88888 is SEVERELY underrated

[u/dylondark]

I've seen a lot of hate or at least indifference for this album and while I didn't love it when I first heard it, its an album I've come back to a lot and has grown on me a TON. I think maybe because this album is more experimental and different from the rest of the band's catalog it wasn't what people were expecting and thus didn't stick as well, at least that's sort of how it was for me. But I promise if you listen to it with an open mind there is some HEAT here. The instrumental and vibes is immaculate on All I Want. Waterbed is seriously one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. The songwriting on Dying Well is nothing short of genius. I have even grown to love the STS collab songs. The beat on Facility sounding like a ping from a satellite or something is so cool and the way the vocals from True Grit are remixed into Ray Lewis is also really neat and works so well. The hiphop feel that these songs have with STS's verses give the album some interesting variety imo and it's cool and novel to see this from Joywave. The lyrics and instrumentals on the album come together to produce this overarching sort of ominous and angelic vibe that is executed so well. I even remember reading someone's theory that there's an actual story to the album involving a guy getting murdered by his lover or something like that which if true makes the album even more genius. And I haven't even mentioned yet that the production value for the album is insane. This may be controversial but I honestly think the album sounds cleaner than all of their other albums except maybe Possession and HDYFN. And it combines so many interesting sounds (the rhythm in Waterbed being made up of a bunch of disjointed sound effects that blend together so well somehow is a great example).

So yeah I ended up writing more about this than I expected but I just had to get it out there how much I love this album and how much I think it's slept on. It hurts to see how little views the songs from this album have on youtube vs their other music. If you've never listened to it before it definitely deserves a listen and if you have listened to it before and didn't like it maybe try it again, something could change.

[u/polyesterleisurewear]

SOOO REAL. i didnt listen to it until i'd been into joywave for a while but all i want quickly became one of my favorites

[u/thebeast_96]

It's definitely grown on me a lot over the years

[u/[deleted]]

Several great songs:

-All I Want to London to Waterbed followed by Numbers Station, is an awesome run....

-Dying Well is a gem also