The Early November Band • Page 56

Same

 

We fucked around long enough, let's just get straight into it:

TMTMTP
Lilac
In Currents
The Room's Too Cold


Imbue

 

As much as I love TEN Lilac didn’t do it for me. I agree with the poster above, Ace was using the name for a solo kinda sound.
I don’t think Lilac is a bad album, it’s definitely a solid one, but I guess das my own fault for creating certain expectations.

One of the things I like about in currents and imbue is Ace’s vocals. He freakin killed it and sounds his best, imo.

 

Room
lilac
currents
imbue


the mother, the mechanic, the mission, the brand, the scar, the path

 

TRTC
IC
imbue
Tmtmtp
Lilac

 

nope, i stan the trilogy, even though the title is mixed up vs the actual disc sequence for whatever reason

 

i made a "one disc version" of the trilogy that i like to listen to every once in awhile. but the trilogy as a whole, definitely my least fav.

 

The Path nukes that whole album for me. One the cringiest things i’ve ever heard. I also do not like Ace’s vocals on that album, they seem extremely flat and rushed.

 

Mother and Mechanic are definitely underrated

 

The Path is certainly odd, but I appreciate the ambition of what Ace was trying to do even if I rarely revisit it in whole. The Mother on its own is their best work.

 

imbue rules wtf

 

Please don't curse please

 

can you believe this weather? it's 65 and sunny.

 

I would love to hear the version that richard and stefanie totally shat on and had him scrap and redo.

 

TRTC
TMTM&TP
IC
FAOT
I
L

Not a bad record in the bunch, though

 

I don't even physically understand this

 

How...wait...what?!

 

What's the problem?

 

This is a good list

 

The Path is basically its own separate thing, I personally don't understand how it brings down the two full albums' worth of excellent songs on The Mother and The Mechanic. It was a cool experimental thing for the band to do but you don't have to revisit it.

 

It just solidifies that the whole thing is a bloated mess to me and that there’s a great record hidden in there. If you combined the best of the first two albums you’d probably have their best record, or close to it.

 

TMTMTP
Imbue/TRTC
In Currents
For All of This
Lilac

 

TMTMTP
TRTC
Imbue
Lilac
In Currents
FAOT

But yea, there's not a single album I don't like there. All just varying degrees of good to great for me.

 

I love The Path.

 

Lilac
In Currents
TRTC
The Mechanic
The Mother
Imbue
The Path

A difficult ranking for me bc Lilac at this point probably wins solely for its back half. It’s just like... specifically what I want the most from this band. In Currents probably does the best job of sampling every corner of the band’s sound though — imo it’s their quintessential release. Got a lot of love for Room’s, but it feels like 2003 in a way that 2021 me is less interested in listening to when I reach for TEN