Chvrches - Love Is Dead (May 25, 2018) Album • Page 13

Pubs are ...



... actually kinda liking it so far.

 

Is this streaming? Did I miss that?

 

in other countries, hence why it's "out" there

 

not until midnight tonight, a bunch of rulebreakers in this thread

 

hey hey you don't know how many new zealand chorus members are here

 

I’m from New Zealand only on Thursdays

 

It really drops off a bit at the end. I think some sequencing tweaks might have helped.

 

What would you sequence of the track listing be, and I'll listen to it in that order before my first run through of the official order

 

I think Really Gone is beautiful.

The interlude is rather unnecessary and they do better interludes live.

Wonderland feels like two different songs mashed together. The chorus is very 80’s Madonna / Cher and it rules, but then it’s followed by that goofy fast K-pop part.

 

Really Gone and Wonderland are two of my favourites. Not really sure what the point of ii is though.

 

every part of this sounds up my alley

 

I like one half of wonderland enough to put it in the mix of my favorite tracks lol

 

Man nothing grabs me at all like some of the songs on the last album. Feels like 3 songs too long. Hopefully it grows on me.

 

Don't like it as much as their last album, but this is enjoyable on first listen. Get Out is my favorite track.

 

Listening now. Really enjoy Graffiti.

 

There's some duds on here, but for the most part I really enjoy this. Grafitti, Never Say Die, Heaven/Hell and Deliverance are the stand outs for me.

 

Five in and I like it all so far, Forever was really fun live

 

Yeah, I'm about halfway through and I like it too.

 

If Love Is Dead, then why do I feel this way about this album?

 

Initial reaction is that it's not as horrible as those singles had made me fear, but there's also not a single song here I have any desire to return to, nothing that grabbed me on the first listen. Also not surprising to me that the songs I enjoyed most were the ones produced by the band themselves-- and that's not a slight against Kurstin necessarily, I just don't think they pull off the transition into full-fledged pop outfit very well. Even those three or four songs produced by the band would still far and away be lesser works in their oeuvre. But I guess that's my big issue with the album: none of what I found appealing about Chvrches is really present here. There are flashes of it, but ultimately, this just falls flat and feels pretty generic to me.

Happy for those who seem to be enjoying it, and I hope this achieves whatever the band was aiming for, but I'm just not really into it. I hate to be that guy, and I understand the need for a band to grow and change, but I just really loved that dark/creepy pop vibe that they developed at the beginning of their career. That's more or less gone now, though I felt there were a lot more (interesting) places they could have gone with that sound.

Anyway, just wanted to get my first thoughts out there. I'll take my leave for the people who are digging it now.

 

I somehow missed Never Say Die during the singles being released.

Easily my favorite Chrvches song.

 

Probably in the minority here but Every Open Eye is far and away my favourite Chvrches album - Even though I love Bones too

First listen is a bit meh, but hoping that familiarity breeds contentment

 

EOE is definitely my favorite.


Will be listening to this in full later, looking forward to it.

 

This is good guys.