The Early November Band • Page 86

Quoting myself from 4 years ago

 

Cyanide fucking rips

 

Imbue is good.

 

I liked In Currents a lot when it came out and now something about it is off-putting to me, but I'm sure if I go back to it and give it a listen in full I'll love it again. I go through phases of what I'm into.

 

I didn’t hear TRTC until way after I got in the band so that album does nothing for me. Even trying to view it within the context of the time I just don’t really hear much remarkable about it.

I like imbue a lot but it never gets anywhere close the same high once you get past the first 2 songs so it falls to 3rd between the post-TMTMTP albums for me.

In Currents has long been what I’d call the best album, though I’m not sure I’ve not skipped Digital Age, really don’t like that song.

but all that said, some days I really think lilac tops all. Love the production on it, love how raw and emotional it sounds, the instrumentation is so varied and elegant and romantic sounding. Adore that record, even if some of the songs don’t hit as much.

 

Nobody mentioning A Stain on the Carpet in post reunion songs/album talk is a crime

 

One of the best

 

circulation and cyanide are two of my favorites on the record lol

i think it would be hard to beat in currents for me as far as the post reunion records go. also i listened to twenty the other day and had a great time

 

Circulation is great.

 

I'd tend to agree that the first five songs on Imbue are some of their best and then it falls into a bit of a rut. I still like Harmony and I Don’t Care a lot, the rest is fine but kinda unremarkable

In Currents is his best album overall to me

 

I think Nothing Lasts Forever is the second best song on there.

 

People having different tastes is getting to be too much. Can y'all stop?

 

perfect sphere is one of their best songs too. the lilac is also perfect.

 

Nothing Lasts Forever is fun but it's such an Anberlin rip-off lol. not even trying to hide it

 

imo it is better than any anberlin song ever

 

A lot of stuff on In Currents and Imbue has the energy I missed from For All Of This. TRTC i’ve always liked, but found it to be a bit sleepy. TMTMTP I find too meandering and I do not like how Ace sings the album. Lilac reminds me too much of the stuff I don’t enjoy from Mess. The rambling thoughts of someone with two Early November tattoos.

 

I've literally never thought of Anberlin when listening to that song. I'd be happy for more bands to sound like that though.

 

I think Growing In is maybe his most underrated record, but I also totally understand why it is. Although it is branded as a Mess record, it really doesn't sonically fit that umbrella at all, it's nothing like the previous Mess records. The album honestly feels like a lost TEN album that wasn't 100% finalized. I think in retrospect it would make the most sense as an Ace solo album or Million Different People, but overall it really doesn't matter what the label is.... the album is pretty awesome. I think it definitely deserves more love

 

completely side note, I think it's kinda cool and unique that the album is called Growing In, because it's from the lyrics of the last track "Growing Into What You'll Grow Out Of" but it cuts the second word in half for the album title. BUT if you listen to the song, that's how he audibly cuts the lyrics too, so it makes sense. Just a random aside

 

Caterpillar and I'm the Man from that album are so good

 

I love that record. Caterpiller, Get Normal and Keep Moving always get me amped

 

Was there supposed to be a new album forthcoming or was this a standalone single?

 

Growing In is probably in my top 3 Ace albums. Absolutely love it.

 

they're saying this will be on an album this year (spring i think they said)