New albums your dissapointed with

[ReturnedSnowDay]

Say Anything- Self Titled

There are a couple of okay songs, but the whole thing sounds like filler to me. Max isn't fun when he's happy.

Upcoming My Chemical Romance release

I watched the live videos of their new songs and they really seem terrible. I loved their first two albums; I still remember seeing them play at NJ local venues when I was like 13. It kind of sucks watching something you grew up on go to shit.

[Rodeo]

Max isn't fun when he's happy.

What a horribly shitty thing to say. He's happy and having fun and doing what he loves. It may not be what you're looking for, but don't get on him for being happy!

[anthonydarko]

*You're

[ReturnedSnowDay]

I'm not getting on him, but I do prefer angry Max.

[awakeohsleeper]

Define 'new' so I know what to post. How far does 'new' go back?

[Rodeo]

At least you can still see the passion and fun he is having after 10 years in being in a band.

[ThisIsNotDan]

you're disappointed with an album that hasn't been recorded yet? DAMN BRAH YOUZ GOT SOME HIGH STANDARDS YA DIIIIG?

[t3hryan]

Definitely the Fall of Troy's new cd. I don't think it has the same feel as other CDs. And Saosin's new CD. I despise it after the S/T and TTN.

[Burn That Shit]

I didn't get as much of a boner from the new Built to Spill as I thought I would. It's still okay though.

[ThisIsNotDan]

yeah if the new Saosin isn't the most blatant sell-out attempt I've ever heard I dunno what is

and Ruiner's new album was pretty shitty much to my dismay

[swift4u0076]

New between the buried and me.

[love_american_style]

wasn't too impressed with Mono's realease this year.

[t3hryan]

New between the buried and me.

Really? I loved it. It's more progressive than Colors, although I still love Colors and Alaska, but I mean. I like the sound of The Great Misdirect more.

[MSIndulgence]

New Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Mayday Parade

[Rodeo]

you're disappointed with an album that hasn't been recorded yet? DAMN BRAH YOUZ GOT SOME HIGH STANDARDS YA DIIIIG?

hhahhaha. amazingggg

[briewer]

Veckatimest

[bard]

weezer - raditude
btbam - the great misdirect (huge disappointment)

i'm sure they're others, just can't think of any now.

[KingsCrossing]

Definitely the Fall of Troy's new cd. I don't think it has the same feel as other CDs. And Saosin's new CD. I despise it after the S/T and TTN.

This and this.

[mulcahy67]

i like ratitude, but its probably my least favorite album of theirs to date.
same with taking back sunday. liked the new album, but again, least fave to date.

[Forever.Zero]

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[ReturnedSnowDay]

Oh definitely the new TBS, I couldn't even listen to the whole thing. I never was a huge Saosin fan, but I downloaded their latest because they are playing at my school... it was horrid.

I thought the new muse cd had some redeeming qualities.

[xJesusFreakx]

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[bard]

oh yeah, that muse CD is horrible.

and mwY wasn't disappointing! :(

[kbi the crowing]

http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/covers/02436.jpg


agreed
also,

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0ixldQ9fVk/Sp3pincSyRI/AAAAAAAABhE/ZiZ_aNeDSZc/s400/mute-math-armistice.png.jpg

[kbi the crowing]

you're disappointed with an album that hasn't been recorded yet? DAMN BRAH YOUZ GOT SOME HIGH STANDARDS YA DIIIIG?

haha this is exactly what I thought

[SteveLikesMusic]

2009 letdowns:

Green Day (it's not horrible, it's just middle of the road)
John Nolan (garbage)
Craig Owens (garbage)
Brooke Waggoner (boring)
Brand New (SORTA...about half the album is great )
Muse (3 great songs, the rest not so much)

[roughroads]

Taking Back Sunday - New Again. Such a disappointment for me.
Brand New - Daisey. Don't get me wrong its good, but i was expecting a lot better.
All Time Low - Nothing Personal. They took the punk out of pop punk. ugh.
New Again actually made me lose a lot respect for TBS, Have yet to listen to the whole album :(

[andthetruthwill]

Brand New's Daisy. It's hands down the weakest and worst album that I've heard this year. It's the only record I can recall in recent memory where I stopped it a few songs in and grimaced in disgust, and then had to actually force myself through the rest of it. Since then, I've ran through it a few more times, and it's not completely horrible, but it still feels like a joke.

[chassmariee]

I really like the new Say Anything, it's catchy. I'm disappointed in Gwen Stacys "A Dialogue", Enter Shikaris "Common Dreads" and The Almosts "Monster Monster"

[StreetSpirit76]

Veckatimest

:wave:

The Hazards Of Love, Unmap, and Wilco (The Album) are the only others I can think of that I'd say I was 'disappointed' with.

[Lloyd Christmas]

New Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Mayday Parade

I agree with TBS and Mayday. Pretty disappointing in my opinion.

[HometownHero]

Wale - Attention: Deficit

[blikecray]

Mayday Parade for sure.

[only the clouds]

Green Day. I only like about a third of the album, which is pretty disappointing.

[SophGod]

Upcoming My Chemical Romance release


You're disappointed by a release that hasn't been released yet and you definitely haven't heard all of yet? makes total sense.


as for me, Brand New's Daisy is pretty disappointing but i still like it. It just could've been better. Third Eye Blind's Ursa Major was disappointing as well.

[maxvsmaradona]

Raditude.

[Holly HoX!]

Veckatimest

Ooo, what didn't you like about it? I just got into these guys through this album and I only know people who love it I guess.

[Bi11 Lumburgh]

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I agree, unfortunately, one of myfavorite bands, but this album just doesn't cut it

also:
Saosin, the new album is garbage
AFI - Crash love, wasn't expecting much, but sill sucked
Alexisonfire - Young Cardinals, not feeling the album, especially the screaming

[HometownHero]

Raditude was not even a disappointment. I knew it would be fucking garbage

[MartyrsCasualty]

the fall of troy - we are only 23, but are somehow decades more mature than we were 4 years ago, so let's make bad music; the Thomas Erak story
portugal. the man - the satanic satanist
born of osiris - we used to be talented, but now we're deathcore
billy talent - we can stop making good music because we're popular in canada; III

[Forever.Zero]

It's the only record I can recall in recent memory where I stopped it a few songs in and grimaced in disgust, and then had to actually force myself through the rest of it.

That was my exact experience listening to Muse's "The Resistance".

[heyzombiehitler]

New Say Anything album is so bad.

[WhoSaidThat?]

My avatar.

[PoweredbyPJ]

My avatar.

hah couldn't agree more

Adelphia by ASD, New Again by TBS...

[Atell]

Yeah the new Saosin is horrible, they should quit.

[just.Starla.]

Ratitude. I listened to it yesterday, and with the exception of two songs, I didn't really like it.

[ReturnedSnowDay]

I liked common dreads; I mean its not as good as take to the skies, but I listened to it for a couple of weeks.

[FueledByRock]

Raditude and Anywhere But Here.

[WhoSaidThat?]

hah couldn't agree more
I still maintain it's not as terrible as everyone else says, but rather that it's quite subpar, outside out of a few gems. And to think of all the hate Encore used to get.

Also (vaguely in order):

The Used - Artwork
Weezer - Raditude
Papa Roach - Metamorphosis
Billy Talent - Billy Talent III
The Audition - Self-Titled Album
The Higher - It's Only Natural
Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground (like pretty much everyone else)
Two Tongues - Two Tongues
Muse - The Resistance

[songydarko]

The Fall of Troy... that shit is terrible.

[owiseone35]

Veckatimest


I'm not surprised by this. A lot of people say it is boring. Personally I love it, just the laid back style isn't for everybody. It's really good background music and music to fall asleep too. Give it a couple more spins I was disappointed with it but then around listen 6 it just hit, and hard at that. Great album in my opinion though. Vocals may not have passion (because those kinds of things aren't for that sort of music.) But definitely read the lyrics as you listen that's how I really got into it.

[murrich]

Veckatimest

I agree, I mean it was good, but it has nothing on Yellow House.

[terror_91]

I liked common dreads; I mean its not as good as take to the skies, but I listened to it for a couple of weeks.
I agree with you. It definitely is not a take to the skies but I listened to it for weeks and still love it.

[Miketheunicycle]

atreyu.

[dsd is too high]

The Used- Artwork is fucking horrible, don't even know why i gave it a chance after lies
Anberlin- New Surrender wasn't the best record after Cities but it's all good since they're all about the radio now and stuff

on the bright side, Alice In Chains- Black Gives Way To Blue makes me smile

[nastydevil12]

Billy Talent III sucks so much. I thought Billy Talent II was alright but this one was just terrible and I couldn't even finish last couple songs because I just got too bored. Wish I didn''t waste my money buying it. Green Day's kinda bored me as well.

[DeadCityScars]

Veckatimest

ohhh terrible of you to say that. I couldn't get into their first album AT. ALL. but veckatamist is amazing and accessible.

[warp]

Humburg. Not that it was a bad album...just boring

[Theseventhson]

Veckatimest
:-0

[tonyt3524]

Mayday Parade-Anywhere But Here
The Starting Line-Direction

[mymusicismylife]

Maybe I'm just easy to please. I liked new mwY, BTBAM, Brand New, AOF, and Mutemath, although I don't spin Armistice much anymore. I must say, though, that I definitley found The Resistance really underwhelming besides a few songs.

[kbi the crowing]

Maybe I'm just easy to please. I liked new mwY, BTBAM, Brand New, AOF, and Mutemath, although I don't spin Armistice much anymore. I must say, though, that I definitley found The Resistance really underwhelming besides a few songs.

your avatar = win

[patpratt]

Mayday Parade-Anywhere But Here
The Starting Line-Direction

fuck that noise. (your comment, not the album. the album is great.)

[Pat k]

The Dodos - Time to Die
Brand New - Daisy
I'll agree that Veckatimest is boring
Alkaline Trio - Agony and Irony
Nightmare of You - Infomaniac

Get your ears fixed, Raditude is the shit.

[katyara]

Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
Taking Back Sunday - New Again
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
Say Anything - S/T

[porttheman]

Isis- Wavering Radiant

[FullCollaspe]

Isis- Wavering Radiant

Really? I think it's way better than In The Abscence Of Truth

[porttheman]

Really? I think it's way better than In The Abscence Of Truth

meh, I enjoy ITAOT more. The new one just bored me almost every time I would listen to it.

[Saucey McRib]

I'm on the Daisy/Resistance train as well.

With Daisy, I actually had the thought that it was in fact a joke. I still think they made Vices to deter downloaders from enjoying the rest of the album, which is decent after a few listens. I haven't put the album in since the week I got it though.

I never even got to the end of Resistance, I was so bored. The only part I enjoyed was the classical piece he ripped directly from some composer, and I enjoyed it up until I realized that and subsequently removed the disc from my player.

New Closure in Moscow: listened through twice. All I remember was pitch shifted guitars in every song and some really weird shit I just kinda laughed at when I heard, and nothing really epic ever happened. I expected an expanded EP but these guys really never make the same song twice, which I respect but dislike.

And finally, Beggars. It's a great album, its on my top ten unlike any of the rest of these, but I really would have liked to see them tackle a sort of combination of the Alchemy Index ideas. I thought when they pushed themselves deep in those directions they would take what they learned from each and accumulate them in some sort of collective work. Instead they just went for a bare bones rock record. I like the record a lot, but I feel like there are other bands that have accomplished this sound. Thrice had something uniquely theirs and I want to see them expand on that in the future.

[FullCollaspe]

meh, I enjoy ITAOT more. The new one just bored me almost every time I would listen to it.

Really? It's the other way for me. I thought ITAOT was very boring and uninteresting

[porttheman]

Really? It's the other way for me. I thought ITAOT was very boring and uninteresting

haha. well shit man, I guess I dont know what to tell ya there.

[Simulcast]

New Isis didn't do a whole lot for me past 20 minutes/40 years, which was fucking killer. New ETID doesn't have the same staying power that Gutter Phenomenon or Hot Damn had with me.

[saveferris]

How could you not like the new Say Anything album?

[saveferris]

Say Anything- Self Titled

There are a couple of okay songs, but the whole thing sounds like filler to me. Max isn't fun when he's happy.

Upcoming My Chemical Romance release

I watched the live videos of their new songs and they really seem terrible. I loved their first two albums; I still remember seeing them play at NJ local venues when I was like 13. It kind of sucks watching something you grew up on go to shit.
How is writing a song called "hate everyone" considered happy? Plus the guy just got married, he's not a kid anymore

[IntoTheSun]

Annndddd...here is the new Daisy bashing thread. Just as expected haha.

[AlkalineAshes]

The Dodos - Time to Die
Brand New - Daisy
I'll agree that Veckatimest is boring
Alkaline Trio - Agony and Irony
Nightmare of You - Infomaniac

Get your ears fixed, Raditude is the shit.
id say that about agony and irony.. best trio has done in years

[ate_teenfourevr]

taking back sunday, and im sorry but brand new's disappointed majorly after a three year wait.. still can't get into the new new sound..

impressed with - all time low (bring on the shit talk), the dangerous summer, jack's mannequin's latest release, new found glory

[thaianna]

Atreyu - Congregation of the Damned
I'm not feeling it and i just doesn't sound right.

[oddwithoutend]

The Resistance gets disappointment of the year.

[bradsonemanband]

say anything
brand new (except for Vices. that song is amazing)
paramore

[briewer]

Ooo, what didn't you like about it? I just got into these guys through this album and I only know people who love it I guess.

I'm not surprised by this. A lot of people say it is boring. Personally I love it, just the laid back style isn't for everybody. It's really good background music and music to fall asleep too. Give it a couple more spins I was disappointed with it but then around listen 6 it just hit, and hard at that. Great album in my opinion though. Vocals may not have passion (because those kinds of things aren't for that sort of music.) But definitely read the lyrics as you listen that's how I really got into it.

ohhh terrible of you to say that. I couldn't get into their first album AT. ALL. but veckatamist is amazing and accessible.

:-0
I wrote why I was disappointed back in June and I have no desire to re-explain myself. Here's what I wrote in full:

Yes, it was very underwhelming, but that seems to be a trend for music this year. Beyond Bromst and Wavvves, everything I've heard from this year has kind of sucked. Merriweather Post Pavilion was so disappointing (beyond "My Girls", "Guys Eyes" and "Brothersport" everything fell flat. What happened to the unpredictable, carefree/less band that released "Chores", "Winter's Love", and "The Purple Bottle"? But that's another discussion for another time), The Crying Light left me wanting way more than offered, Yesterday and Today is a hollowed-out shell of From Here We Go Sublime, Crack the Skye is Mastadon Lite, and The Pains of Being Pure At Heart is incredibly overrated. So even though I had high expectations for this, I'm not that surprised.

There are five tracks that can be salvaged from this mess: "Two Weeks" (which is superb), "Ready, Able", "About Face", "While You Wait For The Others" (which is pretty iffy itself), and "Foreground". The rest are mediocre at best, and in the case of "Dory", "Hold Still", and "I Live With You" are downright despicable. The tacked on line "oh such a riot" in "Dory" is so putrid it makes me want to barf (leave shit like that to Coldplay and U2, you guys are better than that), that piercing guitar riff on "Hold Still" is nauseating and makes the 2:23 track sound like it goes on for years, and "I Live With You" just doesn't make any sense, the parts and progression are just kind of there with no meaning or purpose. The other four tracks are very forgettable and possess filmsy structuring. "Southern Point" isn't bad, it just isn't cut out to be a leadoff track and doesn't sound like a Grizzly Bear song. More like a song by Spoon that Grizzly Bear tried to cover and did an okay job at. "Cheerleader" has the same feeling that "Southern Point" does, that it was stolen from Spoon's playbook when they weren't looking. The other two, "All We Ask" and "Fine For Now" are so forgettable that they could have been left off and no one would have noticed.

But the main problem that underlies all of these songs, and that was the strong point for Yellow House, was the lack of warm, lush, dense structuring that Grizzly Bear fans have come to expect from their work. Just listen to "Lullabye" or "Plans"; while the instrumentation is crowded and heavy, it doesn't splay out in a hundred different directions but rather complements the base structure of the song and builds up the direction they are going. Not only does it make Yellow House sound more orchestral than guitar-based, but it also gives the songs a feeling of natural progress, i.e., that the song heads in the one direction that it should go, and that imagining one part of the song differently requires you to disassemble the entire thing and rebuild it from the ground up. Not so with Veckatimest. Not one song has the thick substrata of every one off of Yellow House giving credence to the progression of the song, and subsequently every song sounds like it moves along very awkwardly, like they thought "we're 2 minutes in, it's as good a time as any to have the chorus." To be honest, I'm not sure what comes first, the natural feel of the track or the extra instrumentation that credits (or creates) the seeming naturalness of the song, but in either case, Yellow House has both while Veckatimest has neither, and if the problems can be traced to anything I think it lies here. Instead of the epicness of the former, we end up with aimlessness of the latter. It's not so much that they got rid of the dense backing orchestrals, though; it's that they got rid of it and kept the same formula for the rest of the song, leaving nothing to fill the void. It's just a poor album all around.

Sorry about the length, but I don't think its many problems could have been dealt with in any other way.

For the tl;dr crowd, Veckatimest doesn't come within a mile of touching Yellow House.

[sweepthenation]

All Time Low - Nothing Personal
Taking Back Sunday - New Again
Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
Craig Owens - With Love
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
A Skylit Drive - Adelphia

[Holly HoX!]

I wrote why I was disappointed back in June and I have no desire to re-explain myself. Here's what I wrote in full:



For the tl;dr crowd, Veckatimest doesn't come within a mile of touching Yellow House.

Nice. Thanks for that, though.

[Max_123]

to name a few:

Saosin- In Search of Solid Ground (I love everything they have put out, and this album was just a huge letdown for me)
Taking Back Sunday- New Again (again loved everything they've put out, and really disappointed when they played almost all new songs on the Blink tour)
All Time Low- Nothing Personal (has some okay tracks, but like someone said in an earlier post, they took the punk out of pop punk)
New Found Glory- Not Without A Fight (again has some okay tracks, but for the most part disappointed)
A Skylit Drive- Adelphia (I have no idea what they were thinking when they wrote this bad excuse for a record)

[DanTGD]

I'm gonna get such a shit kicking for this:

Set Your Goals

[Antics]

100% backed, also fuck Haley Williams

[THE_SICKEST]

Raditude.

haha you're avatar... that episode was on last night. Oh prison Mike...

[THE_SICKEST]

I'm gonna get such a shit kicking for this:

Set Your Goals

No Im with you. I was listening to it today and really only half of the songs I still enjoy. Some of the songs are really uninspired I think.

[TheBaroness]

Moneen's new album is probably my biggest disappointment of the year - lacks the spark and complexity of their other work.
I was really bummed with Cosmic Drama by Weatherbox when I first heard it, but it's grown on me a ton.

[Ill]

Raditude, Cosmic Egg, In Search Of Solid Ground, Relapse, Anywhere But Here, Nothing Personal..

All awful, especially Relapse and Raditude.

[ReturnedSnowDay]

I love Dance Gavin Dance, but I haven't gotten a chance to listen to Happiness yet. What's wrong with it?

[mijakai]

Like everyone else, Saosin's latest. Listened to it once and I can not remember a damn thing about it. The Resistance, hm, I'm a huge Muse fan but I was a bit underwhelmed. I quite liked the first half of the album but the second half disappointed me. I may need to give it a few more listens though as I ended up with it around the same time as Daisy which I ended up listening to most of the time.

This thread has made me realise how few albums I've listened to this year, ugh!

[muttley]

Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
I like it, but it's not what I was expecting.

[SwiftSilentDead]

Death By Stereo - Death Is My Only Friend
Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
Fake Problems - It's Great To Be Alive
The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
Ruiner - Hell Is Empty

[SpyKi]

Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground is possibly the biggest disappointment in the history of music for me. Shit sucked. They went from a band I loved to a band I found it hard to sit through.

The Used - Artwork
Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
Eminem - Relapse
Anberlin - New Surrender
I like all these albums but I think they're all let downs from previous albums. Relapse is still an improvement on Encore though.

Also, about MCR, those were live versions of songs that probably haven't even been finished yet. I wouldn't base your whole opinion about an album off that.

[xJesusFreakx]

oh yeah, that muse CD is horrible.

and mwY wasn't disappointing! :(

Psh, speak for yourself... lol. They basically took everything I love most about the band and threw it away.

[CalRahhh]

I love Dance Gavin Dance, but I haven't gotten a chance to listen to Happiness yet. What's wrong with it?

I personally enjoyed it more than their previous efforts.

[bard]

Psh, speak for yourself... lol. They basically took everything I love most about the band and threw it away.
:( sorry bro. i still love it though...

[Readyfuels]

The Used- Artwork is fucking horrible, don't even know why i gave it a chance after lies
Anberlin- New Surrender wasn't the best record after Cities but it's all good since they're all about the radio now and stuff

on the bright side, Alice In Chains- Black Gives Way To Blue makes me smile

Anberlin is all about the radio now? Are you fucking kidding me? They have had one song get a great amount of radio play and that's it. "Breaking" didn't do as well as expected. One song makes them "all about the radio"? They've been busting their asses for 7 years and as shitty as the music industry is now they have to pay the bills some way. Signing to a major label to further your career means the label is going to push your music to radio.


Ugh, anyway.
Most disappointing this year:
Brand New - Daisy
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight (a handful of decent songs, but such a mediocre album)

[Debut_Fin]

*You're

thank youuuu

[xsinkshipsx]

new maylene and the sons of disaster....awful

[BozzBlonde]

New Atreyu and Weezer.

Edit: Boys Like Girls as well.

[BozzBlonde]

I personally enjoyed it more than their previous efforts.

Same.

[iheartmusic043]

I still maintain it's not as terrible as everyone else says, but rather that it's quite subpar, outside out of a few gems. And to think of all the hate Encore used to get.

Also (vaguely in order):

The Used - Artwork
Weezer - Raditude
Papa Roach - Metamorphosis
Billy Talent - Billy Talent III
The Audition - Self-Titled Album
The Higher - It's Only Natural
Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground (like pretty much everyone else)
Two Tongues - Two Tongues
Muse - The Resistance

I totally disagree. Two Tongues is amazing. Max and Chris together sound so good. Not the best of the year by far but I really enjoyed it. Also I don't under why there's so much hate about Say Anything's new cd. Max grew up and made a really goos album. Not every SA record is gonna be ...Is A Real Boy

[Saen]

Weezer - Raditude - Agree, I liked maybe 2 songs, the rest is.. Yeah. Just bland and boring even though its supposed to be fun.

Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground - I don't find it as bad as everyone else points it out to be, its not awful and making your ears bleed. I like 2-3 songs quite a bit BUT compared to the self-titled it's not a very good record. "Saosin" can go on repeat, but In Search of Solid Ground is sadly not that kind of record. I'd hoped for more from these guys. Saw them live at Warped this summer and can't say I was very impressed with their performance either and it actually hurts a bit admitting it. I still love Cove's voice though.

Two Tongues - Two Tongues - I like this but to be honest it's just one song that keeps me coming back and its "Crawl". Awesome intro..
But I don't want to write the whole album off as bad but thats the one song I do remember and wanting to hear again.

Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk. I like my pop a little more.. addictive. It's not a very good pop-record (imo) if you don't even remember one refrain of the album. That I do for Mayday's new album and even though I liked tMP*s previous record better, Anywhere But Here does the job it's supposed to do. Love Drunk doesn't even do that for me. I liked their debut and hope they'll get around to make a great 3rd instead.

Oh, I almost forgot: Breathe Carolina "Hello Fascination". I was so disappointed by the new album. I saw them live on Warped and they were better then expected, rasing my expectations a bit and then came THIS record and .. I must say I had the sad face on, forcing myself to listen to the whole album. :(

And strongly disagreeing on:
The Used - Artwork - I like it. And the lyrics are way better then in the previous album.
Alkaline Trio - Agony and Irony = a really good album imo. I've listened to it a lot.
Nice suprise of the year : The Dangerous Summer

[pnkhrdwndr]

I love Dance Gavin Dance, but I haven't gotten a chance to listen to Happiness yet. What's wrong with it?
people hate it because the 2nd half of the album doesn't scream and they still can't get their damnable ass over Downtown Battle Mountain. I say happiness is good, same with fall of troy.

My most disappointing album is hot mess. so terrible
new again sucks
adelphia is bad news

[pnkhrdwndr]

new maylene and the sons of disaster....awful
too true they needed something different but not 80's southern rock different

[mar_]

Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
Taking Back Sunday - New Again
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
Say Anything - S/T

While both Anywhere But Here and Nothing Personal, I think I had too high of standards set up for both of them.
Anywhere But Here is catchy, as it should be. And Nothing Personal just wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but in itself isn't terrible. Just more pop and a bit less emotion. Good for summer.

And I had such low expectations from all the New Again hate that when I checked it out, I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it didn't have the feel of any of the other tbs albums, but I like it. But then again, I guess driving in a car with windows rolled down in traffic makes everything better.

[Nettn07]

Taking Back Sunday - New Again. enough said.

[DanTGD]

No Im with you. I was listening to it today and really only half of the songs I still enjoy. Some of the songs are really uninspired I think.

Same, alot of them just seemed like repeated versions of songs earlier in the album.

It's bad that one of the highlights was the track with Hayley Williams just causae it had variation to it.

[TcicatrizMespV]

As Tall as Lions - You Can't Take It With You

I honestly like this album quite a bit, but a couple songs kind of messed up the flow of the album. It just doesn't have the staying power the self titled did. Awesome cover art though.

http://img.imeem.com/ai/RT2LY7MOKWJ4ZANDUEI66L7ZPMQPBP5Z.jp g

[Vanedarlingg]

Mayday-anywhere but here. It sounds like we the kings or something. mayday was okay before this release.
Weezer- Raditude. It didnt SUCK, but it wasn't too impressive. only "(if you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to" and "Put me back together" did it for me.

Daisy is awesome, everyone needs to relax.

[dsd is too high]

Anberlin is all about the radio now? Are you fucking kidding me? They have had one song get a great amount of radio play and that's it. "Breaking" didn't do as well as expected. One song makes them "all about the radio"? They've been busting their asses for 7 years and as shitty as the music industry is now they have to pay the bills some way. Signing to a major label to further your career means the label is going to push your music to radio.



I love Anberlin, their new album didn't do it for me. I'm happy they're on the radio don't get me wrong. But no I'm not kidding you.

[And Hours Pass]

How has nobody mentioned the abomination that goes by "Ursa Major"

[TachyonEvan]

Why doesn't anyone like Raditude?

[honestykills]

How has nobody mentioned the abomination that goes by "Ursa Major"

how the hell is Ursa Major anything NEAR a disappointment, let alone an abomination?

[ReturnedSnowDay]

Also, about MCR, those were live versions of songs that probably haven't even been finished yet. I wouldn't base your whole opinion about an album off that.

I'm still going to give it a try, but I'm not expecting much. When they first came out and said they were going to give a more raw sound I assumed they would go in a heavier direction, not an album full of Teenagersesque songs. Does anyone feel like Bury Me In Black is proof that MCR could have taken a different route after Three Cheers? I wonder why they never play it live... one of my favorites.

(FYI I liked The Black Parade; it really shows how much they have grown.)

[Kurt Retenauer]

Arctic Monkeys- Humbug

[Kurt Retenauer]

Why doesn't anyone like Raditude?

I like it :wave:

Certainly not nearly as good as Blue or Pinkerton, but it's got a couple good songs on it. That's all I've come to expect from Weezer at this point.

[Rodeo]

Jeremy Enigk's OK Bear. From World Waits to this was such a letdown.

[Kurt Retenauer]

Anberlin is all about the radio now? Are you fucking kidding me? They have had one song get a great amount of radio play and that's it. "Breaking" didn't do as well as expected. One song makes them "all about the radio"? They've been busting their asses for 7 years and as shitty as the music industry is now they have to pay the bills some way. Signing to a major label to further your career means the label is going to push your music to radio.

Exactly. I felt NS was a great album. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried a major label would reshape their sound. But, they persisted, and released a great follow up to Cities, something many bands can't do after signing to a major label. "Feel Good Drag" deserved all the attention it got, and "Breaking" certainly deserves more. I hope Anberlin stays on the radio for a long time to come, because I know their music is consistent, and won't drastically change due to their successes.

[SpyKi]

I'm still going to give it a try, but I'm not expecting much. When they first came out and said they were going to give a more raw sound I assumed they would go in a heavier direction, not an album full of Teenagersesque songs. Does anyone feel like Bury Me In Black is proof that MCR could have taken a different route after Three Cheers? I wonder why they never play it live... one of my favorites.

(FYI I liked The Black Parade; it really shows how much they have grown.)
I don't think they sound like Teenagers. I much prefer Teenagers. I love Bury Me In Black, it's pretty different from the rest of their stuff and I would love more songs like it. I'd kill to see that played live.

[Saen]

Mayday-anywhere but here. It sounds like we the kings or something. mayday was okay before this release.
Weezer- Raditude. It didnt SUCK, but it wasn't too impressive. only "(if you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to" and "Put me back together" did it for me. .

I agree with you on the Weezer-album. Those two songs were my instant favourites to.

[tyramail]

mayday parade, taking back sunday, and probably saosin because it was nowhere near as good as the first album. and you should probably give my chemical romance a chance considering it hasn't even been released yet.

[nj mellie]

New Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Mayday Parade

You're seriously upset with Taking Back sunday's new album? Can I ask why?

I'm a bit upset with A Day to remember's new album, i mean it's good, but it's so much softer than their older stuff.

[xjulianx89]

Brand New - Daisy.

I can barely even get through it. Huge disappointment.

[narcoleptic953]

How has nobody mentioned the abomination that goes by "Ursa Major"

Uhhh, have you ever even listened to Third Eye Blind?

[ReturnedSnowDay]

Brand New - Daisy.

I can barely even get through it. Huge disappointment.

Your avatar is amazing.

[NateFoundGlory]

I'm not going to say I don't like Daisy, but upon the first listen or two it hasn't hit me yet. I'll give it a few more goes.

The Used - Artwork
Billy Talent - III
Killswitch Engage - Self Titled (say what you will, I enjoy their old material, but the cd is just boring as fuck)
Karnivool - Sound Awake (not many people know em, but Themata is a classic, but this is...just bad.)
Jonny Craig - A Dream...blah
Senses Fail - Life Is Not a Waiting Room. (Not bad by any means, just not as good as past material)

[sargentlgfuad]

say anything
brand new (except for Vices. that song is amazing)
paramore

paramore's new album is their best to date.

[sargentlgfuad]

i despised The Used's Artwork at first, but honestly I really like it now. I miss the screams at times, but his voice is really that good.
and i have no idea how anyone can call Say Anything a dissapointment... or Brand New for that matter.
but, I completely agree with Muse's Resistance.

and i'd say This Providence's Where Are You Now

[SpyKi]

paramore's new album is their best to date.
Seconded.

i despised The Used's Artwork at first, but honestly I really like it now. I miss the screams at times, but his voice is really that good.
and i have no idea how anyone can call Say Anything a dissapointment... or Brand New for that matter.
but, I completely agree with Muse's Resistance.
Seconded again. Even though Artwork is a disappointment for me after the first three, I still really like it and love Bert's voice. I'm loving Say Anything too, one of my favourites of the year. Didn't care for Daisy though, but I'm not a big Brand New fan anyway.

[xjulianx89]

Your avatar is amazing.

Thanks.
:-)

[will and life]

You're seriously upset with Taking Back sunday's new album? Can I ask why?

I'm a bit upset with A Day to remember's new album, i mean it's good, but it's so much softer than their older stuff.


because taking back sunday's new album lost every ounce of intensity they've had in the past. furthermore, the melodies are contrived and a true pain to listen to more than once, regardless of lacking intensity.

taking back sunday has lost their flare and a fan.

[Greg.Kushlan]

My friend gave me a ride home from work the other night and she was playing the new used album. It seemed pretty bad.

[ReturnedSnowDay]

Honestly I'm kind of tired watching Adam swing and suck off the mic as well. Their live shows used to be amazing, but lately they seem like they aren't into it.

[Captain Awesome]

New Again = Biggest disappointment of 2009

[SpyKi]

New Again = Biggest disappointment of 2009
Not a Saosin fan then?

[JustAGirl01]

I'm gonna get such a shit kicking for this:

Set Your Goals

I agree with you, that one stands out in my mind as one of my least favorite records this year. Especially the song Hayley is on..bleh!


I love Dance Gavin Dance, but I haven't gotten a chance to listen to Happiness yet. What's wrong with it?
Nothing. Best DGD record imo

Death By Stereo - Death Is My Only Friend
Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
Fake Problems - It's Great To Be Alive
The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
Ruiner - Hell Is Empty
Im curious to know why you think Hell Is Empty isnt that good. Ive just started listening to Ruiner myself

[SwiftSilentDead]

Im curious to know why you think Hell Is Empty isnt that good. Ive just started listening to Ruiner myself

Eh, I'm not that big of a Ruiner fan to begin with but I liked Prepare To Be Let Down well enough. Hell Is Empty bored me to death after one listen. :shrug:

[cory-182]

Saosin
The Used
Cartel

Those three top my list for this year.

[pr0digy]

Fall of Troy
Muse
Taking Back Sunday

[And Hours Pass]

how the hell is Ursa Major anything NEAR a disappointment, let alone an abomination?

The album shows no signs of progress. While I usually appreciate Jenkins' lyrics, these fell pretty flat for me. "Why can't you be like a waterpik shower massager?" Seriously? While I've found his melodies to be dynamic, they're pretty static throughout the album. It took 6 years for them to write this? I expected more than this after 6 years.I'm as big of a fan of Third Eye Blind as the best of them, but this album was a miss. I appreciate that you may have liked it, but this was an incredible disappointment to me.


Uhhh, have you ever even listened to Third Eye Blind?

I'm not exactly sure what this means. Is this meant to indicate that everything they release is bad?

[SweetThye]

agreed
also,

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N0ixldQ9fVk/Sp3pincSyRI/AAAAAAAABhE/ZiZ_aNeDSZc/s400/mute-math-armistice.png.jpg

what??? Both of those are in my top 10 albums of 2009 list.

[Pat k]

id say that about agony and irony.. best trio has done in years

I'm not sure what you're trying to say cuz your wording's all goofy, but if you think Agony is their best work in years, you're wrong. It's a terrible record which makes me want to put on Goddamnit and forget that Alkaline Trio ever made music after 2005.

[kbi the crowing]

what??? Both of those are in my top 10 albums of 2009 list.

Armistice is awesome for the first 4-5 songs, then it just dies
and mewithoutYou made a generic folk album to me, it's nowhere near a bad record, but not even close to how much I love their other albums

[SweetThye]

As Tall as Lions - You Can't Take It With You

I honestly like this album quite a bit, but a couple songs kind of messed up the flow of the album. It just doesn't have the staying power the self titled did. Awesome cover art though.

http://img.imeem.com/ai/RT2LY7MOKWJ4ZANDUEI66L7ZPMQPBP5Z.jp g

AMAZING album and art. If this is your biggest disappointment because of a few songs, then you haven't been listening to any bad music. :)

[bradsonemanband]

paramore's new album is their best to date.

well that's debatable.

but while it's still better than Riot, i am still a little disappointed in the new one.

[SweetThye]

I would definitely say:

The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
Mayday Parade- Anywhere But Here
Paramore- Brand New Eyes

Everything else that I might have thought was kind of disappointing has grown on me. 2009 has been a really good year of music.

[SweetThye]

Armistice is awesome for the first 4-5 songs, then it just dies
and mewithoutYou made a generic folk album to me, it's nowhere near a bad record, but not even close to how much I love their other albums

I think Goodbye, Electrify, Armistice (7, 9, & 10) are some of the best songs on the album. For me it was a grower. It was kind of a disappointment on first listen, but the more I listened to it, the more I fell in love with it. And I can totally understand how you feel about mewithoutYou, but pretty much nothing these bands create could disappoint me. It's just not possible. ha ha.

[kbi the crowing]

I think Goodbye, Electrify, Armistice (7, 9, & 10) are some of the best songs on the album. For me it was a grower. It was kind of a disappointment on first listen, but the more I listened to it, the more I fell in love with it. And I can totally understand how you feel about mewithoutYou, but pretty much nothing these bands create could disappoint me. It's just not possible. ha ha.

Armistice is not a bad album by any means, but as a whole it didn't do anything for me compared to the self-titled. They did use some really nice new sounds, though.

[narcoleptic953]

The album shows no signs of progress. While I usually appreciate Jenkins' lyrics, these fell pretty flat for me. "Why can't you be like a waterpik shower massager?" Seriously? While I've found his melodies to be dynamic, they're pretty static throughout the album. It took 6 years for them to write this? I expected more than this after 6 years.I'm as big of a fan of Third Eye Blind as the best of them, but this album was a miss. I appreciate that you may have liked it, but this was an incredible disappointment to me.




I'm not exactly sure what this means. Is this meant to indicate that everything they release is bad?

No, it's supposed to suggest that maybe you've never heard Out of the Vein, since both releases are incredibly similar. Don't know how you could like one and not the other...

[Illadelphia]

Fall of Troy's new album doesn't sound nearly as good as their past two

[fishingthe_sky]

Two Tongues is easily the biggest disappointment for me. Too much potential between Max and Chris for the album to sound as mediocre as it does.

All Time Low was pretty disappointing, too. After hearing "Weightless" I thought the album was going to have a lot more balls than it does.

Moneen might actually be in contention for biggest disappointment, now that I think about it. It's far better than Two Tongues and ATL, but compared to the standard Moneen had set for themselves with The Red Tree, their latest is a huge regression. It would make an awesome debut album for any other band, though.

Closure In Moscow didn't live up to my expectations coming off their ep. I know they were probably going for an expanded range in terms of song writing, but it feels like they toned it back a little too much.

Ace Enders didn't wow me, though the first two tracks are crazy good.

New Found Glory was better than their last few records, but sounds too similar to SYG/FYS to me, and both bands do that style better.

Speaking of, Set Your Goals didn't wow me either. It's a better album than Mutiny, but it just didn't catch my attention like I had hoped.

Since Taking Back Sunday and Brand New are the topic of talk: I didn't think New Again was bad, but then again I wasn't expecting much to start with. There are a couple good tracks, but nothing spectacular, and I don't understand why everyone had such high hopes for it in the first place. TBS hasn't been making music at a caliber high enough to warrant such expectations since 04. As far as Daisy goes, I found myself both disappointed and not at the same time. I like it a lot, but I was put off that Brand New's name was on it. I stepped back and asked myself whether I would like it if it wasn't a Brand New album, and the answer is yes, I would. I think it gets more shit because of the name on the cover than it actually being a bad album (though there are some lyrics in there which really drag the whole effort down).

[Overpass]

Saosin - In Seach of Solid Ground

And I really wanted to like it.

[Yellowcard2006]

I enjoyed the new Saosin album, Two Tongues, and New Again.

Biggest disappointments were Farewell and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

[codybretto13]

what did yall the think of the new emery????? i havent seen any comments on that. i personally loved it, and its now one of my top favorite albums

[maxvsmaradona]

Mean Everything To Nothing.

[chassmariee]

The Almost - Monster Monster

[chassmariee]

Mean Everything To Nothing.
What a terrible thing to say!

[maxvsmaradona]

What a terrible thing to say!

saying that the Holocaust was fake is a terrible thing to say. Saying that an album disappointed me isn't.

[chassmariee]

saying that the Holocaust was fake is a terrible thing to say. Saying that an album disappointed me isn't.
I'd say both statements are equally as terrible.

[cwhit412]

A Rocket To The Moon - On Your Side. Absolutely horrible. I loved the EP, but this is just entirely different.

Cobra Starship - Hot Mess. I thought it would actually be decent. Now I can't even stand the band.

Farewell - Run It Up The Flagpole. Nothing stands out. At all. Boring.

Friday Night Boys - Off The Deep End. Another boring album. EPs were so much better.

Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here. Although I knew it would be bad once I heard the title track..

[And Hours Pass]

No, it's supposed to suggest that maybe you've never heard Out of the Vein, since both releases are incredibly similar. Don't know how you could like one and not the other...
I love Out of the Vein. I think it's a brilliant album with great hooks and driving melodies. Ursa Major simply doesn't deliver in either category. I think the lack of powerful hooks really causes my disappointment with Ursa Major. What did you feel made both albums so similar?

I'm not saying I hate the entire album. It's rather a "new album" that I'm "disappointed with." I find it insane to hear that people were disappointed with Mutemath's armistice as I find that album to be one of the best of the year, but what can you do? To each his/her own.

[maxvsmaradona]

I'd say both statements are equally as terrible.


i'd say your logic is flawed.

[Unique Dragon]

can anyone tell me how the new Say Anything album is?

[narcoleptic953]

I love Out of the Vein. I think it's a brilliant album with great hooks and driving melodies. Ursa Major simply doesn't deliver in either category. I think the lack of powerful hooks really causes my disappointment with Ursa Major. What did you feel made both albums so similar?

I'm not saying I hate the entire album. It's rather a "new album" that I'm "disappointed with." I find it insane to hear that people were disappointed with Mutemath's armistice as I find that album to be one of the best of the year, but what can you do? To each his/her own.

You see, I got the idea that you did hate the album, what with you calling it an "abomination" and all. I don't understand the "lack of hooks" argument much either, as Sharp Knife, Bonfire, Can You Take Me, Water Landing and Don't Believe a Word all deliver on that, and many of them wouldn't sound out of place on their previous records. I don't think it's a great album, but I think it's solid enough and a decent addition to the 3eb discography. It's not their best album by any means, but it's not my least favorite either (never was big fan of Blue, as much as I love a few songs.)

[broaddplease]

Ohh, I liked New Again a lot! & Say Anything! and the new Paramore..
I was disappointed by Hot Mess + Nothing Personal, but I also sort of knew that they would suck. And Artic Monkey's Humbug, which was so boring & I love WPSIW,TWIN (do kids abbreviate that?).

I actually liked Two Tongues..I have most of it on my ipod. I love Max Bemis & think Chris sounds like that pop singer Mika, but I liked the record.

[njsuccessstory]

can anyone tell me how the new Say Anything album is?

You are gonna get a contrasting views. Personally, I love it.

[apsterling]

I think All Time Low's release was the most forgettable, but it seems that I've also forgotten Farewell's (though I really enjoy when it hits shuffle, not sure why that is)

[kittypants]

mute math - armistice
manchestor orchestra - mean everything to nothing
mwY

biggest dissapointment: green day - it's just awful. horrid.

[Tead42]

manchestor orchestra - mean everything to nothing
Wait....what?
Get your ears fixed please. AOTY, even though it has nothing on Virgin...

[kbi the crowing]

while I am disappointed with the new mwY, Timothy Hay is such a feel good song
I can't help but be cheerful when listening to it

[TcicatrizMespV]

AMAZING album and art. If this is your biggest disappointment because of a few songs, then you haven't been listening to any bad music. :)

Haha good point. Like I said, I do really like the album, it just never grew to touch the love I have for the self-titled. That is in my eyes a near flawless album. This is still a good album, I was just disappointed with its lasting power.

Wait....what?
Get your ears fixed please. AOTY, even though it has nothing on Virgin...

I could not agree with you more. I don't think there's been a week since it came out where I haven't listened to it at least three times. Incredible album.

[acratertocoffin]

Say Anything has 3 good songs. Daisy has 2 good songs. New Again is unspeakably awful. And Height, although I appreciate the effort that Nolan put into his CD, I just don't like listening to it.

[And Hours Pass]

You see, I got the idea that you did hate the album, what with you calling it an "abomination" and all. I don't understand the "lack of hooks" argument much either, as Sharp Knife, Bonfire, Can You Take Me, Water Landing and Don't Believe a Word all deliver on that, and many of them wouldn't sound out of place on their previous records. I don't think it's a great album, but I think it's solid enough and a decent addition to the 3eb discography. It's not their best album by any means, but it's not my least favorite either (never was big fan of Blue, as much as I love a few songs.)

I do think it was an abomination. After six years that album should have been leaps and bounds above what it was. It was a lackluster, uninspired opportunity for Jenkins to showcase his familiar blend of literary references with overtly sexual references. Unfortunately, I don't think it worked this time. Does that mean I don't think a few tracks aren't terrible? No, there are certainly some I can listen to. I think the album as a whole, however, is the definition of a disappointment to me.

Now if you want to find albums I hate, you'd have to look to bands that I hate. The funny thing is I usually don't combine disappointment and hate when it comes to music because I often have such low expectations for most of the bands I hate that their albums usually don't disappoint at all.

[antimatter]

fall of troy and say anything's new albums are boring...:-(

[xAnti-Violentx]

Tegan And Sara - Sainthood
I can't believe that they released such a crappy album 'The Con' was so much better. This one is somehow too generic for my taste.

[boxingwithstars]

are we talking most disappointing of the entire year? Nightmare of You was the biggest disappointment of the year for me.

Raditude was really disappointing only because the first single sounded so promising that it gave me false hope. i might be in the minority who like the new Say Anything. i've never been a huge fan of the band or had the urge to wet myself because of Bemis' lyrics though, so maybe that's why. but i like it better than IDOTG.

[boxingwithstars]

Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here. Although I knew it would be bad once I heard the title track..

forgot about this one. another huge letdown, but i honestly wasn't expecting much without Jason.

[Silent7]

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug - I absolutely loved everything this band has done and I can barely get through this album. Nothing stands out to me. It just plods along and pretty much sits in the same tempo and same feel for every song. Not sure if this is Homme's work or where the band really wanted to go but either way, this album is dull and lifeless to me.

The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event - I realize that they'll probably never make another Doppleganger but I liked a good portion of Manipulator and thought that Phantom was great but this just sucks. Erak is under the illusion that he's this fantastic singer and I feel that the songs are structured more around the vocals on this album rather than the music and letting the vocals fill in where it's needed. This is by far my biggest dissapointment yet this year.

mewithoutYou - I don't absolutely hate this album or anything and it still gets some plays every now and then but this will never reach their other albums in my opinion. I don't like Aaron's singing voice... it annoys the hell out of me. I will agree with an earlier post that Timothy Hay is fantastic but outside of that song, very few others have any staying power with me.

Moneen - The World I Want to Leave Behind / Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground - These two albums are just boring. Everything about them screams "playing it safe." The Red Tree was my AOTY and I just don't understand how this album is it's follow up. I really have nothing else to say about Saosin that hasn't already been stated in this thread.

He Is Legend - It Hates You / Showbread - Fear of God - Ok, so I didn't have huge hopes for either one of these albums. I'm not really into these two bands like I used to be but I still list them on here because after a few spins, I've had no want to play them again. Maybe they don't suck as much as I've moved on.

I'm not quite ready to add Raditude since it just came out this week but I could definitely see it joining this list before too long. I just hope DC's new one doesn't dissapoint.

[tattoo_ofthesun]

Mayday Parade. It's mildly boring. Not awful, but nothing spectacular.

[chassmariee]

i'd say your logic is flawed.
I'd say not. Album was good, that doesn't make my logic flawed.

[maxvsmaradona]

I'd say not. Album was good, that doesn't make my logic flawed.

And you should know that METN had no staying power with me, and I found it mediocre at best. It's definitely not as good as ILAVLAC, but this is all subjective. I'm just saying I am disappointed with ManOrch 2nd cd. That's not a horrible thing to say, at all.

[spriltsc]

brand new- i had way too high expectations

[SophGod]

brand new- i had way too high expectations

agreed. upon first listens it was like i was convincing myself i loved it. after a while though i realized i just don't

[MyNameIsRoss]

new albums you're disappointed with..

[heregoesnothin]

agreed. upon first listens it was like i was convincing myself i loved it. after a while though i realized i just don't

really? i was the total opposite. the more i listened the more i appreciated it. sure it's no devil & god but it's definently a good album

[SophGod]

really? i was the total opposite. the more i listened the more i appreciated it. sure it's no devil & god but it's definently a good album

i never said it's not a good album, it definitely is. i was just disappointed by it. i do like it though.

[narcoleptic953]

I do think it was an abomination. After six years that album should have been leaps and bounds above what it was. It was a lackluster, uninspired opportunity for Jenkins to showcase his familiar blend of literary references with overtly sexual references. Unfortunately, I don't think it worked this time. Does that mean I don't think a few tracks aren't terrible? No, there are certainly some I can listen to. I think the album as a whole, however, is the definition of a disappointment to me.

Now if you want to find albums I hate, you'd have to look to bands that I hate. The funny thing is I usually don't combine disappointment and hate when it comes to music because I often have such low expectations for most of the bands I hate that their albums usually don't disappoint at all.

Obviously I wanted it to be better too. If I had my way, they would top s/t, but I just don't think that's ever going to happen. If this album had come 3 or 4 years earlier would it have been more acceptable to you, though?

[ReturnedSnowDay]

I enjoyed the new Saosin album, Two Tongues, and New Again.

Biggest disappointments were Farewell and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

I liked two tongues, but saosin was garbage.

[Yellowcard2006]

I liked two tongues, but saosin was garbage.
If you've have given it < 5 listens Maybe you didn't give it enough time to grow on you. It has some really good tracks.

[SpyKi]

If you've have given it < 5 listens Maybe you didn't give it enough time to grow on you. It has some really good tracks.
I've given it over 20. It's All Over Now and What Were We Made For are the only one's I think are genuinely good.

[Yellowcard2006]

I've given it over 20. It's All Over Now and What Were We Made For are the only one's I think are genuinely good.
Deep Down? Keep Secrets? On My Own? Worst of Me? The Alarming Sound? Say Goodbye? I like a lot of them.

[kbi the crowing]

The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event - I realize that they'll probably never make another Doppleganger but I liked a good portion of Manipulator and thought that Phantom was great but this just sucks. Erak is under the illusion that he's this fantastic singer and I feel that the songs are structured more around the vocals on this album rather than the music and letting the vocals fill in where it's needed. This is by far my biggest dissapointment yet this year.

I agree with you mostly, but I think the song writing is still really good

[kbi the crowing]

new albums you're disappointed with..

grammar nazi, eh?

[MyNameIsRoss]

grammar nazi, eh?

Learn the difference between your and you're ?

[IWasaCamera]

Pretty much everything I've anticipated in the past two years.

[kbi the crowing]

Learn the difference between your and you're ?

I do, I didn't make the poll.

[Justin_stacy]

Strike Anywhere's Iron Front....sounds like one long really boring song.

Set Your Goals' This Will Be the Death of Us . Not necassarily a bad album just didn't live up to the 'fun' of the last one and certainly wasn't worth the wait.

Brand New's Daisy. Awful record.

[SpyKi]

Deep Down? Keep Secrets? On My Own? Worst of Me? The Alarming Sound? Say Goodbye? I like a lot of them.
I hate them all, Deep Down is okay. I hate the changes they made to the Grey EP songs too, it makes them unlistenable for me, especially since they weren't great in the first place.

[kbi the crowing]

Brand New's Daisy. Awful record.

curious as to why you think it's awful.
I'm not gonna tell you you're wrong or anything, I'm just simply curious.

[Yellowcard2006]

I hate them all, Deep Down is okay. I hate the changes they made to the Grey EP songs too, it makes them unlistenable for me, especially since they weren't great in the first place.
I actually dislike the Grey EP recordings. Completely. So that's weird.

[Justin_stacy]

curious as to why you think it's awful.
I'm not gonna tell you you're wrong or anything, I'm just simply curious.

you can't tell me I'm wrong, its a matter of opinion...and besides I'm right ;-) . I found Daisy really boring, dated and Jesse's vocals on many of the songs were terrible. In all fairness I haven't really liked them for sometime, but unlike say a band like TBS who also put out a bad record this year, I seems to still have an interest in what BN puts out. I'm just never satisfied with it.

[SpyKi]

I actually dislike the Grey EP recordings. Completely. So that's weird.
Yeah, I think they're way better. I was hoping they'd be improved on he actual album and be some of the weakest, they ended up being worse and just about as bad as the rest.

[kbi the crowing]

you can't tell me I'm wrong, its a matter of opinion...and besides I'm right ;-) . I found Daisy really boring, dated and Jesse's vocals on many of the songs were terrible. In all fairness I haven't really liked them for sometime, but unlike say a band like TBS who also put out a bad record this year, I seems to still have an interest in what BN puts out. I'm just never satisfied with it.

I see, that was a bit vague though.

[ReturnedSnowDay]

Learn the difference between your and you're ?

I'm the op I know the difference, but i'm on the internet and i'm lazy.

[narcoleptic953]

I'm the op I know the difference, but i'm on the internet and i'm lazy.

gtfo

[JustAGirl01]

I agree with you mostly, but I think the song writing is still really good


The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event - I realize that they'll probably never make another Doppleganger but I liked a good portion of Manipulator and thought that Phantom was great but this just sucks. Erak is under the illusion that he's this fantastic singer and I feel that the songs are structured more around the vocals on this album rather than the music and letting the vocals fill in where it's needed. This is by far my biggest dissapointment yet this year.


I really enjoyed the album actually, I think I'm one in a billion :) Even though Erak is not a great singer, I enjoy the fact that he is trying. He isnt Aretha Franklin but he thinks he is and thats entertaining

[ohheroine]

ISOSG was uh pretty bad to say the least. i was really excited to hear it and aside from love maker and fireflies there isnt one song that i really love.

[ReturnedSnowDay]

gtfo

eat shit.

[tattoo_ofthesun]

I do think it was an abomination. After six years that album should have been leaps and bounds above what it was. It was a lackluster, uninspired opportunity for Jenkins to showcase his familiar blend of literary references with overtly sexual references. Unfortunately, I don't think it worked this time. Does that mean I don't think a few tracks aren't terrible? No, there are certainly some I can listen to. I think the album as a whole, however, is the definition of a disappointment to me.

Now if you want to find albums I hate, you'd have to look to bands that I hate. The funny thing is I usually don't combine disappointment and hate when it comes to music because I often have such low expectations for most of the bands I hate that their albums usually don't disappoint at all.


I see where you're coming from. Personally, I loved Ursa Major, but I do agree that I'm more than a little nostalgic for 3EB circa their self-titled album, and Blue. I even liked Out of the Vein, despite all the bad reviews it got back in 2003. I suppose I was expecting more upbeat songs filled with quirky metaphors, and tracks like "Blinded (When I See You)" and "Crystal Baller". I wouldn't go so far to say that I'm disappointed, its just not what I expected after a six-year time lapse.

[narcoleptic953]

eat shit.

you eat pieces of shit for breakfast?

[kbi the crowing]

I really enjoyed the album actually, I think I'm one in a billion :) Even though Erak is not a great singer, I enjoy the fact that he is trying. He isnt Aretha Franklin but he thinks he is and thats entertaining

yeah I really enjoy the album now, the songwriting is soooooo solid

[Illadelphia]

yeah I really enjoy the album now, the songwriting is soooooo solid
But it just sounds too controlled, they sound the best when they can just go crazy. Erak's amazing guitar work made up for his ok vocals, but now its sounds too simple. I still like it, but not nearly as much as i thought i would

[kbi the crowing]

But it just sounds too controlled, they sound the best when they can just go crazy. Erak's amazing guitar work made up for his ok vocals, but now its sounds too simple. I still like it, but not nearly as much as i thought i would

well yeah it is more controlled but that is what they wanted to do with the album and I think they did an amazing job at it. I liked that they concentrated on making all the instruments sound good together rather than just having crazy guitar over some rhythm section.

but that's just me
& Doppleganger is still my favorite

[Illadelphia]

I guess, but it seems like they're taking away the thing that really made them stand out

[Justin_stacy]

I see, that was a bit vague though.

I'm no reviewer, so that's about the best you're gonna get. But I'm referring to the songs where he distorts his voice or sings in an almost screeching style. It was all enough to turn me off....but like I said the band ain't really for me anymore, even if I still carry some odd expectation for each new album. I guess I'm hoping against hope that one day they'll return to their early sound.

[Silent7]

I really enjoyed the album actually, I think I'm one in a billion :) Even though Erak is not a great singer, I enjoy the fact that he is trying. He isnt Aretha Franklin but he thinks he is and thats entertaining

I agree with you mostly, but I think the song writing is still really good

I'm not usually somebody who cares if a singer can actually "sing." Hell, most of the bands I prefer they really can't lol. But something about where FoT came from and how different it is now bothers me. Erak never could sing really. But at least he knew where he should sing and where he should stick to the screams (and I love his screams as bad and high pitched as they are sometimes.) But nowadays it seems like he's not sure where to do what and just sticks to singing for the majority and sometimes I don't think that is where it fits.

As far as the song writing goes, you're right. The basic structure and everything is there and would make for a great song otherwise but if I'm listening to Fall of Troy I guess I expect certain things... this cd not being that something. Not to sound like they should never try something new but you shouldn't try something new and be bad at it and continue to go for it just for sake of "trying something new." Nobody would let me go out and be QB for the New Orleans Saints just for the sake of me "trying something new."

Stick to what you're good at FoT.

[CarolineQT2774]

Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
This Providence - Who Are You Now?
The Academy Is... - FTABH
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess

[GuitarGuy]

Mute Math - Armistice (This one wasn't horrible, it just didn't meet my expectations. Spotlight is the only song that stands out for me.)
Tokio Hotel - Humanoid (This one was complete garbage. They went from promising indie rock to Disney pop trash.)

[kbi the crowing]

I'm no reviewer, so that's about the best you're gonna get. But I'm referring to the songs where he distorts his voice or sings in an almost screeching style. It was all enough to turn me off....but like I said the band ain't really for me anymore, even if I still carry some odd expectation for each new album. I guess I'm hoping against hope that one day they'll return to their early sound.

yeah the vocals are love or hate
& I'm in the minority of loving "Be Gone"

[kbi the crowing]

I'm not usually somebody who cares if a singer can actually "sing." Hell, most of the bands I prefer they really can't lol. But something about where FoT came from and how different it is now bothers me. Erak never could sing really. But at least he knew where he should sing and where he should stick to the screams (and I love his screams as bad and high pitched as they are sometimes.) But nowadays it seems like he's not sure where to do what and just sticks to singing for the majority and sometimes I don't think that is where it fits.

As far as the song writing goes, you're right. The basic structure and everything is there and would make for a great song otherwise but if I'm listening to Fall of Troy I guess I expect certain things... this cd not being that something. Not to sound like they should never try something new but you shouldn't try something new and be bad at it and continue to go for it just for sake of "trying something new." Nobody would let me go out and be QB for the New Orleans Saints just for the sake of me "trying something new."

Stick to what you're good at FoT.

the vocals do sound off, I think in part because of the production too
not saying he has an amazing voice cuz he doesn't but I feel like it's not all him

expectations can hinder the perception of music too much

[ReturnedSnowDay]

expectations can hinder the perception of music too much

I completely agree. Sometimes an okay album can seem shitty when you were expecting something great.

[wuduprod]

seems to me that a lot of these disappointing albums are coming from shit bands that people should've given up on long ago anyways. taking back sunday, for example. after that steaming pile of dog shit that was louder now, people honestly thought the future was looking bright for tbs?

[nj mellie]

Mute Math - Armistice (This one wasn't horrible, it just didn't meet my expectations. Spotlight is the only song that stands out for me.)
Tokio Hotel - Humanoid (This one was complete garbage. They went from promising indie rock to Disney pop trash.)


TokioHotel has always been awful, sorry. lol

[xxemo_kittyxx]

TokioHotel has always been awful, sorry. lol
Agreed.

[Silent7]

the vocals do sound off, I think in part because of the production too
not saying he has an amazing voice cuz he doesn't but I feel like it's not all him

expectations can hinder the perception of music too much

That is definitely true and something that I know I do too much. I really get attached to certain albums/bands and when a new album is coming out I want to hear it with an open mind but at the same time, I'm hoping that the album will resemble the past work I fell in love with. Even if the new album is great but it doesn't quite meet the expectations I had for it, I usually don't give it much of a chance.

But a lot of times I can go back later and listen and enjoy it for what it is after those expectations have faded a bit. I was really let down by Two Tongues when it was released and pretty much just stuck it on the shelf. But the past 2 weeks I've been listening to it a lot more and I love it. So hopefully after a while I'll re-listen to Fall of Troy with "new ears" and can make an unbiased decision about it.

[And Hours Pass]

I see where you're coming from. Personally, I loved Ursa Major, but I do agree that I'm more than a little nostalgic for 3EB circa their self-titled album, and Blue. I even liked Out of the Vein, despite all the bad reviews it got back in 2003. I suppose I was expecting more upbeat songs filled with quirky metaphors, and tracks like "Blinded (When I See You)" and "Crystal Baller". I wouldn't go so far to say that I'm disappointed, its just not what I expected after a six-year time lapse.
I would be on Ursa Major nonstop if it had its "Blinded" or "Crystal Baller"-esque tracks. I can still listen to Out of the Vein and enjoy it. What a great album.

[kbi the crowing]

That is definitely true and something that I know I do too much. I really get attached to certain albums/bands and when a new album is coming out I want to hear it with an open mind but at the same time, I'm hoping that the album will resemble the past work I fell in love with. Even if the new album is great but it doesn't quite meet the expectations I had for it, I usually don't give it much of a chance.

But a lot of times I can go back later and listen and enjoy it for what it is after those expectations have faded a bit. I was really let down by Two Tongues when it was released and pretty much just stuck it on the shelf. But the past 2 weeks I've been listening to it a lot more and I love it. So hopefully after a while I'll re-listen to Fall of Troy with "new ears" and can make an unbiased decision about it.

thats a good plan
I have to do that sometimes too
I did it with In The Unlikely Event haha

[JustAGirl01]

I'm not usually somebody who cares if a singer can actually "sing." Hell, most of the bands I prefer they really can't lol. But something about where FoT came from and how different it is now bothers me. Erak never could sing really. But at least he knew where he should sing and where he should stick to the screams (and I love his screams as bad and high pitched as they are sometimes.) But nowadays it seems like he's not sure where to do what and just sticks to singing for the majority and sometimes I don't think that is where it fits.

As far as the song writing goes, you're right. The basic structure and everything is there and would make for a great song otherwise but if I'm listening to Fall of Troy I guess I expect certain things... this cd not being that something. Not to sound like they should never try something new but you shouldn't try something new and be bad at it and continue to go for it just for sake of "trying something new." Nobody would let me go out and be QB for the New Orleans Saints just for the sake of me "trying something new."

Stick to what you're good at FoT.

I enjoy Erak's screaming as well, but it is something about his singing that draws me in instead of repels me like most. I cant explain it, I love that they keep trying to do new things. Maybe its because they are trying to progress and I fully back that, regardless of how many mistakes (for lack of a better term) they make. I'd honestly feel disappointed if they made a Doppelganger pt 2,3, and 4 like some folks are dying for haha

[pennie]

I do, I didn't make the poll.
I don't think there could of been a more perfect response.I laughed.

New Found Glory was one of my bigger dissapointments of the last year or so.

[kbi the crowing]

I enjoy Erak's screaming as well, but it is something about his singing that draws me in instead of repels me like most. I cant explain it, I love that they keep trying to do new things. Maybe its because they are trying to progress and I fully back that, regardless of how many mistakes (for lack of a better term) they make. I'd honestly feel disappointed if they made a Doppelganger pt 2,3, and 4 like some folks are dying for haha

agreed
very nice avatar by the way

I don't think there could of been a more perfect response.I laughed.

New Found Glory was one of my bigger dissapointments of the last year or so.

:-d

[xjulianx89]

Tegan And Sara - Sainthood
I can't believe that they released such a crappy album 'The Con' was so much better. This one is somehow too generic for my taste.

It didn't do much for me at first. It really grows on you with multiple listens. I wouldn't say it's their best work, but it's definitely one of my favorite releases of the year.

[JustAGirl01]

agreed
very nice avatar by the way



:-d

I guess it is about time I changed it haha rip luna lovegood's lionhat

[kbi the crowing]

I guess it is about time I changed it haha rip luna lovegood's lionhat

haha I suppose.
what are the stick out tracks on In The Unlikely Event for you?

[JustAGirl01]

haha I suppose.
what are the stick out tracks on In The Unlikely Event for you?
I would have to say pretty much the latter half of the album, or "Single" and anything after.
I do enjoy "Straight Jacket Keelhauled" because that sounds like classic TFOT. I would love to hear the demos for this record. I have always liked their demos more than the finished product haha I must admit but still never disappointed

[kbi the crowing]

I would have to say pretty much the latter half of the album, or "Single" and anything after.
I do enjoy "Straight Jacket Keelhauled" because that sounds like classic TFOT. I would love to hear the demos for this record. I have always liked their demos more than the finished product haha I must admit but still never disappointed

I wish they made a studio version of The Vomiting Winter =[

[JustAGirl01]

I wish they made a studio version of The Vomiting Winter =[
As do I! But purely to satisfy my curiosity. I really enjoyed the demo for Laces Out, Dan way more than the album version. I love the raw, unpolished sound so much. I feel like Vomiting Winter is going to be the same way

[kbi the crowing]

As do I! But purely to satisfy my curiosity. I really enjoyed the demo for Laces Out, Dan way more than the album version. I love the raw, unpolished sound so much. I feel like Vomiting Winter is going to be the same way

dont have any demos for doppleganger besides maculay

[JustAGirl01]

dont have any demos for doppleganger besides maculay

I only have Laces Out, Dan, Ghostship Demos and a few demos from ITUE and Manipulator. All of which are great haha I dont have Macaulay Mcculkin though

[kbi the crowing]

I only have Laces Out, Dan, Ghostship Demos and a few demos from ITUE and Manipulator. All of which are great haha I dont have Macaulay Mcculkin though

where'd you get 'em?

[makeasound]

In Search Of Solid Ground definitely was a record that had to grow on me, which isn't something that I'd had to do with any of their previous releases... but after giving it that time, it's actually one of my tops of the year.

AFI, Paramore, Set Your Goals, and The Used make up my worst-of list thus far this year. I had decently high expectations for Paramore and SYG, and no expectations for the other two, but all four just fell completely flat.

[JustAGirl01]

where'd you get 'em?

Manipulator/Ghostship/ITUE demos are from a friend. I have no idea where he finds them, but Ill make sure to ask. Laces Out, Dan came from an old Equal Vision sampler I have

[JustAGirl01]

In Search Of Solid Ground definitely was a record that had to grow on me, which isn't something that I'd had to do with any of their previous releases... but after giving it that time, it's actually one of my tops of the year.

AFI, Paramore, Set Your Goals, and The Used make up my worst-of list thus far this year. I had decently high expectations for Paramore and SYG, and no expectations for the other two, but all four just fell completely flat.

Completely agree with you about SYG

[cshadows2887]

Taking Back Sunday - New Again. Such a disappointment for me.
Brand New - Daisey. Don't get me wrong its good, but i was expecting a lot better.
All Time Low - Nothing Personal. They took the punk out of pop punk. ugh.
New Again actually made me lose a lot respect for TBS, Have yet to listen to the whole album :(

I agree. They move further and further away from why I loved them with each release.

Disagree strongly on New Again. I was underwhelmed at first but I kept spinning it and I fell in love.

Also bummed out by:
Dashboard
Mayday Parade

and the grandaddy of them all:
Brand New

[kelizabeth219]

New Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Mayday Parade

I think the new Mayday isn't so much bad, it's more that, for me anyway, I wanted it to be better. If it was any other band's record I'd love it. But I love Mayday's first record and I really really wanted it to be similar. I had expectations, but when I put those aside I like the record just fine.

[kelizabeth219]

I still can't decide how I feel about All Time Low. It's kind of the same as I was saying about Mayday. If I didn't LOVE All Time Low and have really high expectations, I wouldn't mind this record. It wouldn't be one of my favourites, but I at least wouldn't hate it. Lyrically it's a really solid album, which redeems it a little bit, but it doesn't sound even remotely like the same band, and I hate that.

[cshadows2887]

I still can't decide how I feel about All Time Low. It's kind of the same as I was saying about Mayday. If I didn't LOVE All Time Low and have really high expectations, I wouldn't mind this record. It wouldn't be one of my favourites, but I at least wouldn't hate it. Lyrically it's a really solid album, which redeems it a little bit, but it doesn't sound even remotely like the same band, and I hate that.

Not to pick a fight or anything, but you don't feel like they've taken a step back lyrically at all? Stuff on their EP like "Coffe Shop Soundtrack" was kind of earnest. It wasn't necessarily mature, but there was some sincerity there I felt. The new record is a lot of posturing. Empty sex, party-boy stuff. Even the song titles "Damned If I Do Ya" and "Walk of Shame." I could relate to thier earlier songs, but I feel lik their newer stuff is all about the lives of frat-douches I have no affinity with. I'm pretty disappointed by the way they're moving in general. Just my take.

[MSIndulgence]

Nothing Personal was awesome.