Storm In A Teacup: Arbiter lives up to the hype

Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	Im not even kidding Bradley Fighting Vehicle feels straight off the Satellite Years.
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	You hear that hovering? What's a planet to a moon.
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	Album of the decade.
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	Gosh golly no one cares?
Prancer 07.09.18	considering the album comes out on the 13th no one else has heard it
botb 07.09.18	I can’t wait for my preorder to come and I legit think this band has two 5 records but settle down with the fanboying yo haha
BlackwaterPork 07.09.18	How have you heard this?
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	I own the vinyl.
Space Jester 07.09.18	My CD is in Jacksonville, four hours away from me. Hopefully that means I’ll get it tomorrow
DungeonBoy 07.09.18	Satellite Years was a good record
JayEnder 07.09.18	You lucky fucker. There’s nothing I want more in life atm than to hear this whole thing. And just hearing you say such good things about somehow makes me even more excited
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	There are mother fuckinh opening and closing guitar riffs to songs songs that sound produced to be exactly like Satellite Years.
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	Paying $10 for priority shipping was well worth it
DungeonBoy 07.09.18	love the enthusiasm
kris. 07.09.18	my vinyl shipped friday but tracking says it won't be here til next friday kill me hahaha
onionbubs 07.09.18	gonna snag on kingdomleaks after revisiting their discog. don’t really feel their music aside from the three singles dropped here which are all godly
Groundking 07.09.18	Bradley Fighting Vehicle is amazing agreed.
Slex 07.09.18	T/T has to be the most anticlimactic closer ever smh, tentatively disappointed with the album on first couple listens unfortunately
JayEnder 07.09.18	That’s a shame. Still excited
Slex 07.09.18	Its still amazing! Don't wanna kill any hype, just not quite what I personally expected I think
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	Yes there's quite a difference between a 4.5 and a 5 but for me this is such a hard 5 or 6
Storm In A Teacup 07.09.18	Title track reminded of the new Senses Fail album and then Jay sung the line "senses fault" and my mind was blown
Comatorium. 07.09.18	Albums god tier I think
Gyromania 07.09.18	If I thought all their other albums were music for 14 year olds, would I dig this?
Relinquished 07.09.18	you have that inner 14 year old in you so you should
Comatorium. 07.10.18	It’s way more mature and past that kind of music tbh. It has influences from their past but it’s a different beast entirely. You can tell they’re well over a decade older.
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Indeed. If it were like their old stuff I wouldn't 5 it even though they are 5s. This is a true modern day 5 for me.
Toondude10 07.10.18	watch Anthony Fantano rip it to pieces
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Watch Anthony Fantano never review it and not even bother to include it in a why you no review.
Toondude10 07.10.18	probs
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	He doesn't listen to that genre of music so idk why it would even be a possibility.
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Only if it were a 5 outside of its genre would it be something he should review. It's certainly a 5 in its genre and a 4.2 minimum outside of it but idk about a 5
Toondude10 07.10.18	ehhh he reviews this kinda stuff from time to time tbh album is solid btw, though the first song is the best one so far
Slex 07.10.18	100% agree that opener is the best here (think it's their best song in general)
Relinquished 07.10.18	idk about their best song in general but it's definitely up there glad they came back strong and fresh like this, rare for me to be blown away like that
Toondude10 07.10.18	tbh there wasn't really a whole lot on here that really blew me away. It's kinda what I expected from them in the first place, a solid post-hardcore/post-rock album. They've got all the tricks up their sleeve with this album but nothing else really. Still though, solid album regardless.
Slex 07.10.18	What really disappoints me is Jay's performance, it just feels a bit flat to me when it comes to the cleans/melodies. In no way does he sound bad, but he's either just kinda moaning along to an atmospheric chorus or singing in the same upbeat tone in all of the verses. I feel like there's a lot of the distinct character his voice had on Magnetic North missing from this album
Frivolous 07.10.18	you gave it a 4 sir
Slex 07.10.18	I am aware of that, I love everything else about the album (altho I dislike the final track)
Frivolous 07.10.18	im so tired
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Pretty sure you're all forgetting how Jays performance on albums has to grow on you
Slex 07.10.18	I dunno, I've said a couple times in the MN thread, that's straight up my favorite vocal performance of any album, it seemed like he had a lot more variety and range in his melodies on there. That being said, I could see this growing on me more, I was just hoping for something a little more ambitious and expansive like Faint Object Camera
Gyromania 07.10.18	Listened to 3 songs and they were all pretty generic sounding. Lol at this blowing up on sputnik of all places. Is it 2007 again?
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Adam Morgan said in a recent interview this album started before the 2011 reunion show. 4 songs were finished by then except without vocals.
onionbubs 07.10.18	this is their best work production has always held this band back from really wowing me and now they have that so ya this rules
JayEnder 07.10.18	hype hype hype hype hype
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Getting my second full listen now that im off work
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	"In the middle of the wild lies a man who cries over the loss of a disc world Omnia, this is all. This is everything"
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Closed my eyes while listening to Aphelion and I'm pretty sure my body levitated for half a second.
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Pretty sure last two tracks To Bloom and Arbiter both count as the closer together based on lyrics and mood of To Bloom.
Slex 07.10.18	Aphelion is sublime yeah
Slex 07.10.18	That works so much better as a closer, I can listen now and think of Arbiter as an epilogue and not the climax
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	And oh my god there's so much lyrical candy here. Fucking references Far Pavillions
Space Jester 07.10.18	So would you say this has a good balance of dreamy spaciness and screams and riffs?
JayEnder 07.10.18	I’m legitimately jealous Storm.
SteakByrnes 07.10.18	Just go to kingdom leaks Jay
JayEnder 07.10.18	My friend is borrowing my laptop atm, idk if you can download from kl on mobile : /
Slex 07.10.18	Yeah I got the kingdomleaks dl lol it's HQ
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	oh my god this is an actual lyric on "To Bloom" "escape pod for intangibles" yes jester, an excellent mix
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	I know Jay, should have paid for that priority shipping XD
Space Jester 07.10.18	Fingers crossed hoping mine gets here tomorrow
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	there is so much happening on all of these songs it's overwhelming. I Catapult and C.S. Lucky One...wow
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	To Bloom "Made unaware, to then be led, and segregated Some of us are, all for nothing but a home And to feel it in our bones (an) Anti-hero of our own space I guess the transmission is gone Just force yourself to wait You settle for the face of an arbiter Not tempered by fault if ever alone Ever alone, falter through You stare out into something beautiful When the honest save their own honorable souls And to wait inside our hearts Where amazement blooms And to be inside our home An escape pod for intangibles A two moon endeavor An incredible sun awaits Where's your soul You unprincipled, unintentional, good for less than Downturn force pressure From where there's just this incredible threshold When to make amends with a forgotten nation that I've never seen before never be known Share our hopeless endeavor Under far pavillions be known, anti-hero When the honest save their own honorable souls Where amazement is to bloom You'll be alone The anti-hero of our own space"
Relinquished 07.10.18	and far pavilion reference m/
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	right? 6/5
bananatossing 07.10.18	hopesfall is truly one of a kind. nobody else does shit like this is all i have to say for now
Rowan5215 07.10.18	yo this opening track good lord almighty
Toondude10 07.10.18	it's the best song on the album tbh
Toondude10 07.10.18	in the meantime though, new Thrice album announced
Teal 07.10.18	I’m really liking what I’m hearing so far. This feels like a mix of Magnetic North and A-Types. Second half of “Tunguska” takes me on a FEELtrip and I’m legitimately sad that “Aphelion” is so short. What’s up with Hopesfall writing A+ interludes? Can’t wait to sit down and give this more spins. I hope the band keeps writing new material!
Space Jester 07.10.18	Hope Thrice can recover after their boring as fuck previous album My Hopesfall CD is arriving anytime now so I hope you all aren’t overhyping this lol
Rowan5215 07.10.18	Thrice rollout is an absolute mess haha they can't even get their damn site to load but bundles are still selling out? album will be a 3 anyways
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Jeez this album is amazing. Split perfectly in two sides as well
JayEnder 07.10.18	Favorite song overall Storm?
Space Jester 07.10.18	I have to be at work in 30 minutes and the mail hasn’t come ☹️
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Five way tie between I Catapult CS Lucky One Drowning Potential Faint Object Camera and HA Wallace Space
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	After 4 playthroughs
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	Those are 5s. Tunguska is a 5 as well. The others are 4.7s and 4.8s
Storm In A Teacup 07.10.18	I need to remember the album is not even officially out yet so that I understand my disappointment in the lack of ratings is atm unnecessary
hogan900 07.11.18	album is mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Observer 07.11.18	Album's okay.
Storm In A Teacup 07.12.18	Dont understand how less than half a dozen people can be a "sput hype machine". It's like donald trump coming up with make america great again. Doesn't make sense and the people coming up with the phrase should be ostracized from society if they can't learn to be unaffected by others own business and opinions. It's not butthurtness, it's an evaluation.
hogan900 07.13.18	FACTS
hogan900 07.13.18	If anything Rolo Tomassi was the closest we got to a sput hype train this year
onionbubs 07.13.18	"album artwork of the year" this ain't the senses fail thread bro but this is probably second really really good year for album covers so far
Storm In A Teacup 07.13.18	Agreed on that last point but not the first
Storm In A Teacup 07.15.18	oh hey! I didn't have to receive any clap-back from disappoint in the album! It really did live up to the hype