12:00 am
Joined 01-01-70
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| Update/Lack Long After Ranked
Haven't been around with the Sput users for quite some time and I really haven't listened to anything new this year. Kinda lost motivation to keep on top of ratings and listening to a ton of new artists year after year is a hell of a grind, which 2016 really proved to me. Real life has been mostly stuck in a low point and I've been busy with work and/or busy avoiding work and haven't felt up to reviewing and all that jazz. Still hanging in there and getting on when I can. Hope y'all are having good times. Here's a song ranking for an awesome album just to keep the creative juices flowing. | | 8 | Pianos Become the Teeth
Liquid Courage
Next to "I'll Get By," this is the only real 'slow burner' on the album. It's a great track to continue setting the mood for the album, but its content isn't quite as dense and interesting as fellow songs. It works as a great set up to "Spine," if nothing else. | | 7 | Shared Bodies
A really solid entry on the album, chock-full of awesome post-hardcore riffs. A very strong song, but it's eclipsed by the album's better tracks. Still a great showcase of the band's ability overall. | | 6 | I'll Get By
Yeah, this one isn't one of my top favorites for the album. I love it and think it's an appropriate closer, but the climax just doesn't quite stack up when compared to the superior cuts from the album. What really drives the song is the vocal performance, which really gives great color to the lyrical content. | | 5 | I'll Be Damned
For an album as emotionally intense as Lack Longer After, you need a proper opener to accurately set the mood. "I'll Be Damned" fits the bill like a glove and really gives you a great sense of what this release will have in store for you. | | 4 | Sunsetting
The opening and closing riffs for this song are executed perfectly. The rest of the song is amazing, of course, both those two sections are particularly amazing and are really memorable. | | 3 | Spine
"Spine" goes straight from your throat right from the start with a ferocity unmatched by most other songs on this album and in general, honestly. The frantic drumming and the loud, melodic guitars run completely unhinged, beautifully complimenting the raw vocal performance. | | 2 | Good Times
This song is so damn haunting. The lyrics are, if you haven't caught on yet, incredibly emotion and will really bring a reaction out of you. Here, the band's ability to craft intricate riffs one after the other shines proudly as the tune races around stunning guitar work. | | 1 | Such Confidence
Unlike most of the songs on the album, "Such Confidence" takes its entire duration to build up. It explodes into a climax like fellow tracks, but the journey there is just so much more memorable. Everything starts quiet and reserved, the unrestrained screams sounding distant beneath the pounding drums. Each passage, the guitars seem to get louder and more aggressive, hammering out every note, brutally imprinting the devastating lyrics into your head. The entire sound of The Lack Long After is fully exhibited in this song moreso than any other and remains my personal favorite. | |
MarsKid
04.11.17 | Stuff is said | onionbubs
04.11.17 | haven't listened to it enough to create my own ranking but ive heard it enough to know that 1 is right. i'd probably put the opener higher tho | Conmaniac
04.11.17 | sorry to hear man hope to see ya around more often. | MarsKid
04.11.17 | I'm gonna try and catch back up on music over the summer where I'll (theoretically) be in a better mental state and with less responsibility.
It's admittedly hard to stay on top of new music because you go into it knowing you'll dislike most of it/find most of it okay at best. You're just going through to try and dig up the gems, which do exist, but you gotta get through a ton of sleepers to discover em.
@onion It's a awesome release and one I've grown to appreciate more and more over time. If you like emotional post-hardcore/post-hardcore in general give it some more spins. | ianblxdsoe
04.11.17 | sorry to hear. good ass fucking album. easy 5 for me, i'll be damned, such confidence and i'll get by are screamo/post hardcore/emo staples | MarsKid
04.11.17 | Much appreciated my man
Every track is great, but some greater than others. Not a 5 for me but it's climbing up the personal rankings. | FullOfSounds
04.11.17 | Sup Mars. Sorry about your current situation, just keep ur head high. good thing that spring is here | MarsKid
04.11.17 | Yeah, classes will be ending soon, homemade meals and making some summer cash in my future m/ | FullOfSounds
04.11.17 | Hell yeah | MarsKid
04.11.17 | Have you ever jammed this my man? Might enjoy it a fair bit. | BlazinBlitzer
04.11.17 | "good thing that spring is here"
Where I live, spring means rain and depression. On a lighter note, I hope everything turns up for ya Mars. | MarsKid
04.11.17 | Whereabouts do you live my man? I got that great Ohio weather, 80 degrees and sunny one day and 40 degrees raining the next, if you're lucky you still get a pinch of snow | Sinternet
04.11.17 | i've been listening to a lot less new stuff than usual too | SteakByrnes
04.11.17 | Sorry to hear my dude, hopefully things turn around once summer hits. Dig this album hard btw, and we share the same number 1 | MarsKid
04.11.17 | I'll probably ask Sput for some top recs so I can catch up if I have the time. And yeah, "Such Confidence" is a certified jam. | BlazinBlitzer
04.12.17 | I live in Louisiana where it monsoons about 2 days every week and clear skies the next 5.
It ain't so bad, now that I think about it.
| MarsKid
04.12.17 | Yeah dude rain is nice, feels good esp if you get a nice mist. Shit is rare but when you get it it's transcendental |
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