Say Anything Album Update

2009-05-22 by VicariousIntent | 58 Comments
Say Anything frontman Max Bemis has posted a MySpace blog announcinng that the band have finished recording their upcoming self titled album, and it is now in the process of being mixed.

Stated Bemis: "I just wanted to let you guys know we're done recording our new record, entitled Say Anything, and we're moving into the mixing phase. It should be out this fall. This record is kind of a new start, or at least a new phase in the Say Anything story. You'll be seeing some changes in our camp from the live show all the way to the lack of zoolander-esque promo shots. I'm so, so proud of what we've done and where we're going and although I'm very happy with our first two records, I think you guys will agree that this album sounds more like Say Anything then anything the band has ever recorded, as well as moving the band in a direction that is true to what you guys, our fans, really love about us.

"We'll be returning to touring sooner than you think, and in a way you've never seen or heard before. More on that to come, but we can assure you once the record is out we'll be becoming true blue road warriors again. Also for those of you who like our lyrics and songwriting, I'll be going back to doing some actual fiction writing over the course of the next year, so be prepared for me to project my insecu rities and subconscious desires onto fake humans of my creation and make them do horrible things to each other!

"Please stay tuned; when my computer is fixed, I'll be starting to do some semi-regular video updates leading up to the record. I semi-promise! I also want to finally mention THANK YOU to those of you who have been so happy about me finally settling down with my amazing wife. Despite a few little butt-straggler dingleberries, you guys have been so joyous and cool and loving about the whole thing; it feels like it's because you guys know that I've been through hell. Finally being fulfilled is like a dream come true. More to come, daddies!"


http://blogs.myspace.com/sayanything

Tagged: Say Anything

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xequalscore
May 22nd 2009
437 Comments


I didn't even know this guy was Jewish :S I wasn't all that impressed with their last album though I may check this out, because he's Jewish! (not really)

Cesar
May 22nd 2009
2732 Comments


I think you guys will agree that this album sounds more like Say Anything then anything the band has ever recorded


lol what?



Album will be awesome.

VicariousIntent
May 23rd 2009
1649 Comments


Thank you to whoever edited the article...I know it was really formatted properly...

TurnerINC2
May 23rd 2009
3 Comments


so only praise for say anything is allowed on this website?

TurnerINC2
May 23rd 2009
3 Comments


definitely not trying to be a tough guy, and maybe the bus flipping comment was a bit over the line, but the rest of the post was relevant. Can I convince you to unban my main account if I promise to be nicer?

Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


Nicer than saying you wish a set of guys you've never met die? Dunno, might be too much to ask.

TurnerINC2
May 23rd 2009
3 Comments


you don't know the situation strikey, I can retype my entire say anything experience but that would just be beating a dead horse (like the sound of their record) and who gave you authority to sway opinions? lol

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


much love jom.

Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


I saw the OP actually, I don't care what came after it, wishing death or srs injury upon people because you don't like their music is both stupid and makes you a d**k. I have no authority, that doesn't mean I can't have an opinion.

Album will most likely be 3.5-4.

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


I don't mean to cause an issue with you strikey, but I'm well known 'round these parts for having an intense say anything rage. Not trying to defend what I said (like say anything defends their genre? lol), but I need to push the envelope for shock value. It's clear I hit a peak and need to keep it on the level. Their name is Say Anything but it's clear you can't say anything about them, for the thumb of the man looms near.

In a less angry recap of the original post I had, I think it's ridiculous that Bemis needs to restate that he's Jewish constantly to use faith to sell records. I wish he would write something entertaining and promote it properly instead of using a religeon as a cash-grab. Bemis seems to want to milk his fans for all the money they can nab from their parents. (ex: the last say anything article about him charging for personalized songs which will just be a) terrible and b) "mad-libbed" with names and favorite things I'm sure) There are plenty of -joke goes here- things I could say, but the new me is tamer and I want to stick around to appear another day, so I'll hold myself back. This is the last thing I will say about say anything.

...Until next time

PanasonicYouth
May 23rd 2009
7413 Comments


Susan Boyle layin' down tha muthalickin' law.
And I've never heard these guys. I guess I will here in a bit.

devsol
May 23rd 2009
356 Comments


someone should say something about say anything but i think everything's been said

Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


tldr

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


then don't expect people to read your posts. Might as well not post at all?

Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


people read my posts because i like good bands like say anything

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


you gave ...is a real boy a 5? same rating as your opinion of O.K. Computer? come on dude that's ridiculous. Go buy a personalized Bemis song.



Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


Yeppp, album is nigh-on perfect. I'm going to suggest you're not into pop-punk.

Athom
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
17249 Comments


I gave it a 5 too. Say Anything own and I am eagerly awaiting their next release. deal with it.

Kiran
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
6134 Comments


I think it's ridiculous that Bemis needs to restate that he's Jewish constantly to use faith to sell records.


I'm pretty sure him being a Jew isn't significantly boosting sales. Could explain why overzealous marketing execs aren't throwing mysteriously skull capped new members into Linkin Park to play the keytar.

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


Say Anything doesn't make enough mainstream money, bemis is of that certain decent where you can never get enough, 1 stream of income isn't enough, so he looks to other markets and untapped resources to make even more. If not enough regular people like Say Anything (note: regular people), why not look to pull the suckers of an entire religion? don't believe me? look at the first post in this thread. Point Proven.





Kiran
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
6134 Comments


The first post of this thread was sarcasm. He even added a little helpful hint in parentheses for those who didn't pick up on it.

Kiran
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
6134 Comments


a bagel and a bible with every vinyl pre-order

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


a) I don't see as much sarcasm as you do, I think he's being partially serious, the parentheses actually allude to him being quasi serious, not giving up the joke like you just stated

b) then why even comment on it? he clearly thought about it because he himself is jewish, and wants to support the jewish community even though he didn't like their last album. Max Bemis = 1, Religious Sheep = 0.

It's a simple tactic that scam artists have been pulling for years. Slap jesus on a jar of squeezed raspberries and call it Jesus Jam. Bring it to any church, who cares if your christian or not, but watch how many people spread that on their toast because they feel good about helping their cause (which in this case is just lining another bag around another neck).

Kiran
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
6134 Comments


Ok, so according to your perspective, Bemis is extorting money from the jewish masses by pleading to their jewness to entice them to support another jew's musical career and fulfill his intentions of lining his pockets with jew money since his monetary support from the non-jewish-religiously-inclined mainstream isn't large enough? He's masterminded an extortion of his religious brethren to make himself a richer man?




Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


"Ok, so according to your perspective, Bemis is extorting money from the jewish masses by pleading to their jewness to entice them to support another jew's musical career and fulfill his intentions of lining his pockets with jew money since his monetary support from the non-jewish-religiously-inclined mainstream isn't large enough? He's masterminded an extortion of his religious brethren to make himself a richer man?"

Dude, exactly. He's doing it a little more subtle than "pleading" however yes, exactly. I also wouldn't call it "jew money", that's a lil' offensive.. money is money no matter where it comes from. Bemis doesn't care if it's from a jewish girl or a christian dude.. as long as after they empty their wallets into personalized songs (hundreds of dollars worth) they get together at the girls house, and the boy has to be introduced for the first time, creating a religious conflict that only Say Anything can help work them through.



Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


"Why is this news jewish propaganda orw/e is being stated? It really just seem's like him being happy and saying a new record is done."

I only brought it up because of the fact that if you click on the uncensored link before it was censored (warning = NSFS ((not safe for sputnik))) the first thing he finds the need to mention is that he's jewish.

"I just arrived at my home in Tyler, Texas after a hellish road trip from California, during which my ac broke, my tire blew, and i got towed to a random town in the middle of the desert. I was probably the first Jew they'd seen in the last decade but they were friendly to me. After all, we're both desert people."

I almost guarentee when he sat down to update his flock about how his new cookie cutter pop punk religious concept album is coming, he thought "how can I make more money with just a myspace update..? I need more money!" why not mention he's jewish again for the 100,000th time? clearly it's so the hebrews will buy the disc based on a fact that is entirely irrelevant to how good the album is, bonus cash.

Before I was banned earlier today, ((NSFS)) I had a bundle of excellently placed points in the other Say Anything news threads. Including this little tidbit of information; The Max Bemi$: $ong$ for $ale article was about him selling personalized songs for 150.00. If each one of you "omg album is best of all time" suckers threw down the money(4.5+ rating votes total on "Defense" = 129 people) you would be contributing 19,350.00 from sputnik ALONE bypassing the rest of the band members and going straight into his bank account.

Now, say there was 2000+ people who love Say Anything, because they are as good as you all say they are right? that's 300,000.00. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, for a cookie cutter mad-libbed song. 2000 people is not an unrealistic number for how many people post these damn news articles, trying to perpetuate the thievery that is occuring. (sometimes I believe the rate in which they occur is just max, once again, trying to get himself more money) Now throw in the jewish population and you'll see how much of a HACK Bemis is. You can't possibly say that it's not a cash grab, nor is anything else he does.

Kiran
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
6134 Comments


clearly it's so the hebrews will buy the disc based on a fact that is entirely irrelevant to how good the album is, bonus cash.


I'm atheist, so whenever an artist reveals that they're atheist too, I feel morally obliged to buy their album whether I want to or not.
This is essentially what you are saying.

JumpTheF**kUp
May 23rd 2009
2723 Comments


if bemis is trying to get money out of jews, the joke's on him

SlightlyEpic
May 23rd 2009
5810 Comments


^ lol.

But seriously, I don't care if he's trying to extort money out of anyone or anything or whatever. I happen to really like Say Anything's music and that is the reason I buy their CDs and listen to their music, I'm really looking forward to the new album.

VicariousIntent
May 23rd 2009
1649 Comments


You're making a ridiculous generalization by implying that everyone Jewish is going to pay Max money...or even that they're going to like the band. I'm pretty Max is just fucking around when he jokes about his faith and there's no other motivation behind it.

JumpTheF**kUp
May 23rd 2009
2723 Comments


also album is 5/5 already just need it to leak so i can download it, listen to it, order 4 copies and never spin them

sspedding
May 23rd 2009
5777 Comments


Say Anything - garbage.

JokesorInsults
May 23rd 2009
244 Comments


if bemis is trying to get money out of jews, the joke's on him


best line I've ever seen. can't wait for this album.

ok, after reading through this thread, yeah, turnerinc, he's using a facet of his life to attract new attention, and that's not wrong of him; we do it all the time. at least he's not starting a cult to kill anyone that isn't jewish.

anti-holocaust?

but your last post about bemis being a hack is completely and utterly false. try listening to the album before you want to berate it.

Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


Turnerinc, you're an idiot. Your vendetta borders on clinically insane conspiracy theory and that's coming from an avid atheist who detests organised religion.

If you think the first post of this thread was serious you need to either get your head checked or remember to troll better.

devsol
May 23rd 2009
356 Comments



if bemis is trying to get money out of jews, the joke's on him

many lulz were had

natey
May 23rd 2009
4195 Comments


nice band. thought the personalized $ongs thing was kinda bullshit but i mean he's jewish, what do you expect. i cut him some slack

devsol
May 23rd 2009
356 Comments


they cut his willy some slack too if you know what i mean

joshuatree
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
3746 Comments


album will rule

NovaSilver
May 23rd 2009
130 Comments


'cookie cutter pop punk religious concept album'

Not sure how many pop punk religious concept albums I've seen really. I mean you look at Blink 182 and unless dog humping has taken on a religious aspect nowadays there's not too much about God in there.

Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


there's definitely no way tUUl is an alt account by the same guy. supporting your own argument on the internet is one of the saddest things EVER.

on the off-chance that's not the case, I guess sputnik is blessed with the presence of two equally retarded members at the same time.

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


"if bemis is trying to get money out of jews, the joke's on him"

lolocaust

"I'm pretty Max is just fucking around when he jokes about his faith and there's no other motivation behind it."

Really? I don't see any other artists who joke about their religion constantly, and find the need to mention it over and over again. He's only doing it to attract anyone who is of jewish faith. (EX: say I really like weed, and the music I create is mediocre.. why not mention marijuana over and over again in my blog posts? clearly that will pull stoners into listening to the music.. he's just doing a terrible job of sending subliminal messages, yet it still works. (I still stand by the first post being legitimately interested solely for the fact he is jewish)


"but your last post about bemis being a hack is completely and utterly false. try listening to the album before you want to berate it."

I saw them live with thrice, only concert I've ever walked out on. I was embarrassed to watch!!!! seriously, it was a shameful display of music. Afterwards, I downloaded their albums to see if it really was that bad and I cannot justify letting this band have a double disc, it was a mockery of everything I believe in. That is why I refuse to let sputnik perpetuate Say Anything without any resistance. If you don't want to hear this stuff from me, then stop posting news articles every week.

"Turnerinc, you're an idiot. Your vendetta borders on clinically insane conspiracy theory and that's coming from an avid atheist who detests organised religion.

If you think the first post of this thread was serious you need to either get your head checked or remember to troll better."

This is not a conspiracy theory, it's all well documented on this website and in his blog posts. You detest organized religion yet you give this band a 5? hypocrite. Go listen to "died a jew", and dance around your spinning dradle. The guy is basically reading scripture and you rate it among the best albums of all time? get real

NOTE: I wanted to reinstate that I'm not an anti-semite, I am totally cool with religious people and I used to be a Presbyterian before I found that it just wasn't for me. Now I believe in the sun, because it's a physical being that gave us all life and is just as vengeful as any god. You can have faith, I'll take facts. I started hating Say Anything because of the music alone. I never made a big deal about it until all this extra garble was brought up about Max Bemis' character and the fact that you all eat it up here on sputnik.






Knott-
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
10259 Comments


Now I believe in the sun, because it's a physical being that gave us all life


Lol sun doesn't give you life that would be sperm + egg ul.

Also, I'm not Jewish, I'm an atheist on the exec of my university's humanist society so plz explain why I like this band, I can't imagine it's because Max is Jewish, I didn't even know his name until this thread popped up.

You detest organized religion yet you give this band a 5? hypocrite.


Ahahahahaha oh good, you're a troll, I'll stop posting now.

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments



"Strikey you are out of your league. Turnerinc has a valid arguement, Max Bemis is nothing but a jewish tool trying to rip off his own brethren and fans. The music is awful in every aspect of the word. You people have no taste, I have seen Say Anything live. They opened for Thrice which I am very grateful they had an incredible set, I didn't see Say Anything by choice but because I forgot my ID and couldn't walk out on the show and drink that awful memory away. It was and still is the worst band I have ever seen and heard, the only thing I could imagine being worse or equal would be Fall Out Boy. Thankfully I have never had to witness that. This world and music in general would be way better off without Max Bemis and his 3 guitarists playing the same thing. I don't completely blame you for being fans because you truly don't know any better, I feel sorry for you all.
Album will be awful."

a) thanks tUUl for the support

b) we must have seen them on the same tour, I was there in Vancouver. I agree 100% about the 3 guitarists. They played with eachother note for note most of the time. Where's the harmonies? at least one could riff with the other busts a lead? when the skinny white kid switched to keyboards to bust out the synth pop dance ballad I had to walk out. I get shivers when I relive that moment to be honest. I can still see the smile on his face as he put his guitar away, ready to bust out his "piece de resistance". There lies my rage.. it's a suppressed memory

c) your last couple sentances are exactly my opinion of the fans, and the upcoming album.

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


"Lol sun doesn't give you life that would be sperm + egg ul."

what came first? the sperm or the egg? The sun did, you clearly wasted your money by going to university because you know absolutely nothing.

"Ahahahahaha oh good, you're a troll, I'll stop posting now."

Please do, you've contributed nothing to the discussion except for hate on me, hating on say anything.




Athom
Emeritus
May 23rd 2009
17249 Comments


hey cool, i found a vid of turnerinc.
http://juden.ytmnd.com/

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


"hey cool, i found a vid of turnerinc.
http://juden.ytmnd.com/"


hahahahahahaha!!!! A+ post

Phantom
May 23rd 2009
9010 Comments


Wow, it's like the special olympics in here...

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments



"Wow, it's like the special olympics in here..."

Yep, strikey is making a push for the podium this year.

rotterdog
May 23rd 2009
489 Comments


I have a theory that Turnerinc is Max Bemis IRL.

Turnerinc
May 23rd 2009
37 Comments


Rotterdog ftw. Alright guys I'm gonna give it up, it's me, Maxwell Adam Bemis, I'm only doing this to bring out the -REAL- Say Anything fans on Sputnikmusic.com. Now if each one of you would bend over this Pew I'll give you your reward for being so "faithful"...

VicariousIntent
May 24th 2009
1649 Comments


The only thing that could possibly make me cooler than climbing way up high on a pedestal and relentlessly flaming a band I dislike is sucking the internet penis of someone who puts themselves on a pedestal and relentlessly flames a band they dislike.

devsol
May 24th 2009
356 Comments


it's funny when two retards try to have an argument

JokesorInsults
May 24th 2009
244 Comments


I'm just saying, Turnerinc, your constant hatred of this band is only making this thread propagate itself further. So, you know,


stfu.

flamethisuser
May 24th 2009
395 Comments


i am sad.

flamethisuser
May 24th 2009
395 Comments


ddened by the discussion that took place in this topic.

Minus The Flair
Emeritus
May 24th 2009
870 Comments


we don't negotiate with terrorists. especially rude ones.

album will be huge. was listening to idotg the other day and realized they i like iarb way more, so hopefully they go with that sound.

VicariousIntent
May 24th 2009
1649 Comments


Minus, supposedly the new record will have all the aesthetics of IARB but with Max's improved vocal and songwriting skills. There's a lot of potential here for an amazing record.

Zeromus Dark
May 25th 2009
45 Comments


This band is not awful, lol. Better than all that new Green Day nonsense. I can't wait for this album to drop. He has a way of adding comedy to his music. Most of their lyrics are mildly clever.



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