Such an underrated banger overshadowed by the TAYF hits

be4 going to military for a year and a half!

Sorry for the grammar in case. Not a native speaker.
Anyway, this is related to a recently deleted post here so I made one myself.

I'll start off, maybe the band will not be playing the folk/country style they've been playing like the half of Happiness Is/Tidal Wave/152. But Adam might be doing his southern preacher accent and unnecessary goat vibrato singing but the TBS sound is still there.

Hbu?

Taking Back Sunday: New Again Album Commentary

This question has been like an itch in the back of my head since summer 2009. I went to one of their shows that had to be canceled due to an injury. I think one of the guys broke an arm or a leg. Regardless of that show goes on and someone requested a song and Adam said "We're damn proud of that song but we will never play it live again". What song!!

We love this song. Used to be in TBS tribute.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19Bmybjzwq/?

When Happiness Is… first came out, I wasn’t so sure I liked this song. It’s been so long that I can’t even recall why. All I know is that one day (maybe a year after the album came out)I had it playing in the car, and the swell of guitar feedback right before the last chorus hit me like a ton of bricks, and I realized that this song is actually one of the best on this album (which is saying a lot). Anyone else have that experience with this or any other TBS song?

(Side note: me screen-capping this with 1:52 left to go in the song was 100% accidental).

Will be very interested to see how much he opens up. Unreleased as of yet, was on his instagram

Looks like Fred made a surprise appearance and sang A Decade Under the Influence.

I don’t recall the TBS Instagram account ever sharing anything Fred related until the holiday show.

I will miss Mark on drums, but I’m glad to see this idiotic “feud” is officially over… at least from Taking Back Sunday’s standpoint.

When the album first dropped i maybe listened to it 2-3 times max. Disliked it very much, enjoyed maybe 1 or 2 songs that’s it. In recent weeks i’ve been on a TBS kick and decided to revisit 152. Not exactly sure what changed but i can’t stop listening to it now. Been on constant repeat for days. Now look it’s nowhere near on the same level as their first 3 albums. Those bad boys are emo masterpieces. Not even sure if it’s better than Tidal Wave for me, that album was basically my 2016 summer jam. But i can confidently say this is a solid album, the first half is definitely stronger than the second half. I’m really enjoying 152 now for what it is.

How do you guys feel about 152?

Do you think TBS would have stayed very mainstream if John and Shaun had rejoined the band when Fred quit in 2007.

Not saying that New Again isn’t a good album as I do enjoy it (it is my least favorite TBS album), but I don’t think it capitalized on the success of Louder Now due to just being a solid album. The only real stand out on the album to me is “Swing” which they don’t even play anymore.

I personally believe if John and Shaun rejoined in 07 they would be more popular today. And that’s no knock on their current popularity as they still play big venues and have millions of monthly listeners.

Just a hypothetical

What happened?

Did The Blonde Shell forget a recording permit was required at the local pier?

Did Eddie finally hear the music?

Very excited to see what this is like!