the album's inspiration, not sure if i'm feeling the cover though
the new project from the mind of max bemis is a step in a whole new direction. apparently influenced by kanye west (he even goes to say that he wanted this to be say anything's twisted fantasy) and hip hop in general, he brings a whole new aggression to the band's catalog. working primarily with the drummer of mutemath, each track is laced with half sung half screamed lyrics over top of some hard beats. i love how gritty and hard the tracks hit; lyrically they're just as potent.
the previous album hebrews was made with no guitars and interesting arrangements. this album is almost its antithesis; guitars and samples are piercing and cutting everywhere. even through all this, the drums always find a way to cut through the mix and as a drummer, this is awesome.
i'm not sure if other people will feel as strongly as i do about this thing, it really isn't as easily approachable as the self-titled is. there's one thing that's for certain: no one's really taking risks like this that i know of.
top tracks: 17 coked up speeding, attaboy, rum, #blessed, give a damn
