Albums You Really Wanted to Like But Just Couldn't...

[bastard_of_ness]

I always have bands and albums that I really try to like and can't. Sometimes it's because the band has done great things in the past, other times its because they seem really nice and/or cool, other times it's just because others with similar musical tastes really love them... but anyway you slice it, I give these albums 10, 20, 30 chances and still they just don't do anything for me.

Examples that come to mind for me:

-The Good the Bad, & the Queen's S/T album
Albarn is a a musical mastermind, Simonon is a great bassist (not to mention, The Clash's bassist), and Danger Mouse is one of my favorite producers... yet I found the album mundane and boring in even its best moments

-Almost everything I've ever heard by Pedro the Lion/David Bazan
I love his lyrics and his honest struggles, I dig his work with Jurado (who also fits this category for me) early on in Coolidge, but the best I can find on any of his albums is one track that I kinda dig

-Metric's Fantasies
I really liked the first single and the acoustic version of the single... so I got the album. Nothing about it either impressed or interested me. "Help, I'm Alive" made me want to like it, but I just couldn't

There are tons more, but they are slipping my mind now... anyway, what are some of the albums that you WANT to like but just can't no matter how hard you try?

[briewer]

I like the albums I like. Wanting never comes in the equation.

[bastard_of_ness]

Another comes to mind...

-Say Anything's Baseball
I love this band, got way into IARB and never looked back... until one day I did, back in their discorgraphy that is. I downloaded Baseball after seeing how old school fans raved about it. Wow, it's awful. In fact, I can promise that if it was the first thing I heard form them, I may never have got into them... for that I'm thankful that I wasn't one of the peopel who "discovered" them back in their early days, because that album, as mcuh as I want to like it, BLOWS.

[IWasaCamera]

I want to like Animal Collective. Maybe then I could grow a beard.

[bastard_of_ness]

I want to like Animal Collective. Maybe then I could grow a beard.

Perhaps...

I just thought of another... Catch for Us the Foxes by mwY

As a big early fan of the band in their basement show/college all purpose room/church hall days, I love their Kickstart EP and then A->B Life. I tried so hard to like Catch for many reasons... I liked their previous material, loved the guys, ran shows with them, etc. etc... but they lost me quite a bit here, whether it was more me or them. I've never recovered as a fan and still cling to their early material despite owning their catalogue

[friskycurtain]

Yellowcard - Paper Walls and Paramore - brand new eyes.

Both albums no matter how much I attempt to listen to them both just do nothing for me. I honestly can't put my finger on why I dislike most of the songs on the CDs. They are fairly well written, primary energetic, musically interesting, etc. but just don't jive with me for whatever reason.

[only the clouds]

36 Crazyfists - The Tide and Its Takers. I love Rest Inside the Flames but I barely listen to this one.

[lonelysuperstar]

Mutemath for me. Friends with similar taste seem to be gay with them, but I just can't quite get into them.

[cuzimlefthanded]

Saosin's In Search of Solid Ground. I was a big fan of the band's first EP and first full-length, so I had high hopes for ISOSG. But it just ended up sucking chode. Boring music, boring melodies, half-assed lyrics--it was just shitty.

[bastard_of_ness]

Mutemath for me. Friends with similar taste seem to be gay with them, but I just can't quite get into them.

Control is one of the best songs I've ever heard by anyone...

I could live without the rest of their discography.

[DanTGD]

Saosin's In Search Of Solid Ground,

Set Your Goals: This Will Be The Death Of Us.

[jordo11]

Perhaps...

I just thought of another... Catch for Us the Foxes by mwY

As a big early fan of the band in their basement show/college all purpose room/church hall days, I love their Kickstart EP and then A->B Life. I tried so hard to like Catch for many reasons... I liked their previous material, loved the guys, ran shows with them, etc. etc... but they lost me quite a bit here, whether it was more me or them. I've never recovered as a fan and still cling to their early material despite owning their catalogue
man catch for us the foxes is easily my favourite mwy cd

[lonelysuperstar]

Everything Straylight Run did after their early stuff. I really love the selftitled album, but everything after that just didn't live up to my expectations.

[And Hours Pass]

Control is one of the best songs I've ever heard by anyone...

I could live without the rest of their discography.
I think they're most recent album's one of the best of this year.

As for cds I wanted to like but didn't - Ursa Major. Desperately wanted to like it, but hated it.

[DryEarth]

Full Collapse by Thursday just doesn't do it for me.
Meanwhile, War All of the Time is one of my favorites.

[songydarko]

Yeah I semi agree with the new Metric album too. I'm a much bigger fan of the old stuff.

[spunkmastaflex]

With how much everyone loves Brand New, i've tried listening to their new cd and it just doesn't really do anything for me :unsure:

[Schmidty Says]

Saosin's In Search of Solid Ground. I was a big fan of the band's first EP and first full-length, so I had high hopes for ISOSG. But it just ended up sucking chode. Boring music, boring melodies, half-assed lyrics--it was just shitty.
This.

[The Summer Ends]

daisy
dusk and summer

[Chromefox]

I wanted to like Daisy because I liked Brand New, but it was too godawful even for me.

[fanberlinboy]

Anything by Thursday. They aren't bad, but it just doesn't stick with me.

[iheartmusic043]

With how much everyone loves Brand New, i've tried listening to their new cd and it just doesn't really do anything for me :unsure:
Agree. After Deja I didn't really like their music. None of their alums come close to that one. Also I really wanna like Beggars by Thrice but it seems kind of boring to me.

[re7ard1337]

Mutemath for me. Friends with similar taste seem to be gay with them, but I just can't quite get into them.

same problem. they just don't get my dick hard like they do for all of my friends. i know they're good, but i just can't get into it.

[lurker411_k9]

36 Crazyfists - The Tide and Its Takers. I love Rest Inside the Flames but I barely listen to this one.

A fellow 36CF fan :O

and for me, I've been trying to dig John Mayer, but I can't. I just don't really like his voice or lyrics :/
but it was the same for Kings of Leon, who I now love, so I plan to keep trying.

[mulcahy67]

agree with the post above.

i got Battle Studies, and gave it a shot, and it wasnt bad, but i just couldnt get into it at all. four songs in i was bored out of my mind.

[cirerelleum]

The Black Swan~ Story of the Year

I love their first two releases to death, but their last release just wasn't what I was expecting (and it wasn't a good surprise).

[lonelysuperstar]

agree with the post above.

i got Battle Studies, and gave it a shot, and it wasnt bad, but i just couldnt get into it at all. four songs in i was bored out of my mind.
I'm the opposite. I love everything John's ever done. I don't think Battle Studies is as strong as the last album, but there's definitely some stand out tracks on there.

It's so weird with people saying they don't like any Brand New after Deja because I'm the complete opposite. When I first tried to get into Brand New, I listened to Deja on the rec of fans and I just wasn't feeling it at all. But as soon as I listened to some tracks off The Devil & God I was like "now I see what all the fuss is about!". So for me it's more of a case of not really being able to get into any Brand New before The Devil & God. There are a few great songs on Deja, but they're definitely a band who has gotten a heap better since then.

[Lirr168]

Brand New - The Devil and God...

I love the other three albums, especially Daisy, but this just doesn't do anything for me. I've tried listening to it beginning-to-end a few times and I just cannot get into it no matter how badly I want to think it's as great as people say.

[TreyForest]

anything Radiohead
just way 2 boring for me

[shimmyshakes]

The Dear Hunter - Act III

[lonelysuperstar]

Agree. After Deja I didn't really like their music. None of their alums come close to that one. Also I really wanna like Beggars by Thrice but it seems kind of boring to me.
See above for my comments on Brand New. I half agree about Thrice, in that I don't consider Beggars to be as compelling as Vheissu or TAI, but I still think it's a fantastic album. To me it's an 8/10 album, rather than a 10/10 album like Vheissu.

[Yellowcard2006]

Thrice- Beggars I like a few songs, but I really can't get into it.


WATT and ACDBL by Thursday. I love the other 2 albums, just haven't found something to bring me back to those two.

[Meeze]

Saosin's In Search of Solid Ground. I was a big fan of the band's first EP and first full-length, so I had high hopes for ISOSG. But it just ended up sucking chode. Boring music, boring melodies, half-assed lyrics--it was just shitty.

since you brought it up. I won 2 tickets to see Sasoin last night in Allentown, PA (thanks Julia Conny!). Cove was horrendous. It was like he didnt even want to be there. He was barely audible and half the time, I swear he wasnt even singing. The only times the crowed was even slightly involved was when they played songs from their first LP and their EPs. Their new album is a piece of garbage, despite having a couple decent songs. I will not wait another 3 years for another In Search of Solid Ground. I will also not go to a concert with the intention of only seeing Saosin. Cove, you embarrassed yourself and your band last night.

I'm glad to get that off my chest.

[S9Dallasoz]

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
& They're one of my favorite bands.

[theguy77]

I want to like Animal Collective. Maybe then I could grow a beard.

man you gotta ease yourself into it. you gotta like thrice first, grow some stubble, and THEN move onto animal collective for that beard.

[punk89]

The most recent album I haven't been able to get into is the new Fall of Troy album, "In The Unlikely Event." Before anyone says anything, I know this band is trash-talked all the time on AP, but I love them. The chaos of their music is what appeals to me. But this new album... it lacks intensity, and good ol' Thom decided he wanted to show off his singing abilities (or lack thereof.) I haven't even been able to finish the album. Sigh.

Besides that, for some reason I never got into "Vheissu" by Thrice very much at first. I really wanted to, but it didn't seem to strike a chord with me. It wasn't until years later and my life circumstances had changed that the sound appealed to me.

[punk89]

man catch for us the foxes is easily my favourite mwy cd

Same here. I love that album.

[Alex1410]

saosin - 'in search of solid ground' and mewithoutyou - 'its all crazy...'

I really wanted to like that mewithoutyou album and there are a couple of songs that i quite like but as a whole i can't get into it.

[mcquizzle]

The new moneen cd has been hard for me to get into as much as the last one.

[Lloyd Christmas]

Another comes to mind...

-Say Anything's Baseball
I love this band, got way into IARB and never looked back... until one day I did, back in their discorgraphy that is. I downloaded Baseball after seeing how old school fans raved about it. Wow, it's awful. In fact, I can promise that if it was the first thing I heard form them, I may never have got into them... for that I'm thankful that I wasn't one of the peopel who "discovered" them back in their early days, because that album, as mcuh as I want to like it, BLOWS.

Really? I actually like Baseball more than any of their other albums.

[threepunchjim]

Muse's work before Absolution. I know I'm not a "true" fan unless I dig Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry, but nahhhhhh, that didn't happen the way I wanted it to.

Also, Lovedrug - The Sucker Punch Show. Damn, I really wasted a lot of time on that piece.

[threepunchjim]

saosin - 'in search of solid ground' and mewithoutyou - 'its all crazy...'

I really wanted to like that mewithoutyou album and there are a couple of songs that i quite like but as a whole i can't get into it.

haha the new mwY is definitely my favorite in their discography. Definitely don't blame you though; no doubt it polarized their fans big time. I guess I just really dug the folky sound.

[threepunchjim]

The most recent album I haven't been able to get into is the new Fall of Troy album, "In The Unlikely Event." Before anyone says anything, I know this band is trash-talked all the time on AP, but I love them. The chaos of their music is what appeals to me.

Word. That's why I really dug Doppleganger once upon a time.

since you brought it up. I won 2 tickets to see Sasoin last night in Allentown, PA (thanks Julia Conny!).

Did you happen to catch P.O.S.? I was gonna go just to see him, but I didn't have the cash flow.

[SophGod]

The most recent album I haven't been able to get into is the new Fall of Troy album, "In The Unlikely Event." Before anyone says anything, I know this band is trash-talked all the time on AP, but I love them. The chaos of their music is what appeals to me. But this new album... it lacks intensity, and good ol' Thom decided he wanted to show off his singing abilities (or lack thereof.) I haven't even been able to finish the album. Sigh.

Besides that, for some reason I never got into "Vheissu" by Thrice very much at first. I really wanted to, but it didn't seem to strike a chord with me. It wasn't until years later and my life circumstances had changed that the sound appealed to me.

agreed on fall of troy's in the unlikely event.

[Sloth7]

The Used- In Love and Death

I mean compared to the slop they've been churning out lately, it's good, but after enjoying the self-titled so much, I remember really wanting to like this album when it was released, and I just couldn't get into it.

[princesschad]

I'm the opposite. I love everything John's ever done. I don't think Battle Studies is as strong as the last album, but there's definitely some stand out tracks on there.

It's so weird with people saying they don't like any Brand New after Deja because I'm the complete opposite. When I first tried to get into Brand New, I listened to Deja on the rec of fans and I just wasn't feeling it at all. But as soon as I listened to some tracks off The Devil & God I was like "now I see what all the fuss is about!". So for me it's more of a case of not really being able to get into any Brand New before The Devil & God. There are a few great songs on Deja, but they're definitely a band who has gotten a heap better since then.

yup. hate to say it but I lose a lot of respect for people who only like brand new's first two albums. the devil and god is brand new.

[Meeze]

Word. That's why I really dug Doppleganger once upon a time.



Did you happen to catch P.O.S.? I was gonna go just to see him, but I didn't have the cash flow.


yeah...not a fan, so I won't judge his performance.

[lonelysuperstar]

Also, Lovedrug - The Sucker Punch Show. Damn, I really wasted a lot of time on that piece.
Seconded. Although, I didn't really give it much of a chance - I decided quite early on that I didn't like it. I still think Pretend You're Alive is one of the best albums I own though.

[IWasaCamera]

man you gotta ease yourself into it. you gotta like thrice first, grow some stubble, and THEN move onto animal collective for that beard.
I have to endure a Thrice phase? Fuck that then.

[jco3]

Another comes to mind...

-Say Anything's Baseball
I love this band, got way into IARB and never looked back... until one day I did, back in their discorgraphy that is. I downloaded Baseball after seeing how old school fans raved about it. Wow, it's awful. In fact, I can promise that if it was the first thing I heard form them, I may never have got into them... for that I'm thankful that I wasn't one of the peopel who "discovered" them back in their early days, because that album, as mcuh as I want to like it, BLOWS.

What you just explained happened to me. I heard baseball, it sucked. Didn't try Say Anything till just this last summer. Sure enough, I'm a fan.

[RiCCioLi]

-The Good the Bad, & the Queen's S/T album
Albarn is a a musical mastermind, Simonon is a great bassist (not to mention, The Clash's bassist), and Danger Mouse is one of my favorite producers... yet I found the album mundane and boring in even its best moments



completely agree. I was so excited for this album and it is barely listenable.

I always tried to get into Radiohead, but they bore the shit out of me.

Thursday- Common Existance
The Academy Is- any album after Almost Here
The Almost- new cd
Bayside- Shudder
Warship

[Chris Reynolds]

I have to endure a Thrice phase? Fuck that then.

Going through a Thrice phase to get into Animal Collective is like going through a soccer phase to get into American football...I still have no clue how that band leads to the other...

[Chris Reynolds]

MGMT is absolute SHIT to me. I remember getting Oracular Spectacular when it came out and hating it, then trying to get into it once everyone loved it and still not liking it.

And Animal Collective's last two albums (MPP and SJ) have been painful to listen to, I really wanted to like them though

[cuzimlefthanded]

since you brought it up. I won 2 tickets to see Sasoin last night in Allentown, PA (thanks Julia Conny!). Cove was horrendous. It was like he didnt even want to be there. He was barely audible and half the time, I swear he wasnt even singing. The only times the crowed was even slightly involved was when they played songs from their first LP and their EPs. Their new album is a piece of garbage, despite having a couple decent songs. I will not wait another 3 years for another In Search of Solid Ground. I will also not go to a concert with the intention of only seeing Saosin. Cove, you embarrassed yourself and your band last night.

I'm glad to get that off my chest.

It's pretty sad how Beau and Chris are way more consistent than Cove when it comes to live performances. Maybe it's because they're actually singing in their natural range? And in regards to the Pac Tour, I'll probably still check it out since I'm still a fan of all the opening acts, and of Saosin's old material.

[IWasaCamera]

Going through a Thrice phase to get into Animal Collective is like going through a soccer phase to get into American football...I still have no clue how that band leads to the other...
This is...this is profound.

[trappedintime]

The Almost - Monster Monster

Such a terrible, bland album. And I loved everything on Southern Weather.

[threepunchjim]

Seconded. Although, I didn't really give it much of a chance - I decided quite early on that I didn't like it. I still think Pretend You're Alive is one of the best albums I own though.

Truth. I didn't know anything about them til I saw them with Copeland after PYA came out, and holy hell, "Down Towards the Healing" live? That's the kind of thing you write home about.

[yellowhouse]

The Mars Volta- Octahedron, The Bedlam In Goliath

[drawndead]

i like what i like...idk

[redsand62]

Mutemath for me. Friends with similar taste seem to be gay with them, but I just can't quite get into them.

it took me more than a few listens to get into Armistice but now it's possibly my AOTY. I'd suggest giving it a few more spins.

[Knatuhlee]

Mayday Parade "anywhere but here"
i was pretty stoked cause there last album was sooooo good. but nope. i tried to like this. but just couldnt.

[Knatuhlee]

The Almost - Monster Monster

Such a terrible, bland album. And I loved everything on Southern Weather.

me too... me too.
southren weather was epic, this was not.

[Viva Sonata]

Feels.

[murrich]

I have to endure a Thrice phase? Fuck that then.

My Thrice phase was awesome, it got me into Tom Waits.

[from debris]

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
& They're one of my favorite bands.

blasphemy

[LowFlyingJets]

Grizzly Bear - Vecktamist

I tried so hard to like this, but it just didnt happen

Steel Train - Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun

Love Trampoline so much, wanted to like this to expand the amount of music I like by them, but it just doesn't do it for me

[thestagemen]

The Beatles, I try so hard to dig on these guys, but it never seems to work. I spent all yesterday afternoon with the White Album and I just can't do it.

I have the same issue with Thursday's Full Collapse. I love WATT but Full Collapse doesn't seem to connect with me.

[cinderandsmoke]

The Matches - A Band In Hope

I adore everything by them, Decomposer is one of my favorite albums ever, but this was probably the worst album to leave us with before they went on an indefinite hiatus. I tried listening to it a trillion times, but I honestly can't say I like a single song on the album. On A Band In Hope, it just sounds like they were already done being a band in the middle of recording. I didn't like it at all, and I wish I did.

[roughroads]

Taking Back Sunday's New Again, I tried so hard to like it because, well, I love TBS, but I just didn't enjoy it, and couldn't get into it. Big time disappointment.
&&
Monsters Of Folk's S/T. I'm a pretty big Bright Eyes fan so I gave it my best, but I've yet to have finished it.

[justabit]

Hedley 's The Show Must Go. i want to like it just because its Hedley, but oh my god i died when i realized that most of it had gone dance/pop. I don't think any of their albums will ever live up to the first one.

Oh, and 21st Century Breakdown. Its good in its own way, but I don't think it is any comparison to American Idiot or Dookie or any of the old stuff. just...a fail. and Green Day is my fav band (i like new AND old stuff. stupid debate)

and i personally think that Say Anything has sort of hit the climax at IARB and kind of gone down from there.

[bastard_of_ness]

blasphemy

I know... not sure how anyone can NOT like Clarity...

[HelloxAlone]

Mayday Parade "anywhere but here"
i was pretty stoked cause there last album was sooooo good. but nope. i tried to like this. but just couldnt.

Came in here to say exactly this.. pretty much all of this album sucked, minus a few guilty pleasure tracks, but no comparison to A Lesson in Romantics.

Hedley 's The Show Must Go. i want to like it just because its Hedley, but oh my god i died when i realized that most of it had gone dance/pop. I don't think any of their albums will ever live up to the first one.

Oh, and 21st Century Breakdown. Its good in its own way, but I don't think it is any comparison to American Idiot or Dookie or any of the old stuff. just...a fail. and Green Day is my fav band (i like new AND old stuff. stupid debate)

and i personally think that Say Anything has sort of hit the climax at IARB and kind of gone down from there.

Hedley, gosh, once I heard Cha-Ching, my mouth just dropped. I'm not a big Hedley fan, save for a few songs, but Cha-Ching was just terrible. I heard Don't Talk to Strangers the other day. The chorus is catchy, but I hate the rest of the songs. Sad to hear the album is as bad as all of that.

And as for Green Day, Dookie's difficult to top, but I loved 21st Century Breakdown a lot! Except for Know Your Enemy, I've always hated that song..

[doppelganger]

grizzly bear. a lot of post-rock bands.
spiritualized's ladies and gentlemen... the title track is amazing. the rest is good but im just like eh..
most of starflyer 59's stuff

some more stuff.

[x1onexwo1fx]

common existence, i listened to it for a week, and then i just got bored of it. anything else that i really wanted to like but couldn't i think it's because i just didn't listen to it repeatedly enough because i started listening to something else.

[Alex_supertramp]

Paramore- Brand New Eyes
Third Eye Blind- Ursa Major
Brand New- Daisy
The Academy Is...- Fast Times at Barrington High
Sherwood- QU

[fishguts182]

green day - 21st century breakdown has been the one album this year i cannot get into. I think they tried to hard to be this big arena rock band...

[pleasedontpanic]

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Coheed and Cambria's whole collection
Lydia - Illuminate

There are so many more. I'm too tired.

[punk89]

The Used- In Love and Death

I mean compared to the slop they've been churning out lately, it's good, but after enjoying the self-titled so much, I remember really wanting to like this album when it was released, and I just couldn't get into it.

Amen to this. I remember being so disappointed after not being able to get into it.

[hardpill]

Monday in London, whatever album they released after Red Machine.

And after so many chances, im soundly convinced that The Useds first album was just a fluke. Of all the good bands to break up recently, its criminal these guys are still together.

[Akissforher]

The Used - Artwork
Brand New & Muse in general.

[Broden Terry]

I love Caution, but I can't seem to be able to connect with the remaining discography of Hot Water Music :shrug:

[kianacarly]

Every time I can't get into an album right away, I give it a few more listens if I feel like it can potentially grow on me, or I'll just leave it alone and come back to it later to see if I feel different about it. I finally caved and listened to Is A Real Boy... after it got a lot of praise on here, and it was just not working for me at all. I just couldn't get on board and could not see the appeal. Not my thing, I guess.

Also, Neon Bible. I love Funeral a lot, but still haven't given Neon Bible much of a chance because it didn't hit me or click with me as much as Funeral did.

[Sarcasm]

Radiohead in general.

I like individual songs and appreciate their impact on music, but I just can't seem to get into them like everyone else. :shrug:

[theguy77]

Radiohead's OK Computer. I listened to it like 3 times but it just never caught my attention, maybe it's something with the chord progressions? i dont know.

oh wait, that was three years ago. that's now my 2nd favorite album.

[Chrisj182]

Any Brand New album bar Deja Entendu

[GeeBee]

I love Caution, but I can't seem to be able to connect with the remaining discography of Hot Water Music :shrug:

Same.

[bears clap loud]

Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine

[Pat k]

When I re-listen to albums I've heard before and written off, it's not usually because I want to like them, but because I want to make sure I still don't like them. It's not an easy rut for an artist to dig himself out of, but that's the truth.

After seeing Animal Collective a few years ago, I tried Strawberry Jam out again, and now I love it. So it can happen.

[trappedintime]

The Beatles, I try so hard to dig on these guys, but it never seems to work. I spent all yesterday afternoon with the White Album and I just can't do it.

I have the same issue with Thursday's Full Collapse. I love WATT but Full Collapse doesn't seem to connect with me.

I would say to try Abbey Road and if you're not into that album then you'll really know that you don't like them.

[bears clap loud]

Every time I can't get into an album right away, I give it a few more listens if I feel like it can potentially grow on me, or I'll just leave it alone and come back to it later to see if I feel different about it. I finally caved and listened to Is A Real Boy... after it got a lot of praise on here, and it was just not working for me at all. I just couldn't get on board and could not see the appeal. Not my thing, I guess.

Also, Neon Bible. I love Funeral a lot, but still haven't given Neon Bible much of a chance because it didn't hit me or click with me as much as Funeral did.

I think I'm the only one in the world who liked Neon Bible far more than Funeral

[k1guitar]

ok computer. other than paronoid android kinda boring.

[tossit]

Brand New - The Devil and God...

I love the other three albums, especially Daisy, but this just doesn't do anything for me. I've tried listening to it beginning-to-end a few times and I just cannot get into it no matter how badly I want to think it's as great as people say.

yeah same here

[njsuccessstory]

Thrice- Vheissu. I'm starting to dig it a lot more but I prefer Beggars.

[Hockeywall]

Daisy. Have listened to it 10-15 times and it just does nothing for me.

[circasuicide]

as the roots undo / circle takes the square \ after reading several stellar reviews heralding this band as the best thing ever recorded. i was really excited to check them out. i read and liked their lyrics. especially "in the nervous light of sunday". but when i heard them it was the audio equivilent of a seizure to me. i find no value in their music. i appreciate that they make unique, fast songs, but other than that, i couldn't get into them and i really wanted to.

kid a / radiohead \ again, radiohead is built up to be the band of this generation. and while i can appreciate that yorke took a pretty unique and somewhat revolutionary turn with his band, i can't get into any of their new stuff. i guess i'm destined to like "creep" and get shit for it. p.s. "everything in it's right place" genuinely disturbs me. which is kind of cool.

someone stated above that they like every other brand new release except the devil and god are raging inside me and that kind of blew my mind. i personally don't think brand new will ever accomplish what they did with that album again. it was such a progression and with songs like "limousine", so full of emotion. the lyrics are amazing. i'm a fan of daisy, but feel it's downfall is that it's stuck in fifth gear almost through the entire record, whereas the devil and god are raging inside me went through all of them. jesse lacey yelling is incredible, but it loses some of it's impact if he's always yelling.

[circasuicide]

Taking Back Sunday's New Again, I tried so hard to like it because, well, I love TBS, but I just didn't enjoy it, and couldn't get into it. Big time disappointment.
&&
Monsters Of Folk's S/T. I'm a pretty big Bright Eyes fan so I gave it my best, but I've yet to have finished it.

i agree. taking back sunday lost it's dynamic with only adam. the new album is okay. it's largely without bite to it.

[beth danger]

I think I'm the only one in the world who liked Neon Bible far more than Funeral

Actually I came in here to say exactly this. I know Funeral is the better of the two, but it really doesn't do much for me. I wish I liked it as much as everyone else, but when I'm in the mood for Arcade Fire I'd much rather listen to Neon Bible.

[walktheplank]

Thrice- Vheissu. I'm starting to dig it a lot more but I prefer Beggars.


this, definitely. beggars is making me appreciate thrice again, considering i'd fallen out of listening to them since after the artist in the ambulance

fireworks - all i have to offer is my own confusion. the EP is awesome, but this record seems... strained?

i also though i'd be in love with two tongues but that fell really flat for me. sorry chris conley

[SKM]

New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight

[Thesleepingwell]

Always wanted to like 'Mellion Collie And The Infinite Sadness' by The Smashing Pumpkins.
For some reason, it was just too hard to connect with.

[mycuban]

all of Cassino, i love me some Northstar and i like Nicks voice, but this just doesn't do it for me.

[deFobbed14yrs]

everything TBS after tell all your friends

[SanePsychotic]

I still cannot get into Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown. The album (save for a few random songs) does nothing for me, which bums me out a tad since Green Day is one of my favorite bands. Though after this album I kind of wonder why.

[hoser1689]

for me i tried because every one raved about them but for the life of me i can't get into Mean Everything and Nothing by Manchester Orchestra and bascially all of Animal Collectives Disco.(especially Merriweather)

[rawesome]

Taking Back Sunday's New Again, I tried so hard to like it because, well, I love TBS, but I just didn't enjoy it, and couldn't get into it. Big time disappointment.
&&
Monsters Of Folk's S/T. I'm a pretty big Bright Eyes fan so I gave it my best, but I've yet to have finished it.
Monsters of Folk was a pretty gargantuan letdown, but I have only listened to it one time so far. Still, the final song, "His Master's Voice," is the best on the album, so it's worth listening to all the way through.

For me, John Nolan's Height. I really love about everything he has done up until this last Straylight Run EP and, of all things, his solo album. It just seems so devoid of any effort. Maybe my biggest disappointment ever.

[The Pharmacist]

ursa major, i just cant

[Amour For Liars]

nothing personal

[WhoSaidThat?]

I still cannot get into Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown. The album (save for a few random songs) does nothing for me, which bums me out a tad since Green Day is one of my favorite bands. Though after this album I kind of wonder why.
Because you still enjoy the rest of their body of work?

[CChocobo]

everything TBS after tell all your friendsThis.
For me it was definitely Potemkin City Limits, by Propagandhi. And i love the band, one of my favorite punk bands.

[Loyaltabk]

Pretty, odd by P!ATD

[yayitsjoe]

la dispute doesn't grow on me. i really wish they did.

[Loyaltabk]

Another comes to mind...

-Say Anything's Baseball
I love this band, got way into IARB and never looked back... until one day I did, back in their discorgraphy that is. I downloaded Baseball after seeing how old school fans raved about it. Wow, it's awful. In fact, I can promise that if it was the first thing I heard form them, I may never have got into them... for that I'm thankful that I wasn't one of the peopel who "discovered" them back in their early days, because that album, as mcuh as I want to like it, BLOWS.
I luv that album and bnd

[Loyaltabk]

also, FTABH, the most recent from The Academy is. . .

[Loyaltabk]

wow a lot of people sayin Green Day and Taking Back

[Mattylikesfilms]

Saosin's In Search of Solid Ground. I was a big fan of the band's first EP and first full-length, so I had high hopes for ISOSG. But it just ended up sucking chode. Boring music, boring melodies, half-assed lyrics--it was just shitty.

i still play it on the mtero to school hoping to really like it and not just think some songs are "alright"

[SanePsychotic]

Because you still enjoy the rest of their body of work?

Yes, to a certain extent. I've been finding myself not being able to enjoy a lot of their previous albums recently, but I'm guessing that this is probably just because I don't listen to that type of music as much as I used to. Kind of bums me out a bit.

[Mattylikesfilms]

mayday parade- anywhere but here

[Mattylikesfilms]

This Providence - who are you now?

[Nourez]

The Starting Line's entire discography. I know. Shoot me.

[Andrew33]

Eh, all of Brand New. I've listened to it a bunch, never really liked anything they ever put out. I can appreciate the fact they're good musicians though.

new Blue October. I've loved all of their other albums (except maybe their almost acoustic debut, but it's pretty good), but their new album, I swear it sounds like a soundtrack to a kids show. Gone is the emo-pop I've come to love; let's all dance to Barney.

new Burden of a Day... loved Blessed Be Our Ever After, but I just see OneOneThousand as repetitive and boring. Eh, who knows, maybe I'll like it later.

new Emarosa- loved the old, and I love Agraceful too- but cannot get into the Johnny Craig band that used to be Emarosa.

[ExplodingStereo]

The entire Brand New discography minus Deja Entendu. Seriously, I wish I could understand at least half the hype behind this band.

[thisisnotmyname]

hear nothing see nothing say nothing by discharge and arise by amebix

[IWasaCamera]

My Thrice phase was awesome, it got me into Tom Waits.
Do you sport a beard?

[murrich]

Do you sport a beard?
Nope.

[IWasaCamera]

Nope.
Then the Thrice phase was of little use.

[Thomas Balkcom]

any Lydia album for me

[murrich]

Then the Thrice phase was of little use.

What don't you like about Waits?

[DogSizedBird]

anything Radiohead
just way 2 boring for me

Of course you can't listen to Radiohead if you don't even have the patience to write out the word 'to'. IT'S TWO FUCKING LETTERS. But whatever.

[brothaman]

ehh.... manchester orchestra... just dont really like the new-ish album at all. and... beggars (ill be roasted im sure but its whatever)

[IWasaCamera]

What don't you like about Waits?
Nothing. Beards simply take precedence.

[jbertclassic]

Lovedrug - Sucker Punch Show. I tried to like, but it wasn't happening.

[TreyForest]

Of course you can't listen to Radiohead if you don't even have the patience to write out the word 'to'. IT'S TWO FUCKING LETTERS. But whatever.

haha man r u serious .... fucking tool

[lonelysuperstar]

haha man r u serious .... fucking tool
You should have pointed out that it was actually 3 letters, as it was "too" that you refused to spell out rather than "to".

[DogSizedBird]

You should have pointed out that it was actually 3 letters, as it was "too" that you refused to spell out rather than "to".

Nice catch. I'll man up and say I'm an idiot for that one. But the dude I quoted is still a bigger fucking idiot. His ability to not type out the smallest of words "too", "are" and "you" really proves it as well.