Highly Suspect

drakeheuer14

My top 3 that I really enjoy would be Snow White, Upperdrugs (it finally clicked) and Taking Off. Taking Off is very different, but I get a Bowie x QOTSA vibe that is awesome. 

The others I like would be Canals, These Days, and Arizona. Lyrics on these aren’t spectacular, but I can get past it enough to enjoy them. 

Freakstreet and the fillers I really (really!) could do without completely. If @tddybear wasn’t so blatantly about a teddy bear, I think it has merits as a song. 

All songs not mentioned I would just say I am indifferent to at the moment. 

pjpitt89

Not a fan of this album. Mister Asylum is a classic, The Boy Who.. is a solid follow up with a couple tracks worth skipping, and MCID is just them falling apart. I don't have any issue with experimenting/branching out/evolving at all, but this just misses the mark. The lyrics throughout the album are half assed and lazy. Musically, it just isn't up to par with either of their first two albums.

It's quite obvious that Johnny is looking to take this thing more and more on his own, which is fine. I just much prefer pushing the boundaries as a band, and not an electronic hip hop act.

Weston1283

Album 3 is an Incredible rock band turning into hip hop with boring basic lyrics 

I’ve given it a few listens and I think they lost me with this one.  Would still see them live if the set lists are heavy on first two albums

drakeheuer14

Meet & greet tonight! Excited to experience the new stuff live. 

drakeheuer14

I love this fucking band. Still amazing, new stuff was even better live. 

drakeheuer14

My short and sweet review from Atlanta. I had bought the meet and greet tickets with no expectations and basically thought, why the hell not. Fast forward to actually doing it, I wouldn’t really call it worth the money, but still enjoyable. There wasn’t time for much interaction and they shuffled you through the photo line really quick. Basically got to shake their hand and thank them for the music, snap photo, and move on. We couldn’t even use our own phone for the photo. To top it off, Johnny wasn’t present. I didn’t mind that at all, it is what it is, but some of the people there were not happy about it and could not stop bitching while we waited to be allowed into the actual stage area (Tabernacle is beautiful by the way). The complaining annoyed me more than him not being there. I get that we paid for it, but geez! And come to find out Johnny was basically having a rough day with his anxiety / not feeling well in general and that was the reason for his absence. What ended up being the main perk out of all this was getting to the rail and not having to run to beat people for it. For $150 though? Probably won’t be doing it again any time soon. 

The actual show was nothing less than amazing, per usual. The only real difference compared to the last two times I have seen them was Johnny talked a bunch more, but it didn’t seem to disrupt the flow. New songs sounded great and the highlight of my night was hearing Snow White. The addition of Matt Kofos on guitar is great and by all my personal accounts he is genuinely a super nice guy; even came back out to the barricade after people started clearing out to take selfies and such. They played a solid 2 hours and the energy in that room was on another level and you could tell the band could feel it and were responding to it. I expected them to play a couple more songs, but I am going to attribute them ending a little early to Johnny’s bad day. 

Can’t wait to see them again in February!

And the opening band, Sloth Rust, is definitely worth a listen. They almost remind of Primus in ways. 

pearldavidson

pjpitt89 said:

Not a fan of this album. Mister Asylum is a classic, The Boy Who.. is a solid follow up with a couple tracks worth skipping, and MCID is just them falling apart. I don't have any issue with experimenting/branching out/evolving at all, but this just misses the mark. The lyrics throughout the album are half assed and lazy. Musically, it just isn't up to par with either of their first two albums.

It's quite obvious that Johnny is looking to take this thing more and more on his own, which is fine. I just much prefer pushing the boundaries as a band, and not an electronic hip hop act.

Couldn’t have said it better myself. 

pearldavidson

drakeheuer14 said:

My short and sweet review from Atlanta. I had bought the meet and greet tickets with no expectations and basically thought, why the hell not. Fast forward to actually doing it, I wouldn’t really call it worth the money, but still enjoyable. There wasn’t time for much interaction and they shuffled you through the photo line really quick. Basically got to shake their hand and thank them for the music, snap photo, and move on. We couldn’t even use our own phone for the photo. To top it off, Johnny wasn’t present. I didn’t mind that at all, it is what it is, but some of the people there were not happy about it and could not stop bitching while we waited to be allowed into the actual stage area (Tabernacle is beautiful by the way). The complaining annoyed me more than him not being there. I get that we paid for it, but geez! And come to find out Johnny was basically having a rough day with his anxiety / not feeling well in general and that was the reason for his absence. What ended up being the main perk out of all this was getting to the rail and not having to run to beat people for it. For $150 though? Probably won’t be doing it again any time soon. 

The actual show was nothing less than amazing, per usual. The only real difference compared to the last two times I have seen them was Johnny talked a bunch more, but it didn’t seem to disrupt the flow. New songs sounded great and the highlight of my night was hearing Snow White. The addition of Matt Kofos on guitar is great and by all my personal accounts he is genuinely a super nice guy; even came back out to the barricade after people started clearing out to take selfies and such. They played a solid 2 hours and the energy in that room was on another level and you could tell the band could feel it and were responding to it. I expected them to play a couple more songs, but I am going to attribute them ending a little early to Johnny’s bad day. 

Can’t wait to see them again in February!

And the opening band, Sloth Rust, is definitely worth a listen. They almost remind of Primus in ways. 

I went to the show last night in Pittsburgh. Johnny butchered a lot of vocals. He came in late often and seemed to be barely singing. To be fair, his guitar solos were all great. I’ve seen this band 7 times now and last night was the worst of it. The highlight of the show was My Name is Human. They fucken slayed that track. Snow White & These Days were pretty decent. They played a new song called Everything is Sex and I enjoyed it. Freakstreet & Fly were ok at best, but I hardly like either song. Decent show, but Johnny’s performance wasn’t all that good. 

& yes slothrust is a darn good band

It seems you had a better experience than me Drake. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

jwhjr17

Saw them last night in Minneapolis.  5th time seeing them and by far the worst.  Johnny was really struggling (mentioned something about losing his voice).  Luckily for them since it was a part of a combo show they had a short set and only 9 songs.  I've enjoyed seeing them less and less each time as they appear to enjoy it less and less themselves.  It's sad really, but I'll still see them if they come through again as last night wasn't really a good representation of a regular show.

drakeheuer14

What a bummer to read^^! 

It seems like Johnny hates touring now. Strange times, but I hope he does something that makes him happy soon. I have come around to enjoying most of MCID at least. 

drakeheuer14

Myrtle Beach was great last night. Johnny was in good spirits and it was the best version of My Name is Human I have ever heard live. They were all having a good time and it was packed inside. Only disappointing thing is that only one song changed between now and when I saw them in Atlanta late last year. Snagged the setlist though! 

pearldavidson

drakeheuer14 said:

Myrtle Beach was great last night. Johnny was in good spirits and it was the best version of My Name is Human I have ever heard live. They were all having a good time and it was packed inside. Only disappointing thing is that only one song changed between now and when I saw them in Atlanta late last year. Snagged the setlist though! 

That is awesome! Sounds like Johnny had a better night than when I seen him in Pittsburgh a month and a half ago... I also think when they played My Name Is Human it was the best song of that particular night.

drakeheuer14

Part of it was because his brother was there last night. Which funny enough is the second time I have been to a show where his brother was in attendance (Charlotte). 

So my show rankings so far just for fun: 

1. Charlotte 2017 
2. Atlanta 2019 
3. Shaky Knees 2017 
4. Myrtle Beach 2020 

drakeheuer14

Normally I don’t care about autographs, but this is cool to have. Only a limited amount were made available and there was no price difference vs the regular CD so I figured why not. 

pearldavidson

drakeheuer14 said:

Normally I don’t care about autographs, but this is cool to have. Only a limited amount were made available and there was no price difference vs the regular CD so I figured why not. 

Nice! I still need to buy the CD lol. If I buy it I will probably never throw it in a CD player. I just like having a physical copy of my favorite band's albums. 

drakeheuer14

I really do learn something new every day.

drakeheuer14

drakeheuer14

Saw them twice this weekend! Shaky Knees set and a late night show the day after at a small venue! I am so happy to see and hear that Johnny truly seems happy right now. Only one new song which is hard rock and I dig it. Confirmed that the next single will be out June 15th! 

drakeheuer14

pjpitt89

Is he not playing any guitar now?