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toying with the idea that pale iris is not the worst song here and that its rumor of light instead. not that pale iris has grown on me at all lol but at least it doesnt tank the momentum immediately after the opener with even lazier vocal writing (sans the chorus which bar the solo is the only part of the song that stands out to me)



love everything else

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Pale Iris slaps it's true

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it is kind of funny to me that the two i cant connect to are the second track and the penultimate track lol cant think of an album i like this much like that so uh props for symmetry i guess?



(now give me them dang b sides!)

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i guess i missed them uploading full track by track commentary on youtube lol but that was pretty insightful stuff. biggest takeaways



- end to excess and wave were the first songs written for this, not long after the self titled was finished

- pale iris was initially thrown together as a standalone single. they banged it out in a few days separate from the sessions for this album

- past life persona basically evolved from a little unused riff jesse found in an old project that he liked enough that he built the whole song around it, and the chorus came to him half asleep on the bus which he voice memo'd and then barely changed for the final record

- seems wave is his favorite song here

Album Rating: 3.5

Glimpse - that is all

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glimpse, wave, blue reverie and idle wild can honestly stand up with anything on self titled. staying power of this has been really strong for me which is amazing because erra's biggest priority should clearly be making me happy

Album Rating: 3.5

It’s (idle) wild you dig this as much as you do but Godspeed 🫡



I will Stan Drift til I’m ded

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yeah i am really receptive of what makes this one special. this album has shown me that they're the type of band i've always wanted them to be, and that's a band that change shit up a lot purely because they're just doing whatever the fuck they want



in a way thats almost kinda made me dig drift more than i used to since thats also kind of emblematic of that mindset. both cure and drift feel very close (albeit both are a little short from their full potential in their own ways) to the vision the had in mind when they set out to make them, and it's more about whether you're down with the lens they're using to explore that heavy/pretty dynamic on those particular albums



i get why its been polarizing though since self titled comprehensively pulls from everything enough that its pretty agreeable amongst most walks of erra fans (that and its well documented that i think the self titled is the best album of the last 30 ish years lol)

Album Rating: 3.5

I agree there they do what they want and it hits for you or it doesn’t

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man i was cookin w that tracklist on the page before lmao pretty much only jam this album that way now



end to excess has been getting a lot of play outta me lately shits phenomenal. that grandiose intro + jesses vocal layering = chefs kiss

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woah nice i like pale iris now



like yeah i still think its chorus is pretty well below jesses standards and its a really baffling choice for a penultimate, but that doesnt really invalidate the extent to which everything else about it kinda rips. i think i like the single mix a little more though since the production during the breakdown is a little less cluttered



erra :shakes hands: bubs

Album Rating: 4.5

Pale Iris absolutely rips

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have kinda looped around on rumor too so i guess i dont really have any complaints about this other than feeling like pale iris and blue reverie shoulda been swapped in the sequence



good band huh

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its true erra slaps a fat ass

Album Rating: 3.5

Boney asses get slapped too

I wish I liked this album that much because this is a pretty big drop off from the self titled for me. I thought if I left it a few months I would like it more...nope I think I like it less now.

Album Rating: 4.0

calc noooooooooooooooooooo

Sorry meng :[

Not much of a fan of the drum sound on this, less sick riffs and memorable leads, and some of these hooks just don't do it for me at all.

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so tempted to hit their opening set on tour since they j broke idle wild out. huge huge tune

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i am in fact hitting their opening set on tour so its erra binge day lfg



hopefully this not being a headliner means theyll be hanging around a bit after the show lol would love to finally meet the boys