Balance and Composure - With You in Spirit (October 4th 2024) Album • Page 21

I believe so. I caught it in Baltimore with my then girlfriend as well haha.

 

Cross to Bear is still my least favorite, but I can't tell if it's because of first single syndrome or if I actually feel that way. I do vibe hard with the chorus and bridge, the intro and verses just don't get me stoked to listen to the song, but I'm vibing by the time the first chorus hits.

I think listening to 2-3 singles is the way to go, based on how long an album is. I should've stopped after Believe the Hype. I didn't need to hear Any Means or (accidentally) Ain't It Sweet. I am glad I held off on the closer though.

 

I think this might be my favorite album of theirs. My favorites are pretty evenly distributed too, which makes for a nice album listening flow (Ain't It Sweet, Believe The Hype, Sorrow Machine, Closer To God).

 

Closer to God is in 3/4 or 6/8 right? That swing in the beat is intoxicating.

 

Yeah it’s a 6/8

 

Damn this is good huh?

 

so good

 

the verse melody to with you in spirit sounds so much like ready by the starting line to me i can’t not sing it when it starts

 

Surprised at how much I enjoyed my first listen considering I don't really like anything they've done since Separation.

 

Just put “Closer to God” straight in my veins.

 

Nah 10/10 track

 

Sat on this for a couple days and this album is amazing. I prefer the 2nd half more than the 1st half, but both are great. My favorites are:


Ain't it Sweet
Lead Foot
A Little of Myself
Closer to God

 

Closer to god is the standout for me

 

I've listened to it 50 times already.

 

I like closer to god less than almost every other song on this album tbh

 

You must be confusing "a little of myself" with "closer to god"

 

Nooooo I really dig that one lol. Really well balanced mix of LWM and Things there!

Lyrically closer to god is pretty great! Musically it doesn’t do much for me - they don’t really do anything interesting with that swing rhythm and the only time they break away from it is to repeat the prechorus from sorrow machine. I wish there was some type of payoff like a bridge or a boost at the end. A new riff, anything

 

Good set tonight in Toronto! I believe their first show up here since the reunion

Band seems like they were really enjoying themselves

 

I liked this a lot. It sounds like a fall evening, if that makes sense.

 

This is 100% exactly how I feel about everything you said lol

 

I'm guessing me not shutting up about how good this was all weekend worked

 

That did help me move it up the listening list while I’ve been drafting docs all morning.

 

You've got a reason for everything.

 

I really think A Little Of Myself is my favorite. Those lyrics are devastating, and it's got an aggression to it that the rest of the album doesn't quite reach for.

Did anyone else have any albums you were listening to that filled a B&C shaped hole in your heart while they were broken up? I always thought Movements - No Good Left To Give was similar to a B&C album in feel. Big time fall vibes for me.