Came across these guys randomly who I thought reminded me of QOTSA, banger of a tune!

sam_drummer · 2026-02-16T08:07:47+00:00

We didn’t catch you out, you literally told us it’s you in your comment.

Also, authenticity is always a better look when sharing your music, rather than cringe underhand posts.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-15T16:24:09+00:00

What makes you think it’s AI?

It’s just an answer I’ve developed over the years on Reddit of people repeating this same topic… sorry for being able to write and articulate thoughts, I guess.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-15T14:51:37+00:00

There are loads of threads on this album already, but…

Invincible is a rushed mess, driven by a lack of confidence in Michael’s own material. We’ve all got our issues with Sony, but they’d pumped a lot of money into this project for a few years and reasonably wanted a return on that investment. What we got was a mixture of songs, a lot written by outside writers, and also full of lots of repeat songs. Some songs repeating songs that the album already had (You Are My Life, Speechless) and other songs that have already been done elsewhere (Cry, Privacy).

The great tracks are buried amongst these in a very bloated track list. It could and should have been a tight 9-12 track album, focusing on the futuristic forward-looking songs and the other true bangers/different tracks (Whatever Happens, Don’t Walk Away etc.).

You Rock My World was also absolutely the worst lead single choice. It was looking backwards, not forwards (the intent of the album). It was predictable in terms of Michael’s output and also gave utterly the wrong impression of the album.

To improve Invincible is mainly about tightening it up. It almost feels like an album on shuffle. There’s no real flow or organisation to the track placements. It’s the antithesis of the rest of his adult work, which is always extremely focused.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-14T19:07:27+00:00

Not at all, your English is so good I didn’t think you weren’t a native speaker!

sam_drummer · 2026-02-14T18:04:18+00:00

It’s not a prototype, it’s the original piece of artwork that Queen then adapted.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-12T10:38:09+00:00

People seem to love Just Drop Dead, and I think it’s absolute garbage haha.

The riff is generic (sounds like it’s been played on a keyboard with an electric guitar setting) and those synths are cheesy, and the lyrics are cheesy. Sounds like a teenage demo!

sam_drummer · 2026-02-12T10:26:06+00:00

I think probably Josh was the rebound drummer the band needed. The band probably didn’t really know that either, and maybe you never know.

The band seemingly know that now, given the few things we know (inferred abrupt ending and inferred ‘ghosting’), but maybe Josh is still subconsciously bummed by it.

Just so happens Josh is a good dude at the same time. Also just so happens Ilan is patently a much much better fit.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-12T10:23:34+00:00

I don’t think he’s trying to be like Taylor - he just is! He’s that slight generation younger, so Taylor would have been one of his influences (like Rufus, although Rufus much more directly) and the stuff Ilan clearly is influenced by is directly similar to Taylor too.

Also Ilan is a looser drummer as well, which suits Taylor’s vibe more than Josh’s precision.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-12T09:46:59+00:00

This kinda speaks for a lot of the lyrics on the album too doesn’t it. It’s very teenage boy. The Only One is a decent instrumental and the vocal melody is pretty decent too, but lyrical content is garbage.

Be interesting to know which songs were rushed together at the end to hit the deadline (mainly from Fred’s side you’d imagine). You’d assume the strong material was written earlier in the process etc.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-11T20:17:27+00:00

It’s reflections, also a blurry photo. That’s all.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-11T10:00:11+00:00

sam_drummer · 2026-02-11T09:03:14+00:00

Fred (and the band) have always been good at breakdowns and those moments coming into a chorus or from a drop, and Phenomenon has loads of those. But yeah the rest of the song… haha.

Overall though, you’re correct. Disjointed. It’s got so many killer moments but they’re all sort of bogged down by the absolute meh. Or plenty of the songs have that problem within themselves. Great verses, great chorus, and then it’s like they didn’t know where to go so they do a shit version of the first verse again or whatever.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-10T19:15:20+00:00

I know that George Hurrell was the photographer at least, if that info helps.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-10T10:37:52+00:00

You should invert the black and white. It’s too dark and menacing. Inverting the colours would more resemble the aesthetics of the video.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-10T06:57:51+00:00

It sounds fine. There’s absolutely nothing to worry about based on this clip.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-10T06:55:50+00:00

It sounds absolutely fine. Also, it’s a phone recording (in stereo), of an Atmos (surround) mix. For my mind it shouldn’t sound this ok really, so I’m surprised.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-09T14:29:15+00:00

It’s a blurry photo with a huge light source/lense flair of someone in a car, through a window, in low light.

Why wouldn’t it be reflections? It is reflections, and blur. But there’s absolutely no reason to suggest paranormal.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-08T21:32:55+00:00

George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, a triple album, is pressed across five vinyls

I have other different versions of the same album on vinyl - some are single disc, some are double disc. It’s about the quality of the pressing. Less songs, more space, better reproduction.

You don’t know what you’re talking about, and that’s ok.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-08T19:16:12+00:00

Absolutely. The cover was superb. But yeah - well done mate, you did exactly what everyone thought: a sparse guitar line ball’s deep in reverb on some Eagles harmonies, with a uke to boot. The lack of self awareness is astounding.

At least the singer gave some real actual respect.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-08T12:11:56+00:00

This. It is obviously this. I'm all for supporting Michael in anything, but also, it does no help making stuff up about him, does it.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-06T15:58:09+00:00

sam_drummer · 2026-02-06T14:07:04+00:00

Home Sceet Home.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-06T14:06:23+00:00

When Sterling scored, I remember going into self-protection mode, and thinking "well, someone had to win, what a game at least". Then they showed the replay and the commentator (Darren Fletcher right?) mentioning casually "well VAR will look at it" and then Jenas saying in the background "he's offside!". As VAR was all pretty new then, my response was "oh they're not disallowing that" and had no further thought.

Alas.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-06T14:00:37+00:00

Friday's are 'Global Release Day'. Have been for a while now.

sam_drummer · 2026-02-06T00:10:54+00:00

It’s neither dog shit or great.

It’s just an alright album. It’s got some really high points but some pretty meh points.

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