I understand this is a live album, but I’d be more into if it were 35 minutes instead of 70. I definitely enjoyed listening to the album. It solidifies one of my takeaways from the 1001 experience: I like punk adjacent music.
Copious amounts of gratuitous guitars. Sometimes they work but at the end I feel like I ate two holiday dinners with triple dessert.
This album is a vibe as they say. I love the self released indie stuff because it leads to more creative art. I personally considered adding Headroom. Regardless, Men I Trust is a band deserving of being heard.
I understand this is a live album, but I’d be more into if it were 35 minutes instead of 70. I definitely enjoyed listening to the album. It solidifies one of my takeaways from the 1001 experience: I like punk adjacent music.
Definitely a unique sound and I can hear why one of us picked why everyone should hear it. But it’s not for me. The vocalist kinda talk-sings and mumbles while the mix has his vocals buried under the music.
Some improvement but not over the top. Coltrane is great on the sax while Hartman’s vocals are soothing. Overall, this is stomachable jazz.
Thankfully this isn’t like the screamo non-sense of their first two albums. The only person I knew who liked that shit thought trolling people was a personality trait. The music was as annoying as he was. Fortunately, M. Shadows worked with a vocal coach to be more melodic here. This album feels like what I image a speed freak experiences. Unfortunately after 72 minutes I feel like a speed freak in that my heart is going to explode.
My simple mind appreciates the straightforward lyrics. I don’t have to guess what the songs are about. And the bottle the guy is singing into offers a unique and refreshing sound. I can’t figure out if him being a mediocre, and I mean I was better than that at one point, is a plus or minus. Either way an enjoyable album.