yeah totally shocked that he gave it a 4.2 myself. shit is so borderline average

Album Rating: 4.0

Gyro you need to turn Carrie & Lowell off every now and then and remember to smile

i wish i could but i just can't =[

real talk though bones is a 5 for me and this is massively disappointing

Album Rating: 4.0

How? It's basically the same album.

it's less of everything. to me this is a very generic, safe version of their sound. nothing is nearly as catchy or melodic or dark or varied as bones.

Album Rating: 4.0

I think it's actually more catchy & way more consistent, just lacking any truly awesome moments like The Mother We Share.



It's a trade-off, to me they're both 3.5's but I slightly prefer this one.

mother we share, gun, sink, tether, lies, night sky, science/visions, and caught by the throat - i don't think there's a single song on here better than any of those tbh. this is catchy but sometimes in a really annoying way (bury it).

Album Rating: 4.0

Meh I think you're overrating a good portion of the songs in your list, as mother we share is the only one I'd say is far above the rest. Clearest Blue, Playing Dead, Leave a Trace are all on par with any of the ones you said, plus the worst songs on this >>> the worst songs on bones.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah Gyro I think it's just a case of you overrating Bones as a whole (which is fine; love what you love!) so you were always going to either adore this just as much or be disappointed.

Album Rating: 3.5

How could you not like Leave a Trace for crying out loud?

Album Rating: 2.5

the mother is wayyyyyyy better

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Dev with the 4.2, power sweep.

still haven't been blessed with a dev review in 2015

Album Rating: 2.5

Didnt Dev do a review of Jack U or am I mixing up users?

concur that gyro is overrating bones. claiming that half the songs on that record are better than "leave a trace" and "clearest blue" is an indefensible opinion

Album Rating: 4.0

Most of TBOWYB is better than just about anything here though. Even the bonus tracks on TBOWYB

clearest blue and leave a trace aren't even that good though. leave a trace is one of the only songs on the album that would prob fit the mold of bones, but there are still plenty of songs on bones much better than it.

This band was brought to my attention bc the singer is a babe

Album Rating: 4.2

still haven't been blessed with a dev review in 2015

Album Rating: 4.5

Gyro you're so hooked up on Bones, should of gone into this with an open mind. I don't know how you're going to enjoy something if you're constantly pitting it against something else, which is what it seems like you're doing. Every Open Eye is it's own body of work, it might share similiarites, it may not. Treat it as that rather than comparing every part of it to Bones.