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sadguyontheinternet
January 15th 2023


116 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Snake



You do know they had other ideas, right? A bulk of this album is about the anxiety of creating art and not knowing whether or not your best ideas are behind you. Pretty much the entirety of "In The Water" is about the band not knowing if they measure up to their past works.



Given how "I am a nightmare", "Mene", "Sealed to Me", "Out of Range", and "Lazy" were all scrapped songs that were fairly decent if not absolutely beautiful (Sealed to Me) then I would say they could potentially release another album and it still be good. Not to mention Lacey's wife teased Brand New fans a few years back saying that the band has a wealth of demos and songs that never made it onto past albums.



So... I think its at least a tad disingenuous to say that they didn't have any other ideas. If that is indeed what you are implying.

nol
January 15th 2023


11768 Comments


oh god I remember I am a nightmare. Garbage tier

Out of Range was the best b side

unclereich
January 15th 2023


12003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@snek

Snake.
January 15th 2023


25250 Comments


sad guy on the internet indeed if you think i'm gonna read all that

sadguyontheinternet
January 15th 2023


116 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Snake



Sorry, I will keep it more your speed, durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr



Big band sad, more songs, but, no feel-good cause sad.

sadguyontheinternet
January 15th 2023


116 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Nol



Its okay to be wrong, bud.

unclereich
January 15th 2023


12003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@snick

sadguyontheinternet
January 15th 2023


116 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@snickers

nol
January 15th 2023


11768 Comments


I am a Nightmare is worse than anything off their debut

which is saying a lot

sadguyontheinternet
January 15th 2023


116 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Nol



I...

Disagree.

Respectfully, of course.

Sowing
Moderator
March 7th 2023


43943 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It's better than a lot of songs on their debut but not as good as the best songs on it. It's kind of safe and repetitive, but it's got better production and feels like a more musically mature take on YFW's brand of very immature pop-punk.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 7th 2023


60298 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I Am A Nightmare sucks and most of the debut sucks worse...

"it's got better production and feels like a more musically mature take on YFW's brand of very immature pop-punk"

...but fwiw I do think that these things (bad prod/poorly controlled emo_testosterone) at least give YFW an edge. Nightmare is throwaway alt-rock blandness down to a tee

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
March 7th 2023


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i did not expect Johnny to have this at a 4

Sowing
Moderator
March 7th 2023


43943 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

None of it is why I ever liked BN, which is why I'm very glad they chose this direction rather than trying to come full circle with a mature pop punk record.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 7th 2023


60298 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

wow i just typed out about 150 words about why i kinda respect about 60% of this album even though everything else BN have done has aged badly (including maybe Daisy which i am maybe heavily overrating) and closed the tab fuck

GhandhiLion
March 7th 2023


17641 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

"i did not expect Johnny to have this at a 4"



this is just paramore if you think about it fr

Sowing
Moderator
March 7th 2023


43943 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Hey, if it makes you feel better, if you spent that long on the comment there's at least a 40% chance it would have timed out upon submission and lost your comment anyway.



Daisy has aged better than anything else in their discography including this and TDAG.

bellovddd
March 7th 2023


5801 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

Still can't get into this one.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 7th 2023


60298 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

haha i can't recall the last time i let a timeout get the better of me. comes with the territory of blasting sput with permaspam

would not have picked this as the week to get beered and catch up with BN's last two records, but ig that can be arranged at some point

GhandhiLion
March 7th 2023


17641 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

wow Same Logic is shameless bts worship, this is not paramore



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