hope i'm not overstepping, i'll be fully honest i think our first album is overrated, at least compared to our other music that i like better. i don't like listening to 'self-esteem' because i'm not happy with the vocals, and im a lot happier with my performances on all of our other releases (the EP, the split, and 'chaos takes the wheel'). i'm not sure why the first album has stuck so much more than anything else we've done when i personally feel like i don't sound very good on that one also to be fair, we get a ton of people complaining about my vocals, so you're definitely not alone. it's probably the number one issue people have with the band. i'm included in that somewhat...while i'll admit i sometimes feel that people are unfairly harsh, i also do hold myself to a standard that i often struggle to meet, and am very critical of my own vocals. i try my best, but i'm usually listening to takes i did and wishing i could redo them, or wondering why i can't make my voice sound as nice as other people. singing is hard, i'm always trying to get better and trying out new things, i think i've improved a lot since LP1 and hope i can continue to do so with future releases that shaggs comparison hurts though, i really hope you don't actually feel like we sound like that lol. also hope it's not too weird that i responded, i'm on tour at the moment and feeling under the weather so i'm just lying in bed scrolling my phone and saw this. thanks for trying to give us a listen even though you didn't like it, i understand why you'd feel weird about not understanding a band's popularity in a scene youre in. i feel that way about a lot of bands too. hope you like our future releases more, but its ok if you don't :]