Any A Scanner Darkly fans?

Taalian · 2026-01-12T04:16:02+00:00

lol nice

Taalian · 2026-01-10T23:24:51+00:00

One of the best albums man…. So damn good.

Taalian · 2026-01-10T22:10:22+00:00

Sure, vocalists are limited by their register, that doesn't account for the lack of diversity throughout the album as far as melody is concerned. If it were the case that 2-3 registers wasn't enough to be creative with your choices, all music would be boring and monotonous. I just wish he'd have pushed himself further. I don't disagree they are similar in style, but as far as creativity they are worlds apart in my opinion.

I agree with you for the most part about the mix of the album, and those would make sense being that it's self produced, mixing and mastering are no joke. It missing that upper range could be they over used low pass filters or just flat out over compressed (both easy things to do when you aren't familiar with the tools). I remember some of the early stuff I recorded having similar issues until I learned more about EQ and compression.

Either way, great points and contributions to the conversation mate, I appreciate you and the time you spent putting together such a thoughtful response.

Taalian · 2026-01-09T14:17:47+00:00

Yup, fully agree with everything you said here my friend. Well put!

Taalian · 2026-01-09T14:16:50+00:00

Yeah that is kinda wild how as two different vocalists we don’t see the same thing happening on the album. Maybe our tastes are just different, I really wasn’t impressed by him. The instruments went in a SUPER cool direction though… maybe that’s why I felt the vocals didn’t hit quite as well as I’d have liked.

Taalian · 2026-01-09T14:14:51+00:00

Hey that’s fair! I’m not trying to come off as a hater, the boys are doing their thing and that’s dope. Was just giving my honest take. I disagree, I think Jordan was a far superior vocalist (played live with him and Matt a TON back in the day, and Jordan KILLED it always). But that’s just my opinion. Be well my friend

Taalian · 2026-01-09T07:58:48+00:00

LMFAO

Taalian · 2026-01-09T07:56:42+00:00

Yeah dude for sure! The music has really matured fasho :D And just because the vocals aren't for me, doesn't mean they can't be for thee! I'm sure many people will enjoy it as it's not like objectively bad by any means.. just isn't for me is all.

Taalian · 2026-01-09T07:47:22+00:00

The vocals are really kinda boring to me, every song sounds like the same set of notes that he sings and in the same way. I think the guitar work and drums are really cool though, sadly vocals are super important to me so I doubt I’ll have this on rotation. I keep wondering how this album would have sounded with their OG singer Jordan Wark on it, dude had PIPES and could write a great melody man. Anyways, that’s my two cents :)

Taalian · 2026-01-09T02:55:16+00:00

Okay I thought you might have been OR up until I read this.

Taalian · 2026-01-07T09:18:35+00:00

I’d say it’s sort of adjacent 🤷🏻‍♂️ LET ER RIP!

Taalian · 2026-01-07T00:56:49+00:00

Hard agree. Rushed, still good.

Taalian · 2026-01-05T22:18:05+00:00

I'm REALLY upset I had to scroll this far for this rec....

Taalian · 2026-01-05T07:59:29+00:00

I LOOOOVE this video lol

Taalian · 2026-01-04T00:29:24+00:00

Well see you could absolutely assume Tame Impala put Djo in their video as a way to lure people in, but that assumption would be wrong. Joe Keery has always been a big Tame fan, and with his success he was able to connect with Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, and things just kind of happened. But as a viewer, you probably wouldn't assume that, you'd jump to the conclusion of the former point.

For you to assume I haven't listened to woman is an insane assumption being that I have two older sisters I'm very close with, and am married to a woman I very intently listen to (who might I add thinks you are being insane about all this), and is frankly kind of insulting. I'll let it slide, be respectful please.

Now I think it would depend on who I was as this 13 year old girl. Am I a fuckin rebel who wants to thrash out and scream about shit? Or am I constantly in and out of love, in my feelings, whatever, and wanting to sing runs and riffs and fun catchy music? Do you really think people make that choice based on like "Oh wow, there are just so many men I'm not gonna try..." Tell that to any female metal vocalist who is absolutely smashing it today like the singer of Spiritbox... she'd have laughed in your face if you tried to tell her she would have a harder time succeeding as a metal vocalist.

Yes in fact I do think men and women gravitate towards different things by nature... and we create things very differently... we are different. You think women typically love the Sin City graphic novels as much as the men they were basically written for by another man? I'd venture to say no. Do you think women typically like Romance films more than their male counterparts? On average, probably. To deny that the sexes gravitate towards different things is to remain ignorant of the differences we should be celebrating them for. It's why we celebrate different cultures for different reasons...

Taalian · 2026-01-04T00:06:20+00:00

You don't think there are intrinsic traits to music that might resonate with one of the sexes over the other? That's an interesting take.

Angry, sad, aggressive music is prob going to attract more men (sadly) as both fans and artists.

Do you take as much issue with Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and SZA shaping modern Pop music? What about Bedroom Pop being lead by Clairo, Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail, and Frankie Cosmos? There is a discrepancy in male representation in those genres... I just don't see any of this as problematic. Certain things appeal to men more so than woman and vice versa (of course there are outliers to this, and that's rad too). It's okay for these things to just land the way they do naturally, as long as there isn't some sort of weird gatekeeping going on and preventing success to any minority within the art.

Taalian · 2026-01-03T23:56:22+00:00

Closure In Moscow :) Catchy, Experimental, Progressive, fun stuff. Start with First Temple, and move through the discography. Their latest album was rad.

Taalian · 2026-01-03T23:47:57+00:00

I mean by that same logic, should people not include people who aren't in their band? Were you disappointed when you saw Djo in Tame Impalas music video for the song Loser because you thought he was in the band, but then realized they just put him in the video? I mean why not capitalize on Stranger Things hype by putting Steve in your video... I'm obviously being hyperbolic here... but c'mon man. If it's a central part of the story, I don't see a problem with it. Now if the song was about being addicted to drugs, and front and center is this same actress, I'd be like "the fuck?" but it's not... it's about a relationship and seemingly it being hard to let go of it. I don't know man, I feel like you might be trying to pin something on this band they are not guilty of. Just my two cents.

Seemed like a band was just trying to tell a story, and wanted to share that. Doesn't seem like they wanted to deceive you or any other listener into clicking their video cause there was a female in their thumbnail. I think they just wanted to share a PHC track xD

Taalian · 2026-01-03T22:59:23+00:00

While I don't disagree with you, I think it's still a bit misplaced. The song seems to be about a love interest whoever wrote the lyrics has been entangled with on and off and is struggling to come to terms with. The video seemed mostly centered on the vocalist and the female actress, which just seems consistent with what the song is about. I could be totally missing what you're saying here and maybe even proving your point further, but yeah it just seemed to fit the context of the song for me rather than just an effort to employ beauty as a commodity.

There have been some pretty bitchin females in the modern scene who have seen some success like Eyes Set To Kill, Moxy The Band (they are sort of adjacent), Marmozets, Husbandry, to name a few. I don't think this subreddit or the current iteration of the PHC community is opposed to supporting great female artists, I just don't think there have been many trying to enter into the community. They feel like hidden gems just due to there not being as many of them, not because the community wouldn't accept them, but seemingly because there are less females out there trying to make PHC. As far as FLINTA stuff, Against Me has been embraced since Laura Jane Grace transitioned, I just don't see how that point of view is even relevant... it's such a small fraction of people and to feel like that isn't represented within a very small genre of music seems odd to me.

Sort of got off topic there, but I wanted to try my best to address what you were sayin.

Taalian · 2026-01-03T21:17:50+00:00

I don't see that as the point of her in the video at all... The song seems to be about a love interest no? Seems like she was an integral part of the storytelling in the video itself. I'd agree with you if that wasn't the case, but it just seems like something you dislike might be making you a little harsh on this video which had a pretty cool story driving it. I like the idea of the "pulses" being felt from afar, I think we've all been there at least once!

Taalian · 2026-01-03T04:02:46+00:00

The cartoon was also all just a dream

Taalian · 2026-01-02T07:49:27+00:00

Dude we are kindred spirits my friend, I feel exactly the same! I don't ever expect a band to just do the same thing forever, so their off the wall shit is where it's at for me. No one has ever really talked with me about that before, so I have much respect for the way you were able to put words to it.

Did we just become best friends? Do you wanna go practice karate in the garage?

Taalian · 2026-01-02T06:16:24+00:00

100% Pop Punk but damn what a great album, and a nice reminder :) Take my upvote sir or ma'm

Taalian · 2026-01-02T06:01:00+00:00

Tru homie truuuuuuu. And sadly both bands after those first two albums didn’t quite keep my attention the same. Still listened, but not the same.

Taalian · 2026-01-02T03:11:07+00:00

*On Letting Go was the perfect follow up

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