Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 460

Terrible Things album is absolutely better than New Again.

By a long shot.

 

Almost everything is better than New Again. It’s a low bar.

 

New Again has good songs. It's weird that people think it doesn't.

 

New Again is good

 

Most TBS albums > Hot Rod Circuit > Terrible Things > New Again

 

I’d personally rather be new than be terrible.

 

Well I aaaam, I'm ready to be terrible again

 

New Color Fred album > new again

 

Hate to see you go was such a banger from
Fred

 

Bend to Break is a good album.

 

I’ve never been able to care about Fred outside of TBS. If the best album you worked on is WYWTB, though, then you’re doing pretty well.

 

I remember following the Fred replacement rumors pretty intensely. For a while there it really seems like Andrew Jackson was a sure thing.

Fazzi ending up as the guy was pretty surprising at the time. Jackson's sound felt like more of a natural fit than him. Like it or hate it, New Again saw the band experiment with some interesting new sounds. I'm still super curious to see where they ended up going next with him.

 

Truly do not think anything on New Again was experimental

 

I'm not calling it experimental in the sense that the band was breaking new musical ground for the genre, but it absolutely experiments with the band's sound. There's an overall groove to it that's pushed to the surface. I think that comes from Fazzi and Rubano being more in sync and on the same page than the rest of the band. On top of that, while the band has had harder songs like The Union and Spin, this one has more aggression and pace to it.

Songs like Sink Into Me and Cut Me Up Jenny have a power pop influence that is not present on any of the previous records. Both have these plucky riffs to them that aren't as fluid or stripped down as what you'd find on the first three. Then there's a song like Carpathia which is built in a similar vein, but way more aggressive. Plus those vocal harmonies and that soft, moody bridge would absolutely not have been in the band's wheelhouse before Fazzi. And while it didn't make the record, you can't tell me Winter Passing is something that could have been on TAYF, WYWTB, or LN.

 

This thread would induct Fazzi into the rock and roll hall of fame if it could

 

Haha seriously. I don’t get it.

 

Talking about a musician's influence on a band is not the same thing as giving them uncritical praise. Neither is saying I would have been curious to hear what direction the band went in with him. I'm not saying everything he did on the album worked or even meshed well. Hell, I mentioned Cut Me Up Jenny in there which I find to be unlistenable (though, I think Adam might have written the main riff for that one). But it's undeniable that his style influenced the band's sound.

 

I think the new again fans should get together and beat up the new again haters.

 

I think that's a less fair fight than you think lol

 

Dorks vs. nerds.

 

I’m built different. Will destroy you all.

 

Idk. I wouldn’t wanna fight someone with the kind of rage to stay mad at New Again for 14 years.

 

This just in: New Again is not worth fighting for

 

Imagine thinking New Again is their worst album when Self Titled and Tidal Wave exist

 

It's very easy to imagine reality