The Early November - Lilac (September 27, 2019) Album • Page 41

Listening to Lilac right now and it’s still mostly not doing it for me. I like Perfect Sphere, My Weakness, Hit By a Car (but I think the production is awful for how “big” it should feel), The Lilac, and Make My Bed.

I just hope the next TEN record doesn’t go in this direction.

 

Ave Maria is my favorite on Lilac, I really like the record but don't think it really touches In Currents or Imbue still

 

It's likely my least favorite of their full-lengths but I still really like it! "The Lilac" and "Perfect Sphere" are top-notch TEN songs and I'd have no problem seeing "Hit by a Car" added to their staple live setlist (although I wish they'd change this up more regularly)

 

I think what turns some people off on this album is that Ace isn't singing like he has on the last two albums. Like Hit by a Car is missing those "big" yelling vocals we're used to.

 

on Hit by a Car specifically I think he's singing the way he usually does (like for me his performance is similar to Imbue) but the effect he put on his voice is distracting and kind of undermines the big moments

 

The highs of Imbue are great but so much of it is just bleh. Basically everything after Narrow Mouth up until Harmony I can’t get through anymore

 

You don’t like Better This Way, Magnolia, or even Circulation?

Circulation... what a great song.

 

yeah gosh all of those are knockouts imo.

 

I love pretty much everything on Imbue and I don't really even like any other TEN record

 

Imbue is the only TEN that I never skip a single track on. It's all top tier IMO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Nah not really. I liked Better That Way a lot when it came out but over time its repetitiveness has become super grating. Circulation and Magnolia feel like the band just spinning their wheels to me

 

Cyanide is probably my fav Imbue track

 

I haven’t really dug anything of theirs since In Currents =\

I should give Imbue another listen. It’s never stuck with me, really.

 

My favvvvvv

 

I could understand feeling that way about Magnolia but definitely disagree about Circulation. All good though -
different strokes for different folks!

 

I think Ace has an underrated voice in the scene. Imbue definitely is his best vocal record, in my opinion. It was as if he reached an age where he thought, “woahhh I can use this voice of mine like dis?”

but then again in currents has songs like call off the bells and guilt n swell wooh..

 

I'll rank the Ace LPs, sure. It's not like I have work due at 6 PM

Best to worst, in order:

ACE tier:

Enola

Gold Rush

ICMAMLNB

World We Know

PERFECT tier:

Room’s Too Cold

Imbue

In Currents

GREAT tier:

Million Different People

TMTMTP

DECENT tier:

Growing In

THE OTHER TIER:

Hiraeth

Lilac

 

that's.... a weird-ass list, lol. Gold Rush is probably his worst album.... I have more comments but I'll just leave it at that

 

I am appalled but I am very difficult to make happy in this department

 

Gotta fight you now IRL, but it's cool. What time works for you?

 

I am shocked because Enola would be my top also but Lilac would probably be next, how are we so the same on this but also so different

 

on a work call now, but free after

 

Ace’s vocals and lyrics always feel so honest and organic. Even when the lyrics are cheesy (like Hit By a Car or Hair), they come across as so endearing.

 

I agree but I always thought Hair was more quirky/campy than cheesy