Album Rating: 2.5
I always thought they identified as Christian; maybe that's my mistake (or an outdated take). Regardless that's not too important; I just liked the sound they brought with Disambiguation although I see what you mean about sustainability being important at this point in their careers. Who knows, maybe it will open them up to a new generation of fans.
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They were blatantly Christian until the time between LITSOS and Disambiguation. They started having some tour drama around that time with Spencer falling back into drugs and them gettin a lot of flak from fans for it, pretty sure they almost broke up
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Album Rating: 3.0
"I'm the desperate and you're the savior"........just throwing that out there.
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Album Rating: 2.0
"but would a fourth album of that intensity be worth a damn"
Uhhhh yes. Yes yes yes yes yes FUCKING YES. We all know UO's bread n butter is their intense moments.
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Yea and it’s not like any of the previous three were retreads, they were all different from each other but still sounded like Underoath. This has moments that I like but they could’ve utilized this album’s strengths in a much better way
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Album Rating: 3.4 | Sound Off
--"I'm the desperate and you're the savior"........just throwing that out there.--
A lot of bands have Christian themes and even songs about god without actually being a 'Christian band'. Fuck, look at Architects last few albums. There's songs to and about god all over the damn place (mostly crisis of faith type shit, but still).
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Album Rating: 4.0
I have to say that Chris saves so many songs on this. If it wasn’t for his amazing keys/synths, this would be a slog to sit through. Spencer and his lyrics really are what drag this album down.
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Album Rating: 2.5
Yeah references to 'god' or a 'savior' do not automatically equate to the writers of said lyrics being a "christian band"...I only assumed Underoath still is because they have a longstanding reputation as being a faith-driven band. Of course, like with any human being, things change. It kind of helps me make sense of their new affinity for cursing, although even then that wouldn't dispel the notion of them possibly being religious.
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Album Rating: 3.4 | Sound Off
I think Underoath were an actual Christian band on those earlier albums, but it's something they tried to break away from pretty early. A lot of these bands start off Christian and then move away as they get more popular. Evanescence, Flyleaf and Creed come right to mind.
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Album Rating: 4.0
As far as I know, only Aaron, Chris, and Tim still identify as Christian, and even they aren’t as in your face about it as they were around TOCS and DTGL. The band hasn’t wanted to be seen as a “christian” band since around LITSOS/Disambiguation.
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Album Rating: 2.0
They defs were an absolute Christian band during their first few albums when they were writing lyrics about abortion. It felt like that identity died around DTGL.
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As someone who saw the band live six times before they broke up, they were still professing faith onstage in 2008 so make of that what you will. And there are more lines that allude to God than just that, like the lyrics on Desolate Earth where he says he wandered through the wasteland and found hope, God and the dreams of the believers
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Album Rating: 2.0
Oh yeah you’re right actually. My mistake.
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Album Rating: 3.0
This isn’t nearly as bad as I feared. A disappointment but there are a few solid tracks and a lot of really good moments that harken back to their glory days.
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I hope Spencer has another existential crisis soon
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Album Rating: 4.0
I just hope Spencer gets back to writing better lyrics. Most of the lyrics are fine, but there are moments where I question how this is the same guy that penned the lyrics for DTGL and LITSOS. Maybe he’ll let Aaron write a little if they make another album.
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Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off
Give me Disambiguation pt 2 please and thank
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Album Rating: 2.0
i would cum pant
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Album Rating: 3.0
i'm liking this album more and more with every listen but i totally get why people hate it
like it's a bad underoath album but imo it's a pretty solid and well-performed radio rock album and spencer sounds great
if this had been released as sleepwave's sophomore album i feel like overall appreciation would be at least slightly higher
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If there's a future for this band, they will never go back to Disambiguation. It's a new era.
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