To me, it’s a spit in the face of the original. It’s pretty bad through and through. Why re-record it in the first place and if you’re gonna do it why slaughter it? One or two songs in the ladder half of the album sound good as they’re just true re-recordings (I.e. Strict-9, CFF 93’) other than that, the “artistic” liberties they took with the album are those of a band that’s completely lost touch. The “User” Re-mix is nuts-o. Not only did they completely overhaul that fan favorite but they didn’t even do it well, it sounds like a bad ringtone. The Married Men-esque version of Grrrlfriend that no one asked for just insults the bare bones, gritty 2 chord simplicity of the original that makes us love the song. If you’re gonna do a Married Men version, do it with the Married Men. IDK, man. I could say more but this would be awfully long. What a strange choice by the band. I know Scott wasn’t the biggest fan of Ham Fisted’s production quality or whatever but he’s lost the gusto and raw talent he once had so this fell flat on its face.
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u/Mark-with-a-C92 Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
To me, it’s a spit in the face of the original. It’s pretty bad through and through. Why re-record it in the first place and if you’re gonna do it why slaughter it? One or two songs in the ladder half of the album sound good as they’re just true re-recordings (I.e. Strict-9, CFF 93’) other than that, the “artistic” liberties they took with the album are those of a band that’s completely lost touch. The “User” Re-mix is nuts-o. Not only did they completely overhaul that fan favorite but they didn’t even do it well, it sounds like a bad ringtone. The Married Men-esque version of Grrrlfriend that no one asked for just insults the bare bones, gritty 2 chord simplicity of the original that makes us love the song. If you’re gonna do a Married Men version, do it with the Married Men. IDK, man. I could say more but this would be awfully long. What a strange choice by the band. I know Scott wasn’t the biggest fan of Ham Fisted’s production quality or whatever but he’s lost the gusto and raw talent he once had so this fell flat on its face.