Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell (March 29, 2024) • Page 18

Happy release day! Go get it Sums!

 

The heaven side is pretty fun so far

 

This is going to be a permanent gym album for the foreseeable future.


How The End Begins is a great closer. It could be a Linking Park song too.

 

Only a few songs in, wasn't following this release at all. Really pleasantly surprised

 

Hell is where it's at, but really happy with it overall.

 

I wasn't really feeling this on first listen but I'm going to spend more time with it to see if it clicks.

Chuck is my favourite from them and these guys in general were massive on rotation for me in high school.

 

This is a really fun listen. Great way for them to go out!

 

Man...i love that transition from Heaven to Hell. Very very cool

 

I’m loving this, a lot. Enjoying Hell more than I thought I would given some of the reactions here. Whole thing is solid so far.

 

Dopamine was the right choice for the single…one of the best songs on the album. Heaven side is packed with hits

 

always fun to see where the Over It boys end up

 

So much of this reminds me of something Linkin Park could do - or Deryck could do fronting Linkin Park. It's wild!

 

I had the insane honor of interviewing Dave recently - just published this earlier in the week. 14 year old me was losing his shit.

Dave Baksh of Sum 41 walks us through heaven and hell - The Rodeo Magazine

 

Wow great interview! Your writing is excellent.

 

Whoa! That's awesome!

*turns on "Siren on the 101"*

 

One first blush, this is so fucking fun. Will definitely be a go-to at the gym.

 

I havent listened to Sum 41 since No Killer All Filler came out when I was in HS, but gave this a try. Really digging it and will listen to it for awhile. Hot take and maybe not a popular one; this reminds me of MGK's pop punk albums at some points. The vocals and music. I'm not an avid Sum 41 fan so maybe they did it first? Seems odd for me to say a heavily tenured pop punk band sounds like a rap kids emo record.

 

I haven't listened to enough MGK to get the comparisons...sounds like Sum 41 doing pop-punk again, and it's great!

 

'What I've Done' vibes there with How the End Begins

 

I love the Deryck Linkin Park vibes -- he really can nail the Chester stuff, as he showed a few times (and at the CB tribute show at the Hollywood Bowl show too).

If he did some sort of LP tribute tour in Chester's memory with the LP guys, that would be a must ..

 

GIving the album a listen and I love it. Loving the Heaven side more but Hell is fun too. Can't wait to see them in Minneapolis next month!

 

Echo all the LP talk in How The End Begins. Great closer.

I think both sides are great but Heaven is special. Would love to hear the first three cuts from that half on the tour.

 

More bummed they are calling it quits now after still having such a fun release in them. 20 songs on the way out is a nice way to go.

 

Not Quite Myself, Dopamine, Johnny Libertine are all so good on first listen. Not Quite Myself’s got that Handle This/Some Say to it. The guitar part in the verses reminds me of the riff on Online Songs.

 

Re: Jerry Finn and Dave
"He had such a great vibe in the studio and was such a great teacher. He sat me down and told me I was a garbage guitar player and I needed to get better."

If he told Dave that, then just what was he saying to Tom DeLonge?