Chad sounds like Dave Mustaine and the instrumental sounds bad

This record is a fundamental downgrade from THOC. Production is leagues behind, the snare drum is a great example; sampled without any creativity, mixed like it's in a dull room. The songwriting is not stellar here either. There's some strong highlights like Violent Mood Swings and Smothered (which is marred with production choices I don't understand.) This record feels, to me, like they either got a little high on how good THOC was or they rushed this out. Not a great follow up.

holy meh

Massive fan of Strangers Only and UnReal so I have bias going into this, I was not overly impressed with the majority of material here - Flooded Eyes has a great groove and writing style, but has the EXACT same chorus as "Joi" off of UnReal. Some parts of this feel like a strong and intentional comeback, but the rest of it feels like a slow walk through the most "eh" parts of radio rock.

this band is beyond consistent to the point that I went into this knowing it would be an 8/10 without a doubt in my mind

holy shit this is lame

i usually like chevelle but the over singing on this is laughable and ruins the song

not very interesting

i hate this vocal effect every producer uses where it sounds like singer has peanut butter in his mouth

like others have said, this is arguably devin at his most simple and base but it's still extremely strange in some areas which i quite enjoyed. many great moments on this album surrounded by some OK stuff, but nothing resembling bad or useless. for a guy 30+ years into his career, many have done much worse.

this is so fucking well written and fun im going to mutilate myself

devin's always done what he wants, but i think this is him actually resting on his laurels for once and i really dig it. not saying he's being lazy - i think this is high effort pop metal with a great structure, tight production, and fantastic vocal performances on each section. he gets better as a vocalist with age, which is unbelievable given 99% of the time it's the opposite. good song!

revisiting this album made me remember how much of a letdown this was when it came out. i should have seen it coming from Magma (although I liked that record) how mediocre every element of their sound was becoming.

as a producer who brickwalls his songs and is horrible at mixing, how in the fucking WORLD does this album sound like this??????????

holy FUCK man Todd Jones cannot disappoint

I've been revisiting Nails' entire discography in the lead-up to the new album, and this is the album I believe stands head and shoulders above the rest. The frontman Todd Jones said he felt like he had been waiting to write the title track to this album since he was 15 and it really, REALLY shows here. I bought this the day it came out when I myself was 15 years old and listened to it for almost a year straight, which I think does prove Todd's point. All three Nails albums have ... read more

im so glad i didnt kill myself for 8 years

I think this album takes a gigantic nosedive after track 5 besides tracks 8 and 12, but this is a core album for post-grunge and has some absolutely killer songwriting in the first half. I don't think this one can just be written off like a lot of other slop coming out around the same time - it's got some nostalgia baked into it that's undeniable.

Spotle.io had Bon Jovi as the answer the other day and I didn't get it and I got mad. Then I checked this out and didnt get more mad but it certainly didnt ease the blow of losing my daily competition with whoever the fuck picks the artists for Spotle.

1. i didnt know this came out until today
2. i only remember the first two songs
3. i'm a fan of this band
4. a). even as a fan of this band i didnt know this came out and b.) i only remember the first two songs