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IC: Phoenix Ignition
Illusion: Trust
Artist: The Abolition of Man
Vheissu: Between the End and Where We Lie (or For Miles idk really into this song rn)
Fire/Water: Firebreather
Air/Earth: Daedalus
Beggars: In Exile (this is tough)
M/M: Yellow Belly
TBEITBN: Hurricane/The Long Defeat

 

i think the earth will shake is the best song on vheissu but i think it should be either the first track or toward the back of the album

 

I cannot imagine Image Of The Invisible not opening that album

 

This is fun and hard. Going to skip IC because I don't really listen to it.

IOS - Deadbolt
AITA - Silhouette
V - The Earth Will Shake
Fire - Firebreather
Water - Open Water
Air - Daedalus
Earth - The Earth Isn't Humming
Beggars - Circles=Beggars
M/m - Words In The Water
TBEITBN - Hurricane

Copped out with Beggars just a bit, but damn that might be the hardest album to choose from.

 

People are gonna say it shouldn’t have been on the album but it felt like a bridge between artist and vhiessu

 

And for that reason I feel it’s the most necessary opening track for Vheissu.

 

Identity Crisis - Phoenix(I guess)
Illusion - To Awake and Avenge The Dead
Artist - Hoods on Peregrine
Vhessiu - Of Dust and Nations
Fire - Arsonist
Water - Night Diving
Earth - Come All You Weary
Air - Daedalus
Beggars - Talking Through Glass
M/M - Blinded
TBEITBN - The Long Defeat

 

'Music Box' deserves some love.

 

Favorite (Second)

Identity Crisis - To what end...don’t really like this album at all anymore. Ha

Illusion - Deadbolt (to Awake and Avenge the Dead

Artist - Paper Tigers (Under a Killing Moon)

Vhessiu - of Dust of Nations (earth will shake)

Fire - Backdraft (Fire Breather)

Water - The Whaler (Night Diving)

Earth - The Earth isn’t Humming (Digging my own Grave)

Air - Daedalus (Sky is Falling)

Beggars - Doublespeak (The Great Exchange)

M/M - Treading Paper (Yellow Belly)

TBEITBN - The Window (Death from Above)

 

Also. I think my favorite beggars song changes every time I listen.

Really their masterpiece. Just edging out vheissu.

 

I vacillate often, too.

 

Vheissu/Beggars
TBEITBN
TAI
––––
Illusion
Artist
––––
M/m
IC

 

that song sucks

 

Harder than I thought, and it probably be the same in six months...

IoS - To Awake and Avenge the Dead
AITA - Don't Tell and We Won't Ask
V - The Earth Will Shake
Fire - The Flame Deluge
Water - Lost Continent
Air - Daedalus
Earth - Child of Dust
Beggars - Wood and Wire
M/m - Words In The Water
TBEITBN - Salt and Shadow

 

I forgot

 

I think the sequencing of Vheissu is perfect. I wouldn't change a thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

This was fun and hard.

Least Favs
IC - In Your Hands
IoS - See You in the Shallows
AITA - Don't Tell and We Won't Ask
V - Between the End and Where We Lie
Fire - Backdraft
Water - Night Diving
Air - A Song for Milly Michaleson
Earth - Digging My Own Grave
Beggars - Talking Through Glass/We Move Like Swing Sets
M/m - Listen Through Me
TBEITBN - Wake Up


Most Favs (what a set list this would be)
IC - Phoenix Ignition
IoS - Where Idols Once Stood
AITA - Blood Clots and Black Holes
V - For Miles
Fire - The Messenger
Water - Open Water
Air - Daedalus
Earth - Come All You Weary
Beggars - All the World Is Mad (Sorry At the Last)
M/m - Yellow Belly
TBEITBN - Black Honey (Sorry Long Defeat, it was close)

 

I would have loved to see them open Vheissu withThe Earth Will Shake (and leave Image of the Invisible off the record all together). I think it's really fitting how it starts off slow before it bursts wide open. It would have made a very bold statement. The listener would have known straight away that they were in for something different.

Granted, this definitely change the way the record flows. I'm not sure how I would restructure it, but I'd still close with Red Sky.

(Disclaimer: I'm not the biggest fan of Image of the Invisible and feel it's not up to par with the rest of an otherwise stellar record. It has always felt like a remnant (or b-side) of TAITA.)

 

Least favs is pretty easy

Illusion: the red death
Artist: stare at the sun
Vheissu: image of the invisible
Fire: backdraft (toughest one i love this track)
Water: kings upon the main
Air: as the crow flies
Earth: digging my own grave
Beggars: the great exchange
M/m: listen through me
TBEITBN: wake up

 

Faves

IC: Phoenix Ignition
Illusion: To Awake and Avenge the Dead
Artist: Under a Killing Moon
Vheissu: Stand and Feel Your Worth
Fire: Firebreather
Water: The Whaler
Earth: Come All You Weary
Air: Daedalus
Beggars: The Weight
M/M: Anthology
TBEITBN: Black Honey
B-Sides/non-album tracks: Flags of Dawn

 

"Image" was the "please leave us alone, Island" song.

 

I dunno if that's true, but I can def see that being the case.

The song doesn't stand out on the album, but I've seen it live twice and it rules live.

 

Yeah Image isnt a bad song, it's just stacked up against an otherwise groundbreaking album that it cant really compete with.

 

My real hot take though is that "between the end and where we lie" only really stands out lyrically for me and the album doesn't really come to life in full force until "the earth will shake" but the rest of the album absolutely crushes from that point on.

I mean it's a really really good song lyrically, but musically I feel like it's just good and not on par with what follows it haha

 

I love its bridge and chorus lead guitar.