Say Anything In Defense of the Genre
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Cesar
October 21st 2007


2732 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I disagree.

Thor
October 21st 2007


10355 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

you surprised the hell out of me with this album, john. it's quite good.

descendents1
October 21st 2007


702 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It feels almost on par with ...Is a Real Boy but man it's good for being so damn long.

iarescientists
October 21st 2007


5865 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hey Dfel: http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/node/151

AtavanHalen
October 21st 2007


17919 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Never heard of this band, but lately have been recommended their stuff.



I'm gonna get this for sure.



Great review.

McP3000
October 21st 2007


4121 Comments


Well, im not a fan of this band. ...Was a Real Boy sounded really "cutesy". I dunno, like another run of the mill poppy trash band that actually went to their music classes.

I think i'll give this a listen since its so well liked though. Can't hurt.

McP3000
October 21st 2007


4121 Comments


No no. I like Blink 182, New Pornographers, the Beatles, Foo Fighters, etc

i just think a lot of MODERN ('00's) pop rock is fairly crappy. Im still gonna give this the benefit of the doubt when i listen to it.

Abaddon2005
October 21st 2007


684 Comments


I like this alot more than ...Is A Real Boy.

pixiesfanyo
October 21st 2007


1223 Comments


No way is this a 4.5.

Solid album but nothing great.

pixiesfanyo
October 21st 2007


1223 Comments


well, its better than in rainbows

lunchforthesky
October 21st 2007


1039 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Lol I don't think so. This is a 3.5/4 In Rainbows is 4.5.



For me anyway.

pixiesfanyo
October 21st 2007


1223 Comments


In Rainbows is lame.

cbmartinez
October 21st 2007


2525 Comments


haha In Rainbows is miles better than this. Bemis is a good lyricist and their songs are catchy but two albums of listening to that annoying sarcastic faux witty voice he puts on is just too much, I can stand maybe two or three songs of it.

understone
October 21st 2007


51 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Excited for thisThis Message Edited On 10.21.07

IsItLuck?
Emeritus
October 21st 2007


4957 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm about 20 songs through this and I have yet to be disappointed by a song.

IsItLuck?
Emeritus
October 21st 2007


4957 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I just found that out.

204409
Emeritus
October 22nd 2007


3998 Comments



Hey Dfel: http://www.sayanythingmusic.com/node/151


That was really stupid. Tim Kinsella wins by a big margin but still sounds like an idiot.

StrizzMatik
October 22nd 2007


4159 Comments


Say Anything are absolutely terrible. I watched the sampler trailers for the new album and every thing I heard wasn't even near a 1/5. This band is terrible. They're rated high for being sorta experimental within their genre but ultimately are a mix of a poor man's Gatsby's America Dream and a crackwhore's Further Seems Forever. Oh ya and that's not even bringing up the aloof Panic references.


I don't see the Gatsby comparison at all. Besides it's not like GAD were the first pop-punk band to throw in weird time sigs or unusual melodies anyways, Descendents have been doing that for like 20 years (maybe not in the same way but still). And as for pop-punk bands I would easily put Say Anything in the top-tier, far above their contemporaries (Panic, FOB, Red Jumpsuit Faggaratus, MCR, etc.) at any rate. Bemis writes some great songs and his hooks kill.

Two-Headed Boy
October 22nd 2007


4527 Comments


I'm kinda looking forward to this, but ...Is a Real Boy didn't blow me away as much as I had anticipated. Nevertheless, I'll pick it up. Good review.

Serpento
October 22nd 2007


2351 Comments


No, yeah, I get the Gatsby's comparison, but I don't see how Say Anything are a poor man's version of the band. They take the good of that band and make it more accessible to everyone, like the Descendents or Latterman (wow, that was a stretch.)

This album is tempting but I'm not expecting much, so I'll give it time.



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