The Menzingers - Hello Exile (October 4, 2019) Album • Page 14

If it is a calculated formula, that formula hits me right in the gut every time, so at least it works.

 

Seems like a lyric that might be on the record.

 

I have no issues with it either. I’m just saying that he’s been writing like this for a while and it’s odd to me that people seem to be bringing it up now. Like, what did people expect?

 

Okay so I got into The Menzingers on After the Party. Can someone point me to a Greg song and then a Tom song? I guess I always just assumed Greg sang all of them?

 

I don’t care if the songwriting/lyrics stay the same, that’s what I love most about the band. I would like to see them branch out a little sonically though. Gimme more stuff like Black Mass on this album.

 

Greg: Tellin Lies, ATP, Lookers, Your Wild Years, Black Mass, Midwestern Sates, Charlie's Army, Bad Catholics, Livin Ain't Easy
Tom: Thick as Thieves, House on Fire, Boy Blue, The Bars

 

Agreed! I'm in love with his writing It's very Brian Fallon-esque and the time Brian tried to change it up we got Get Hurt and I just don't need it. Greg will use similar tropes and I have no issue with it if it continues to be absolutely stunning while also putting a grin on my face in the same song.

 

With all the similarities to Gaslight it'd be nice for this record to give them that extra push

 

Wow! So subtle! I can definitely hear when I'm listening for it but I wouldn't have (and didn't) notice without it being pointed out.

 

jamming the song non stop. this albums gonna be unreal good. fuck, i just need it here now, the weathers perfect for it. listening to rented world now, still better than people give it credit for i think.

 

I didn’t realize both guys sang until I saw them live for the first time. I hear them both very distinctly now, but I listened for more years than I care to admit before I realized it.

 

Tom and Greg also format their lyrics differently in the liner notes for OTIP. Tom's are separate by line and Greg's are paragraph style. I always thought that was really cool and wished they had kept that up.

 

That's awesome, never noticed that

 

i have listened to "Anna" 18 times since yesterday I do not plan on stopping either

 

im a real sucker for songs that name drop the city i live in

 

it took me until well into the on the impossible past cycle to realize that there were two singers

 

Yeah, basically it took me being in the threads and seeing you all talk about it before I realized.

 

Ditto on that. Wouldn't have guessed if I hadn't seen people talking about it here lol

 

Yeah I also never realised they had two singers. Almost wish I didn't find out because now I hear Greg songs and Tom songs.
I only learned they had two vocalists after Rented World. I posted my song rankings and someone complained I had all the Tom songs at the bottom. To be honest I think I'd have the Tom songs at the bottom of After the Party too.
However I will say 1. The Tom songs balance their albums out and stop the Greg songs from becoming overbearing; 2. I like the Tom songs on CW and OTIP just as much as (most of) the Greg ones.

 

I think it's a lot more obvious that's there's two singers on ATP than their other albums

 

I honestly don’t think they sound anything alike

 

I think it's a lot more obvious on most songs when you know, but my introduction to the band was OTIP and I still find it hard to believe Tom sings Burn After Writing lol. Maybe if those first 3 songs on OTIP weren't my introduction to the band I would have realised sooner

 

I think Greg's songs are pretty much all of the time a lot better

 

I always try to make sure I give Tom all the extra support I can live because there is definitely a difference of energy and reaction from the crowd between their songs. Both are awesome ... but I do admit I like Greg's writing and vocals exceptionally more (and I don't think this is a totally minority opinion). It isn't a shot at Tom, it has more to do with Greg being quite spectacular.

 

Yeah I didn't mean to be a dick, Tom has some great tunes and I am sure it would be kinda weird in a live setting for him