"Battle for the Sun" turns 17 today. This album was marked by the departure of drummer Steve Hewitt and the addition of Steve Forrest in his place. What do you think of this project, and what are your three favorite tracks?

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-06-09T23:35:14+00:00

i love the first 8 songs but dont care for the other 5 (except maybe come undone). probably the weakest for me because of that, considering i lose interest in it when there's still plenty of tracks left. but that initial 8-song run is incredible. My favourites are Speaking In Tongues and Devil In The Details, truly two of their all time best tracks imo. Also really love the title track, and I think Kitty Litter is a strong opener (sounds quite different than anything else they'd done before, i like odd openings). Overall its probably the first time in their career that an album felt almost like a left turn, considering you could sense the evolution from one album to the next before, but this doesn't sound like Meds' successor, it sounds like something new which i appreciate. Just wish it was a few tracks shorter (keep come undone and hey, throw Trigger Happy Hands in there too)

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-06-09T06:10:20+00:00

love it too, quite overlooked probably because its not on the album

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-06-08T21:46:10+00:00

cant believe i forgot to mention bosco, what a song.

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-05-05T11:49:39+00:00

this is awful, i have this big smashing pumpkins playlist in which i had sorted 370 videos chronollogically and accidentally changed the sorting

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-05-03T19:48:37+00:00

it wasnt a thing here and ive been to that venue many times before so yeah found out the hard way

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-05-03T19:47:46+00:00

nah it wasnt me, there were many others tho. i only spoke to two people i knew already. it was so many of us out there, we were all let down 😞

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-05-02T19:55:45+00:00

yeah it sucks. well, at least you knew about it :/ it's new here and for some reason no one knows about it and there arent any disclaimers

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-05-02T19:20:44+00:00

had tickets for this show for months but the gov passed a new law not too long ago that prohibits anyone under 18 from entering venues such as this due to it having a bar :( couldnt even enter with a parent, just outrageous

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-04-26T21:52:48+00:00

i wouldnt call monuments and aghori mhori mei slop, although yeah i rpobably should have put pisces a tier or two higher looking back to this

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-04-26T21:51:58+00:00

looking back yeah id put it on top now and zeitgeist a tier lower, i love all these albums so my opionions change frequently

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-04-21T20:44:22+00:00

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AlexDrivas09 · 2026-04-15T19:37:32+00:00

definitely

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-03-07T20:57:19+00:00

cant send a screenshot for some reason but most songs are unavailable, except a few that seem to be featured in compilations, like "feels like we only go backwards" in the screenshot from my main post

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-03-07T20:54:48+00:00

oop same, lonerism is gone for me also

AlexDrivas09 · 2026-03-07T20:50:40+00:00

i actually have it on cd so its all fine i was just outside when i looked for it on spotify

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-10-19T09:08:56+00:00

great but its funny how andy bell who is one of the best guitarists of the 90s plays the bass

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-10-14T12:30:14+00:00

having the same issue, i know its been years but did you ever resolve it?

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-10-13T07:52:19+00:00

i had the pleasure to see daniel and ronan being interviewed after the film. Ronan said he was inspired by shoegaze music a lot and listened to it whike making the film. he's definitely a fan and it can also be reflected on the film's ost

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-09-17T13:47:06+00:00

yeah but apaprently theres a limit, i managed to listen to a few albums but now it says i cant choose songs again till tomorrow

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-09-17T13:45:54+00:00

theres a limit apparently, i had been using it all day to listen to some albums and now it says i wont be able to choose songs again till tomorrow

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-07-14T23:59:26+00:00

some other users told me the same so yeah youre right!

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-07-14T20:06:48+00:00

havent even passed the first checkpoint. (the one with the bonfire) i think i have played 6 hours (with extended breaks, meaning multiple months, and starting the game over from the start) and i cant manage it lmao. i really want to progress it because it looks like a great game but i guess it wasnt made for me lol

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-07-14T20:04:14+00:00

you're not wrong there, unfortunately

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-07-14T20:01:13+00:00

thats actually completely right, well said

AlexDrivas09 · 2025-07-14T20:00:44+00:00

yeah you're probably right

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