Album Rating: 2.5
"If we are being honest, every TDH record is a bit overstuffed. "
You got that right.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I don't see how Migrant or even Act I were overstuffed, but otherwise, yeah, agreed.
in regards to Act II's "whiny emo vocals," the vocals on tracks like "Evicted" and "Dear Ms. Leading" always struck me as a little more nasal than anything else the band has done. Add to that the really direct lyrical content and it's not that hard to understand why Act II comes off as whinier imo.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Listened to pretty much nothing but this for weeks after it came out. King of Swords is probably the closest Casey has come to producing something Meat Loaf-esque, which was pretty fun. Gonna have to dive back into this before too long.
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Album Rating: 4.5
great summary
also, seeing these guys in may, beyond pumped
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Album Rating: 3.5
That solo in Is There Anybody there goddamn
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Album Rating: 2.5
I will preface my review by saying that I really like TDH and the previous Acts I-III. Color spectrum contained a handful of awesome tracks (mostly concentrated in Violet) but ultimately felt like mostly filler to me. I thought Migrant was pretty good but could have been a lot better. I was very excited for Act IV but in the end disappointed. Waves and Night on the Town are really great tracks. Unfortunately they are the best tracks on the album and the rest of it sounds like a tired re-tread. Is there anybody here, and End of the World get honorable mention. Casey is at his best when forging new ground and coming up with fresh ideas, as in the above mentioned songs. The rest of the material just didn't click with me--instrumentation wasn't very original, not really any standout melodies. In fact the entire rest of the album after track 7 just doesn't really go anywhere. Without a doubt you will appreciate the raw lyrical character and instantly comfortable rhythms of "Waves", as well as the instant classic melodic chorus of "Night on the Town" (not to mention it's rather interesting orchestral arrangements). But beyond that I'm just left with...not a whole lot. I think Casey is struggling to come up with new ideas for this story and the established structure of the narrative is limiting his ability to come up with new things. Notice that with color-spectrum, there was still a "structure" imposed on the material, which was that each "set" of songs had to adhere to a particular mood. Even Migrant, supposedly unbound, still had an extremely structured feel to the arrangements and instrumentation. Basically, after watching this band for several years now, it seems that Casey is being held back by something, and from some of the lyrics on Migrant I would wager it is his struggle with faith. He has a wonderful ear for melody, which we know for sure because we have a good number of songs in his back catalogue with some very emotionally-driven hooks, complex melody and harmony working together. He has the talent, and so do his band-mates. So why isn't their music going anywhere or building towards anything? I think he needs to let off the reigns, stop trying to control. Stop trying to micro-manage his music and loosen up.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I had to bump this to a 5. It's just so damn good.
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Album Rating: 4.5
their best since act 2, and it may even be better than that
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Album Rating: 4.5
My sentiments exactly with Barcafan21, the last superb piece of music they complied was Act II hands down. Don't get me wrong I enjoy TDH and all their works because their a local band so it probably makes me a little more of a fan by that nature. But this is their return to form in the sense that it envelops you in a sense where you literally want to stop what you're doing and just go for the ride.
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Album Rating: 3.5
So this is Act IV? Do I start at Act I?
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Album Rating: 4.5
If you want to. Not really necessary unless you really care about the story.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I honestly have no idea what the story's about
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Album Rating: 4.5
Each album is pretty different, but you necessarily don't have to start at the beginning.
I stumbled upon this today, Waves acoustic. Casey honestly has one of the best voices in music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs04Ry8Rh9Y&nohtml5=False
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So if it doesn't matter where to start with this band I'll start with this one to complete my to-do-list for 2015 records.
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Album Rating: 2.5
so many average songs
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Album Rating: 4.5
so many average great songs
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Album Rating: 2.5
i see what you did there
a couple of good ones too
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
i like when people say I see what you did there to something an infant probably would have noticed lol
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Album Rating: 2.5
Revisiting this to see if I like it more. I'm halfway through it and so far that's a no
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Album Rating: 4.5
seeing these guys in 9 days, anything i should know/what should i expect?
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