its decent but I miss the funkiness. another concern is how Johnny seems to have lost some soul in his voice. seems a little pop punk too. still, pretty good i guess

not gonna listen in case it sucks dick

Pretty good so far, will edit when I listen to another 100 times

wow i really like this, craig's vocals are less annoying then usual and Mess's screams are great! only thing i didn't like was the title...

this is an okay song. maybe i'll need a couple listens to like it more.

Yea Craig is not soo vocal takeover on this song. Just mellow it seems. Great song nonetheless.

Inb4 holy shit blastbeats

Boring as hell.

Song got my dick hard.

Jon mess has gotten better

Instruments are fucking beast.

Holy shit fucking blast bea...FUCK YOU CROWING

jon mess sounds awesome here

jonny craig dun fuckd up

lol

I'm glad they scaled JC back. Put the heady ginger in his fucking place.

last thing we need is him turning this into another Emarosa.

So is this good as usual?

Yes,

yes it is.

johny craig needs to stay mellow for alot of songs so he doenst come off as overdone like in Emarosa and Mess is sick enough to make shit catchy without craig...that being said im sure there will be songs on bdm2 where craig goes apes shit...o and this songs the shit

kinda sucked

Jonny Craig sucks.

Jon Mess is godly.

Kurt Travis is wonderful.

'nuff said

Geno, you kill moods

"Secret Band will be better than this album."

IT'S BREAKFAST TIME

TRY AND WEAR YOUR BREAKFAST CLOTHES

hmmm. jon mess has improved so much, but i can't decide if i like craig's vocals though. doesn't sound as funky/souly as the last album did, which sucks

"i'm a horrible shot, i tie a horrible knot, i pushed a bunch of little people over once"

classic jon mess

Meh.

dude needs to trip more

Jonny Craig sucks.

Jon Mess is godly.

Kurt Travis is wonderful.

'nuff said

i like craig back in this but ive gotten used to will swans screams. jon mess sounds different in this track.

Kurt Travis just tires so fucking easily live. He's a really good singer when he doesn't run around/gives his voice rest.

"@jonnycraig4L jonny craig
I wonder why my band Just avoids me all the time? #change?"
I don't know, Jonny Craig's Twitter. I just don't know.

This is a good song. I know people loved Happiness, but I've always liked the Downtown Battle Mountain sound. Can't wait for this to come out.

Awesome Jon Mess, less annoying Craig, BLAST BEATS, great instrumentation.

Yup, this will be epic.

Also, from wikipedia:

3. "The Robot with Human Hair Pt. 2 1/2"

..........

sweet song

Screams are awful, clean vocals by Johnny used to be better. Already can tell that this won't be as good as DBM.

10. "Swan Soup"

epic lol. In the bonus songs they have one called People You Knew.


I could have sworn they would have a Lemon Meringue Tie pt.2 though bummer.

Jon Mess has definitely improved his vocals. He sounds great on this. I'll have to give this a few more listens before I fully decide what I think of it.

This is a good song, Mess sounds better and Craig is scaled down. Fixed both areas.

Jon Mess is awful for this style, I don't know what you people hear in him. Otherwise this is a lot better than the last song.

am i the only one excited for something like this during warped tour.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbnzCaX1T54&feature=fvwk

this is pretty sick i really like how jonny kinda backed off on this track its something unexpected and nice to hear. stiked for this album tho i kinda miss the funkiness of happiness

this rules

shit's cash. mess has improved but i kind of missed the raspiness of his earlier work. craig sounds like he's slacking on this one, but it's actually an interesting change to see him back down a bit. still hoping for some tracks permeated with his hillbilly ass, though.

also, would be cool to hear some of the funkier side of happiness in dbm2, but obviously one song is too hard to judge from. regardless, i'm looking forward to march 8.

Jonny sounds like on Ghost Runner on third. Also imo this is the most generic song they have ever come with.

To hell with this I want a new A Lot Like Birds song.

I really really really like this.

this is probably one of the most accessible songs they've made, yeah. and new a lot like birds is going to be the shit, no doubt.

does anyone else think jonny sounds a lot like kurt in this song? it's crazy how similar he sounds to me...

sounds diff, but i love it

I don't hear the generic-ness at all. If anything Happiness was the most accessible album. This sounds like good old dgd with jonny not as powerful as most of the old song.

yeah, but accessible doesn't mean generic. this actually sounds like happiness+DBM but i wasn't so big on neither.

If you think about it, dgd are not generic at . Like one of the least generic bands in their genre.

song is pretty boring to be honest.

I don't know what to think about this... I agree that I think the 'secret band' will be better. It's good, instrumentally it's awesome, but I dunno it feels like it's lacking something from DBM. But I guess it's because I'm so used to hear Johnny over everything.

I love the instrumentation and the harsh vocals, I think itll take some getting used to not hearing Jonny belting out everything.

one of their best songs imo

Listen to the song a few times. Stars to really grow on you. Love the throwback to the old DGD style around 2:40 or so.

Not bad, I actually don't mind Craig's vocals in this.

Mess didn't suck, which means track was awesome

song is pretty bomb imo

so bomb yo

anyone know when secret band is going to (if ever) have an album?

Secret Band has a ep coming out in February. They already have a song out.

track 5 "Need Money"

i lost it

mess has improved (...). craig sounds like he's slacking on this one, but it's actually an interesting change to see him back down a bit. still hoping for some tracks permeated with his hillbilly ass, though.

also, would be cool to hear some of the funkier side of happiness in dbm2, but obviously one song is too hard to judge from. regardless, i'm looking forward to march 8. [2] !!!

jon mess is king

oh and the song isnt bad at all

Anyone think mess sounded better on downtown battle mountain one? it's missing that x factor for me..

i am convinced that jon mess has asperger's. aka he is the greatest human alive

Jonny douche

@snere probably not

wow i really like this, craig's vocals are less annoying then usual and Mess's screams are great! only thing i didn't like was the title...


THIS.

jonny craig actually didn't piss me off in this song and mess was AWESOME.

mess's lyrics are DOPE as fuck and i'm getting a massive hard on from the guitars.




that is all.

liked it. will grow, and hopefully this is one of the lesser tracks, because then this album will be on par with dbm

sounds pretty dang good

Mess didn't suck, which means track was awesome [2]

Wow I fucking loved that. Their drummer has become quite the monster.

buduh boom tshtshtshtshtshtshtshtsh

I liked it, it wasn't bad.

Few listens in and I'm loving it. Pretty stocked for the new album tbh.

fucking ruled. that cover. dope.

Good stuff.

I hope mess still sounds fucking raw on this. his vox on dbm were percfect.

liked it. Still not really on a par with much on DBM though. Mess' vocals have improved drastically.

Wish they would just do something on a par with Downtown Battle Mountain again

This wasn't too shabby in the music department. I love Johnny Craig. Mess is barely better than shitty. i believe tolerable is the word I'm looking for. Drumming wasn't anything special either. Don't understand all the blast beat praise.

I really liked that, Mess didn't sound like he was mouth pooing.

Mess sounded way better before.

you want something on par with DBM? *tremolo picks*

Under my expectations

Sounds great to me

fucking great song can't wait for the album

Mess went from sounding really sarcastic to sounding like a screamo vocalist, either way I've always been a fan of his vocals.

More like Prance Faggot Prance.

^^that was clever

Thanks bro ;B

Such a faggot band.

wtf Spec wtf!!

band rules

Well, hopefully A Lot Like Birds don't fuck up was badly with their new album.

Yea I am looking forward to the new ALLB. I am still playing this song allot on grew on me pretty heavy. Mess just dominates the fuck out of this song.

fuck that song is good the more i listen to it the more i like it

Is peculiar. While I never bought into the DBM hype, the thing that originally turned me off from it WAS Mess. But thus far, on DBM2, he seems to be the only thing I like. I mean, like, like like. He got really good. I didn't think he would, because even in 08 when he did that appearance in that Mozart Season song he was bleh.

Still dislike this song. Hoping it grows on me like the new Human Abstract has been as of late.

100

Song grows on me so hard, really looking forward to this cd now.