I Used To Do Drugs. I Still Do, But I Used To, Too. [Archive]

TJ Wells

11/11/04, 10:39 PM

Relient K (http://www.relientk.com/)'s new album Mmhmm... debuted at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/bb200.jsp).

fiveironfrenzy

11/11/04, 11:45 PM

such an amazing cd...they deserve all the popularity they get..

two_days_slow

11/11/04, 11:47 PM

I wouldn't go as far in calling it amazing but it is a great cd.

7HD

11/12/04, 12:34 AM

basiclly put, if you didnt like relient k before this album is not really gonna change your mind, but if you liked them at all before youll like if not love this cd, and they will defenitly get a bunhc of new fans

ActorInThisPlay

11/12/04, 12:35 AM

awesome CD...probably in my Top 10 for the year.

punklet2101

11/12/04, 01:37 AM

wow that's cool

supadupa003

11/12/04, 02:07 AM

basiclly put, if you didnt like relient k before this album is not really gonna change your mind, but if you liked them at all before youll like if not love this cd, and they will defenitly get a bunhc of new fans

That statement made no sense at all. You first said that if you did not like the band before this album, it won't change your mind. You then proceeded to say they will get a bunch of new fans. How will they get new fans if all the people who didnt like the band in the first place never change their minds? But anyway, congrats to the band, I'm really satisfied with the cd :)

TJ Wells

11/12/04, 03:12 AM

be my escape has a meaning for its christian fans and its non-christian fans, thats what i love about relient k.

mat1419

11/12/04, 05:49 AM

i never liked relient k even though i liked what they stood for. they had a ton of talent musically but i never got into them singing songs about saturday morning cartoons or blatant praise songs. I'm Christian, but they always gave me a weird vibe. The new cd, though, is a ton more mature lyrically and call pretty much satisfy the needs of whoever's listening to it. Religions there, but it's not too in your face if you don't want it to be, and there are really no cheesy filler songs. This is one of the biggest maturation cd's i've heard in a long time.

davedesloover18

11/12/04, 06:16 AM

i dig the guitar on more than useless

nobodysmonkey

11/12/04, 06:35 AM

hmm...has someone been listening to mitch hedberg??

I like that you use a quote about drugs as the title for a post on a christian band.

Tyler Revolution

11/12/04, 07:13 AM

hmm...has someone been listening to mitch hedberg??

I like that you use a quote about drugs as the title for a post on a christian band.

I was going to call the Mitch Hedberg quote out, but you beat me too it. Anyways, it's an awesome cd. Probably in my top 5 for the year actually. I love this band.

G.A.M.E

11/12/04, 07:14 AM

i never liked relient k even though i liked what they stood for. they had a ton of talent musically but i never got into them singing songs about saturday morning cartoons or blatant praise songs. I'm Christian, but they always gave me a weird vibe. The new cd, though, is a ton more mature lyrically and call pretty much satisfy the needs of whoever's listening to it. Religions there, but it's not too in your face if you don't want it to be, and there are really no cheesy filler songs. This is one of the biggest maturation cd's i've heard in a long time.

I agree

theghostyouare

11/12/04, 08:15 AM

this is great news for them! I love the tracks i heard off purevolume, unfortunatly i'll have to wait till nex week (nov 16) for this records release here in Canada.

dillonzach86

11/12/04, 10:37 AM

Huge congrats to them. They really deserve this. It's my favorite cd of the year so far.

screwtape

11/12/04, 10:57 AM

liked the band members and the live show, disliked the first albums. i think christian artists, if they are trying to praise who they believe in, should push their music creativity to the limits. no lame lyrics, no generic sound, no settling for mediocrity, but develop something with meaning. whether relient k pulled this off is debatable, but i think they finally put out an album that competes with anything else out there. i like it, and i'm glad people are listening.

Greg

11/12/04, 11:10 AM

i love the song "which to bury, us or the hatchet?" the best from the new album...

7HD

11/12/04, 12:02 PM

That statement made no sense at all. You first said that if you did not like the band before this album, it won't change your mind. You then proceeded to say they will get a bunch of new fans. How will they get new fans if all the people who didnt like the band in the first place never change their minds? But anyway, congrats to the band, I'm really satisfied with the cd :)
and they will defenitly get a bunhc of new fans... from people who have never heard them, i have a feeling they are going to get pretty popular from this album

combatchuckaa

11/12/04, 12:23 PM

and they will defenitly get a bunhc of new fans... from people who have never heard them, i have a feeling they are going to get pretty popular from this album

It's spelled "bunch." When you misspell a word that easy twice, you really need to be told so..

Congrats to RK. This album is good enough to take them far.

100th post!

bigal00004

11/12/04, 02:11 PM

I can't wait to get the cd, I'm still waiting to get it in the mail, because I went to one of their release shows, so the cd was included in the price, but I'm sure it takes a long time for them to send so many cds out through the mail.

mewithoutyou

11/12/04, 03:10 PM

Song #13 is tight!

CyberInferno

11/13/04, 10:06 PM

That statement made no sense at all. You first said that if you did not like the band before this album, it won't change your mind. You then proceeded to say they will get a bunch of new fans. How will they get new fans if all the people who didnt like the band in the first place never change their minds? But anyway, congrats to the band, I'm really satisfied with the cd :)
Thanks for saying exactly what I wanted to say. That saved me some writing time :lol2:

CyberInferno

11/13/04, 10:16 PM

i never liked relient k even though i liked what they stood for. they had a ton of talent musically but i never got into them singing songs about saturday morning cartoons or blatant praise songs. I'm Christian, but they always gave me a weird vibe. The new cd, though, is a ton more mature lyrically and call pretty much satisfy the needs of whoever's listening to it. Religions there, but it's not too in your face if you don't want it to be, and there are really no cheesy filler songs. This is one of the biggest maturation cd's i've heard in a long time.
I'm not Christian, but the immature songs were what shyed me away from Relient K. They've always had some good songs on each CD ("Forward Motion," "Trademark," and "I Am Understood?"), but others that were completely idiotic ("Chapped Lips...," "Mood Rings," and "Gibberish").

That's what's different about "MMHMM." The band found maturity. The only song with eye-rolling lyrics is "Mantain Consciousness," and after a few listens even it has grown on me (especially the last long guitar riff). The song breaks down at the end and is, to me, very much NoFx-ish (it really reminds me of "Dinosaurs Will Die"). Anyway, I'm really satisfied with this CD and the way this band has developed. It's been almost all I've listened to since it arrived in the mail.