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jrlikestodance
June 25th 2024


6682 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Definitely underrated. Breathing for the Birds!!!

Confessed2005
June 25th 2024


7557 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, this album is underappreciated for sure.

StrizzMatik
June 27th 2024


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

@onion I was more talking about the comments than the reviews, a lot of the comments seemed to be complaining that it's not YCBY2 or that it's "too noisy" lol

SpoonerMcgee
September 28th 2024


112 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Lost to time and anticipation - this album holds up and showcases the fact they never stopped writing their music FORWARD. It’s insane listening to their album spread on Spotify and hearing how much better Jeff’s vocals and how much more interesting the guitar work became. I grew up with these guys and their style is still a mystery I cherish. Just cool shit all around, what else sounds like this or even close? 15 years later and PTW and Hopesfall are my two favorites from this period because they refused to be pinned down





I think it’s kinda time to evaluate releases like this differently. At one point we took these guys as the standard for metalcore but what would you even classify this as? Seriously, listen to “Prematurito El Baby” - one of the most straightforward songs on the whole album and what is it? Punk? Rock? Metal? No idea. We got spoiled with bands full of peoooe exploring new shit in this era and im probably out of date but this doesn’t seem to be the case a lot now, right?

jrlikestodance
September 28th 2024


6682 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm definitely due for a revisit and prob will appreciate this more. Love all their records and Tear finally clicked after years of saying "it's alright'

Confessed2005
September 28th 2024


7557 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Tear is definitely a grower.

ConcubinaryCode
September 28th 2024


8132 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This band always had the best opening songs

StrizzMatik
October 1st 2024


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

This is Ryan Primack's record, through and through. The dude is super humble considering he's practically a muso prodigy on tons of different instruments, other than the drums he basically played and wrote everything on this, the riffs and guitar tones on this record are *chef's kiss* tasty. Not a small or easy feat considering Derek who had just left wrote a LOT of their previous material and was responsible for their musical direction on YCBY.



And we're getting a new record! Can't believe that news is practically 2 months old and nobody knew about it here

jrlikestodance
October 1st 2024


6682 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I posted about it in the You Come Before You thread like a month ago!

onionbubs
December 5th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

giving this another shot now and its a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle better than i remembered so far. the production is kinda weird tho



the steakhouse demos are awesome though that version of a#1 good lord if only that made the cut

onionbubs
December 6th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

alright yeah still not the biggest fan of this but they wrote a lot of other good songs around this time so it could have been cool. threw together this tracklist today, everything is taken from the steakhouse demos since those rule if those exist of them + 4 from the main album + 2 from the 2008 ep trio thingy



1. a#1 (god i love the steakhouse demo of this one lol)

2. letter thing

3. you will not be welcomed

4. prematurito el baby

5. oceanbreast

6. the notches that create your headboard

7. break

8. bowie

9. purple sabbath

10. rockfuckcunt

11. riverside

12. the first day of my second life



would be at least a 4

pourradass
December 6th 2024


1031 Comments


I should give this a try then bubs because I also can't get into this one

onionbubs
December 6th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i might still thin it out a tiny bit further but i really like this sequence and theres so many cool gems i didnt know about or give that much time of day to prior. purple sabbath is especially amazing

pourradass
December 16th 2024


1031 Comments


the steakhouse demos are great you weren't wrong

pourradass
December 16th 2024


1031 Comments


as is Slow Good Morning... mmm... could this be my Versions reckoning?

onionbubs
December 16th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i still cannot crack the code here but yes dude the steakhouse demos are amazing everybody needs to know. everything here thats on there (which i think is mostly just notches and you will not be welcomed) is much better and a#1 good LORD what a tune

pourradass
June 11th 2025


1031 Comments


Preparing for their gig in September and I was finally able to listen to Versions from start to end and I enjoyed it!

StrizzMatik
June 14th 2025


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Trembling Level vinyl single came out, it has another new song on there too. Waiting for my copy to get in



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