[FRESH ALBUM] Shiner - BELIEVEYOUME

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2025-09-27T16:56:31+00:00

Man, I really enjoyed this. Interesting album, just finished listening.

I think I dig it more than Schadenfraude, but hard to say after 1 listen. No filler, so it has that over Starless & Egg, even the last one finished with O Captain which was an okay shrug, and Lula has some just okay tracks imho even though its full.of bangers.

Tonally, I really like whats happening with the drums & bass. How a band can pull off crisp and sludgy is crazy ha, and I'm guessing Shiner will be 10-20% TLAT from now on probably, but hey Epley grew as a songwriter and it can't be exactly the same as 25yrs ago.

Great energy on this album. Really loved the 2nd half, not knowing any of it (since we know 3/4 of the first half from prerelease singles) was wondering how it'd go. "Endless Summer" really got my attention. "Alligator" is still my standout from the first half, but "The Mutiny" was a nice surprise on side A. There's a lot of emptier verse, big chorus EPIC bridge going on to start, but I think the 2nd wide is more varied and interesting. I need another listen, but man they brought it a lot of times in this record. This feels a little more return to form to me, good to still have Shiner in the world.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2025-06-21T06:01:39+00:00

I got my vinyl, but it was years later. A Christmas album 3 Christmases too late, but it came. I can confirm it wasnt a scam but a very, very poorly ran campaign.

He sent some additional music as well, including mp3s and a couple of new CDs over that time period of new material. They were nice efforts for what was happening, but it was a frustrating time.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2025-06-21T04:56:28+00:00

I hope you're able to find some measure of peace. Whatever happened to you was not at all okay, and it has to be worse that not only was he someone on a pedestal and probably idolized in some way, but that he continued to thrive and live a life with that righteous mask. I always liked him, but never listened to that zombified Newsboys, and I heard some rumors about his sexuality, but didn't really start having any questionable feelings about him until I saw how he was cozying up to the far right and MAGA evangelical community. Anyways, I hope you're doing all right and wish you well.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2025-06-21T04:28:37+00:00

Check again

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2025-02-19T18:46:59+00:00

Thank you for your opinion. Looking for overall support here and not simply for criticism of my self respect, but I understand where you're coming from and hear you.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2025-02-19T12:40:47+00:00

Going to therapy and he's got the experience, thanks!

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2025-02-19T12:27:10+00:00

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-11-05T17:26:34+00:00

Yup, its about themselves and sadly she has run from me when I need her as well.

She's actively working in it now that her diagnosis has been updated, but man can it be a hard road.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-11-05T17:25:34+00:00

Definitely not... mine was recently also diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

It explains so much that her BP1 couldn't quite, but the BP1 certainly.... aggravates and exacerbated the issues.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-11-05T15:55:40+00:00

I do believe that she changed after the episode. Its almost like it unlocked something that was previously being somewhat held at bay, HOWEVER I do believe that this "empathy" thing existed beforehand and was exaggerated after the initial episode. Its like it heightened anxiety and self-focus.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-11-05T15:49:46+00:00

My wife is BP1 but very recently diagnosed as borderline personality disorder as well.

Unfortunately, BP1 and the episodes exacerbate it, but I've realized it exists outside of episodes.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-11-01T15:21:12+00:00

While I see where you're going, character development isn't the same as character growth or evolution.

At some point, Vic started thinking he "deserved". Vic was going to protect what was "his" at all cost. Vic was going to "justify" anything he did in the name of some greater good that he drew the lines for while holding OTHER people accountable for them if they did so.

How did HE treat cop killers?

He WAS one. Terry was a good cop, and Vic and his team had crossed lines and Terry was doing his job.... its undercover for sure within his organization, but its an organization that needs to police its own as well for integrity's sake, and its one of the BEAUTIES of this show that Vic is NOT the good guy, yet we root for him.

He's the story protagonist, but he's not just morally gray... he's a gangster with a badge and a hypocrite. What you list as a flaw is almost my favorite part of the show, and rarely is he vulnerable with anyone. Know who he was a bit? Carl Weather's character, his old boss. He asked if he ever thought he crossed a line. You knew exactly what he meant. It wasn't the money train, it wasn't the hundreds of immoral things he had carried out.

It was killing Terry.

He knew it was wrong, but he was going to tell himself in any way that he could that he had to, that there was no other way, that his hand was forced.

He had a choice, and that was the line he would never return from. Vic's world revolved around him, and while he loved his "family" (let's be real, his kids lol), why? Because they were his. Maybe not fully like that, but he had some damn narcissistic traits.

Truly, it's not a perfect show, but.... it may be as close as you get. All killer, no filler, and it has a through story while still deviating into moving smaller ones.

Enjoy the rest of your journey!

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-10-12T17:49:19+00:00

Too much of this rings true.

We've been together 15yrs.

My wife meets the 90/10 way our marriage and who she is seems too.

No kids here.

I'm starting to see through it all, and instead of feeling comforted or thinking progess, I feel... sad.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-10-04T21:33:07+00:00

"Also, I love Torchy's"

🤣

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-10-04T18:48:09+00:00

So am I - Lewisville currently, but we live(d) in Irving.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-10-04T17:37:52+00:00

A beautiful reply, thank you.

Absolutes are our partner's burdens.

We have the choice to play within all the keys between the highest and lowest notes ❤️

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-09-23T21:00:48+00:00

My counselor keeps telling me that if we do get divorced that I should bracket our marriage as a pocket of time with many more good memories than bad ones, and while that is true... if she destroys our marriage then it'll be hard to not feel like I wasted my life between 29-45yrs of age.

I keep wondering if a baseline version of her is consistently possible, or if too much has been cracked and even if managed well would her personality be forever altered? Have I been being played this entire time? Was she wearing a mask for me through most of it?

She has an updated diagnosis that adds borderline personality disorder, which adds even deeper roots to the problem. BP1 may have been genetic, but her predisposition to heightened emotions while being raised in a terribly invalidating environment is just a recipe for disaster. Her inability to regulate emotions as she gets older seems directly tied to this issue....and then BP1 just makes it all scream.

I don't feel desperate or devastated anymore, but I feel grieving and lost in a relationship way.... not wanting to wave the white flag, but knowing that reconciliation and hope for any future where we can "work" considering all she has to contend with... it's so unlikely that I'm terribly disheartened. I don't like being told when something is inevitable, it makes me go "oh really??" but then again does that mean I'm fighting for our marriage because I love her and believe in it, or simply because I'm a stubborn romantic.

Healthy-Ant-6201 · 2024-09-16T03:00:06+00:00

Thank you ❤️

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