We had absolutely no problem with Beauty School Dropout (who ended up opening and were absolutely fucking amazing) and Blink though when both of those bands were on. I seriously just felt like whoever they had setting up their shows either had no idea what they were doing or they were looking for a different sound than what you hear on the record.
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What the fuck? Did I write this?!
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I am notorious for intentionally ignoring stuff people love and then checking it out years later once it isnāt cool anymore and loving it then 
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Damnit, now Iām listening to Angel Du$t and I donāt hate it haha not even a little bitā¦ I might like it
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This song is not really a representation of most of their music, but this song slaps and I canāt get enough of it
Boy, that new Propagandhi record is fucking BORING. My word.
Only gave it one spin, but yikes.
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I had been feeling the same. Hope itās a bit of a grower but definitely not bringing the energy.
The title track set the bar extremely high and absolutely nothing comes even close to it. Itās like a rock and roll record, and I mean that in the worst possible way. Just meandering rock tunes. Absolutely no juice.
Like you said, hopefully it grows on me, but I am a little nervous.
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Based only on their updated Spotify bio Iām betting itās more lyric-heavy. But I also need to listen to it (and many of their records) many more times so what do I know
Theyāve always been very lyric heavy. This record is like a bunch of mid tempo toe tappers. Which is not of any interest to me in any capacity.
But hopefully I warm up to it.
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I feel like Iāve been exceptionally clear that Iām an idiot
I definitely didnāt mean to imply you were wrong, just saying theyāve always been a āmessageā band.
Didnāt take it that way, but maybe a guy who has only heard a handful of their songs shouldnāt be proffering explanations to a lifelong fan on a public forum/blog
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This record just makes me want to listen to all their other records, so itās sort of a success.
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Weāre sooooo back
EDIT: rolled right into secrets of the world and I am not mad about it.
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Iāve been sitting with the record, think Iām 5 listens in now. It is growing on me, though almost exclusively from the lyrical content. The writing is a masterclass in what theyāve been doing for years.
Does it lack the juice to make me want to stage dive? I donāt think thereās any denying that. But I do like it, it is thought provoking, I really appreciate and identify with the perspective and thoughts presented.
It has to be incredibly difficult to shoehorn your band into yelling poetically about politics almost exclusively for the last 30 years and not get sick of what youāre doing. Itās tiring, I think this record reflects that.
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I appreciate this insight and went from āIām not even sure when I would possibly revist that recordā to āalright, I should try againā because of it.
When I inevitably love it, I will thank you profusely.
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And for things to have not only not gotten better, but worse over that time. I think Morello has said as much in many interviews. I have enough anxiety and depression and rage over just sitting with what weāre seeing now, I canāt imagine writing music for most of your life about how bad shit is and having to constantly recalibrate to the new shitstorm.
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Prop wrote a song about America inevitably trying to take over Canada in fucking 2005 (and probably alluded to it even before that). Chris has been sick of all this shit for a long, long time. Song rips though, at least we got that out of the horrid political landscape we find ourselves in daily.
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