Saosin - Along The Shadow (May 20, 2016) Album • Page 4

Posted this in the General Music chat because I somehow missed this thread, so gonna repost it here.

New Saosin confuses me for lack of a better word. It's not that I dislike the new stuff, it's just that it's hard for me to distance Anthony from Circa since that what Im used to hearing him in so when I listen to these songs they just sound like new Circa material rather than new Saosin material to me. I just dont feel the same magic for him returning to the band that I've seen others have and I feel like nothing they put out with him will ever compare to that EP because it's just so iconic (and also so different from Circa stuff). Idk, maybe they want to go a more Circa like direction with this album (in that case they're doing a good job) but it leaves me wanting something more.

Rambling over.

 

Nice! I'm going to see if it comes on Apple Music at 11! Can't wait though!

 

Is that a thing going on Apple Music at 11?

 

I'm not sure, that's just when apple always releases music for the next day, 11pm
Eastern time

 

Cool good to know. I'm not super familiar with Apple Music yet.

 

It's on Apple Music now.

 

New song is dope. 2/2

 

Wow, the last minute of this is absolutely incredible. I love that bridge at the end. Vocal melodies for this song are really cool, not just singing high but hitting some really nice notes in the chord progression. The guitar work is pretty sick as well

 

It's not going to sound like the ep. But this music has something that the copy cats just don't have. I'm not sure what it is, it's just a feeling that this is what tnis genre should feel like.. I'm really hyped on this record, I think this is going to really surprise me and compete with thrice and hotelier.

 

As someone who was/is a Circa fan first, but who loves Translating and appreciates Saosin for what it is, I agree to an extent.

"Silver String" was solid and got me pumped. This new one just isn't what I was expecting, for some reason. I don't really know how I feel about it. I may well love it by tomorrow.

It's probably just me, but I have to admit, I don't love the changes Anthony's vocals have undergone through the years. This applies as much to new Circa, especially Descensus, as it does this Saosin material. The gravelly "growl" you get on this track's chorus, or on a song like "Schema," really undercuts what I loved about his vocals originally: the paradox of his angelic croon floating above the chaos beneath in the music. Probably just an age thing, so I don't fault him at all, but it's kinda a bummer.

 

Way more pumped after this single. And I really liked the first one.

 

Yeah I like this more than the first single.

 

There are plenty of high notes on both of these songs where he doesn't use the "growl" which I know exactly what you are talking about. I think he actually uses it less on this song than on silver string but will need to listen to it more.

 

Off topic but good to see you on the new forums SpyKi! We crossed paths in quite a few AP topics before not sure if you remember me...we have very similar music taste haha.

 

"Racing Toward a Red Light" rips. Exactly what I was hoping for - some hints of old Sao tucked in there, but a very clear progression. Heavy and very melodic. I like it

 

Yeah I remember you! Good to be here, ha.

 

I'm actually more partial to the first song. Though my iPhone speakers probably didn't do that new song justice.

 

That's two great songs in a row for me on this one. I think the best part about these songs, for me, is that Saosin seems to be getting back to the sound of Translating The Name and moving away from the increasingly poppy sound they were heading towards on Saosin and In Search of Solid Ground. While I always liked the self-titled record, it just never felt like an album that the same band who wrote Translating The Name would have written; these songs absolutely sound like that band again. And it isn't just the vocals, it's the whole way the songs are constructed as well. So yeah, couldn't be happier with what we've heard so far, 10/10 would listen to again.

 

The new one is tight! Sounds more old-school Saosin, however it doesn't really make me like it more than "Silver String". And I can't imagine having to compare "Red Light" to Circa, where with the first single the vocals were similar at times, here it sounds nothing alike, I mean the song in its whole, it just hits with different genre and production impressions, that's it.

 

Yeah the new song shows promise that the album won't be Circa-lite.

 

I mean, Anthony has been doing Circa for over ten years now. Hard to imagine he won't bring over any vocal stylings similar to what he's been doing there.

 

0/2 for me. kinda bummed :\

 

Ha awesome man! Good to see a lot of familiar faces on here already.

 

Interesting that both music videos are pretty much the same exact thing ha