This week Yellowcard posted a new track from their upcoming new album Paper Walls. It’ll be the band’s follow up to Lights And Sounds, which although seemingly latched onto by an obsessive fan base, wasn’t as welcomely received by others.
The band acknowledged this, saying “We don’t have the momentum that we had at the height of Ocean Avenue… I think maybe we were a little too jaded and little too dark”.
Personally I’m of the opinion that most people simply realised that throwing a cute violinist into the mix doeth merely grant you curious attention form prepubescent Pink fans but not continued success on the back of pop junk posing as moody musicianship.
After thinking about fan’s expectations of their favourite bands’ albums, I wondered what it must be like for the bands. I realised that Yellowcard’s reluctant admission was just one in a line of bands that have openly bagged their own creations.
Less Than Jake recently promised fans that their next release would be “something you’ll like this time” after In With The Out Crowd was declared a monumental clanger.
Tim McIlrath admitted Rise Against’s Siren Songs Of The Counter Culture was a little disappointing, insisting “weren’t focussed and weren’t clear on what we wanted to accomplish”.
Then Reel Big Fish’s Scott Klopfenstein said with typical RBF disdain that album Cheer Up was a mere “side note in the story that Reel Big Fish have been trying to tell”.
It gets you thinking about how quietly devastating it must be to come to a realisation that the creation that you pumped time, effort, money into was a disappointment, immortalised on compact disk and destined to tarnish your reputation and future artistic contributions forever. It’s gotta sting.
In other news please serve yourself a swift boot in the arse if you missed last Saturdays gig at NSC. For you missed forlorn vocals and infinite promise of Responder, the ever-pleasing Death In The Family and the incredible Blueline Medic performing in front of a packed crowd. Song of the week: Blueline Medic’s Between Toora and Hazelwood. Gold!
The band acknowledged this, saying “We don’t have the momentum that we had at the height of Ocean Avenue… I think maybe we were a little too jaded and little too dark”.
Personally I’m of the opinion that most people simply realised that throwing a cute violinist into the mix doeth merely grant you curious attention form prepubescent Pink fans but not continued success on the back of pop junk posing as moody musicianship.
After thinking about fan’s expectations of their favourite bands’ albums, I wondered what it must be like for the bands. I realised that Yellowcard’s reluctant admission was just one in a line of bands that have openly bagged their own creations.
Less Than Jake recently promised fans that their next release would be “something you’ll like this time” after In With The Out Crowd was declared a monumental clanger.
Tim McIlrath admitted Rise Against’s Siren Songs Of The Counter Culture was a little disappointing, insisting “weren’t focussed and weren’t clear on what we wanted to accomplish”.
Then Reel Big Fish’s Scott Klopfenstein said with typical RBF disdain that album Cheer Up was a mere “side note in the story that Reel Big Fish have been trying to tell”.
It gets you thinking about how quietly devastating it must be to come to a realisation that the creation that you pumped time, effort, money into was a disappointment, immortalised on compact disk and destined to tarnish your reputation and future artistic contributions forever. It’s gotta sting.
In other news please serve yourself a swift boot in the arse if you missed last Saturdays gig at NSC. For you missed forlorn vocals and infinite promise of Responder, the ever-pleasing Death In The Family and the incredible Blueline Medic performing in front of a packed crowd. Song of the week: Blueline Medic’s Between Toora and Hazelwood. Gold!
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YES! Blueline were fucking amazing in Sydney too. Still probably the best gigs of this year, and I've seen Strung Out once already :O
Yes, I did go there...
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