https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1570207516_5.jpg57. Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace There Is169 points, 5 votes
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
damn
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
i voted for Goodness but this one is great too
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
incredible album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
xp - OK, cool. Vera was more or less my second living room from the mid-90s to the mid 00s but I didn't see that Fireside show.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
fun emo fact: I went on a date in Ottawa with a girl who freaked out that I knew who the Hotelier were, we bonded over shared emo loves, had what seemed to be a v nice time, and then I never saw her again until a few months later when she was out walking with some dude she was definitely dating. the end
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
my issue with home is that the recording itself is not great but: those songs
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
to make the most banal point ever, I like the raw sound and think it perfectly suits the rawness of the EMOTIONS
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
idk when the mix is reduced to bass and drums in "in framing" and the bass sounds like it's being played in another room, it's mostly distracting, not raw
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
Hi, another dutch northerner and Elite fan calling in :) Haven't listened to it in 10+ years but will put it on tonight. It's sort of an anomaly (and definitely the peak) in their oeuvre.
― willem, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
it's because the bass is abandoned and alone xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51whxW0WoWL.jpg56. Paramore - Brand New Eyes170 points, 6 votes
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
Wow expected this to place higher, huge record.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
the self titled will be way up for sure
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
i FEEEEEL no sympathy
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
Have a feeling Joyce Manor may have been a casualty of vote splitting
― devvvine, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
Never Votesplit Again
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/414D5DsOsZL.jpg55 [TIE]. Rainer Maria - Look Now Look Again177 points, 7 votes---------------------------------https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61IG4TnTJCL.jpg55 [TIE]. Jawbreaker - Dear You177 points, 7 votes
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Dang, seeing three of my favs—Romance is Boring, Brand New Eyes and especially Home—place so low is kinda crushing. Feel like if this poll were done five or 10 years from now Hotelier would be a slam dunk top 10.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
man I hope not, they're one of the best rock bands on the planet at the moment imo
Dear You's slow critical rehabilitation has been amusing
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
Wow I wasn't able to check the thread since yesterday, a lot of interesting results!
gr8080 otm re: Promise Ring & Dashboard Confessional
Also I mentioned this in either the noms or campaigning threads and it probably got buried, but for all you new Fireside converts this is their most emo song imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPybfavsbOA
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
ha yes, i was right, rainer maria!!!!!!!!!!!
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
that rainer maria record has some of my favorite lyrics ever on it
also dear you was a very crucial record for me in college even though i prefer the sprawl bivouac
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
The amazing thing about Brand New Eyes is it's somehow not even Paramore's best album.
It's also one of the only Rob Cavallo-produced album I can remotely stomach. His tactless, over-compressed, over-loud modern RAWK sound is the embodiment of everything shitty about commercial rock in the '00s, but somehow this album makes it work because Williams takes it almost like a kind of challenge, seeing if she can out bombast it
― Evan R, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
the skyline is two gazes longand i crane my neckto take it all in
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
i saw rainer maria on my birthday last year and even their new songs ruled (although they were v different)
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
two fantastic albums
i went on a blind date once to a rainer maria show
all the older punk bros i know scoff at Dear You, all the younger music bros swear its the best jawbreaker
― gr8080, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:33 (seven years ago) link
ountain goats covering boxcar: https://youtu.be/xPRE35kjOcI
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Tbh I've never listened to a whole Jawbreaker album but "Chesterfield King" is the best song ever.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
On Bivouac, I see.
xp Love that cover, watching COPS and reading Didion >>>
― devvvine, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
could only bring myself to vote for 24hr Revenge Therapy itp but their other albums are all great too
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
it placed yesterday but shouts out to the broken-ass guitar solo on rilo kiley's "spectacular views"
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
(xpost) Yeah I didn't vote for any Jawbreaker but 24 Hour Revenge Therapy was always my favourite - one of those cases of a record really striking the right balance between the sounds of the albums either side of it. I guess it will place pretty high up?
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
its not on this album, but its fun to sing "Kiss the Bottle" as "Kiss the Butthole"
― gr8080, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
orange rhyming dictionary gotta beat all jawbreaker itp
― gr8080, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
assume u guys have heard Jahbreaker, right? for the lols
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
https://jahbreaker.bandcamp.com/
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
It'll be close I bet!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/416WAx-udJL.jpg53 [TIE]. The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving180 points, 5 votes---------------------------------https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/410udzM7lDL.jpg53 [TIE]. Shudder To Think - Pony Express Record180 points, 5 votes
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
my wife introduced me to Left & Leaving, which I voted for... previously I had always thought they were too wimpy emo for me and was pleasantly surprised
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
― willem, woensdag 8 maart 2017 16:02 (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
We've got a Dutch northern quartet here guys :) Elite and 3 Mile Pilot my fave takeaways from this so far.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
i loooooove. looooooooooooove. love pony express record. i guess they are a post-hardcore band but it honestly never occurred to me to vote for them in the poll
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
can anyone ysi me the jejune alb. please?
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
fun emo fact: I went on a date in Ottawa with a girl who freaked out that I knew who the Hotelier were, we bonded over shared emo loves, had what seemed to be a v nice time, and then I never saw her again until a few months later when she was out walking with some dude she was definitely dating. the end― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, March 8, 2017 8:46 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, March 8, 2017 8:46 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
:( so emo
**Quick VG emo listening update***Saves The Day - good but i dont think i like the vocalsThe Promise Ring - omg omg. I am so in love with this sound + vox. Weirdly they sound a bit like mid-late 90's Australian grunge & therefore I'm in heaven.
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
Saves the Day vox will grow on you. trust.
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
Spottie, you're not on slsk?
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link