The last week of August brings forth a trio of releases from some artists that I either a) Never cared about, b) Used to love but don’t care about now, and c) Kinda sort of like but don’t care about anymore.
As for a): There is something about Avenged Sevenfold that I vehemently hate. Is it that they’re headlining over deftones and Ghost on their upcoming tour or is it because, frankly, their music is awful? Regardless of my opinion, the kiddies still eat it up and they’re sure to eat up Hail To The King which I will protest by blasting Infestissumam very loudly all week.
Franz Ferdinand (“c” on my list if you’re keeping track) is back after a lengthy time away (four years!) which in music terms is a lifetime. I liked one of the tracks they released so far. The other, not so much. Does anyone still care though? In the meantime, here’s a refresher for you from Tristan who’ll also have an album review for you soon.
And then there’s Devildriver (“b” if you’re still paying attention), a band that I actually used to like who have turned into cookie cutter bland metal since their inception. However, after actually hearing the entirety of Winter Kills (Which our own KBOX will be reviewing later in the week) I can safely say that, for the time being at least, Devildriver is back!
In conclusion: A crappy week of releases to end a crappy month of releases (mostly)
Oh, and Goodie Mob is also back this week with their first new album in nine years and Big Money will have some words soon for y’all.
For a complete list go check out Pause & Play and then come back next week for Nine Inch Nails (And some other stuff but really, you know you only care about Nine Inch Nails).
6 comments
Angela says:
Aug 27, 2013
I still care about Franz Ferdinand-I’m excited to buy their new one. I’ve always liked them.
Have to agree with you on Avenged Sevenfold, though. I’ve only ever heard a couple songs by them, but…yeah. That sort of music just is NOT my thing.
Mike Browne says:
Aug 28, 2013
A friend of mine defends A7X by citing their virtuosity as instrumentalists, so they’ve got that in their corner, I guess. Their metal sounds all right, just not very interesting one way or the other…as for Franz Ferdinand, yeah they’re not the buzz band like they were 9 years ago but they still do fun singles.
And this week also had a new Belle & Sebastian rarities comp, c’mon! Not as amazing as “Push Barman” but still pretty damn good. Maybe not so much Popblerd’s speed, though.
Looking forward to that Devildriver review, cuz I have never heard a song of theirs before but would like to broaden my horizons. Hopefully he’s as positive as you were
Big Money says:
Aug 28, 2013
I’ve got to give Franz Ferdinand a spin on Spotify. I’m not at the stage where I’d automatically go out and buy one of their albums anymore.
Jesse says:
Aug 28, 2013
I knew about the Belle record, Mike B, but stayed away just because of the b-sides/rarities element which usually goes in with some of our reissue/re-release columns. B&S are totally our speed, though.
As for A7X: fake tattoos! I have a credible source. And again, the music=bleh.
Yeah, and DD is pretty awesome. I think KBOX and I are on the same page but we’ll see when his review posts!
Jesse says:
Aug 28, 2013
That’s my issue, especially after the last one, is that I can’t blindly buy their stuff anymore. Mrs. Jesse was so into them and she’s completely over FF now so that’s usually a sign as well.
Big Money says:
Aug 28, 2013
I was pretty unimpressed with the last one.