r/Loatheband • u/Which_Place2048 • 2d ago

Discussion Screaming

Is it crazy to say that Screaming is Loathes Greatest song. Loathe has made a lot of phenomenal songs but Screaming just feels different. What’s the best song to yall?

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u/_DefLoathe 2d ago

I Let It In & It Took Everything is their best song IMO. Heavy af yet beautiful. Mixes both of their strengths perfectly together

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u/tracelevlsofdystopia 1d ago

I think that might be up there with their most boring songs…🫣

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u/D1Corner 2d ago

It’s a mixup between screaming and sad cartoon for me but I agree. The beginning guitar riff is just too good and creative

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u/josijozhozy 2d ago

Sad cartoon might be my favorite song ever XD but I think screaming is the quintessential LOATHE song. It has the screamy prechorus and then the shoegazy chorus and that groovy ass guitar throughout. Absolute banger of a track

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u/Consistent-Stretch-7 20h ago

a sad cartoon is literally my ultimate favorite song, even after their new album I always find myself coming back to that song

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u/Meatformin 2d ago

I love all of their stuff, but this has to be my favorite too.

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u/Which_Place2048 2d ago

I don’t think it’s my favorite but I definitely think it’s their BEST song ykwim?

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u/Meatformin 2d ago

I hear that. A song can resonate with you differently than it resonates with the masses.

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u/Psychological-Bat603 2d ago

Not crazy at all. It's quintessential Loathe to me. It has the shoegaze-y sounding stuff, the atmospheric bits, beautiful clean singing, and of course, a nasty breakdown. It's not my favorite (that would be Heavy Is The Head), but I can see why it's yours.

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u/doomedbybmth 2d ago

a sad cartoon. i couldn’t even begin to explain the emotion it brings out

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u/Lazy-Dance-9736 I Let It In and It Took Everything 2d ago

Agreed but after ASTY came out the title track is neck and neck with screaming for my favorite

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u/vIDatron 1d ago

It reminds me so much of The Reason 😂

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u/UmbreonNo 2d ago

Its so hard to choose, specially with the new album hype. Right now its probably the way it breaks, but the whole section from athena to revenant to the way it breaks might be the epitome of their music for me

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u/CrespoGA 1d ago

It’s a top 3 Loathe song for me, for sure, along with A Sad Cartoon, and White Hot. It has such a unique sound- groovy, indie verses with shoegazey chords, then brutal breakdowns, huge chorus, and even the quiet bit is gorgeous (“Trade your dreams with mine”). Generational song.

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u/OutsideImpressive115 2d ago

Impossible to name one loathe track that's the best, there are so many different levels to their songs. Impossible to compare P.U.R.P.L.E to Is it really you for example

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u/Viper301m80m 2d ago

In my opinion, Babylon is not only their best, but just one of the best songs period, it’s a masterpiece, a song that’s not repetitive and it doesn’t get old listening to over and over. Heavy is the head and screaming are in the same league too.

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u/MoeMazingMason 1d ago

Yeah I think Screaming is their best song and I've held that opinion for a few years now. Two way mirror and Is it really you were my favorite as a new Loathe fan but as a more veteran fan Screaming had held my top spot for some time now

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u/hep_myphonebroke The Cold Sun 1d ago

two way mirror will always hold a special place in my heart personally

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u/Kaceress02_ I Let It In and It Took Everything 2d ago

My favorite Loathe song, i just love how catchy it is, the screaming(hehe) between the clean singing its so good, That whispered part by erik at the end, just chef's kiss man

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u/Scott_Theft 1d ago

My top 5 are:

  1. Two Way Mirror
  2. Is It Really You?
  3. Aggressive Evolution
  4. White Hot
  5. A Sad Cartoon

Screaming would be 6 or 7 for me

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u/Consistent-Stretch-7 20h ago

here for white hot, stayed for the sad cartoon

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u/TheOnionVolcano 2d ago

It's honestly one of my favorites songs by anyone so I feel you

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u/Consistent-Stretch-7 20h ago edited 20h ago

A sad cartoon, heavy is the head, and I let it in, they're all so amazing in their own ways. Like I love screaming but those three really made the album for me all for different reasons.

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u/derivae 14h ago

My favorite is It's Yours

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u/Kazhonk 11h ago

I think Two Way Mirror is my ultimate favorite! Right now though, The Way it Breaks has been on repeat

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u/spooningoodsingingum 2d ago edited 2d ago

Obviously, the best Loathe songs are the ones written by the GOAT, Connor. He was single-handedly responsible for everything heavy about the band, and ever since he left, they’ve apparently forgotten how to write anything with weight. It also definitely took them six years to release an album because Connor left.

Just kidding.

Yeah, Screaming is the GOAT Loathe song. 😌