The Smith Street Band More Scared of You Than You Are of Me
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Feather
April 13th 2017


11491 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Sowing, just start with the debut and run through the discog if you feel like it after!

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
April 13th 2017


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

According to Wil, the glitch wasn't intentional, it just showed up in the recording and the band liked it and that particular take, so it was included. I agree that some of the mixing is a little off - except on the singles perhaps - but I like some of the production choices, particularly towards the backend.

I wish Forrest were louder, and the vocals were higher on Passiona, and 25; but I like how mixed down his vocals seem in other songs. At the end of Song For You, at the climax, Wil's almost drowned out, but I think it works. Especially at the "And I know that you hated me that time / BUT I'VE MADE UP FOR THAT NOW, HAVEN'T I?" part.

Dedicated1
April 15th 2017


175 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

'Shine' is an absolute belter. First time really listening to these guys. Like it far more than I expected to.

ashcrash9
Emeritus
April 15th 2017


3492 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Production seems fine imo



It Kills Me and Laughing still don't do much of anything for me but most of this is lasting much stronger than I thought it would on repeat listens

Feather
April 16th 2017


11491 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@Dedicated you should listen more, this band is really something special

@ashcrash tbh this is just growing more and more with repeated listens ... I have listened to this way more times now than I'm willing to admit

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
April 16th 2017


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Good lad, Feather. Expecting a 5 anytime soon? Glad this grew on you.

luci
April 16th 2017


12844 Comments


can't stand this band
(for the expected reasons)

robin
April 16th 2017


4596 Comments


ali why


don't you fuck offffffffffffffffffffffff

dimsim3478
April 16th 2017


8987 Comments


im always tellin ppl who dont like smithies to jam sigourney weaver once and see what happens but it didnt work for rowbro so i dunno (re: what i just said, the song that brought rowbro over was "my body is a machine" i think)

Rowan5215
Emeritus
April 16th 2017


48421 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

I feel we're on different wavelengths here, I've never even heard What Started Off With Tresspassing lmao, and I loved Sigourney Weaver from the first time I heard it (p sure the song that converted me was The Arrogance of the Drunk Pedestrian tho)



or idk are there two rowbros on sput, should I be jealous

dimsim3478
April 16th 2017


8987 Comments


wuuuut we had a whole thing on my fb

(its not there anymore cuz i deleted my old account)

i think i showed u both sigourney and laika and u werent into it then i linked body is a machine and u were like oooooook this is cool

i think we also talked a bunch about how u thought wil's aussie accent was rlly heavy

WilliaMega
April 16th 2017


201 Comments


Wagner is just good at expressing the jumbled constant mess that collides in a lot of our heads. He sings the way I think. (Maybe just a tad more miserably)



Feather
April 16th 2017


11491 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@Blushful I'm not sure, the album has potential, but it would take quite a bit of time for me to 5 this or decide its worthy of that, I think I'll end up leaving it at a 4.5

@Mega I can agree with that!

tom79
April 17th 2017


3964 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Maybe not on the level of their previous albums, but still really fucking good

kascetcadettt
April 17th 2017


1602 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ugh i really wanted to 4.5 this at first but 10 listens and still not growing on me, "song for you" is the only tune that reminds me of their debut

kascetcadettt
April 17th 2017


1602 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

forrest is amazing too

AngryJohnny
April 17th 2017


1028 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

While this will be a notch or 2 below throw me in the river and No-one gets lost anymore, they've managed to put together a very consistent discog wit nothing really below a 4 whilst releasing new stuff pretty much all the time.



great band

luci
April 18th 2017


12844 Comments


cause they're not taking risks, just putting out stuff with a tried and tested formula. quite careerist of them

dimsim3478
April 18th 2017


8987 Comments


true but i think the persistent level of emotional intensity across releases keeps them sounding "edgy" even if they dont sound much different from one another.

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
April 18th 2017


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't see that: this album doesn't follow a formula the band has adopted in their previous works, and if adhering to a sound developed throughout their career is a problem, there's not much point in listening to most artists. Just don't see the point in assuming musicians to be careerist. Even more so with a band that, whilst popular, are far from attempting to appeal to the lowest common denominator.



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