Preview.

[El]

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_Ru1cqEG8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_Ru1cqEG8</a><div><br />Thoughts? They’ve definitely got a new sound.</div><div><br /></div><div>Or old sound, considering the Forces of Evil.</div>
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[Keith]

This definitely has a FoE vibe to it. Granted, that’s pretty much what RBF is at this point.

In any case, I like it!

Here’s the track list, or what I can make out from the shitty quality:

Everyone Else is an Asshole
Punisher
She’s Not the End of the World
Don’t Let Me Down Gently
I Know You Too Well to Like You Anymore
Hiding in My Headphones
I Dare You to Break My Heart
Your Girlfriend Sucks
Don’t Stop Skankin’
Famous Last Words
Lost Cause
I Love/You Suck
P.S. I Hate You
The Promise

“I Dare You to Break My Heart” will have a music video, which seems like a weird choice since it sounds very poppy. Almost like Good Thing.

[AngryOpossum]

Dude I just came here to share this! Damn, too slow.

[AngryOpossum]

Is one of those a cover? They mentioned there was an 80s cover via Facebook.

[Keith]

Someone mentioned that “Don’t Stop Skankin” is a cover of “Don’t Stop Believing”

Also, one thing I noticed about this is that the mixing and mastering is SO much better than anything they’ve released since Cheer Up

[Alex]

“Don’t Let Me Down, Gently” is a Wonderstuff cover. I think it’s the first song in the video.

[Gabriel Redondo]

the album sonds great. great production and great songs! can’t wait for it.

[El]

Where did you hear I Dare You to Break My Heart was getting a video?  Not that I mind, it was one of my favorites in the preview (did you know Reel Big Fish is influenced by Poison? IT’S TRUE!!!) behind I Know You Well to Like You Anymore (but what the hell…a fart joke?) and Lost Cause. I can already tell that song is going to kick ass, I play the preview in my car just to hear it.

Why isn’t this album out yet? It’s not the album they should be making at this point in their career, but it sounds like it’ll be a good one nonetheless. 

[Sonic Libido]

From the sound of this, I’m really going to like this album. A total curve ball from the sound that Monkeys sounded like it was heading towards. I really like the production sound (the use of double-tracked vocals is a nice touch). Matt’s sax is a noticed and welcomed addition, he seems to be filling the harmony void quite well, too. A release date would be swell.

[Keith]

El: Where did you hear I Dare You to Break My Heart was getting a video?  Not that I mind, it was one of my favorites in the preview (did you know Reel Big Fish is influenced by Poison? IT\’S TRUE!!!) behind I Know You Well to Like You Anymore (but what the hell…a fart joke?) and Lost Cause. I can already tell that song is going to kick ass, I play the preview in my car just to hear it.

Why isn\’t this album out yet? It\’s not the album they should be making at this point in their career, but it sounds like it\’ll be a good one nonetheless.

Dan posted on twitter that they were filming the video, and one of the tags was #idareyoutobreakmyheart

[Samu]

The first two minutes of the preview did NOT really impress me, sadly. I’ll have to get home to watch the entire clip but my first impression is… meh.

Much like in my worst fears, the songs sound like the Fish wanting to “stay true to the (highly predictable) ska-punk roots”, instead of experimenting something new (which is why I like them so much in the first place). I hope I’m proven completely wrong when the album comes out.

Oh and I’m not one of those hypercritic fans… I even give them a break on Monkeys (except the only girlfriend song they have missed so far).

[Gabriel Redondo]

actually this preview sounds like 432432432x times better than Monkeys… and like 3423483274923423x better than We’re not happy… (but this album name and cover it’s better than “candy coated fury”)

this preview actually got me excited, something that didn’t happened with an RBF album since Cheer Up.

I (like to) see this album like a FoE album, and totally sounds like it.

[ReelBigCohen]

The Promise is the new cover song. Originally done by When in Rome. It was featured in Napoleon Dynamite during the end credits. This album sounds freakin awesome. It’s about damn time they have a fart joke in a song. How hasn’t it been done yet…. and Samu, what the fuck are you talking about?!?

[Gabriel Redondo]

i bet he doesn’t know either.

[sophie]

ReelBigCohen: 

 Samu, what the fuck are you talking about?!?

he’s allowed to have his own opinions? yes.

[El]

Don’t Let Me Down Gently is the cover, not The Promise. Is The Promise even in the preview?

[Samu]

As I said: I hope to be proven completely wrong. I’ll listen again to it today in the “free internet hour” we get at work.

But I had this fear ever since I talked to Matt last February and he said that the songs “sound like the usual RBF sound”. This statement made me afraid of a possible involution of their style – which, on the contrary, has been constantly developing over the years.

This means nothing more than its meaning though… I will always love this band no matter if they put out material I don’t like as much as I wished I would, as long as they play the music that they want to play.

(or maybe I had too much high expectations on this album?)

[Samu]

OK, I have to say it gets much better in the second part of the preview. Now I can hope.

[The Wind]

My bet is placed on Aaron having written most of these songs in 2004. They may have well just recorded the Four Song Obituary tracks and put them on here.

It will be nice to see another Forces of Evil album, and that’s how I will look at it. It will make me appreciate it more and not be mournful over Reel Big Fish.

[El]

Don’t Stop Skankin’ sounds embarrassing…hopefully that’s the instrumental. 

I just want to hear the album already, this is torturous.

[Gabriel Redondo]

i like more the first half of the preview than the second half, “i know you too well…” sounds great, P.S. i hate you sounds great too, the fast punk one sounds, well, very fast punk and thats great too haha.

i think i have listened this preview like 400 times already hahaha.

[ReelBigCohen]

@El http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU

The Promise is the cover song dude

[ReelBigCohen]

and Samu I love you

[El]

ReelBigCohen: @El http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU

The Promise is the cover song dude

Well then I guess there are two covers!

[Alex]

Is The Promise even in the preview, though? If so, I’m not recognizing it.

[El]

Alex: Is The Promise even in the preview, though? If so, I\’m not recognizing it.

It’s in the last fifteen seconds. I think it’s interesting that they threw two covers on a fourteen-track album…I hope the instrumental’s still on there.

[Gabriel Redondo]

two covers, i love RBF, but i’m tired of so many covers =S!

[AngryOpossum]

El: Don\’t Stop Skankin\’ sounds embarrassing…hopefully that\’s the instrumental. 

I just want to hear the album already, this is torturous.

That does sound embarrassing…

[El]

YOU GOTTA FIGHT 4 UR RIGHT 2 SKANK

[AngryOpossum]

I stand by flimsy opinions. EMBARRASSING.

[ReelBigCohen]

El:

ReelBigCohen: @El http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU

The Promise is the cover song dude

Well then I guess there are two covers!

OMG You’re right too! HIGH FIVE

[ReelBigCohen]

The single was so good!

[Gabriel Redondo]

so true, glad i recorded it =)!, i’m listening again and again hahaha.

[sophie]

You did record it ?? Jealous! I tried but it never worked 🙁 .

 

Ahh it was beyond my expectations,the song is truly awesome. 

[Samu]

sophie : You did record it ?? Jealous! I tried but it never worked 🙁 .

 

Ahh it was beyond my expectations,the song is truly awesome. 

What are you and Gabriel talking about? Is a single already out?

[Gabriel Redondo]

No, last night in the show Ska Parade (kakq.com) played “I Know you too well…” complete, it’s awesome.

(it’s already (by another person, not me) in youtube if you haven’t heard it yet)

[Samu]

Thanks, I’ll check it out when I get home!

[Rock it With I]

All I want, is a leak.

I can’t wait till July 31st (per Amazon) to buy it.

[Gabriel Redondo]

i wanted to listen “Your girlfriend sucks” but this one was unexpectedly awesome. it’s official that is out july 31st? i think i’ll be buying it in august 18th at the show 🙁

[Alex]

I hope they release it sooner, it’d suck for them to play new songs on tour only for nobody to know the words.

[sophie]

I just hope they are going to sell their album on tour even though it’s not out yet.

[Sonic Libido]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5o7U3lK3v4

I Know You Too Well To Like You Anymore.

[El]

sophie : I just hope they are going to sell their album on tour even though it\’s not out yet.

They are! Also, the song kicks ass. This song just convinced me to finally buy tickets with the hopes of them playing it live.

[Gabriel Redondo]

i was waiting for Samu’s opinion, since he didn’t like the preview (or the first half). hahaha

[AngryOpossum]

That was really good. I haven’t really been surprised by RBF lately… It was very… refreshing.

[Gabriel Redondo]

i think it was very FoE-ish, that made it so great for me.

[sophie]

Meh. I did hear the FOE sound in the preview but not really in the complete song .
I guess the album is gonna be a mix of both.

 

[jrock241]

Yeah, I got the FOE vibe a bit. 1:06 to 1:14 reminds me of Nothin’. I’m liking it.

Good Job Aaron! So Scott was dead weight all along…. hmm.

[Gabriel Redondo]

the lyrics is very FOE…i know that RBF lyrics are hateful, but not as much as FOE, this song has a lot of cursing hahaha… but, yes, the preview has a lot more FOE vibe than in this song

[Samu]

Not bad… not bad at all. Actually I’m really getting into this song. 

Great bass sound. 

It sounds a bit like Catch 22, doesn’t it? That little pause before “anymore”. 

Even the “highly predictable” horns bit turns out to fit well into the song – not annoying at all. 

Good, good, good.

[El]

I was actually a little worried about Derek’s playing on this album, as his style has been a little more…bland than Matt’s I guess, but the bass line for this song is great. And Ryland’s drumming, with the exception of the incessant snare fills he insists on playing, is top-notch.

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