Bayside - There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive (April 5, 2024) • Page 5

Oh man, I'm So Happy I Could Die.

 

That is very happy. I am happy for you.

 

We getting 1 or 2 new songs tomorrow??

 

Yeah I’m glad I barely listened to the EPs or the singles besides the devils so this will be a mostly fresh experience

 

Tracks 8, 10, 11?

 

So stoked for this. Going in mostly fresh tomorrow with the exception of listening to the first couple singles back when they came out.

Nothing like a new Bayside record!

 

As a lover of mid-era Bayside (TTW, Shudder, KT) I've always thought they are better at the poppier/punkier songs. I can't at all get into the sorta metal/dramatic/nursery rhyme-melody stuff, it just feels too corny for me - The Devils and Strangest Faces being a great example of that.
Go To Hell, Good Advice and I'm so Happy I Could Die, however, are all absolute top tier Bayside tunes.

 

I haven't listened to too much of this yet, but this is essentially my stance on Bayside at this time. One of my favorite bands ever, but this new style is starting to grate a little bit. Obviously I'll give it a go and hear it in context though.

 

No surprise here whatsoever but this is fantastic.

One of the most consistently great bands.

 

Good album. The remaining 2 songs that were unheard are probably my least favorite. Weird to be ready for a new bayside album the day one comes out.

 

Quite like Say So Long

 

Really enjoying this! Glad I didn't listen to the EPs now.

 

Have y'all heard Masterpiece?

 

Album absolutely rocks. Say So Long really feels like it would be right at home on Killing Time.

Bayside never disappoints.

 

Castaway is so damn good.

 

More like "Mid-sterpiece"

 

Best Bayside is heavier Bayside. Interrobang absolutely rips.

 

Interrobang is easily my favorite from them

 

WW
Killing Time
Interrobang
Shudder
Bayside
Vacancy
Cult
The first one

haven’t listened to the new one yet

 

My main impressions the first full listen was that I kept thinking I'd hear a song I hadn't already heard earlier, that so many of the EP songs are really good, and that it maybe felt like a concept album about dying/going to hell?

 

This shit rips

Perfect album for when I need to get into the weeds on Excel and need a toe tapper.

 

This whole thing is awesome but man is it weird that "Strangest Faces" is basically two years old on a new album.

Like, I remember being so excited when this song came out right around the same time as "Oldest Daughter" by TWY...

 

Fantastic album. This band keeps getting better and better.

 

Anthony Raneri of Bayside

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