Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Hey mister, I've read more than two books, kay

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

Pop-up books not included

Album Rating: 4.0

does green egg and ham count

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

It counts as half a book

Album Rating: 2.5

Half a book and half brilliance.

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

It's Where's Wally in England so no

Album Rating: 2 | Sound Off

^ Counts as half a rating.

Album Rating: 2.5

Guys, guys, guys



"Go Dog Go"



That is all.

"i mean really if you only listen to the 4+'s of the world, youre gonna miss out on a lot of great music yo"

But nothing excellent, haha.

To everyone, 3.5 or 3 this or whatever makes you happy, but let's cut this annoying shit out wherein we assume that anyone who 5's this has a dick in their mouth and/or believes the lyrics are the greatest thing ever. It could just be that we like it a lot and you're reading too far into things.

"If their lyrics did rule people who'd read a book or two might like 'em"

I enjoy them and I've read a lil bit. Band lyrics very, very rarely meet book quality and I'm not sure I can name a single band that can boast to have lyrics of such quality.

Album Rating: 4.0

It counts as half a book

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Such a good album. Good review but it's not changing my rating, this album is the fucking shit.

Album Rating: 3.5

I dont think the album is overrated at all, i think its fucking brilliant. And i think the 4 acoustic tracks are great too. I first listen they were pretty meh, but they grew on me.

Album Rating: 4.0

@ FreePizzaDay, I pretty much agree to a wholehearted extent with what you said. The reason this album has a 4.4 cumulative review score isn't coincidence....enough people have clearly listened to it and (most likely) read along with the lyrics, discovering this to be a phenomenal, emotional, suspenseful story backed by passionate hardcore music that has hit them in a good way. People who have rated lower have done so (hopefully) because they honestly felt that way, and that's fine. Opinions on music are completely subjective, so the argument of "THIS IS GOOD" or "THIS SUCKS" is kind of pointless.



But just one thing.



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"I enjoy them and I've read a lil bit. Band lyrics very, very rarely meet book quality and I'm not sure I can name a single band that can boast to have lyrics of such quality."



Keith Buckley boasts of such quality. Yeah I said it.

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

I wasn't actually suggesting Defeater are loved only by the illiterate. Plenty of lyrics have real artistic worth, though.

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah...hate to sound like a hipster prick, but some of Mangum's stuff and the lyrics for "Hospice" (The Antlers) are practically Plath worthy poetry at times.

Album Rating: 2.5

I mean, point is, best to look at lyrics more as poetry than novel prose.

Album Rating: 4.5

No doubt a five.

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

The Weakerthans, The Mountain Goats, Jets to Brazil... all have poetic worth lyrically. Defeater's story would make an ok TV-movie.

Album Rating: 2.5

Amen to Jets to Brazil. Great band.

"I wasn't actually suggesting Defeater are loved only by the illiterate. Plenty of lyrics have real artistic worth, though."

I count this among those. They're certainly not the best lyrics I've ever read, but when you ignore the hyperbole that's often associated with them and take them for what they're worth, they're pretty good and I found things to take out of them.