Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair and Eyeballs (January 26, 2024) • Page 24

hell yes

(new album Vinyl should be here Monday, weather delays)

 

Every time I've seen them since Matt got sober has been a delight. Every time has been better than the last. They were my highlight of the FOB Wrigley show, the energy they have has been something special. They're having a blast for the first time in probably 20 years and it shows.

 

Every time on "Shake With Me" I always sing the lyric "You went to the mountain..To hunt... GOATS."

It just makes it fun for me.

 

Broken Down in a Time Machine might be my favorite Dan song in a decade.

 

Can't stop listening to Teenage Heart on repeat.

 

I’ve only listened to the album a couple of times but is that not the lyric? lol it was certainly what I heard hahaha

 

Ghosts. Ghosts.

 

My god I’ll never not hear goats haha

 

I was listening to Skiba on Toby’s pod and I had no idea Skiba did ghost writing for other artists

 

Interesting! Did he say who he’s written for?

 

that's why it's ghost writing!

 

Haven't gone snooping around to find the album, I have been chipping away at a discog play through this week. It is awesome to see all of the hype for people who have heard it. Very excited to check it out tomorrow. Caught a couple of Skiba interviews. He is saying a lot of the same things, but he seems very happy to be in trio full time and wanting to get the word out on how special this record is.

 

No, but he mention he wrote for a few hip hop artists though.

 

I could be wrong but I remember there was talk that he did The River by Good Charlotte.

 

video for Break !

 

Just got my cd, working my way through it on errands. I was not expecting the riffage on Preacher haha wow

 

I actually liked that video too. Nice.

 

Break would fit right on Crimson

 

Hearing three more songs so far I'd actually say it feels like creatively they were pretty on par with Crimson

 

Got my cd in the mail and excited to listen to it in my 5-disc changer like it’s 2004

 

Lol Yeah its Ghosts.. but the mountain part makes me always think.. Mountain Goats.. and hunting them just seems hilarious to me.

 

There shall be no John Darnielle slander in this thread

 

Who?
EDIT: Googled.. ahhh good one.

 

Like you, I'm holding off until tomorrow. This feels like it's going to be special and I want to enjoy it properly.

 

Reading that RS interview and I’m very happy they’ve kept in contact with Derek