Finch Band • Page 17

OH MY GOD I THINK I'M BLIIIIIIIIIIND

 

"Ender" is such a transparent attempt to do a "Goodbye Sky Harbor", but goddamn, I don't even care. it takes you on such a journey

 

I keep forgetting they had more than one album! lol Happy birthday!! I should check this out again (or in full finally) like soon! :D

 

oh is it?? I haven't listened to that album in so long! I'll have to do a comparison...again, soon! ;) I really like Ender and also really remember liking a lot of JEW. I'm most familiar with the album with "The Middle" or "Middle" on it. heheh like I said, it's been a while! :P

 

ehh I don't think I can agree here, that kinda makes a claim that Jimmy Eat World invented the long multi-part album finale

 

weird claim for sure

 

that's not the claim I'm making lol. I'm saying these are two pop-punk/emo albums, both produced by Mark Trombino, and both end with a 10+ minute epic which begins as a standard band track and evolves constantly over its runtime through the use of electronics and vocal reprises from earlier in the song

again, it's not a bad thing, I love both songs, but the comparison is there

 

I just listened to both again and Ender is only like 5 minutes according to this (below). Yeah, I prefer Ender. I think the JEW song spends more than half that time repeating the same like 3 notes over and over. The main song is ok, but the second half gets old quick!

 

Ender is 13 minutes long bud

 

fair enough!

 

k, "bud"! lol :P I figured it had to be a goof. I do remember a long song, but i guess they cut the YouTube one (??) I dunno. I'm tired. I'll have to listen to the album version sometime...i don't think I can play Spotify. I mean, I'm not subscribed or anything with it so...fyi

 

You can even if you're not a subscriber. However, there are ads every four/five songs and there are other restrictions too.

 

So I'm finally listening to this album. Still love the opening track so much! :D

so far I'm totally enjoying this!

 

Is Say Hello...actually really good? I hated it when it was released, but listening again 15 years later, it holds up really well.

 

i still think it's pretty bad, but a lot of people think it's a hidden gem

 

Yeah, I never liked it much back then, and probably like it even less now, ha. Oh well.

 

ahead of its time

 

It’s good

 

It kicks ass. It’s really about the only Finch album I still listen to.

 

It's their best release by far.

 

no way in hell

 

Yes way - Say Hello to Sunshine is their Magnum Opus

 

A lot of fans hated it upon its initial release and I get it. Everyone was expecting WIITB pt. 2 and waited 3 long years for it. I remember downloading the KaZaa leak months prior (don’t worry - I absolutely preordered the CD/shirt combo when it was dropped) so I already knew what was coming and loved it from the very first listen.. but I can image the shock it was for some who were not prepared.

The thing is that the scene changed drastically from 2002 and I’m glad they didn’t make the record everyone expected. It would have been boring, generic, and forgettable. I love WIITB but does the record hold up as well as it did in 2002 for me? Hell no. Maybe half of it does?

Sunshine though? Holds up better than ever.

Finch will always be one of my favorite bands for life purely based off their work on Sunshine. It’s one of my all time favorite records.

I listen to all their stuff but it’s Sunshine 80% of the time for sure lol

 

Off hand I can't think of another record that demolished a band's career, practically overnight, with a "sophomore slump" that they never recovered from.

 

I certainly can't think of another offhand. Plenty of bands had stylistic changes from one record to another, but I can't think of another where it killed their career like Finch