Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave (September 16, 2016) Album • Page 4

You can listen to a decently long clip on iTunes UK.

 

song is kinda meh on first listen...I got this same impression from the live version too. feels like a throwaway to me. and "Flicker, Fade" kinda knocked me on my ass when I first heard it

 

sounds very Gaslight Anthem and I like it a lot.

 

Awesome first single, really looking forward to this record as someone who loved Happiness Is...

 

I really like how short the song is, I can't wait to listen to this while driving in the morning.

Edit: here are (almost all) the lyrics


What’s gonna happen when the old man goes
When ? ? ? Take control
When the guns are drawn outside your doors
Will you call for peace or will you join the war
What you gonna do when the law breaks in
Will you stand your ground or confess your sins
Oh no no no you don't know
Oh No no No you don't know

Where you gonna hide all he lies you talk
About back any of the soul you sold
When your will is weak and the weight is strong
Where will you go when you cant go on
What’s gonna happen on your dying day
Terrified to find the pearly gates
No no no you don’t know
No No No you don't know


You can beg you can plead you can try you can pray
Nothing’s gonna save you from the tidal wave
You can run, you can hide, you can leave you can stay
Nothings gonna save you from the tidal wave
You can beg you can plead you can try you can pray
Nothings gonna save you from the tidal wave
You can run, you can hide, you can leave, you can stay
Nothing’s gonna save you from the tidal wave


What’s gonna happen when the old man goes
What’s gonna happen when the old man goes
Guns are drawn outside your doors
What’s gonna happen when the old man goes
Watcha gonna do when the law breaks in?
Whatcha gonna do when the law breaks in?
Oh no, no, no you don't know
Oh no no no you don’t know


You can beg you can plead you can try you can pray
Nothing’s gonna save you from the tidal wave
You can run, you can hide, you can leave you can stay
Nothings gonna save you from the tidal wave
You can beg you can plead you can try you can pray
Nothings gonna save you from the tidal wave
You can run, you can hide, you can leave, you can stay
Nothing’s gonna save you from the tidal wave

 

Decent song.

 

didn't like it much

 

Song doesn't have the hook I was hoping for. Decent song overall I guess.

 

So they ripped off The Ramones?...

That said, the change in sound has me really interested to hear the rest of this album. Self-titled and Happiness were both decent, but neither gave me much reason to come back after the first few listens.

 

Does nothing for me. Seems very uninspired. As a fan of Taking Back Sunday and their shift in sound, and as a fan of fast, simple punk rock music. This still leaves me feeling very....meh.. Will still listen to the new album though and hope for some diversity in the tracks.

I loved Happiness Is but was very unhappy when I first heard Stood A Chance, which ended up not being indicative of the overall sound of HI. So, I'm optimistic I will like some songs from this album but "Tidal Wave" isn't for me.

 

This song is pretty awesome, I like where they're going with it

 

Really liking the new song, sounds great. Different than what they usually do

 

Love the album art and new track is good but agree it has a heavy Menzingers influence which isn't bad and even reminded me of the So So Glo's a bit which just happened to have opened for them on tour recently.

edit: Also, anyone in this thread should check out The So So Glo's new album Kamikaze it's just an amazing punk-rock sing-along summer jammer reminiscent of the Ramones.

 

New song is cool/different for them.

Better than I Am A Nightmare, anyway.

Come @ me

 

Very different sound for them. Heard it live at Taste of Chaos first and I really like it. Can't wait to hear the entire album.

 

I'm completely with you on this one. Didn't really like I Am A Nightmare.

 

Def not better than IAAN lol

Decent song though. And if I'm not mistaken, that is John on the leads, right?! Please let there be more John led songs

 

I liked "Stood a Chance" way more than this, but "Tital Wave" is still OK. Also, a lot of people on this forum are going to love Adam's accent when he's talking at the beginning of the video.

 

john's vocals on this song sound great

 

I thought it was all John but I guess it's a lot of Adam too. Is it John on the second verse leads?

 

yep, for the first two lines!

 

Now that I think about it, it does kind of sound like "Who's Your Partner," or the albums Chamberlain Waits or A Lesson in the Abuse of IT in general. Now I'm even more excited to see where they go on this album.

 

Someone's been listening to the gaslight anthem & springsteen

 

Watching it live it seemed to be a lot of Adam and more than normal of John.

 

"Tidal Wave" sounds like watered down Against Me