Between the Buried and Me - Colors II (August 20, 2021) Album • Page 3

I have 2 songs left and the only blatant throwback I’ve heard is the “sleep on, fly on” part

EDIT: okay yeah, got to the last song, haha

 

The first few seconds of The Double Helix of Extinction is a definite callback to The Decade of Statues

 

haven’t liked anything from them in years but holy shit this is so good

 

about half way through track number wise and its not great so far for me ….. its not very proggy so far.

 

Yeah the vibe of the first two songs definitely felt like they kicked the songs off the same way that Colors kicked off. First listen didn't make me think anything was a carbon copy though. Last song definitely feels like White Walls Pt. 2.

 

Really love this, so happy to be IN LOVE with something from this band again

 

can't believe i'm on my third listen of this already lol

 

What a weird feeling with this album. I know there are overt callbacks yes but rarely outside of a small handful of moments do I otherwise feel like Im listening to a sequel to Colors. The first half of the closer is the one chunk of a moment where I felt I was listening to something that was as structured and meditated as anything on Colors.

 

My only complaint.. really feel like the album should have been ~10 minutes shorter or done something near the middle to break it up.

 

I do feel like this album does a better job surrounding the long winded tracks with tracks that are 5 minutes or less that have an identity of their own.

 

yyooOOOOOOOOoOOOOOooOOOO i cant wait to listen

 

Stare Into the Abyss might be the best they've ever executed their catchy/melodic side.

 

starting this now v excited

 

this is the sound i've wanted for years.

 

Second listen has me grinning ear to ear and bobbing my head the whole time. The run of Never Seen / Future Shock to Bad Habits is UNREAL.

EDIT: Yeah Bad Habits is the one, especially with the lyrical throwback at the end.

 

whatsamattawithu

 

idk im starting it again now. at the very least the album is fun as this band usually is.

 

This album just cured my depression.

 

that's exactly what's doing it for me. It's still proggy for sure - but more Alaska/Colors proggy than the Dream Theater worship-y stuff that was all over Coma.

 

I love this a lot. It's the first time I don't feel totally exhausted listening to a full album of theirs, I'm ready to click play again as soon as it's finished.

 

i super appreciate that this is heavy again. id listen to an alaska 2 lol. but there are curiously a small amount of bad heavy riffs here on this.

 

After my first attempt at listening was foiled by a dead earbud, listening now at home. Just finished Helix and there are already a ton of references.

 

I really really liked this. Thought the 2 singles were actually the weakest bit. Listened without looking at the tracklist so I only have a vague idea of when tracks stopped and started but Never Seen to what I think is Future is Behind Us was incredible.

 

This album is such a trip. Gonna be on repeat for several days.

 

Fix The Error just blew my fucking MIND. What a track!!!!

Edit: was that one of the singes people were lukewarm on? I think it’s incredible lol