New album - Saviors - Out January 19th

[ekim]

26 minutes ago, Train27 said:

I haven’t listened to the phone recordings either, maybe just 15 seconds and that was long enough for me to be like, I’m gonna wait… lol!! It is a smart idea on their part for marketing reasons but for fans of the digital age, I’m not too sure… we may just have to agree to disagree! 
 

 

The covers get me, I will NOT listen to any of those… that’s so weird to me to have the covers out Bahahaha!!!

Yeah and one person just butchered the hell out of "father to a son" picture spongbob square pants strumming an acoustic guitar

[Guest]

MAGA supporters are going to buy the new album just to set it on fire, at least it will boost the sales 😅

[Saviour]

Just to confirm - as I've seen it a lot on this thread - "Coma" and "Comma" are very different things. 

Y'all want to hear a song about punctuation, listen to a Sesame Street album. 😆

Edited January 16, 2024 by Saviour

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

NME Review out: 4/5 “Their best work since American Idiot”

https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/green-day-saviors-album-review-3567737

[jengd]

1 hour ago, ekim said:

Yeah like the 17th 18th not a full week out from the official release now there's really bad quality versions and not so good covers on youtube which I think is way worst than actually posting the studio tracks on there 

I see a couple of reasons.  Easier for most folk to go to the stores on a Saturday and it leaves time for the social media buzz we are getting this week and I’m just ignoring all the covers, recordings etc, haven’t (and won’t listen) to any of them.  Also, if you have been listening to crap recordings, imagine how good the album is going to sound.  I see it as a win win.

[DeJennsitized]

I think the listening parties were genius personally. I’ve been listening to the album on repeat since via the recording I have, and all I can think about is how it’s going to sound when the real thing comes out 🤩 and I personally really enjoyed my own experience at the listening event! 

[Little Boy Named Booze]

The best feeling in the world will be this friday.
Headphone at work all day, listening to Saviors on repeat and talking on GDC with other fans

[ekim]

31 minutes ago, Train27 said:

I haven’t listened to the phone recordings either, maybe just 15 seconds and that was long enough for me to be like, I’m gonna wait… lol!! It is a smart idea on their part for marketing reasons but for fans of the digital age, I’m not too sure… we may just have to agree to disagree! 
 

 

The covers get me, I will NOT listen to any of those… that’s so weird to me to have the covers out Bahahaha!!!

Yeah and one person just butchered the hell out of "father to a son" picture spongbob square pants strumming an acoustic guitar

Yeah I couldn't resist I mean I've been waiting for this thing to come out for a couple of years actually first snippet of what we know now is fancy sauce wayyyyy back in December of 2021 but all through 2022 I honestly thought we would have a single by the end of 2022 album by early 2023 but I forgot green day aren't weezer lol so the process took longer but what I've been able to hear sounds well worth the wait best album since 21st century breakdown 

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

It’s on print only and cannot find a scan, but Saviors got a 4/5 also from Mojo. 

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/publication/47-mojo/

[lucky_stars]

1 hour ago, HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN said:

NME Review out: 4/5 “Their best work since American Idiot”

https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/green-day-saviors-album-review-3567737

Are people just straight up forgetting 21CB exists? 😂

Awesome to see so many positive reviews roll in. I’m still confused on what they mean when they say Saviors “bridges the gap” between Dookie and AI… ?

[AlienVisitor]

I was skeptical about Saviors at first listen, but now I can confirm it's the best they've done Since American Idiot.

Billie sure wasn't kidding when he said it might be the best record they've ever done.

And oh what a fking Closure song, best one since whatsername. The guitar solo at the end is just spine chilling.

Can't wait for the 19th.

[ekim]

54 minutes ago, DeJennsitized said:

I think the listening parties were genius personally. I’ve been listening to the album on repeat since via the recording I have, and all I can think about is how it’s going to sound when the real thing comes out 🤩 and I personally really enjoyed my own experience at the listening event! 

Yeah that was my thought going into it I will hear the songs hear the lyrics, so I'm going into knowing the album will be good and with the cd quality sound it will only be bigger and better now I'm trying to chill give the songs a rest until Friday so not to wear myself out on them 

[Saviour]

5 minutes ago, lucky_stars said:

Are people just straight up forgetting 21CB exists? 😂

Awesome to see so many positive reviews roll in. I’m still confused on what they mean when they say Saviors “bridges the gap” between Dookie and AI… ?

TBF the headline would imply that 21CB was considered and Saviors is better than it.

[ekim]

4 minutes ago, Saviour said:

TBF the headline would imply that 21CB was considered and Saviors is better than it.

I say best album since 21st century not better 

[DeJennsitized]

7 minutes ago, ekim said:

Yeah that was my thought going into it I will hear the songs hear the lyrics, so I'm going into knowing the album will be good and with the cd quality sound it will only be bigger and better now I'm trying to chill give the songs a rest until Friday so not to wear myself out on them 

I should probably do that… 😂 it’s hard though, this is a fucking good album. No skips for me.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

18 minutes ago, lucky_stars said:

Are people just straight up forgetting 21CB exists? 😂

Awesome to see so many positive reviews roll in. I’m still confused on what they mean when they say Saviors “bridges the gap” between Dookie and AI… ?

Maybe they just think it’s better then 21CB, which I understand being almost a taboo thing to say for that generation of fans that started to listen to this band around that time, but it’s a legitimate opinion.
I still have to listen to Saviors, and I grew up and adore 21CB in many ways, but also recognize it’s probably their record that aged worse. It’s derivative, more derivative then Insomniac when looking at Dookie, and several songs became a hard skip for me as of today. Then it also contains some of my absolute favorites, and it just has a special place in my hearth since I was 17 and in love with it when it came out, it’s the first release I waited for as a fan, and much more. 

The “bridge the gap” thing is something the band started to mention, and as I understand it is both from a sound and lyrics perspective, a mix of the maturity they got with AI and the playfulness of Dookie. IMHO what they tried and mainly failed to do with RevRad. Then again, still have to listen to Saviors and only heard 4 songs out of 15, so will hold my judgement on all of this.

[Nezirath270]

35 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

The best feeling in the world will be this friday.
Headphone at work all day, listening to Saviors on repeat and talking on GDC with other fans

That's the way until waking up seeing 2,000 light years unread messages on this thread 😂 might as well skip work just to skim through here

[ekim]

15 minutes ago, DeJennsitized said:

I should probably do that… 😂 it’s hard though, this is a fucking good album. No skips for me.

I'm already hearing them in my head suzie chapstick is currently playing in there now

[Miko]

Haven't listened any leaks. I'm really excited about this album although I have hard time to believe this is finally the album that is better than Dos! which I've adored for years. American Dream is fucking fantastic single and definitely the best single (Bang Bang wasn't good) since AI days. It's crazy how poor Green Day's singles usually are, but this time they've made all the right choices. Dilemma is fantastic aswell. Not a fan of One Eyed Bastard nor Look Ma but they're not bad either.

Friday couldn't come soon enough.

[ekim]

The solo on goodnight adeline is pure 80s hair metal 

[lucky_stars]

15 minutes ago, HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN said:

Maybe they just think it’s better then 21CB, which I understand being almost a taboo thing to say for that generation of fans that started to listen to this band around that time, but it’s a legitimate opinion.
I still have to listen to Saviors, and I grew up and adore 21CB in many ways, but also recognize it’s probably their record that aged worse. It’s derivative, more derivative then Insomniac when looking at Dookie, and several songs became a hard skip for me as of today. Then it also contains some of my absolute favorites, and it just has a special place in my hearth since I was 17 and in love with it when it came out, it’s the first release I waited for as a fan, and much more. 

The “bridge the gap” thing is something the band started to mention, and as I understand it is both from a sound and lyrics perspective, a mix of the maturity they got with AI and the playfulness of Dookie. IMHO what they tried and mainly failed to do with RevRad. Then again, still have to listen to Saviors and only heard 4 songs out of 15, so will hold my judgement on all of this.

I like this take - 21CB was also my first release as a fan so it will always feel special for that reason. And I agree that it derivative of AI for sure. It’s so interesting because whenever the band releases new music, we as fans often try to compare it to their previous albums or “sounds.” At what point is something a natural continuation of a theme/POV/sound versus a secondhand imitation? I saw a comment the other day that said something akin to “Saviors sounds like RevRad era sprinkled with Nimrod and Insomniac.” Like, that just means it sounds like Green Day. 😂

I can’t wait for Saviors to be out so we can have these kinds of discussions and comparisons!

[ekim]

6 minutes ago, Miko said:

Haven't listened any leaks. I'm really excited about this album although I have hard time to believe this is finally the album that is better than Dos! which I've adored for years. American Dream is fucking fantastic single and definitely the best single (Bang Bang wasn't good) since AI days. It's crazy how poor Green Day's singles usually are, but this time they've made all the right choices. Dilemma is fantastic aswell. Not a fan of One Eyed Bastard nor Look Ma but they're not bad either.

Friday couldn't come soon enough.

One eyed bastard was leaked earlier last year so that one really doesn't do it for me would've rather had damn juvenile delinquent fever something I haven't heard yet 

[pacejunkie punk]

Just going by the lyrics I find it interesting that Fancy Sauce ends the album on a pretty dark note. He typically prefers to end albums on hopeful notes it’s why See The Light and Ordinary World are album closers. This time he said fuck it.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

5 minutes ago, lucky_stars said:

I like this take - 21CB was also my first release as a fan so it will always feel special for that reason. And I agree that it derivative of AI for sure. It’s so interesting because whenever the band releases new music, we as fans often try to compare it to their previous albums or “sounds.” At what point is something a natural continuation of a theme/POV/sound versus a secondhand imitation? I saw a comment the other day that said something akin to “Saviors sounds like RevRad era sprinkled with Nimrod and Insomniac.” Like, that just means it sounds like Green Day. 😂

I can’t wait for Saviors to be out so we can have these kinds of discussions and comparisons!

Yeah, I think for 21CB that is more present as it is almost from any perspective a record that ride the success of its predecessor and try to do more with it (the concept-ish format, rock-opera/epic-ish sound, political/social commentary, even aesthetic). It worked back then for that generation of fans that got in love with Green Day through AI, but 15 years later it has a bitter-sweat effect. While AI is a records that will stay in pop music history and is easy and fun to listen to 20 years later, cannot say the same for 21CB. The personal value of it is another story. 

5 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Just going by the lyrics I find it interesting that Fancy Sauce ends the album on a pretty dark note. He typically prefers to end albums on hopeful notes it’s why See The Light and Ordinary World are album closers. This time he said fuck it.

“And in the darkest night
If my memory serves me right
I'll never turn back time
Forgetting you, but not the time”.

Didn’t read the lyrics of Fancy Sauce, but based on what you are saying seems like another throwback at AI  

[alecandstuff]

1 hour ago, lucky_stars said:

Are people just straight up forgetting 21CB exists? 😂

Awesome to see so many positive reviews roll in. I’m still confused on what they mean when they say Saviors “bridges the gap” between Dookie and AI… ?

It’s more focused and more well rounded. Even though I like 21CB, it’s super bloated and too long unlike Dookie and AI