[NightlifeMingus]

i took a piss break during cherokee

[foxtrot]

Living in Australia means I have had very few opportunities to see AC live (4 times).

The idea of a piss break is sacrilegious.

[unrecordednight]

why do yall take piss breaks during the best songs, just piss yourself cowards

[tay's tee games]

unrecordednight wrote:

utterly fucked

Been looking for a good signature for a while, thanks for this.

[dio]

I would probably piss on myself before stepping away from a live show by any band I like. Not bragging

But here's one: I'm so desperate for any and all AC related music to exist that I am nearly incapable of critiquing or criticizing any of it because I am so deeply happy that any and all of it exists at all. This essentially makes me a vaguely toxic "simp" fanboy at times.

BUT. I will say a lot of Reset is a lil mid to me. And like yet I also like it so much for what it is, that taking time to say that feels wrong. But like as far as a panda solo goes it's a little light? This is accentuated by weird fact that his features in the past year esp feel a little more substantial sometimes.

Also Cows has issues for me and I think pushes the band more towards a traditional vibe and instrumentation than I guess I hope they ever go? And 7s fixes this somehow by just moving a few degrees away from that mixing/instrumentation style. Good Side is Coldplay at the end. And I like it but. And Mayan um. It took an L yal let's be real. I was completely in love with the og Mayan and I feel like he really butched it up to where I don't even recognize the sweet boy I fell in love with initially

Um and studio Cherokee is pretty perfect to me but I do kinda miss whatever they were doing in 19. I do not miss the passerby melodic shifts in the opening verses but I do want a studio version of "I'm a passerby... You can read the bottle guy" in fever Ray processing a good bit.

Ok there I did it. Oh but most of this isn't contrarian, just the reset thing since I don't see much critique of it and it's his second highest one on rym after pp because people be liking samples.

So I did it wrong. I like tay tees a lot better even tho it's mostly "wrong"

[unrecordednight]

tay's tee games wrote:

unrecordednight wrote:

utterly fucked

Been looking for a good signature for a while, thanks for this.

yesssssssssssss

[dio]

Just piss before the show yal. If you have a prostate issue tho, no shame and ignore

[tay's tee games]

Hmm just when I finally got a signature, dio mentions his prostate. Unfortunate but I'll accept it.

I will admit the brosport piss was unfortunate and I did run but visiting friends was more or less planned. Soz.

Importantly though, I know there are some lurkers out there who agree with some of the shit ol tasty G said so come on. Show yourselves. You KNOW Sleep Cycle is an EP and you're all lying to each other about it.

[foxtrot]

unrecordednight wrote:

just piss yourself cowards

surely this is a potential new sig?!

[tay's tee games]

foxtrot wrote:

unrecordednight wrote:

just piss yourself cowards

surely this is a potential new sig?!

Mmmm yep you're right, I'll amend.

[dio]

I wish I had stronger takes like tay fuckkkkk. O I know I like never listen to feels. Or at least the first half. I do not like studio purple bottle and yet love it live idk idk. Fuck feels! Sorry!

[tay's tee games]

dio wrote:

I wish I had stronger takes like tay fuckkkkk. O I know I like never listen to feels. Or at least the first half. I do not like studio purple bottle and yet love it live idk idk. Fuck feels! Sorry!

Nah bro too far.

[dio]

Ya hah that's right. I hate feels. And that cover sucks ass. I did my senior project on Henry darger because of feels and several adults in 2010 probably think I have serious issues. I have not unpacked this and I never will. fuck feels. Ha hell ya come at me

[dio]

People is pretty stupid if we're honest

[NightlifeMingus]

i’ll admit it was poor planning on my part. i downed a tall can during spirit of the beehive’s set. if i had known what i know now, i would have held out til the end of cherokee because they played in the flowers right after

[foxtrot]

love how hard dio is finding it to give them any criticism

[Hellomark]

^Which brings me to my take: the Skiffs era In the Flowers is easily the worst older era song rework they've ever done, the low point of those tours (which I generally otherwise think were very very exciting and good).

[foxtrot]

yeh, i kinda agree. a bunch of the others were slower or whatever but had this really nice atmosphere (e.g. wide eyed) but in the flowers just lost its spark a bit.

[NightlifeMingus]

Yeah, my show had a great setlist (greek theater in LA) but I would have preferred if in the flowers, no more runnin, and/or (maybe this one is my hot take) unsolved mysteries were swapped out for one of the IIN? songs

[Stories and Games]

i didn't dislike skiffs in the flowers but it did basically just sound like a local band doing a decent cover of the studio version

actually i would say the same about the '22 bluish performances

[destiny]

Nah Bluish 22 sounds fucking beautiful. The outro bit actually sounds better than studio. Maybe I'm biased because I saw it outside in the rain. But AC is meant to be listened to outside. Same reason I think Asheville 22? I think is one of their best shows

You can read the bottle guy is one of the funniest/most poignant lines they've written. Coupled with I wouldn't miss a moments bliss being one of their most wistful or special you gotta miss some of passerbys old lyrics.

[unpopular]

i went for a piss twice during defeat in minneapolis

[Jam]

I went for piss at an AC show and they sampled it on Grass

[unrecordednight]

FEEL ON1NE!!! wrote:

You can read the bottle guy is one of the funniest/most poignant lines they've written. Coupled with I wouldn't miss a moments bliss being one of their most wistful or special you gotta miss some of passerbys old lyrics.

i wouldnt miss a moment's piss

[Slippi's Applesauce]

I’ve never heard that bottle guy lyric lol

[Stan]

Time Skiffs is so unremarkable, I can't even remember the tracklisting.

[dio]

Is dementia so kind? (The tracklisting is really memorable and way moreso than pw)

[Stan]

I edited my original post and replaced with that lukewarm poke at Time Skiffs because I didn't want anyone to feel derided.

[destiny]

I wouldn't miss Stan's shant

[foxtrot]

I think PW and TR are the only two I couldn’t recite the track list off the top of my head for. Already know IIN back to front!

[tay's tee games]

Another dreadful take (apparently) is that I actually think the '22 In The Flowers is the BEST version.

[Stan]

I was happy to let everything else go but that is absolutely ridiculous. I've put you on mute, sorry mate.

[tay's tee games]

Yep fair fucks, probably time for me to simmer down anyway. Feel like I've been a bit too feather ruffly and vocal the last few days.

[Stan]

Not at all, the feverish pre-album chaos is the best bit of this board.

[dio]

Oh I think tropic of cancer is wrong

I've kinda said that before

[opposite field]

Hellomark wrote:

^Which brings me to my take: the Skiffs era In the Flowers is easily the worst older era song rework they've ever done, the low point of those tours (which I generally otherwise think were very very exciting and good).

No idea why they kept it in the set. Felt like even they didn't want to be playing it towards the end of the tour.

[wilandhugs]

opposite field wrote:

Hellomark wrote:

^Which brings me to my take: the Skiffs era In the Flowers is easily the worst older era song rework they've ever done, the low point of those tours (which I generally otherwise think were very very exciting and good).

No idea why they kept it in the set. Felt like even they didn't want to be playing it towards the end of the tour.

This be my take. It was great in the beginning but by 23 I don't really get why it was still there... especially since they got rid of Fickle Cycle which WHY

[KidEatsKeyboard]

dio wrote:

I'm so desperate for any and all AC related music to exist that I am nearly incapable of critiquing or criticizing any of it because I am so deeply happy that any and all of it exists at all. This essentially makes me a vaguely toxic "simp" fanboy at times.

BUT. I will say a lot of Reset is a lil mid to me. And like yet I also like it so much for what it is, that taking time to say that feels wrong. But like as far as a panda solo goes it's a little light? This is accentuated by weird fact that his features in the past year esp feel a little more substantial sometimes.

I feel exactly the same. I am not very critical of AC, like, ever... but Reset is really lacking. It sounds like a little plastic wind-up toy. The only song I feel really attached to is Gettin to the Point; it quite literally gets to the point. I also like Edge of the Edge a lot, but it's one of several songs that overstay their welcome. That song, Go On, Danger, and Everything's Been Leading To This could all have a minute or more shaved off of them. Go On in particular is irritatingly repetitive. Noah and Pete both love droning, so it's not shocking that these songs are simple and repetitive, but it's just not very compelling. I think Reset is a great showcase of how PB can effortlessly come up with catchy vocal melodies over any instrumental you throw at him, but for the most part it just feels like AI-generated solo PB music.

[unpopular]

dio wrote:

But like as far as a panda solo goes it's a little light?

KidEatsKeyboard wrote:

Noah and Pete both love droning, so it's not shocking that these songs are simple and repetitive, but it's just not very compelling. I think Reset is a great showcase of how PB can effortlessly come up with catchy vocal melodies over any instrumental

yeah basically this... edge of the edge is so unbelievably catchy and danger is a great panda track but i havent really revisited it since it came out. seeing it live was really nice, need to see if any quality boots came up. i think AC in general thrive when they follow their jammier instincts bc the live transitions gave the light RESET material some juxtaposition and heft. they really droned out on some of them, it sounded incredible

my partner said that it's all major chords in a I V chord progression aside from danger and it ruined my enjoyment a little lol, i want to hear noah making shit like friendship bracelet again. very excited for sinister grift based on what i've heard from his new unreleased stuff

[Stories and Games]

i live in a cozy fantasy land where reset is actually just a one off single of Living in the After b/w Danger and it's really nice in here must say