Third Eye Blind - Screamer (October 18, 2019) Album • Page 10

2X Tigers is the most embarrassing thing Stephan has done.

 

Getting ready to give this a second listen through

 

I actually like 2/3 of tigers better than High I think...

 

*”tropic scorpio” voice* yeah eeyeah eeyeah eeyeah eeyeah

 

The Kids is such a jam

 

I think this is pretty good! The lowpoint (of their entire discography) is definitely 2X Tigers but everything else is good.

 

this was fine. some jams though.

 

Was reaaaallllly not feeling this the first time through. Hope it grows on me.

 

*fewer than 24 hours pass* “tropic scorpio” is a top ten 3eb song

 

Nahhhh

 

Def in the top one hundo though

 

I feel like Tropic Scorpio is only great relative to the mediocrity surrounding it

Solid pop rock song but Jenkins can write those in his sleep, which makes the lack thereof kinda mystifying

Best 10 seconds on the album (and the most reminiscent of old 3EB) is Alexis Krauss’ vocal part on Screamer

 

Well this was a neat record store find

 

This album is fucking great

 

I may be wrong Tropic Scorpio is pretty great

 

2x Tigers is definitely the weird peak of the album, but it doesn't completely and utterly NOT work, haha

 

Yeah, I don't get the hype yet. Maybe it will grow on me. Not a bad song, but it would blend right in on Dopamine, which has a handful of stronger tracks in my opinion.

 

Lol.

 

longtime 3EB fan checking in: I think this album is fucking awful. I don't know if all the recent shit around Jenkins has tainted my perception somewhat, but this is the worst his songwriting has ever been by far

 

I feel like there is a pretty solid ep in here.

 

I really thought his lyrics had suffered but after a re-listen (plus a weekend spent with my metal buddies aping shit like “cause I don’t see the light anymore” or “if I could take away your pain I would”) I realize Jenkins is still a wizard

Honestly who else could work “telemetry” or “valise” into a pop song and have it flow that well

 

But does it flow well or sound like complete nonsense? I haven’t decided lol

 

It actually flows really well. Considering the persona he seems to have adopted over the past decade or so I expected much worse, he comes off like such an effete smarmy douche in interviews but I’ve never felt the same from his lyrics.

 

"Effete smarmy douche" - ha ha ha

 

It’s just really odd - you see a music video from the 90s like Losing A Whole Year or Never Let You Go and he looks and sounds like a dude you’d wanna party with

Now every interview he’s just this lazy Mick Jagger/John Waters hybrid and it’s a serious turnoff

Thank the lord it doesn’t come across in his vocal delivery