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7 hours ago, nikkic said:

Have given the album multiple listens now.

 

I really wanted to like it, the first two albums got played a lot in 2022 and I want him to do well, BUT…..

 

It just goes nowhere. 
 

Aside from the title track, there’s no big feel good, singalong moments. 
 

There’s no Getting Started, Seventeen Going Under or Get You Down. 
 

If he did ever headline, there’s not much here that would really add to or improve the 2022 sub set. 
 

All just a bit nothingy.

That is my takeaway to a point. Works as an album better than anything else, but doesn't carry the same whack-a-mole power you'd possibly have expected.

 

Which I think might be why I like it so much? Means I've got to sit and consider it more than I might usually do with a fresh record. Do tend to be a two-spin and leave-for-another-day man.

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7 hours ago, matrainertje said:

To be fair, the title track feels like a B-side off the last one. I've listened to it about 10 times but still can't recall its melody. 

Intriguing. It's been stuck in my head since November. Cannot shift it, even if I go a few days without hearing it.

 

God, I love music, and I love that everyone finds different things in it. What a marvel and a fortune to be in that position.

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Just to get the Noah Kahan thread back to being about him being Neil Young if he was put through the Mumfordotron, I won the argument about Crumbling Empire being The Living Years 😉

 

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24951186.people-watching-review-sam-fender-back-bang/

 

"80s-vibe Crumbling Empire, which almost has a ‘The Living Years’ by Mike and The Mechanics about it, brings some classic rock concluding with a guitar solo."

 

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

Love you @NorthernSoul52 x

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1 minute ago, Superscally said:

Just to get the Noah Kahan thread back to being about him being Neil Young if he was put through the Mumfordotron, I won the argument about Crumbling Empire being The Living Years 😉

 

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24951186.people-watching-review-sam-fender-back-bang/

 

"80s-vibe Crumbling Empire, which almost has a ‘The Living Years’ by Mike and The Mechanics about it, brings some classic rock concluding with a guitar solo."

 

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

Love you @NorthernSoul52 x

Absolute cobblers!

 

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

And to you @Superscally 😉

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On 2/28/2025 at 10:40 PM, Johndenis said:

It sounds really like it..why is this even controversial. I'm surprised by how pedestrian this guy's music is.

Pedestrian, predictable, formulaic, unchallenging is what the majority want in music. 

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A fourteen-song set to kick off Europe, with a few debuts among it:

 

1 Getting Started

2 Arm's Length

3 People Watching

4 Crumbling Empire

5 Will We Talk?

6 Tyrants

7 Howdon Aldi Death Queue

8 TV Dinner

9 Spit of You

10 The Borders

11 Little Bit Closer

12 Seventeen Going Under

 

13 Chin Up

14 Hypersonic Missiles

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I was surprised to see Chin Up in the encore. Had assumed he'd be sticking Remember My Name there.

 

But I now have a hunch the latter will remain absent through Europe and America, until he gets the chance to actually have a brass section join him for the UK summer and stadium shows. Properly give it the oomph, so to speak.

 

Crumbling Empire was always an obvious live pick, but glad to see it has made the leap.

 

Howdon Aldi Death Queue can get lost.

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3 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Looks to be a one-song rotation going on - dropped Chin Up for Nostalgia's Lie on the second night in the encore, then binned it off and added Something Heavy as the opener for the next show.


Interesting, I thought Chin Up was nailed on to be a regular and a big crowd pleaser. Suppose he’s trying to find out how the new tracks land at this stage

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