It’s hard for me to think of a band who flushed a promising career down the toilet more aggressively than Saves The Day. I loved the first two Saves The Day records, and I really thought they were going to be the next Blink-182 after “Through Being Cool.” They had a few haters, sure, but that was a record that just about everybody loved, from moshbros to emo girls to pop punk kids. Then Chris Conley started listening to The Beatles too much, singing an octave higher, and they turned into a boring indie rock band, and they pretty much fell off the map.
MOAR LIEK SAVES THE GAY AMIRITE
Which brings me to their new song: easily their worst, most boring shit to date. It’s always sad to see a once-awesome, fun band turn into generic artsy bullshit that wouldn’t even stand out on the Urban Outfitters in-store music, but it hurts even more when the band was as good as Saves The Day used to be :(
how was sweet was cant slow down? favvy band too bad the last two-three releases is doggy doo
yeah man, terrible.
anyone remember FASTBREAK, they put out a “mature album” that sounded like that, at least they promptly broke up afterwords.
first time i heard their new material, i went to this show all psyched to see them. i was very drunk and had just found out my ex-girlfriend committed suicide. they were so bad that i got walked on stage, grabbed the mic from the singer, farted on it and handed it back to him.
“they were so bad that i got walked on stage, grabbed the mic from the singer, farted on it and handed it back to him”
that’s the best thing i’ve ever heard in my life, srs
they had a song called “music is my girlfriend” hahaha
Fastbreak (still hardcore at that point) played the first hardcore show I ever saw w/ Merauder, Earth Crisis, and Tripface. I’m pretty sure I saw them with Crown of Thornz once too. I was never that into them though, especially after that “Music is My Girlfriend” shit.
I only saw them once when they opened up for Alkaline Trio…they were a mess and they sucked. The last couple songs they did were acoustic and the rest of the band literally walked off stage and left Chris Conley on stage by himself. It was weird.
“Saves The Gay”? Nah, calling them “Shaves The Gay” is funnier.
Saw them with Hellogoodbye and Fireworks, they bored me. I also didn’t like New Found Glory though.
Bands that go indie rock are a bit like white knights, but instead of hoping to get laid they’re hoping for good reviews from Pitchfork and Spin magazine.
I saw STD a few times in the late 90′s and they were awesome. then i saw them last year and it was so boring. they did not play anything of cant slow down.
I haven’t seen this band in at least 8 years, but it’s still weird to see a picture of them and not recognize anyone other than the singer.
Did you ever post the video of them covering the Cro-Mags on here?
this band is basically the music version of UGA football to me: i will support it through both winning seasons and shitty seasons, and with extreme obnoxiousness. and obviously, my two favorite albums are without a doubt “through being cool” and “can’t slow down.”
that being said: i’m in the rare minority who haven’t disliked anything they’ve done (even “in reverie,” which took some getting used to), and it’s probably because i have a permanent brain erection for chris conley’s voice/lyrics. honestly, i think this particular song might be in my top 5 favorites…i fucking love it.
its funny how much the trend of emo/poppunk bands putting out “mature indie rock records” was like the wave of og hardcore bands putting out “shitty metal records”, both in an attempt to “get big”, with none of them succeeding. Its even sadder for bands like saves the day with all the easycore bands ripping of how they sounded in the first place and being 10 times bigger than they EVER were.
before saves the day the singer was in this band called sefler. they were like a bouncing souls rip off (speaking of bands that need to give it up already), he wore dog pile pants and everything…
has anyone checkedout two tongues def better than anything chris has done In a long time
the third album have some cool songs too
I really can’t believe how critical the majority of the cretins writing on here are being and how incredibly wrong some statements are here. Saves the day have been and always will be an awesome band, no matter the line up which by the way is the strongest and most talented now then it ever has been. Anyone who thinks the new saves the day stuff is boring for not sounding like their old stuff is in fact the boring one. Who wants the same stuff churned out again and again. They evolve and mature with each record. Seriously you critical arseholes need to get a life rather than slating people who have more talent and success then you ever will.
I don’t think you fully understand how opinions work.
you’re entitled to your opinion, but you’re wrong. i don’t think you have the slightest idea of what it means to be a musician or an artist of any kind. do you honestly expect them to put out the same record over and over again?
i suggest you listen to “undress me” before you write-off this album.
I stopped reading after “you’re entitled to your own opinion, but you’re wrong”
I am sensing a) a lot of oldfags b) some buttholes that need some preparation H
On another note, I like Daybreak. Although some of the songs turned out pretty lame, like “Chameleon” for instance. I’ll admit, saves the day have lost their touch and will probably never be the same as they were when they released in reverie or through being cool.