Album Rating: 5.0
Dillinger is not one of the bands I listen to for the lyrics, so I've never really pay too much attention to them. Even then I struggle to see the cringe on this album, whilst I definitely can of the previous albums. And again, Greg's vocal delivery is so good that I kinda don't care anyway.
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Album Rating: 3.5
“these people can’t give an example of cringey lyrics lol”
Never said I couldn’t, just didn’t know I or anyone else would be called on to justify it in such a small space of time.
Anyway, you have examples to a varying degree of what might be considered suspect lyrics throughout—definitely the latter part of their discography (especially heard in the cleans). Here, a good example is on “Nothing’s Funny”, which in and of itself, is a great song on their poppier side, still features an awkward “Don’t be sca-ra-red! Don’t be. Scared! Don’t. Be. Scared!” etc., lyric in the math-y, Dillinger-y bit mid-section, that you easily tell was a “Oh, I need something to say here, this’ll do”-type situation. Melodically it’s good, but kinda crap lyrically which hurts the song, IMO.
Also, in “Paranoia Shields” there’s “I feel you close, heating up my coals…” then “Death brings us close, isn’t that morose?” which is featured so prominently in the song, that are interspersed with some actually okay-to-decent lyrics, that only end up drawing attention to themselves.
“And again, Greg's vocal delivery is so good that I kinda don't care anyway.”
And that’s why overall, he’s still an incredible, era-defining talent; one I’ve seen live multiple times (both with DEP and solo). But yeah, over several releases his lyrics are often his weakness. This is a pattern, for sure.
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