Album Rating: 4.0

the whole 'and i die for youuuuu' bit in Brother Bleed Brother is so ridiculously 2000s post hardcore

Album Rating: 4.0

I just remember being in 7th grade and reading the iTunes reviews for this album all the time and being bummed because everybody seemed to hate it. I held off on buying it for so long because I was sure it would be bad but A Man Alone made it worth the purchase on its own.

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah i was reading the reviews on wikipedia earlier today and its strange how divisive this album was. listening to it now, and having not heard Finch's debut, its sort of baffling. this is a very typical post-hardcore record for the time. its got some great catchy choruses, breakdowns and screamed vocals, slight math rock influence. nothing too experimental but also just different enough to not be super generic.



also had to laugh at this 'JR of IGN bluntly referred to it as "one of the most criminally inaccessible albums in recent memory." As a Finch fan, he felt "alienated and hoodwinked" by this "poorly-constructed, terribly-written record."



it what world is this criminally inaccessible? lol

Album Rating: 5.0

ya reading back to the reception this got at the time was pretty baffling to me when i got into this. i think the debut puts it into context a bit bc that shit is pretty much a pop punk album but it was still quite overstated

Album Rating: 5.0

WIITB fans couldn't accept that bands grow and mature and try different things. I guess I understand why people didn't like this one, took me time to get into myself.

Album Rating: 4.0

It's well-documented in this thread that I prefer WIITB over this but I think the divisive reviews were because this album is so different to it. WIITB was described as "Fisher Price My First Post-Hardcore Album" and I think it's pretty accurate. There are some fantastic screaming sections on it but most of the album is Nate singing with either pop punk or heavy guitars.

Then this pops up as their next release and suddenly it's dark as hell with Nate going psycho on half the songs and somewhat unconventional choruses and melodies. There are definitely weird songs on here. I think a lot of people were expecting something closer to WIITB 2.0.

Album Rating: 5.0

"the whole 'and i die for youuuuu' bit in Brother Bleed Brother is so ridiculously 2000s post hardcore"

Read this comment and got that part stuck in my head, ended up playing the song, and now I'm deep in the rabbithole again cus I said fuck it and just replayed the whole album

Album Rating: 5.0

"listening to it now, and having not heard Finch's debut, its sort of baffling. this is a very typical post-hardcore record for the time."

Their debut is the most generic post-hardcore shit ever. Their fanbase was on some weenie hut shit, wanting more of that and then got whooped with Roderick Usher and couldn't handle it.

Album Rating: 4.0

looool well i enjoyed this so i will deffo be checking that one out to see what the difference is

Album Rating: 5.0

Title track is all you need from that alb really lol



SHE



BUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSS

if every song was a good as the opener or ravenous this would be a 5. some really lame tracks tho

Album Rating: 4.0

"Their debut is the most generic post-hardcore shit ever."

Not for 2002 it wasn't. That album was probably one of the most influential in the scene during that time.



"Title track is all you need from that alb really lol"

Take it back right now.

Album Rating: 5.0

nah project mayhem is wiitbs finest moment. ender is better too



most of the album is j aight tho

Album Rating: 4.0

Perfection Through Silence and Awake though.

Album Rating: 5.0

Focus

on the

fire

burning

virus

in me

a hopeless

host hooked to a wire

keeping me...

Focused... on the.... fire... burning

Virus... that... is... me...



Hope....



less....



host...

Album Rating: 5.0

I fucking love that part and end up replaying that section at least 3 times whenever I hear that track

Album Rating: 4.0

Second half of that song is wonderful but I don't care for the first. Then leading into Reduced to Teeth I forgot how good the song is until the choruses. It's how I feel about half the album. :/

Album Rating: 5.0

lmao stfu, this entire album is absolutely brutal

Album Rating: 4.0

Brutal choruses.

Album Rating: 4.0

this album is most definitely not brutal