Jan Backing Track Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 21 hours ago, Ry-Bread said: NH has not aged particularly well to me, though I have a soft spot for it given the memories of my favorite band being back. That being said, I’ll take Cali/NINE over it all day. Neighborhoods aged SO well to me, there's nothing more raw and uncut for blinks catalogue outside their earliest days with Cheshire/Dude Ranch. I actually am in a different boat than most people for neighborhoods, I didn't love it when it first came out because my expectations were so sky high. I still listened to it every day, but it was a bit depressing and missing something (them all on the same page). Once you get past that and part of growing up it's truly a great album to listen to. I don't think it was momentum for anything either. I think Tom knew this was his last go around at this, and Mark was beaten from it all, so it was sort of a send off, one last time for old times sake. I think Tom is too much in his head to ever do at ease music again, especially with blink. Rebel Girl, surprisingly, was the first thing in a while that made me feel like old Tom was back for a second. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Neighborhoods is like the fucked up cousin you can't help but love. It's not the strongest album but it's special in its own way. Still beats the shit out of Cali and Nine. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 5 hours ago, Cheerios4u98 said: I think Neighborhoods was a good stepping stone towards something great. I think the direction Dogs Eating Dogs took was even more exciting. I couldn't wait to hear the music they were gonna make after listening to that EP. Sadly, that momentum was killed and whatever direction they would have gone with Tom was completely abandoned with California. I am really happy with NINE though. I'm glad that we're guaranteed to be getting at least one more album with Matt. Ultimately I want Tom back, but I do want more Matt first. Get out of my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 23 hours ago, Kay said: Neighborhoods is like the fucked up cousin you can't help but love. It's not the strongest album but it's special in its own way. Still beats the shit out of Cali and Nine. Whoa, didn't know you joined the Kansas Krew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vinegar Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 I still like NH decently enough. Fuck it. I'll die on this hill, I guess. Middle of the pack for blink records, still better than most of what we got the past 5 or 6 years. Nine was a decent album though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Mrtsurt will be doing blink’s merch again.. they’re leaving the company they’re currently with 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotNow Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 I love neighborhoods but I’ll never understand how they had 14 songs and not a single bridge and were just like fuck it no one will notice ship it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 46 minutes ago, NotNow said: I love neighborhoods but I’ll never understand how they had 14 songs and not a single bridge and were just like fuck it no one will notice ship it. Kaleidoscope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 53 minutes ago, NotNow said: I love neighborhoods but I’ll never understand how they had 14 songs and not a single bridge and were just like fuck it no one will notice ship it. You mean like a vocal bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 I know they're very subtle, but I feel like Wishing Well, Kaleidoscope, This Is Home are some of the best bridge moments. Even After Midnight, Natives, LID... Just kind of nice instrumental breaks, whether you want to call it lazy or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Yang Gun Kelly said: I know they're very subtle, but I feel like Wishing Well, Kaleidoscope, This Is Home are some of the best bridge moments. Even After Midnight, Natives, LID... Just kind of nice instrumental breaks, whether you want to call it lazy or not. The "ahhhhhhh" snake charmer one I quite like. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 The one bridge I do love on Neighborhoods is the one from Ghost on the Dance Floor. It's the mixing on that song that ruins it though. The way it's mixed just makes it sound like random loud noises. The chorus also sounds really bad. Can't hear the guitar at all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy030 Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 15 hours ago, Ghent said: Mrtsurt will be doing blink’s merch again.. they’re leaving the company they’re currently with Thank god. The current company sucks major ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltdown Tracker Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 On 3/7/2021 at 3:41 AM, Kay said: Neighborhoods is like the fucked up cousin you can't help but love. It's not the strongest album but it's special in its own way. Still beats the shit out of Cali and Nine. It had a lot of potential. All they needed was to fix up the bridges a bit and scrap some of the Mark solo songs in favour of songs where they collaborated. Take the best songs of Neighborhoods and DED with better bridges and you have what NH should have been. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotNow Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 8 hours ago, Kay said: The "ahhhhhhh" snake charmer one I quite like. Yes that is the best bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/6/2021 at 5:04 AM, Ry-Bread said: NH has not aged particularly well to me i think on the podcast i called it "angels and airwaves' best album." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theedge00 Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 appeared on my front page, forgot how good this song was! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyscott182 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Y’all think with all these blink pics Mark, Tom, And Travis have been posting that it makes Matt uncomfortable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient #48273 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, andyscott182 said: Y’all think with all these blink pics Mark, Tom, And Travis have been posting that it makes Matt uncomfortable? I'm pretty sure he knows that Tom was there from the beginning to their peak and is fine with them celebrating and reminiscing about the glory days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, andyscott182 said: Y’all think with all these blink pics Mark, Tom, And Travis have been posting that it makes Matt uncomfortable? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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