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Post #1: 2nd Sep 2019 5:28 PM 
FE Listens - September Pick

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1. Intro
2. Pristine
3. Speaking Terms
4. Heat Wave
5. Stick
6. Let's Find an Out
7. Golden Dream
8. Full Control
9. Deep Sea
10. Anytime

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As a reminder, we have chosen to pick out songs that stuck out to us, or ones that you would listen to again/put on a playlist. There is no hard rule to what songs you have to include here, but they should just be the highlights of the album for you. Try to pick at least two, if you can, but you can throw on as many as you want here. (My normal habit with this is to put a small star next to a song right after I listen to it to remind myself that it stuck out to me.).

On top of this, we are giving the album an official rating from 1-10. Your rating can be off any system or scale that you choose, but here is a general scale just in case you are needing a little help pinpointing where it should be:

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10. A classic. One of your favorite albums of all time.
9. A great album. One of the best albums of the year.
8. A good album. You would suggest it to a friend.
7. An above average album. The songs hold up pretty well but the album won't change your life.
6. A promising album. There is potential for them to create great music, they just might not have perfected their sound.
5. An okay album. Your life is pretty unbothered after listening to it. You'd listen if it was on but nothing more.
4. An uninspired album. It has a few good songs but the rest were bad.
3. A disappointing album. You expected better from the album and artist and neither delivered on it.
2. A bad album. You would never go out of your way to listen to this artist or album again.
1. A horrible album. You can't understand how this album crawled its way out of a studio.
 
   
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Post #2: 2nd Sep 2019 5:32 PM 
I really like 'Pristine', the sample track I picked from this and one of the singles.

Hoping the rest of the album can match that quality
 
   
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Post #3: 3rd Sep 2019 3:40 PM 
Snail Mail is a terrible band name, are we all in agreement here?
 
   
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Post #4: 3rd Sep 2019 8:05 PM 
Apparently this was considered one of the best albums of 2018

According to Rolling Stone anyway.

I picked this album at random, I'd never heard of the band before this
 
   
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Post #5: 4th Sep 2019 1:35 PM 
Just started listening to it.

Pristine is deffo a standout song, it's very catchy. I liked it first time I heard it. No surprise it's the first song of the album (I'm not counting 'Intro', that was completely pointless filler)

So far I find myself agreeing with Spin for the rest of the album. Too samey.
 
   
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Post #6: 4th Sep 2019 1:59 PM 
Maybe it's because I listened to it several times before listening to the album itself, but:

Pristine >>>> every other song

I had the same problem with this album that I had with the Poo Pains one...very samey.

By the end I was sick of hearing that same clean electric guitar sound.

Gonna give this one a 4. Pristine is great, the rest of the album is boring
 
   
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Post #7: 4th Sep 2019 2:00 PM 
Also a very short album, which in this case is a bonus
 
   
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Post #8: 4th Sep 2019 2:09 PM 
Lamps @ 4/9/2019 14:02
Shoulda voted Half Alive or Feeder... much more diversity there... bummer! No seriously lol I get it but then maybe not :p

I really didn't like that Half Alive song that was posted.

Anyway it's all Boc's fault! He broke the tie
 
   
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Post #9: 11th Sep 2019 8:11 PM 
Ahoda @ 11/9/2019 19:42
What so you expect from a guy who's in a band who's drummer said nickleback is better then the Beatles

Can’t argue with this tbh
 
   
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Post #10: 11th Sep 2019 8:12 PM 
Snail Mail is the one at fault here, they should have made a better album.
 
   
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