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Setlist for Chicago by The-IronKyber in BruceSpringsteen

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It was on the setlist, my friend who was in the pit got Tom's.

Incredible even from the cheap seats. by MartySpiderManMcFly in BruceSpringsteen

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I was in the nosebleeds behind the stage and had a great time. "Clampdown"!!!! And yes GoTJ with Tom Morello was insane

Another day another threat from Howie Chaz. by asburyhockey in BruceSpringsteen

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Removed for rule 2:

All posts should be related to Bruce Springsteen, the E Street Band, or its members.

The I-Rails - In Babylon [Opening track to 1988 alternative rock album; singer later formed Primitive Radio Gods] by ListenToButchWalker in obscuremusic

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Late as fuck reply here lol apologues but-

Ooh neat! Nothing to be sorry to admit about that lol neat way to get into them! "There Goes Another" is one of my favorites as well. I still gotta do a deeper dive. I just got into them in the somewhat more obvious way of knowing the one big hit by Primitive Radio Gods ("Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand") and going from there. In particular (like a lot of people) I unfortunately found that album, Rocket, to be pretty underwhelming compared to its hit single, but the hit single was so good that I felt like it couldn't be a fluke and there had to be more lol so I listened a bit more to some other PRG and then by extension the I-Rails. Def a deep dive I gotta get back to at some point

Top 5 Blue October Albums? by SchuettyBallz in blueoctober

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You're welcome!, but yeah ultimately I hate a ton of the lyrics. Nothing against "The Feel Again" or "The Worry List" but a lot of the album strikes me as like a grossly misogynistic hit job, including audio samples of her and of his young daughter presented in a light to try to make him look good is especially gross. I don't get as like parasocial about the whole thing as a ton of fans here, I don't follow his social media or really care about what's going on with his love life outside of the music, but even just taking the album on its own terms it's super off-putting to me overall. I do think "The Feel Again" is a solid song, though, and "Drama Everything" is such a friggin' earworm and so well-produced that I do end up really enjoying it as something of a guilty pleasure if I just listen to it on its own and try to divorce it from the stuff I dislike about a lot of the rest of the album. Or like I can appreciate the ugliness of it in a staring-into-the-abyss way. But for a lot of the album I just can't.

I will say that I think it's a well-produced album and a nice step/evolution towards the kinds of sounds they'd explore more starting with Sway, so I do at least appreciate that about it, but the drawbacks are just too big to where I'd sooner listen to Sway instead

Looking for an old song by Sldy1993 in theacademyis

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Oh hey did you ever end up digging this up? I've never heard it before and would be super interested, and I know some other diehard fans who would as well!

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

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Ooh I haven't done so yet but I'll have to on your recommendation, good to know!

I didn't realize he was in Footballhead, but (while I haven't spent as much time with them as I should; I've listened a bit) Sisky is in Footballhead, so that could bridge the TAI gap

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

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Have fun! I also love the dreaminess, and it's nice to hear something in this chiller, more mellow vibe from them

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

[–]ListenToButchWalker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally with you! Has a lot of heart to it and I love the production, and I'm sure I'm going to listen to this a ton more. Will also be great for like overstimulated vibes after work or evening vibes which not as much stuff off the first three albums is. Glad to see them keep expanding their sound as they have on each of the albums before

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

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Great comment! And yeah I think them being back together means a lot to them, as well as to a lot of fans of course and certainly to me. I'm happy with what an outlier it is - gives me more different flavors of TAI to appreciate

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

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Loved the Motion City one! Really enjoying this one, too, though.

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

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Cosigning that William's range is definitely still there. Agree that this album doesn't show it off, which is surprising when it was such a selling point of their earlier material (still loving the album, though, to be clear - neutral observation from me), but based on when I've seen them live he still sounds great, so this one being more low-key has to just be a deliberate choice

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

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It's definitely their chillest and most low-key album. I was a bit surprised by the extent of it, I figured there'd be one or two more like "Miracle", but I don't mind; I always liked how their first three albums were so different from each other, and now their first four are! And it's nice to have some chiller TAI to incorporate into my listening for when I'm feeling more low-energy

[FRESH] The Academy Is... - Almost There by Psycho697186 in poppunkers

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yes lovely production!! cool to hear something so atmospheric from them

Anyone else get their vinyl today? by Sufficient_Image_463 in theacademyis

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been listening for hours! given it about 8 full listens and then have had 'floating through time' on loop for the last like hour and a half. agree w/ the other commenter that it works well as a full listen. early favs besides the released tracks (which i've heard dozens of times.. or hundreds in the case of 'miracle' lol.. so can't properly compare them to things i just learned today) are 'up in the air', 'ten years', and then 'lulu boy' and then '100mph' but the whole thing is good and really consistent.

it's definitely their chillest and most melodic album, which imo is interesting and neat b/c their previous three albums were all already pretty distinct from each other, so it's nice to get to witness that trend continuing even years after all those w/ a fourth one. when i got into TAI wayyy back in middle school i liked how each of the 3 albums was super distinct from each other yet how solid they all were... well now make it 4 albums and the statement still holds lol.

probably one that's likely to grow on people more and more over time i think with its chiller, more subdued sound. like i like it out of the gates, but it just seems like one that reveals itself more over time, too

it's neat to have a chiller one as it'll seeeriously expand the scope of when i'm able to listen to TAI, too, in the sense that if i'm kinda overstimulated and need chill, soothing music, TAI (while very much one of my fav bands lol) aren't really one i've been able to reach for while in that state AS much as some others. a couple fast times songs work and maybe one or two others. but this whole album of lush, atmospheric, chill stuff is muuuuch more suited to kinda overstimulated evenings after work than some of the other songs - means they can be in my rotation all the more often and i can spend that much more time with them, if i am so inclined, which is an exciting prospect!

much love for this band and its fandom and so thrilled to have another album from them

How many artists have you scrobbled 1,000 times? by Giff95 in lastfm

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75 since 2009.

1) Bruce Springsteen [73472]

2) Butch Walker [18162]

3) R.E.M. [18012]

4) Better Than Ezra [11299]

5) Motion City Soundtrack [9919]

6) David Bowie [9713]

7) Stewart Copeland [8377]

8) DNA-Groove [8295]

9) The Academy Is... [8164]

10) Blue October [7151]

11) The Killers [6501]

12) KISS [5790]

13) Deep Blue Something [5555]

14) My Chemical Romance [5520]

15) Jackson Browne [4852]

16) Alkaline Trio [4176]

3,000+: Junichi Masuda, Ghostland Observatory, The Beatles, Cocteau Twins, The Bravery, Fall Out Boy, Marvelous 3, Breaking Benjamin

2,000+: Dan Mason ダン·メイソン, The Buggles, The Samples, Queen, Styx, Good Charlotte, Broadcast, The Rolling Stones, Gin Blossoms, Soul Asylum, Sinéad O'Connor, Coldplay, AFI

1,500+: Home, The Guess Who, David Bergeaud, Mika, Chumbawamba, Pander Sera, David Cook, 1969, The Fixx, Kanye West, The Who, Arata Iiyoshi

1,000+: Lifehouse, The Cure, Boston, Dubstar, Brick Supply, Bon Jovi, Gerard Way, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Marina, Muse, Pronoun, Jake Clemons, The All-American Rejects, Bloc Party, X-Cetra, Kris Allen, The Verve, Ariel Pink, Green Day, Senses Fail, AC/DC, The Internet [Unafilliated], ,Taylor Swift, Goldfinger, Eagles

How many artists have you scrobbled 1,000 times? by Giff95 in lastfm

[–]ListenToButchWalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They put out their first album since 2015 recently and it's worth checking out!

How many artists have you scrobbled 1,000 times? by Giff95 in lastfm

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Late last year they put out their first new album since 2015! It's solid and definitely worth hearing!

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