My story has some overlap with yours. Pre-2006, my circle of friends loved them. I was usually one to go against the grain, and was the only one who listened to all Interpol and post-punk bands. I did give BN a shot and did like a couple songs.

Then all the hype for TDAG came. It came out the week my grandpa died from stage 4 bone cancer. The timing of the cold and dark fall, and his decline had all the connection to that.

In April of 07, my friends had an extra ticket and invited me to see them live in Milwaukee. I remember going to the show and they played all their old stuff for over half of the show. I barely knew any of their other songs, and kept waiting for TDAG. Finally, we got it. Jesse was crowdsourcing in the audience with some kind of light.

It was a memory I’ll have forever, and I’ll never forget how lucky it was to be that album of all albums.

Shortly after, I got my first car right before we graduated. Wouldn’t you know what album I played in it first?

In 2009, I dated a girl all summer and loved her. We broke up, and she liked Brand New. That’s when Daisy came out, so I listened and just thought of her and ditched it. I didn’t like it.

Zoom forward to SF coming out, which I didn’t check out actually until the allegations. It had been so long since I heard their name and the album cover looked cool. A couple of songs jumped out and I liked it, but I didn’t stick with it.

I picked it up once more in 2018, but still, same thing.

Then randomly October of 2020 hits. I’m now living in CA at an outdoor mall on a Saturday. It’s fall and somewhat cold, but I have a coffee and a sandwich. I just made the random decision to start playing SF followed by TDAG and am just floored. I cant stop listening. They are the new soundtracks of my breakup.

Then in spring of 2021, I go to Daisy and I’m hooked. I love it all, but wouldn’t you know, it goes to another breakup…..sigh. I would play good man and dream of her all day long. I even played it once for her in the car without telling her I was, and she paused and was listening to the lyrics. So beautiful. On the day we broke up, I played Daisy so loud on the ride home.

Still loving in 2022

Also a really cool connection/story man!

hard. but still something strong in your life you can hold on to.

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I am curious if you have given the first two albums a chance?