blink-182 - One More Time… (October 20, 2023) • Page 161

that was a well written review, just because the reviewer didn’t like the album doesn’t mean it’s bad.

 

Really surprised it's not more with all the hype. All the vinyl variants must have been like 25k just by themselves

 

Probably more like 45-50k from vinyl, there were at least 9 vinyl variants by my count

 

Having made my living on freelance writing until literally one year ago, when that finally led to a full-time job, I am definitely sympathetic to the plight of the average professional music writer. There's a reason I never tried very hard to try to make that my bread and butter! But I feel like, since we don't really have blogs anymore, that's kind of all their is, which is depressing.

I will never understand why people won't read a 2,000-word piece, but they'll watch a 15-minute YouTube video. I like the podcast format for album reflections when it's 2-3 people going back and forth having a conversation, but I just don't get the appeal of the YouTube review at all. I'd rather read your review than have you recite it to me!

I still really love making end-of-the-year lists. Increasingly, that's my spot to write about all the albums I loved from a year. By the time I get to working on my list, I've had a lot of time with the albums I'm talking about and can really put together blurbs that encapsulate a nuanced opinion on why I think something works. Even if no one reads it, it's nice to have a document of how I felt about a year in music.

I used to love reading year-end lists, too, but they've become more of an annoyance to me in more recent years. The "drop the list in November" thing pisses me off to no end, and I often end up feeling like every list is pretty much the same -- right down to the things people are writing about the "consensus" albums. There's no personality to a lot of that writing.

Yeah, I feel the same way. It's why I've just gradually written less and less over the past few years. Well, that and writing being my full-time job, I guess. When I get to the point of the day when I used to do music writing stuff, I'm usually feeling pretty burned out and uninspired. And it's harder to get inspired when the stuff I do write doesn't get a whole lot of traction.

 

Video reviews are fucking lazy

 

This and every major Eoty list is exactly the same

 

Should have been selling the album in the parking lot of When We Were Young. Warped Tour “check out my band” style

 

reddit sharing DMs with him lol.

 

yep which really makes their function as a way to play catch up moot since they're all just the same

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blink182/s/MJS2cCXW3S

How did we end up here?

 

unless they have stems thats not even a remix ugh why are people like this


edit: if i understand right this guy is just adding a new master on top of an album that's already mastered. there's no way this sounds good or is necessary.

 

The album sounds fine. It's a modern rock album produced by a drummer ... of course it sounds like it does. People are stupid.

 

It sounds awful. But he used adobe atmos and AI stems to remix it. It sounds badddd

 

God what fuckin nerds

 

I love the way the actual album sounds. Reddit finds an issue with every albums mix like it’s not an intentional choice stylistically

 

Here's one:

Can anyone help me with the beanie brand Tom's wearing on the album cover? Not trying to Leo Dehoe this shit, just really like it and wanna get it in a dark colour if doable.

 

arm chair producers were already bad enough but now they think they can remix albums when they're literally just mastering an already mastered album, completely unaware why that is beyond stupid and is going to make everything sound way worse because any actual producer knows how dumb the entire concept is. man i am pissed lol.

 

Get the full tattoo sleeve or you're a fake fan

Dethrone the Dehoe

 

Ugh fine. Sleeve booked in and 7 TTS* shirts on the way.

On my way to the Pentagon. I can't tell you.

 

The same people mad at the mix reference the new Foo Fighter album as being mixed “right” meanwhile that is being argued in that sub for having the same “issues” they have with this. It’s kinda funny. Just a big cycle of chaos now that’s not going back in the bottle.

 

I make an exception for Todd In The Shadows.

 

lol. I have so many issues with this.

and anyone saying it sounds “better” in the comments I’m just assuming are playing this on like laptop speakers or something?

like … I butchered a live recording to make it sound “better” knowing how little I had access to in the actual dynamics to mess with it and try and pump up the sound. Effectively “mastering” something no one ever mastered. This is taking fully flat audio files, no stems, and just making it an abomination. Just … I … yeah I got nothing anymore lol.

 

I want to hear how bad the “remix” is, but the Dropbox link doesn’t work for me.

 

He used adobe atmos to trick his software into recording the stems… then he used AI to separate tracks… and it’s a muddy mess.. How could you possibly think you’re doing the band service by doing this…. And like on top of all that, you’re disrespecting the work and vision the band DID put into the record.