This is a band that I did not want to like. The vocals especially put me off. But in spite of myself, I came around. And this summer I listened to You Forgot It In People endlessly. In spite of myself.

The new album seems weak. Cocophonous, yes, but lacking ballast. And at times downright terrible.

I'm going to see them on Tuesday. I done heard there's 67 people in the band now. I also heard tell all their white belts have moustaches and their Torontoishness is the Montrealistest.

Not Crap 3, or maybe 4; you know, whatever.

not crap, high waffles

Not Crap for "you forgot it in people", haven't heard their latest so it could ruin that for them, but I don't know that yet.

LAD wrote:The new album seems weak. Cocophonous, yes, but lacking ballast. And at times downright terrible.

This isn't too far off to me. The song "7/4" makes me glad I bought it, but there is a song with a rap on it. A rap! Or a toast, I don't really know the difference. The sound is far too dense. It's hard to make anything out.

I think there is a fine line between uninhibited and pretentious. They got away with things like near-whisper vocals on YFIP, but not with this one.

They are a very good live band, though. I saw then with 6 or their 10 members, but there were still 3-4 guitars, which was kinda weird since it was at a db-limit venue. They also dedicated their set to Steve Moore.

Not Crap, wf: 3 for the new album.

Bruce wrote:

LAD wrote:The new album seems weak. Cocophonous, yes, but lacking ballast. And at times downright terrible.

This isn't too far off to me. The song "7/4" makes me glad I bought it, but there is a song with a rap on it. A rap! Or a toast, I don't really know the difference. The sound is far too dense. It's hard to make anything out.

I think there is a fine line between uninhibited and pretentious. They got away with things like near-whisper vocals on YFIP, but not with this one.



Not Crap, wf: 3 for the new album.

Bruce, I am in agreement with you, absolutely. And "7/4" is probably the track that most sounds like it could have been on _YFIIP_. But again, that wall of sound just mushifies it. At any one point there're 10 great things to listen to -- intersecting horn lines, guitars, background vocals, etc -- but they just collude in a giant mush.

Bah! They fucked up.

BSS won't top You Forgot it in People, (un)gramatically or musically. Too many great songs on that, one after another. The production on the new one is a bit much and the songs are not as strong. Still, a great band, AMAZING live, and probably the best "indie pop" band in existence right now for whatever that appelation is worth.

I only just discovered these chaps.

NOT CRAP.

one of the best new bands that can be categorized as "indie" and "rock/pop" and being creative at the same time.
and i think that the new album is great actually.

I like em, but i can not shake the fact that something about them seems empty.

I really like the YFiP record, but after a while it seemed to be missing some type of Glue that really makes a record hold together well.

The new Record is really messy, too messy. Relax! This is sort of an unnecessary “collective” sound. Cut some people, or mix em out.
Plus the record really seems to ear fatigue. I just can’t deal with all the messy-mess. 7/4 though is killer.

I thought, hell, STILL THINK, that "You Forgot it in People" is great, great pop album.

Their new record? I think I got halfway through it before I turned it off.

I agree with Swede. They're were some very poor engineering decisions made. It was the "indie-pop" equivilant of listening to a Merzbow album full-blast through ear buds with a mirgraine.