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weekly font posted:Much like the new Blink album I don’t care how many of my fellow olds tell me new Green Day is good, actually. I have the same issue with both the new Blink album and the new Green Day album, and it's that they both sound over-produced, polished, and compressed to the point of feeling like nothing. It's all so flat that it feels lifeless and the vocals are hard to understand. I know this has been an ongoing thing for decades with music ("loudness wars") but I've noticed it increasing rather than decreasing with punk bands for whatever reason. I've only listened to a little bit of the new Alkaline Trio album but it doesn't seem to have this problem at least. edit: it does. All three of these albums also sound like the bands are on autopilot. Not terrible, but completely forgettable. Alkaline Trio though has came off like this to me for everything past Crimson though. SweetMercifulCrap! fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jan 28, 2024 |
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Uncle Lloyd posted:I thought the Blink and Fall Out Boy albums were both pretty disappointing in that regard, especially for albums that were sort of billed as a "return to form" in some ways. Neither felt like much of a course correction from their recent releases. Green Day was a lot better IMO. Still think Sum 41 is going to be far and away the best out of those big four in this cycle of albums, I've really enjoyed all of their 2010s releases (13 Voices in particular) and the songs they've released so far have made me pretty optimistic. I gave the new Green Day album a few more listens and it grew on me a little. It still feels like "going through the motions" Green Day, but it's not terrible. I also don't think that Green Day ever really strayed from form much, aside from putting out a few albums that were purely "rock". I'd have to agree that the new Blink album is not a return to form. The last release that felt like actual Blink 182 was the Dogs Eating Dogs EP, which was really good. The new Alkaline Trio album though, haven't been able to get more than 3 tracks in. It's such a shame how they got big because of their raw and earnest sound, only to spend the last decade and change putting out completely over-processed, boring tracks of nothing. Oh, the recent Bouncing Souls album was another one in the same vein. Over-processed, going through the motions, ultra compressed and dull. On one hand, I'm happy that many of the bands from my youth are still going at it and putting stuff out there. On the other hand, most of these recent albums have just been a little depressing to listen to.
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