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Published on September 17th 2004
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After making an album as amazingly fantastic as Danse Macabre and touring like crazy, the fact that it took three years to make means nothing. They didnt work on the album for three years. I have to admit it is not as good as their last albums, but i still can dance my heart out to a good half of those songs. But as coming from a person who loves music anything for reggae to rap to country to classical. THE FAINT is my absolute most favorite band. I Love I Dissapear Because is too cool the bass sound and easy lyricss this cd is fuckin gay, i hate the faint, worst band ever, and worst cd ever, the y fuckin piss me off. If you haven't noticed nearly all of dance musics lyrics are rather boring and have no depth what so ever. On the other hand though....out of all the bands i listen to that fit in this genre, the faint actually have songs that present some sort of depth and meaning. This whole album echoes the themes of shallow people and how the music scene in particular has been infected by certain shallow people whom are more concerned with fashion and appearance than the music and what it means (something which I though a "punk" website would appreciate. In addition this album has some political aspects and focuses on how the news pollutes the minds of the public. In all honesty i think you are gravely mistaken in the terrible review you gave this album. Id like to disagree with you but i havent heard there other albums.Symtom Finger drew me to this band and so i bought there new cd this album is great. They didn't drastically change their sound, but why should they do what's expected of them? This album has a sort of 'shock value/shallow' theme to it. All the lyrics seem to be about shallow people, about pretending things are shocking (OMG HE SAID SEMEN), or just having simple lyrics. I suppose I look at what other's see as crap as the theme of the album, and I think it works. Of course only speaking for myself, as a somewhat off-kilter female, who loves classic experimental electronic organic folk dance rock, the Faint makes me all warm inside. Anyone can strum a guitar and make it sound pretty, and I love that. But what I love more is the fact that the Faint can take sounds, base-lines, and beats I thought were only in my twisted mind and combine them into something so sexy and sinister you can't help but be repelled or magnetized. "...and Liars, in my opinion, are the only ones that did anything truly interesting within and beyond the genre." I'd like to see you try and dance to the liars, spaz. "symptom finger" is going to sound awesome live, i can just sense it. ""dancepunk is dead and Liars are the only ones that made it out alive." If you want the real deal (and you arent feeling faint)l check out VCR from Richmond. I saw them open for Strike Anywhere and they totally blew them off the stage. "dancepunk is dead and Liars are the only ones that made it out alive." I enjoy the new Faint... What a bunch of fags. Not athletic enough to be cornhuskers and too afraid to make a move on Gwen Stefani This band makes all the girls I know moist. God knows why, maybe it's their looks. This took three years to make. dancepunk is dead and Liars are the only ones that made it out alive. Dropkick the Punks sounds more Sex Pistols than anything. I apologize for the wrong quotations. I had the leaked copy at some time, but it's gone now and that is essentially the same thing. I forgot to mention the classic Saddle Creek emo line of this album: This took three years to make??! Blank Wave Arcade and Danse Macabre were great, but this is just trashy boring rushed bullshit. If it took them 3 years to make this pile they better spend 6 on the next. Maybe then it won't seem like a massive mess. Hooray for run on sentences. The first thing that popped into my head when I started listening to this was "This took 3 years?" but after repeated listens, it grew on me a lot. It's kind of like a more dancey, less dark and innovative Danse Macabre, but it still has a few pretty good songs. Regardless of what you think of the record, there's no doubt in my mind that live, the songs will sound 100 times better. I can't wait. "Also, talking about "putting making on in the merch booth" is incredibly shallow." who loved media......... i did The lyrics always manage to ruin this band for me. Someone else should write them. no...the artwork is actually really cool. It's somewhere between DM and Media. Closer to DM, though. This was much better in the 80s. Also, talking about "putting making on in the merch booth" is incredibly shallow. fuck electroclashdancepunk i listned to this album a couple times, failed to become interested at all in it, and have since stopped. Oops.. I forgot to adjust my rating (I posted to last post...) The only thing I agreed with you over is that this album IS filthy. It's dirty, sexy and a whole lot of fun. I love it. i'm one of those rotten people who downloads albums early, so i've had this for a month or so (like most people). but when i first got it i shared scott's feelings towards this disc. however, over that month this album grew on me to the point where i was listening to it constantly. there are only a few weak spots, but the rest is great. this album licks cock, plain and simple. what a waist. Am I the only one who likes this album? No, I'm not... a couple of my friends like it too. Sooo, anyone voting for Sense Fail on the new Launch ad on the left? absolutely right. this album does seem "half assed" more like "the taint". |
