365 project:"you try to avoid it, but theres not a doubt, and there's one thing i can do nothing about"

68.

artist:taking back sunday
album:where you want to be

oh, taking back sunday, what a tumultuous relationship we have had over the years. when it comes to us, I've been the kid trying to fit in, loving you because everyone else did and then hating you for the same reason. i always said that your first album was the best because that's what i was told to say. I'm sorry, guys, ive been a follower.

here's the thing, though. tell all your friends is not my favorite taking back sunday album. where you want to be is my favorite of your records. yes, tayf has some of the best songs ever written by you as a collective group, but i really think that wywtb is the album that i find myself relating to.

this album came on the heels of the big split and after losing half of their lineup, the fact that they managed to put out anything half decent is important, but i was going through some lineup changes in my own life at the time, and i really related to the lyrics in this album more. lines like "to hell with you and all your friends, its on" and "why can't you just be happy?" really jumped right out at me given my situation at the time, and i was able to bond with these songs on a different level than the first album.

...slowdance on the inside, new American classic and number five with a bullet are three of my all-time favorite taking back sunday songs from any album ever in existence, and all three are on this album. i like the stripped down sound on slowdance and new American classic, and there is just something about songs that mention miles Davis that just grab a hold of me every single time.

i wasn't even going to give this album a try (you will hear me say that a few times during the course of the year. it happens a lot) but i happened to hear this photograph is proof about 70,000 times on MTV because it was the single from the spiderman soundtrack. i actually picked that album up, decided that the only song i really liked off of it was the taking back sunday song, so figured i might as well give the new album a chance. I'm very glad that i did.

when i am asked to recommend albums, i usually go with tayf when it comes to a tbs selection, but i really think that is because i want to keep this gem all to myself. it was really great to be able to hear these songs live when i got the chance to see tbs, and hearing john and will back in the band made them just as great if not better than anything on tayf.