Brand New - Science Fiction (August 17, 2017) [ARCHIVED] Album • Page 751

Postal Service is incredible.

 

Transatlanticism is my favourite but Tiny Vessels makes me think of my first boyfriend who cheated on me and left me damaged for years so it's incredibly hard to listen to /eye roll emoji/

 

Talking about the final Brand New show in 2018, what if...anyone who got in on the limited vinyl gets with it a priority code to the final show?

Would that make the extra cost of the limited vinyl worth it?!

 

Codes is by far their worst album. Their latest was very good and has some fantastic stuff on it

 

We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes through Transatlanticism is perhaps the sneakiest of incredible 3 album runs of all time, never mind the fact that Forbidden Love EP is somewhere in there, too. Planes and Plans are pretty good, and the others while disappointing to me all have some great songs, but for a few years there they were on a different planet.

I think to a degree getting famous famous was to their detriment, if only because the magic Chris Walla worked engineering on a limited budget wasn't really repeatable once major label studio money could be spent. Listen to like, Scientist Studies and tell me he didn't know EXACTLY how to get the best out of BG's songs.

 

I'm watching Zodiac right now!

 

I can't stand the Postal Service album. Probably one of my least popular opinions around here

 

You need to add narrow stairs though, that album is a masterpiece

 

Idk you have many

 

the riff for cath.. alone makes that album great ha

 

These are both accurate statements

 

Late to the conversation but Plans is my favorite record of theirs and one of my favorite fall records. Transatlantacism is a very close second

 

Cath is a great song, one of my favorite DCFC songs for sure. But I'm not a big narrow stairs guy. I know they have two records after that most people hold as lesser, but despite being earlier in their catalog it's already taking them in directions away from what made that first run so appealing to me. Lyrically I think it's a little shallow - compare something like Tiny Vessels to Long Division or Your New Twin Size Bed or The Ice is Getting Thinner - everything's a little less clever, and more surface level.

And then you get into the production stuff - it's so shiny, which is cool, but to me doesn't suit them nearly as well as the rougher edges of the Barsuk albums. And Ben started singing differently, can't really put my finger on what it is, but I find his voice from that album on so much less appealing.

Shrug emoji guy

 

One thing about narrow stairs production. I think it's awesome that the whole album
Was recorded via analog.

 

Yeah, it's weird cuz I recognize it's a great sounding record. I just like the way some of their other records sound better.

 

It's just weird for me to see someone call an album recorded live on analog tape overproduced ha.

Not trying to throw shade with this post.

 

Haha, I think the 70s would like to have a word with you

 

sun still isn't out yet this morning. its overcast and this thread is making me throw on give up, hopin it never comes out today

 

The ghosts of beverly drive is a catchy tune

 

my bad death cab opinion is that i only like facts

but that is one of my favorites

 

Does anyone have any albums to RIYL Science Fiction. I'm curious to see what would be mentioned in here.

 

I just noticed now it's by Ian Cohen. Interesting.

 

But ya like someone mentioned last night, lots of sloppy mistakes in the details of that article that really bug me too.

 

Just pressed play on Time Well

 

Track 1 is actually my least favorite so give it a few tracks!