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So yeah, if you find any album reviews, might as well put them in here.


Everynow and then I write for a forum on sputnikmusic, and me and a few other guys reviewed the Trophy Scizzle today. so yeah. I'm guessing this is the first review around at the moment? A few others might pop on there soon too, I know some guys who were really interested in it.


 


http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_7550


 


 



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He didn't give Artist.s. enough credit.

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Agreed.

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nice review, dude.

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Someone please explain to me how the naming system on this album is "so scene"? That makes no sense to me at all.



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Rorschach wrote:

Someone please explain to me how the naming system on this album is "so scene"? That makes no sense to me at all.

 


Beats me. Half of them haven't even got the album yet and they're trying to criticise.



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Holes wrote:
Agreed.
I meant assistant.s. I always confuse those two with the titles. Actually though, since he didn't say that it was the absolute best album ever, he didn't give any of it enough credit. I agree with him that Alchemist is the best song on the album. -but that in no way means others are subpar...

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So basically you're saying we should burn his house down because he doesn't agree with us?

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Rorschach wrote:
Someone please explain to me how the naming system on this album is "so scene"? That makes no sense to me at all.



ill kick those kids butts for thinkin that the naming is scene and or cliche . does anyone else see it being scene/cliche? i wont kick your butt.. i promise

-- Edited by fall for life at 15:30, 2006-06-13

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I see it being scene/trying to hard to be different.

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shuttt up you all are gafss

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You all wish you were as scene as me.

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Rorschach wrote:
You all wish you were as scene as me.


word.

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tr00f

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Proof.

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The Indiana scene is shifting towards a sound more like Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. Just sharing. Elvis Would Never Say Die, Mother Fcuker.


Anyway, nothing about the naming system on this album is cliche. What has been extemely popular are the rediculously long names that can be abbreviated. Oh well... Alliteration. Alliterations. and allusion. allusions. belong to Trophy Scars. Lots of the Scars songs have alluded to literature, movies, and even other songs. Baby Eskimo Kisses, in my opinion, has a lot of similarities to Quinn the Eskimo (the Mighty Quinn) by Bob Dylan.


To me, Alphabets is like some sort of punctuation. It concludes a lot of the earlier work of Trophy Scars, but also it's presented in a slightly more commercial way. (For some reason, I doubt TS could sell out even if they wanted...) Some of the lyrics that are regarded at silly, we can speculate to mean something much deeper. A lot shouldn't be spoke about even here... Josh and I like to read into things way too much and share with each other.


now time for shameless self promotion --- Since most people actively on this board are capable to express their opinions intelligently, even if they choose not to, I would like some submissions so that I can publish a DIY zine. Submissions may be anything... more album reviews, show reviews (and views on the local music scene), poetry/shortstories, political rants. I just need anything anyone can give me, and from there, I'll come up with a theme.


I really made this post count.



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It's not really cliche, it just h as that scene reakness all over it.

You know, the neon pinks, the black hoodies, the weird cartoony art of cats and stuff.

It just seems like they are following paths that have already been blazed, and in the ones they are making they are just slightly changing some ideas other bands have had. I mean, I'm not denying their ability, the musical end of the new album is pretty great. It's the Trophy Scars we are used too with a little evolution. The main problem seems to lie in the lyrics and acutally way the band seems to advertise the album. The lyrics seem to fall into the area of being way too personal and abstract for relation. Jerry seems to have used this album as a cathrasis for certain situations, but he has done it too heavy handed that it sounds like a diary entry. Some of it is really excellent, but some of it is just boring and trite. While the second issue about the way the band is carrying themselves shouldn't effect the music, it is sad too see their previous musical uniqueness replaced with a bunch of blue signs and neon pink hoodies. Oh well. I guess you gotta do, what some don't want you to do about.

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i love this new found logic people have. if someone trys to be like everyone else they are being "scene". if someone trys to be differnt they are being "scene". if someone does not try anything at all i bet someone would still come up and be like thats so scene and cliche.

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w00f



and for all those idiots who called it scene....
SUCK A DICK NO HOMO

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The music scene, from state to state, evolves at different rates in different directions. What necessarily is "scene" in one area isn't "scene" in another. We still have our sects, our local bands... the "scene" IS ABOUT LOCAL BANDS. So just because Trophy Scars is doing something "scene" in your area, doesn't mean it's scene here.


I am obsessed with fashion... I know a ****load about designers, photographers, etc. Obviously, there high fashion and commercial fashion. If something is commercial it's not necessarily wrong to wear unless it looks bad. If something like music, television, or movies become more commercial, it's not necessarily wrong unless the die hard fans are unable to relate. To me, Alphabets is still a relatable and relevant album. Hits and misses, I stand by Trophy Scars until they do me wrong personally.


I think that all the cats Trophy Scars uses (past and present) are one of my favorite concepts.



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pixiesfanyo wrote:
It's not really cliche, it just h as that scene reakness all over it.

You know, the neon pinks, the black hoodies, the weird cartoony art of cats and stuff.

It just seems like they are following paths that have already been blazed, and in the ones they are making they are just slightly changing some ideas other bands have had. I mean, I'm not denying their ability, the musical end of the new album is pretty great. It's the Trophy Scars we are used too with a little evolution. The main problem seems to lie in the lyrics and acutally way the band seems to advertise the album. The lyrics seem to fall into the area of being way too personal and abstract for relation. Jerry seems to have used this album as a cathrasis for certain situations, but he has done it too heavy handed that it sounds like a diary entry. Some of it is really excellent, but some of it is just boring and trite. While the second issue about the way the band is carrying themselves shouldn't effect the music, it is sad too see their previous musical uniqueness replaced with a bunch of blue signs and neon pink hoodies. Oh well. I guess you gotta do, what some don't want you to do about.
wait a second. you thought the use of piano was "gimmicky."

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pixiesfanyo wrote:
It's not really cliche, it just h as that scene reakness all over it.

You know, the neon pinks, the black hoodies, the weird cartoony art of cats and stuff.

It just seems like they are following paths that have already been blazed, and in the ones they are making they are just slightly changing some ideas other bands have had. I mean, I'm not denying their ability, the musical end of the new album is pretty great. It's the Trophy Scars we are used too with a little evolution. The main problem seems to lie in the lyrics and acutally way the band seems to advertise the album. The lyrics seem to fall into the area of being way too personal and abstract for relation. Jerry seems to have used this album as a cathrasis for certain situations, but he has done it too heavy handed that it sounds like a diary entry. Some of it is really excellent, but some of it is just boring and trite. While the second issue about the way the band is carrying themselves shouldn't effect the music, it is sad too see their previous musical uniqueness replaced with a bunch of blue signs and neon pink hoodies. Oh well. I guess you gotta do, what some don't want you to do about.


so because they have a hoodie that is black and two shirts that have pink, they are trying to be something?

and just because Alchemist and Alligators have specific references to a specific time in his life, that makes his words trite?

And you obviously have never met any of them because for you to say "the way the band is carrying themselves" as a negative, and that it's "sad" is plain ignorant. You can't talk sh*t about how someone carries themself when you have never even had a conversation with them. All five of these men are my heros FOR the way they carry themselves. They are the most grateful people I've ever met.

And how is it a bad in the way they've tried to promote the album? What more do you want? It's ok for some bands to make commercials and whore themselves to television stations, but it's a bad thing to make myspace bulletins twice a day?

Get a clue.

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pixiesfanyo wrote:

It's not really cliche, it just h as that scene reakness all over it. You know, the neon pinks, the black hoodies, the weird cartoony art of cats and stuff. It just seems like they are following paths that have already been blazed, and in the ones they are making they are just slightly changing some ideas other bands have had. I mean, I'm not denying their ability, the musical end of the new album is pretty great. It's the Trophy Scars we are used too with a little evolution. The main problem seems to lie in the lyrics and acutally way the band seems to advertise the album. The lyrics seem to fall into the area of being way too personal and abstract for relation. Jerry seems to have used this album as a cathrasis for certain situations, but he has done it too heavy handed that it sounds like a diary entry. Some of it is really excellent, but some of it is just boring and trite. While the second issue about the way the band is carrying themselves shouldn't effect the music, it is sad too see their previous musical uniqueness replaced with a bunch of blue signs and neon pink hoodies. Oh well. I guess you gotta do, what some don't want you to do about.

mostly musical reasons aside...here are several reasons why trophy scars isn't scene:


- never have used a gun or knife in any of their designs


- have never shaved lines into the side of their heads, cut bangs, or worn faux hawks (AJ has been reported wearing real mohawks though)


- they had a merch design with pink in it before the blood bros. ever thought of it..coincidentally i saw the use of pink come into blood bros. merch AFTER the scars opened for them


- they have more than one record out and its not on trustkill


- piano was used on their first record in 2002 and every one since then


- no one knows how to spin a guitar


- they actually reply to people on myspace and talk to kids at shows rather than acting like they are too busy or elitest to do so


- people accuse them of being scene...i feel that whenever a few naysayers come along and a few kids get alienated, progress is made...cave in is probably the best example of this i can think of


..feel free to add to this list...



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-I told Jerry how much his lyrics mean to me and he couldn't even express to me how much that meant to him.

-they don't have songs about slitting a girl's throat

-they never will.

-They don't "hate their life" or "want to die." and they aren't "gasping for air."

-they don't try to stand on soap boxes and preach about their believes.


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-they don't order people to mosh to their music.

-- Edited by Houdini_The Great at 20:01, 2006-06-14

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- their lead guitarist doesnt do a lot of the high pitched singing/ low growl scream


they look into the camera during a photoshoot

they dont try their hardest to look sad during the photos

theyve had the black hoodie for 2 years (if not more)



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who the f!uck cares think what cha want!
if people think they are then let them they obv. they dont know a thing about them. iv been seeing them since freshman year and im just about done with jr. and oh has it changed there was no fuc!king scene back then it was all about people seeing music and a place for scummy people to hangout. If all of you wanna stop this crap then ignore it not complain about it. skdflsjfalsjk!
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People are people
A human is a human just like you me him her heshe
dont suck up everyone is the same "an apple is an apple and an apple is the same"

-- Edited by eddieface_yo at 20:23, 2006-06-14

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but im actualyl superman so...yeah....

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fall for life wrote:
but im actualyl superman so...yeah....
this man has a point.

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