Stoked.

oh, could you?

Hope it's a trash album with bad production just like every other band from this scene that's reunited so far :-)

"Hope it's a trash album with bad production just like every other band from this scene that's reunited so far :-)"

glassjaw and hopesfall exist

"glassjaw and hopesfall exist"
both sucked, though

if by sucked you mean their best albums then yea

pumped for this gonna have to do a discog binge soon

Glassjaw and hopesfall had amazing comebacks.

Hopefully the new AoF is gonna be one of the good reunions.

I’ll accept the argument for Material Control being best Glassjaw but Arbiter was def not best Hopesfall

"if by sucked you mean their best albums then yea"
well, they were never much to begin with, so the fact that both of those albums were a stinking pile of bore probably means they were their best.
i agree with you completely.

holy fuck

Let’s hope its less like Cardinals and more like Watch Out!

Hope it's more like Dog's Blood and less like everything else lol. That EP was far and away the coolest shit they ever did. I'm stoked as fuck.

lets dispel right now the idea that arbiter is even close to skimming the surface of best hopesfall

it's not, agreed

dog’s blood is definitely better than old crows, they were starting to figure out their new sound before green fucked off

hopefully it’s a continuation of that. don’t see them ever making st/watch out era tunes again

It better be a continuation/evolution because their old style is not interesting in this day and age.

Material control was not best Glassjaw. It was good but maybe like on par with EYEWTKAS which has really not aged well for me. Arbiter was nice but not best. #3 of their 4 albums for me.

the frailty of words is best hopsefall agreed guys

I'm interested regardless, I think. I like pretty much all of their stuff.

crisis 2.0 pls

"Let’s hope its less like Cardinals and more like Watch Out!"

More like Watch Out? Why, that album was an overproduced pile of generic posthardcore. 

What would be nice is if they return to their roots like Self titled which was probably their most consistent record and ditch their shoddy attempt at being another Trophy Scars.

Cool, we could use some new AOF

"Hope it's a trash album with bad production just like every other band from this scene that's reunited so far :-)"

Have some gosh darn faith

"More like Watch Out? Why, that album was an overproduced pile of generic posthardcore."

No.

Have a little god damn faith Arthur.

Glad you caught that spec. Been playing so much I'm developing a southern accent

Watch Out is inconsistent and overrated imo but its still a great album. Id love to hear another self-titled too but thats not ever gonna happen. What im hoping for is a whole album that extends on what they were trying to do with the Dogs Blood EP.

Also YC/OC rules hard and I dont get the hate for it. Maybe im a bit biased because its the very first CD I ever bought.

Yes. Someone should probably get him some water soon.

“More like Watch Out? Why, that album was an overproduced pile of generic posthardcore.

What would be nice is if they return to their roots like Self titled which was probably their most consistent record and ditch their shoddy attempt at being another Trophy Scars.”

When the fuck has Alexisonfire ever sounded like Trophy Scars

And yea not really getting the “generic post-hardcore” vibe from Watch Out, I wanna know what generic means to you

"does this mean alex is still burning"

It's Alexis, dude

Damn, Rough Hands is such a good song.

Self-titled has some similarities to Hospital Music and Darts From the Sea id also say that Alphabet.Alphabets. kinda gives off a bit of AoF vibes but overall they evolved in way different routes and still have enough of a distinct sound to not sound too much like each other.

Both bands are some of the best of the best anyways.

And right, I don't for a second get the trophy scars comparison

I think he knows that Twlichty lol.

I forgive you

Ale x ison fi re

All I know is that people ten years ago would not put hopesfall in the same breath as Alexisonfire. Good to see that the world has changed since then.

Well they are both post-hardcore bands putting out new albums after a long hiatus

Other than that though they aren’t all that similar

lol Darius youve gone on for this long without hearing AoF?

"oh yea i should probably listen to these guys"

get on the s/t and Watch Out!

Darius only found out about music 3 months ago

listen to s/t you'll like it

As Sput's preeminent AoF scholar, I think their best bet is to expand on the sound they explored with Dog's Blood and hopefully George's voice is back from the dead.

Watch Out is the furthest thing from generic wtf

Have you ever heard a song like No Transitory?

Overproduced also isnt a term that comes to mind. Unless the metric is just being more produced than s/t lol

Who compared them to Trophy Scars?

never got into this band

Some fuckhead who joined today and only has one comment lol

Yeah that goon lol

Super excited for this honestly. Just put Crisis on jam and it’s really hitting the spot today.

“As Sput's preeminent AoF scholar, I think their best bet is to expand on the sound they explored with Dog's Blood and hopefully George's voice is back from the dead.”

I dunno who appointed that title to you but tbh I agree, really loved the heavier sound they were going for on that one.

hopefully its not ASS like the everything after watch out

Dog's Blood is their tightest release lol

...more Dog's Blood pls

I’d be more than happy if they went down that route

Dog’s Blood needs more Dallas.

that's more his fault than the band's is it not

they definitely could integrate him into that sound on a new album if he was actually onboard

Ugh yeah his cleans are too unique not to utilize more. I personally think they’re some of the best in the game. As for George I just hope his voice isn’t completely obliterated after almost 9 years lmao

I liked that Dallas was only on one track on Dog’s Blood, made that moment stand out a lot more.

i liked dogs blood but never ever returned to it

not sure if that says more about the eps staying power and quality within the discog or just a declining lack of interest on my behalf

It's a declining lack of interest. It's post-hardcore after all. My favorite genre as a young lad and semi-adult. Now that I'm nearly thirty the genre just isn't appealing unless it's gonna be a 4.5 or 5 quality.

@Jay don't get me wrong, I fucking adore Dallas' voice, but there are times in late Alexisonfire where he dominates songs too much for me and they end up sounding like City and Colour feat. a few George lines

I thought Dog's Blood was a nice change of pace after that and a fucking dope EP overall. not saying I want a new album to sound exactly like it but they could certainly follow up on that sound while bringing in Dallas a little more

It'd be crazy if the new album ends up being their highest rated album. We can only wish but we will see.

Soooooo keen for this

Soooooo much tight butthole. Much so.

I wasn't saying that Dog's Blood is my fave of theirs (cause it ain't), but simply cause I don't think they have it in them to try and replicate their Watch Out or especially their debut sound.

I DO, however, think they have the ability to branch off from the Dog's Blood atmosphere and as mentioned incorporate more Dallas now that he's not being a dick.

well so long as we don't get Old Crows 2.0 I'll be happy

they definitely won't go back to the s/t sound, George said in the interview that this album makes him cringe or something.

i don't really know what to expect from the record, too much time has passed and i guess they've changed a lot as people and musicians

o shit, pls take your time with this album gais

*See Refused for example of what not to do

I don't get why people think bands would be interested in writing the same style of music they did over a decade ago. They're not the same people now that they were back when they wrote it and I doubt they want to try to make the same album again. I'd be just as stoked as anyone else for another self titled or Watch Out! but it's just not realistic.

George said in retrospect Young Cardinals is the best album they ever made so fuck all of you and get on mine and Alexisonfire's level.

@iamthenightstars I don't get why you are bitching when Alexisonfire never made the same album twice in the first place but you still let these other commoner's comments bother you. Fickle! Change it!

Yeah I wouldnt call OC/YC their best album but its still fuckin killer. Nothing AoF ever did was bad or even mediocre theyre consistently fucking ace.

Yea get on Storm’s level he’s basically in the band

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/4wxkjd/rank-your-records-george-pettit-scrupulously-rates-alexisonfires-six-records

This is a dope article. Georges ranking of AOF's albums:

6. s/t
5. Switcheroo
4. Watch Out
3. OC/YC
2. Crisis
1. Dog's Blood

Solid ass ranking, and (unpopular opinion) I definitely hard agree that Dog's Blood is AOF's best release.

Self-titled on last is fuckin depressing. That shit fuckin rips hard.

I'll take an album of No Transitory on repeat

"6. s/t
5. Switcheroo
4. Watch Out
3. OC/YC
2. Crisis
1. Dog's Blood"

awee thats cute, he thinks OC/YC is music

also lol switcheroo

I honestly don't get the hate on OC/YC. Aside from some of their weaker lyrics and a couple "eh" tracks it's some damn fine heavy alt-rock imo.

OC/YC is ace yeah

Hell yes

I can understand George's feelings on s/t given his lyrics and writing were super immature on that album (the opening of Polaroids, big yikes) whereas guitar-wise it's still arguably their best album. I'm sure Wade and Dallas would rank it higher but *thom yorke voice* I might be wrong

It's not like u can understand him

lol lyrics

lol "arguably"

good discussion boys

Hot take: s/t is way overhyped on this site and despite being a damn solid debut and a fun ass album is still pretty fucking messy and immature.

yea. production is also bigtime ass on that album and I'd love to listen to the remaster but they fucked the ending of Adelleda which is one of the best moments

OC/YC has their most underrated song of their whole career too imo. Midnight Regulations rules so hard.

Hell yeah man! That trio of Midnight Regulations/Emerald Street/Heading For The Sun is so killer.

I really dislike all of those tbh lol

The Northern is fantastic

''Hell yeah man! That trio of Midnight Regulations/Emerald Street/Heading For The Sun is so killer.''

Fucking yes, i love Accept Crime too

Sons of Privilege, Old Crows, Young Cardinals, The Northern, and Emerald Street are my favs off of OC/YC

Born and Raised though.

Also Crisis is best

Oh yeah definitely forgot to lump The Northern in there. Classic tune.

They're covering The White Album, note for note. That's the fuggin tea fuggas.

"Hot take: s/t is way overhyped on this site and despite being a damn solid debut and a fun ass album is still pretty fucking messy and immature."

You shut your fucking whore mouth.

In seriousness, it's both messy and immature, but still a classic to me. Sonically it outclasses everything else they've done by a substantial margin.

The messy and immature aspect of it though is part of its charm

"In seriousness, it's both messy and immature, but still a classic to me. Sonically it outclasses everything else they've done by a substantial margin."

THIS x100.

After the self titled it gets far too muddy and rhythmically dependant. Not sure how George thinks its the worst. The combinations of melody and harmony had them putting out hook after hook.

it's probably gonna be a slayer cover album of slayer covering other songs.

it's out there. not too bad. got a dece stoner-rock vibe goin on

i like it, more than the majority of old crows/young cardinals at least

Yo this shit is fuckin weird. I can definitely say this sounds absolutely nothing like anything they've previously released and I'm hyped. Even if this song didn't completely fuck me on first listen I'm suuuuuuuper stoked to hear them expand in this direction. Fuck yeh.

gotta say dallas sounds weird

He does sounds a little weird for sure. And George is giving me strong Fucked Up vibes lol.

Where can I hear?

kingdomleaks has it

The only band ever are back yeah the boys