Between the Buried and Me Colors II
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AlexKzillion
Emeritus
August 24th 2021


19068 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Tbh they've always only ever really done like two or three guitar solos per album... but hilariously all the songs they seem to be most known for have epic guitar solos



Think Blake and especially Dan easily make up for the lack of a White Walls type guitar solo here

demigod!
August 24th 2021


49666 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Idk man I loved Colors the First immediately but this just fell kinda flat



What happened to all the epic recurring motifs and such from the original? It's cohesion and theatrics were what made it such a great record in the first place. from what I picked up there was like none of that here

BigPleb
August 24th 2021


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Double Helix is pretty much a straight up homage to Foam Born (B) and Informal Gluttony, that's for sure.

Titan
August 24th 2021


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Only song I don't care for is The Future Is Behind Us.....the rest rule



BigPleb
August 24th 2021


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Monochrome - Never Seen / Future Shock run is so good.

Titan
August 24th 2021


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It really is

BigPleb
August 24th 2021


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Revolution In Limbo needs more love.

ConcubinaryCode
August 24th 2021


8144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This really is their best in around a decade. Go figure people are still making the same grievances since the original Colors.

Titan
August 24th 2021


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's a top 10 BTBAM song for me Pleb bro.....love it

theilladelph
August 24th 2021


278 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

2.5 really? It’s cool to hate I guess

Titan
August 24th 2021


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

And I love Sfumato, those guitar licks are awesome, and it reminds me of Chris DeGarmo's style. Will never understand the folks who rip it, it's a minute long lol...

AlexKzillion
Emeritus
August 24th 2021


19068 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Yeah Sfumato is easily my fave interlude track they've ever done besides prob Viridian

ConcubinaryCode
August 24th 2021


8144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think people focus too hard on making sense of the music instead of just letting the music sweep them along for the ride. I'm not sure if this album would count as easy listening but its so easy to listen to and it undoubtedly btbam performing to their best. This isn't just a part 2 for the sake of it, but rather a great culmination of the sound they've fostered since the original. My guess as to the wait between two albums is maybe wanting to have a worthy successor that would have a greater impact if it came just a year after the original.

Odal
Emeritus
August 25th 2021


3129 Comments


I'm on another listen of this and can confirm it still, in fact, rules.

Not gonna rate it a 5 quite yet, but it's knocking on the door.

The amount of callbacks this things while making them sound fresh is insane. Also, they continue to do a good job of sounding more and more fun without ever feeling gimmicky. Even the air horn. I really don't get how someone can not love this if they are into this kind of music.


AlexKzillion
Emeritus
August 25th 2021


19068 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Btw, Dan the bass player has a jazz side project that rips



https://disorderassembly.bandcamp.com/album/combustion-fossil

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
August 25th 2021


18452 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

2.5 really? It’s cool to hate I guess



The people that think a middle score = hate kind of weird me out. If 2.5 is a hate what is a 1? Rape and murder, dramatic much?

Titan
August 25th 2021


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

We all know a 2.5 is basically a shitty album on this site. Even a 3 won't get much playback.

Tundra
August 25th 2021


10756 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

At first I was let down there wasnt a massive guitar solo at the end if Human Is Hell but now I kind of applaud them for not giving in to what was expected and decided to do something different, the ending is really good and satisfying to me now, very chanty etc. The song all around has an insane amount of hooky earworms in it, as does the rest of the album.

Titan
August 25th 2021


26578 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Tundra, there was an imposter impersonating you over the last handful of days or so

Toondude10
August 25th 2021


15373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This is easily their best album since Parallax II, maybe even better than that album actually



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