Chiodos - Ole Fishlips is Dead Now

Glad that Chiodos is putting out some new tunes...

But here's my fear: they're going to completely forget about Illuminaudio, which, in my opinion, was their best work to date. They should build off of that record, not take a step back to before things changed. Lyrically and sonically it was a great piece of work. I understand they got their original singer back and nobody doubts that he's one helluva front man, but Brandon Bolmer (singer on Illuminaudio) is a far better songwritier than Craig Owen has shown. I'm not a fan of the super-emo, whiny songs. Just give me a good subject, some structure, perform it well, and I'm good. I don't need to hear you cry on 10 songs about girls being whores and shit. Best example: "Thermacare" vs "Stratovolcano Mouth." Listen and tell me which one is stronger lyrically.

Now, the craziest part about all of this, in recent interviews with the band, they all but said they wanted Craig Owens to do what Brandon Bolmer did (lower the range a bit, incorporate more falsetto, stronger lyrical value, and such). And I'm sure some will say, "well, Craig started the band and it'd be weird to sing somebody else's lyrics and blah blah blah...." Well, Saosin did it. And well. Hell, Dance Gavin Dance has done it a few times. I recently saw a show of theirs where they performed several songs from their album Happiness (singer Kurt Travis), a record that didn't feature either of their current vocalists (Tillian Pearson and Jon Mess).

Don't get me wrong, everything that I've heard from the upcoming Chiodos record has been great. I just don't want everything else that I haven't heard to be All's Well That Ends Well or copies (lyrically) of "Thermacare."

Anyway, enjoy the song!
Also, take note that the drumming on this song may be the best of any Chiodos song ever released. Just sayin...

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Rex