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Album Rating: 4.0
Gontier In The House
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I might spin this again, I don’t remember much other than thinking that the dual vocalist approach is kinda cool in theory, but the harsh reality is that Adam is head and shoulders above not Adam. And that’s not nostalgia talking. Say what you want about the band’s early days, Adam does have a pretty distinct voice that helped separate them from the pack, it’s no coincidence that the second he left the band just became another dime a dozen angsty alt rock band and the quality dropped to the bottom of the fucking ocean.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
^ tbh i have to agree. while i will go to bat for the other band members as musicians and producers from a talent standpoint, that doesn't mean they're not privy to making terrible stylistic decisions. and i think that's where Gontier really carried the slack. he could mask those poor stylistic decisions with such a distinct and capable voice. so when he left, you did see the drop in quality, because they were beginning to make poorer decisions more frequently, and Matt, God bless him, just didn't have the chops to compensate the way Adam did.
all of that being said, I think this album blows Matt's 3 out of the water, and marks a genuine return to the level of consistent quality we saw during Adam's first run, even with a couple of clunkers lodged in there
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
While I do agree, I think Matt’s best TDG can easily be found here - he was never the most compelling lead vocalist for TDG, but he does a fine job when paired with Adam.
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“ while i will go to bat for the other band members as musicians and producers from a talent standpoint”
anybody that can play music at this level is a top tier musician. I know that sounds silly, and it also makes me a hypocrite for calling a million of them “talentless hacks” but the harsh truth is even if you hate a band they’re still playing in front of hundreds/thousands of people every night, where a single missed note will have nerds on reddit talking about it for years. It’s been ten years since the first time I saw Metallica but I still remember the exact note Kirk fucked up during the One solo.
Idk what my point is, maybe I’m trying to turn a corner and not be such a dick over music I don’t like.
I gave this a listen today and I gotta say, it is probably my favorite of theirs after One X, not exactly the highest bar to clear but the dual vocal approach does work well for them and has me wondering how they perform their older material. Does Adam just take five when they’re playing a Matt song and vice versa? Or do they trade verses and both hit the chorus? Idk I don’t think I’ve ever seen a band do something like this. Like sure, I can think of a few instances where old members join a band on stage for a song or two but I literally can’t think of a single other band that lost their original vocalist, got a new one, got the old one back and still kept the new one.
It’s very cool imo, I just wish I liked the music more.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
I feel sorry for Walst, dude gets way too much hate. Not the best vocalist by any metric, but I think he’s fine and does a really decent job on here. I also think he’s had a few bangers prior to this. I Am Machine is a slapper
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^ agreed 10000%
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"I feel sorry for Walst, dude gets way too much hate. Not the best vocalist by any metric, but I think he’s fine and does a really decent job on here. I also think he’s had a few bangers prior to this. I Am Machine is a slapper"
I do, too. Replacing Gontier must have been a daunting task at best, and he gave it a decent enough shot - but I also feel that many of the weakest aspects to the three Walst albums could have been avoided with some improvements to the writing and production.
Instead, those albums often feel like they're aimlessly pushing forward and just hoping for the best. Sometimes it works, too often they don't.
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