Man, I just wish this album was longer. There’s so many beautiful songs and ideas on here. A lot less guitar driven, fast rock, more somber and mellow sounds, with more meaningful lyrics. The album doesn’t try to do anything crazy, it just flows. It’s refreshing almost. The songs, instrumentation, and melodies sound so purposeful and I just wish the album wasn’t only 9 songs, as the album feels cut short. Going from Screamer to Our Bande Apart is so nice after the train ... read more
Honestly one of the best albums of all time and I don’t think that’s a crazy thing to say.
My favorite song of all time. Jenkins would say now that this song is overproduced, but I totally disagree. Everything feels so purposeful and still raw even with the clean production. Lyricism is at an all time high, and this has one of the cleanest melodies I’ve ever heard. When that beat drops 20 seconds in, it sends genuine chills.
It was definitely very different compared to the rest of their singles up to that point, but Out of the Vein as a whole was very different and was the ... read more
This album doesn’t have a single skip in my opinion. It’s not better than their debut, but to be completely honest, they’re so wildly different it’s hard to really compare them to one another. The album has some really interesting instrumentation, and some of Third Eye Blind’s best lyricism to this day. It’s experimental and I wouldn’t change a thing about this album. Out of the Vein is an album that only gets better with time, and I urge everybody to ... read more