The new NOFX album First Ditch Effort

[fuzzyroes]

A new NOFX album came out a week ago. It's some of their best work in a long while. Really great album, super energetic and a more kind of dark theme.

A few of my early favorites. For those skeptical: if you like super melodic infectious music you'll love these





I mean come on, those 2 are pop-rock gold

Another one of my favorites:

[Elphenor]

terrible just terrible

[fuzzyroes]

A dark song all of us alcoholics and addicts can relate with



Classic raw, angry and honest NOFX

[buzzard]

Boy, has their sound developed since I was twelve.

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

terrible just terrible

The 2 I just posted are more up your alley

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by buzzard

Boy, has their sound developed since I was twelve.

I think this talk of artists needing to evolve is largely a crock of shit. Bands always try it and it usually ends up for the worst. Tear Garden by kaleidoscope anyone?

[Elphenor]

do you like Pat the Bunny Fuzzball

[fuzzyroes]

Never heard of him before dude

[Elphenor]

he is the type of music the last 18 year old women I courted was into I tried to see if she'd dig Violent Femmes but she wasn't interested and that made me angry

[Elphenor]

my real point is that NOFX sounds like the type of punk you like as an adolescent before getting into "I'm in my early 20's" punk

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

I think this talk of artists needing to evolve is largely a crock of shit. Bands always try it and it usually ends up for the worst. Tear Garden by kaleidoscope anyone?

Couldn't anybody else come along and point out that Hummer is better than Spiteface?

[fuzzyroes]

Well, I did post the 3 most accessible poppy tracks on the album

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by buzzard

Couldn't anybody else come along and point out that Hummer is better than Spiteface?

Of course, but really, I'd argue SD is the high-water mark. Of course MCIS is great too but after that all of the "evolution" and "moving forward" was a total detriment to the Pumpkins sound.

[buzzard]

Evolution can be good or bad, but where did creative stagnation ever get us?

[Elphenor]

didn't Green Day aka Stiff Little Fingers for teenagers just make another album too

did we already discuss that one

[fuzzyroes]

It's the old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The problem becomes when an artist purposely try's to mimic something that came out organically at one point and years down the line try to ape the sound for monetary reasons.

I don't find that to be the case with NOFX. In fact I find the melody twists to be a lot more unpredictable and well written on some of their later career albums than any of the ones that their fans deem as "classics".

[Elphenor]

High School punk vs. College punk

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

didn't Green Day aka Stiff Little Fingers for teenagers just make another album too

did we already discuss that one

Yeah, the new Green Day album sucks. There's another example of a group "trying to evolve" and what we're left with is some boring dinosaur rock knock-offs.

Check out this track: One of the main central melodies is a clear-cut rip off of While My Guitar Gently Weeps





I'm actually kind of sad that Green Day sucks now. But it's been a long, slow decline in progress over the years. But there would always be a few good songs to keep me into em. This new ones just crap though. The equivalent to Weezers Make Believe for me.

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

The problem becomes when an artist purposely try's to mimic something that came out organically at one point and years down the line try to ape the sound for monetary reasons.

lol the entirety of the punk you like

[Mals Marola]

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(@ elephant)

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

It's the old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

While I can see how this might apply to functional goods like tube socks, I'm not so sure it belongs in the context of art.

[Elphenor]

[Elphenor]

the album title is kind of clever tbh

[LaBelle]

I like the new Green Day album. It felt like the band picking up where 21st century breakdown left off but without littering the thing with way too many songs.

[run2pee]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

High School punk vs. College punk

FFS

Someday you'll quit relentlessly categorizing everyone you meet by their fucking music tastes and b so so so embarassed at who you were

[redbreegull]

DO YOU HAS THE TIMES
TO LISTEN TO MY WINE

[LaBelle]

Billie sang that about 2 meters from me in 2010.

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by LaBelle

I like the new Green Day album. It felt like the band picking up where 21st century breakdown left off but without littering the thing with way too many songs.

Most people on the Green Day board are just loving it and the reviews have been sensational. The only review I actually agree with is the one from Pitchfork

I mean the execution of the songs is good and what not but there's just nothing that I really wanna go back and revisit. It all just seems so middle of the roadish.

To be fair, there was only 3 or 4 songs I really liked off 21st century Breakdown though... But at least it was something

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by LaBelle

Billie sang that about 2 meters from me in 2010.

That was a great tour. I was right up on the floor too. I kinda wonder if BJA's gonna be able to put on the same sort of all out show now that he's sober.

[fuzzyroes]

Hey Elphy: Here's a song you'll be able to get behind!



fuck, this new albums rad.