How It Feels to Be Something On
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Sunny Day Real Estate broke up in 1995 when bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith left to join the Foo Fighters or when frontman Jeremy Enigk converted to Christianity, depending on whom you ask. The band got back together in the summer of 1997 (minus Mendel, replaced by former Mommyheads bassist Jeff Palmer) to jam, and a full album blossomed. The result, How It Feels to Be Something On, is nothing short of stunning. Poking their heads into the gaping jaws of ye… More >>
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5 Responses to “How It Feels to Be Something On”
This album was a huge disappointment for me. Buy diary. The songs on ‘this is how it feels…’ make me think that sunny day has lost it for good. i cant’t remember hearing such a bad album from such a good band. try listening to “Mogwai” if you like sunny day.
Rating: 1 / 5
A am a huge SDRE fan, but to tell you the truth their new CD wasn’t all that good, their old stuff was way better. SDRE has lost their style and emotion. This CD isn’t worth buying.
Rating: 2 / 5
This album is just plainly a dissapointment. Half the album is brilliant and the other half, well they should have just put this out as and e.p. with only half of the songs. Sure Pillars, Every shining time, and How it feels to be, are brilliant. But they are ruined by 100 million, Two Promises, and Roses in Water. I expected this to be their best album (after hearing Jeremy’s solo album, which is a must buy) but it just turns out to studio, which means not that much emotion. Sure Jeremy is screaming, but there is nothing in his scream. Maybe Nate was more important than they’ll admit. The emo is only slightly there and that is what they are EMO! Not alt-rock. Don’t start with this one. Buy Diary, and hear what one of the most promising bands of all time used to sound like. Maybe they shouldn’t have gotten back together.
Rating: 2 / 5
When I bought this album, I felt like crying. My favorite band, Sunny Day Real Estate, had reformed and I was thrilled. Then when I actually heard the CD, it was just a slap in the face. Sunny Day sounds nothing like they did in “Diary” or “LP2″ anymore. They are more of a rather watered-down alternative rock. “Every Shining Time You Arrive” is definetely a great song, but there’s no other song on the CD that would make you want to buy it. Let’s face it…Sunny Day is dead, but what they did in their first two CDs makes them legendary.
Rating: 2 / 5
I’ve listened to Diary & Lp 2 so many times I’ve suprised they haven’t broken. I was really excited when this came out, until I listened to it. This just isn’t the same. I can’t bash them too hard, this is still SDRE, but this just isn’t cutting it. Is it too mainstream? I can’t quite put my finger on it. It reminds me a little more or JE’s solo album, which wasn’t the best either. I bought this when it was released & it’s now 2005. I keep trying to listen hoping maybe it will grow on me, but it still hasn’t. It’s not total garbage, there are a few good songs, but you can’t just put it on and listen to the whole thing like with the first 2. I do like Pillars, Every Shining Time & How It Feels, but that’s it.
I think if you started out just listening to their first 2 albums, this just isn’t what you’ve been waiting for. If you’ve started out with their other albums and happened upon this, it’s not that bad. I just had different expectations & this did not meet them. I’ve heard a bit of the Fire Theft. It reminds me of this, again not what I’m looking for.
Rating: 3 / 5