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I've seen this band's name a lot in LA, but I've never seen 'em perform and frankly, don't know much about them. Have I been missing out on something? Are they someone I should check out?
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They don't do much for me.

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I have and like their album A Better Version Of Me but haven't liked what little I've heard from other albums. Never seen them live.

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A Better Version of Me is great. Don't know much of their other material.
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They don't do much for me.


yeah. i want to say they came out with something like 2002 approximately that i was not impressed with at all. add this to the list of reasons i'm glad i don't live in LA : hearing their name mentioned

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They're one of those bands that's had a few transcendent moments mired in career of mediocrity. And I mean mediocrity in the literal sense, as in not bad, just not very good. I love the song "tinfoil" off of their first record. The Atlantic ep is pretty good, and A Better Version of Me had a few good moments. "Ears Ring" is pretty catchy too.

They had a lot of hype for a while. I think it kind of suffocated them.
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cmanhatan4 Wrote:
Prince of Darkness Wrote:
They don't do much for me.


yeah. i want to say they came out with something like 2002 approximately that i was not impressed with at all. add this to the list of reasons i'm glad i don't live in LA : hearing their name mentioned


I have Long Knives Drawn (2003 release, might be what you're thinking of) and I never really went back for repeated listens.

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i agree with el scorcho....


they have their moments, but thats about it with me

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SpontaneousPoet Wrote:
cmanhatan4 Wrote:
Prince of Darkness Wrote:
They don't do much for me.


yeah. i want to say they came out with something like 2002 approximately that i was not impressed with at all. add this to the list of reasons i'm glad i don't live in LA : hearing their name mentioned


I have Long Knives Drawn (2003 release, might be what you're thinking of) and I never really went back for repeated listens.


yeah that's exactly it. i remember screening this for my high school radio station and just tossing it right back on the pile. didn't even rip myself a copy of it.

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Their new one is coming out shortly.

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yeah< they were friends of a friend back in the day. Nice people but I dunno, they just don't ever get it right to me. Very meh...can't stand the vocals.
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I know the writer, not the band...

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i sold "long knives drawn." i'd say not worth your hard-earned scrill.
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Timis Wrote:
i agree with el scorcho....


they have their moments, but thats about it with me


Yeah, I'm also riding this bandwagon.

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this band fell off the face of the planet. I haven't heard anything about them in a while.

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this band fell off the face of the planet. I haven't heard anything about them in a while.


I remember first hearing of them in '99, back when !!! was still based in Bal'mor', and known as Click Click Click. Emo was so much simpler, then.
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Well, I can safely surmise that this doesn't sound like a band of interest for me. And not just based on your opinions, I checked out their website and the music did nothing for me.

Thank you!
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