Rise & Fall, Rage & Grace is a guilty pleasure. It's not really a good album, but I'm a sucker for when punk bands try doing emotional ballads. Kristy Are You Doing Okay and Fix You are bangers
I was someone who once had their entire collection (up til then) on cd. Until Splinter. Honestly couldn't name a song or album since then. So maybe they still have a few gems in the later albums but I don't intend to find out at this point I reckon.
That was their first album produced by a record label, so it keeps the indie vibe with a bit more polish (Pretty Fly and Get a Job are probably my two least liked songs on there though).
I tried to tell myself for years that they didn't sell out, they were just playing the system; they did all their best stuff on their own, got signed, and just put out mediocre albums to fulfil their contract while making fat stacks.
At this point it's impossible to deny.
I'll also say that their recent stuff is really derivative; it's like a cheap copy of their old stuff. Hasan Chop, for instance, is a lot like Tehran, except it sounds like it was written by someone who gets their world view from the 6 o'clock news.
It's a shame they had to butcher "Dirty Magic" when they re-released the song on their greatest hits album. Probably had to due with accidentally (or intentionally) ripping off a Fleetwood Mac riff.
Their album "Ignition" was really good. It was before they broke out with Smash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65o2ErWUzc
Honestly Americana was their Black Album. Hasn't been a really good album since.
Rise & Fall, Rage & Grace is a guilty pleasure. It's not really a good album, but I'm a sucker for when punk bands try doing emotional ballads. Kristy Are You Doing Okay and Fix You are bangers
I was someone who once had their entire collection (up til then) on cd. Until Splinter. Honestly couldn't name a song or album since then. So maybe they still have a few gems in the later albums but I don't intend to find out at this point I reckon.
That was their first album produced by a record label, so it keeps the indie vibe with a bit more polish (Pretty Fly and Get a Job are probably my two least liked songs on there though).
I tried to tell myself for years that they didn't sell out, they were just playing the system; they did all their best stuff on their own, got signed, and just put out mediocre albums to fulfil their contract while making fat stacks.
At this point it's impossible to deny.
I'll also say that their recent stuff is really derivative; it's like a cheap copy of their old stuff. Hasan Chop, for instance, is a lot like Tehran, except it sounds like it was written by someone who gets their world view from the 6 o'clock news.
It's a shame they had to butcher "Dirty Magic" when they re-released the song on their greatest hits album. Probably had to due with accidentally (or intentionally) ripping off a Fleetwood Mac riff.