Album Rating: 2.0

some clowns out there really do be thinking this is as good as dtgl

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah lots of people are saying that this is a return to form but this is like the dollar store version of their old sound

Album Rating: 1.5

Listened to this album from front to back at least 5 more times since its release, and I still cannot point out a single memorable riff on this record.

Album Rating: 1.5

"but this is like the dollar store version of their old sound"

Yup. This album is like if you took all the cool shit from Disambig and scrapped it and then took the leftovers and threw them into the Erase Me filter.

Album Rating: 2.0

Listened to this album from front to back just 1 more time since its release, and I still cannot point out a single memorable riff on this record.

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

For like 6 albums in a row this band seems to be on this quest to tell everybody how much it sucks being in a band.



Every single "making of" is interchangeable and beating a dead horse like no other. It saturates the listener to the point where it's like, how do you expect people to even enjoy listening to the album?

Album Rating: 2.0

I haven't even listened to this whole thing, and I doubt I ever will. Maybe the digital ghost version eventually.

Album Rating: 2.0

@Assemblage



Yeah honestly I have no fucking clue why they’re back together lol

Album Rating: 3.0

"Listened to this album from front to back at least 5 more times since its release, and I still cannot point out a single memorable riff on this record."



damn excuses is kinda memorable for me but even then it's just a pretty basic chug fest. most of it is very forgettable, not only that but the guitar tone in general sounds pretty lifeless on this album most of the time

Album Rating: 3.5

Are you guys having fun

Album Rating: 2.0

Yes, I'm listening to other albums.

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Honestly, it just seems like it's their brand now. Like a really really bad on-and-off again relationship, but I'm starting to feel like their drama has become a selling point, and a scapegoat reason to avoid putting out something the fans really want and doing just about anything but.

I watched all the documentary/behind the scenes stuff for their albums, plus looked at those album listening streams they put up last year out of boredom/slight interest, and seeing this new one it's like, so have you guy's changed or grew at all? Everytime they're like, look what amazing progress we've made as a band of five guys that don't like each other, and "this time" it's really a "clean slate". But still go through the same shit with everybody each time .

The biggest offender however, was saying in the new one that all of a sudden Tim was "checked out" when doing Erase Me. Um, no???? Specifically in everything about the making of that album, if it wasn't Dudley as a main songwriter than Tim was in there putting all the work in, because you know, both Grant and James were not there and Spencer/Aaron still had this weird dichotomy between them going on. And 100% Tim was like the main guy in the studio giving everybody else the momentum, even if there ain't shit for riffs on that album.

But it's totally cool now guys, we got it all figured out and this is our best album because of everything we've gone through to make it this time around, and if it isn't well received we can just say "oh for that last record we were still feeling everybody and everything out, and just easing slowly back into it", but THIS one is where we decided to put everything behind us and everyone did their part and collaborated evenly.

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

It's becoming a parody at this point because every member is too self-conscious and paranoid about doing what Underoath does, so it just *has* to be slightly different and definitely not what anyone is going to expect, and we have to argue and behave like drama queens to get what we want, and if we can actually piss off a few people with what we're doing than that's even better because "that's what U/O is about. This is why every record is no dissimilar from a bad breakup and why for every one they need a producer to also be a marriage counselor, which they frequently gloat about.

How about you just stick to your instruments. It isn't complicated to just write some fucking songs. The music isn't that dire of an artistic expression that this psychotic path needs to be taken time and time again, especially if the music therein has glaring faults and flaws all over it, and purposefully make it unbearable on themselves just for a 37 minute product. And especially don't pretend like everyone in the band has gotten over it and are ready for a new chapter of whatever whatever. And contradict prior statements at your convenience just to preclude how all the pain and suffering that has been gone through is enough to convince people you made an artistic product that somehow warrants any merit.

Sorry for the absolutely no chill guys lol, just putting my words out there.

Album Rating: 3.5

sir this is a shitposting forum

Album Rating: 3.5

"How about you just stick to your instruments. It isn't complicated to just write some fucking songs. "

like did you actually listen to this album or

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Unfortunately if there is an air of "pulling teeth" for every sound on every song on the record, than they should probably relax a little and just play some tunes. It definitely lends itself to feeling artificial and inorganic as a result because it has to be some super manufactured thing, and whatever they say they like or don't like on this will change, probably in a week.

Album Rating: 3.5

I think this album is pretty good. Is it near their earlier material? Absolutely not, but I still enjoy it for what it is.

probably the worst album ever maid

give me 5 days

Album Rating: 3.0

everything they made from TOCS all the way up to disambiguation & even their final 2 songs felt like a natural logical progression



erase me felt like a forced attempt at a more mainstream sound and this is like a band desperately trying to sound like "underoath" but still stuck in that mentality of wanting to appeal to a wider audience