Balance and Composure - With You in Spirit (October 4th 2024) Album • Page 25

Pretty much how I felt, but I've never liked Slow Heart so I think it's just not for me. Which is totally fine, if a little sad.

 

i am a new fan so it probably doesn’t count the same - i like this album quite a bit, but savior mode is for sure better than everything on here to me

 

Agreed with people saying this all kind of sounds the same, but I dig the vibe and it's a pretty easy listen

 

During "Cross to Bear," I always hear the lyric as "tear fascists apart."

 

I like this a lot.

2 minor qualms - blends a bit too much. And they do the duh duh duh duh duh duh guitar riff / half time thing on 3 songs

 

Perfect variant for this album

 

a little of myself has become the standout for me as of late, this got way better after reading all the lyrics, nothing anything next level but definitely makes it hit harder

 

Mine arrived today too!!

 

where is that variant ?

 

At Drew’s house.

 

Balance and Composure - with you in spirit

 

Can't get enough of cross to bear.

 

This is probably their easiest album to listen to front to back, some songs are better than others but there are no skips and it isn’t super long, think I’ve listened to it like 5 times the last two days just running errands

 

If they added savior mode to it I think it might be considered their greatest album of all time . Thoughts ?

 

Doesn’t really move the needle much for me. Nobody was clamoring for the Braid split songs to be on TTWTWM. I do think the Slowheart songs are legitimately better than some on LWM, but Savior Mode and Last to Know are the same quality as the full length IMO.

 

k why this entire team i thought slowheart was some sort of side project or something. i've literally never knew that ep existed until now lol how did i miss that

 

Would have gladly swapped out cross to bear with savior mode tbh

 

Since I’ve run out of ways to say how much I love Slowheart, I think I’ll say it’s my current favorite EP ever, I can’t think of anything I’ve listened to more, really wish they’d throw Revelation into the live set though.

 

Don't you touch cross to bear! We need to swap either restless or ain't it sweet

 

Uh no, that ending to Ain’t It Sweet is one of the few times we get some great explosive instrumentals from the album

 

Really dig the album but Last To Know is incredible

 

Jon was talking on his podcast how his feelings were hurt by the "same-y" comments.

 

Just listened all the way through LWM for the first time since the new one came out. As what usually happens, being able to listen to it through the lens of knowing what the new one sounds like, I enjoyed it a lot more. It’s obviously the oddball in the discog, but I think the spacious, reverb-y production, electronic drums, Jon’s falsetto, all lead to a really unique sounding record, and For A Walk was really the only time I felt like it didn’t work for me. It sounds like a band at the end of their rope, burned out, and tired of doing what they’ve always done, and I think when the vibe calls for it, there's nothing in their discog that can fill the same sonic space. It’s a fantastic album that was totally misunderstood when it came out, even from me.

 

Jon has a podcast??

 

Your Morning Breakfast with his friend Matt Bailey